1. Chapter 10

2. House of Representatives
Missouri Compromise 11
slave states 11
free states
House of Representatives
81 slave states free states
Purpose: To compromise on the admittance of Missouri as a state
1) Missouri = slave state
Maine = free state
2) North of 36°30’N in Louisiana Purchase = free territory
Northwest Ordinance – No state northwest of Ohio River could be slave state

3. Railroads

4. United States rail network - 1870

5. Canals

6. Marshall’s Supreme Court
John Marshall –
Federalist
Appointed by John Adams
Decisions favored strong central government
Marbury v. Madison – 1803
Dartmouth College v. Woodward
McCulloch v. Maryland – 1819
Gibbons v. Ogden

7. Panic of 1819
B.U.S. called in its loans -> state banks had to pay off B.U.S.
Land speculators in the West were unable to pay state banks
Banks failed and accounts were wiped out (no insurance)
Westerners became opposed to national bank.

8. Monroe Doctrine
Restored monarchies after the fall of Napoleon created backlash against democratic movements.
British and U.S had common interest in protecting Americas from aggressive European monarchies.
Monroe issued declaration – 1823
Americas are free and independent from European powers
U.S. opposed to European powers interfering in affairs in Western Hemisphere.