1. 7-2: Nationalism at Center Stage

2. Gibbons v. Ogden decision
How did it promote nationalism?
By preventing states from acting in ways that hurt other states
What ideas did the measure
contain?
In interstate commerce, state laws must yield to federal laws
The federal government has the power to regulate almost anything that moves across state lines

3. The Adams-Onis Treaty What ideas did the measure contain?
Spain ceded Florida to the U.S.
Spain disavowed any claims it had on the Oregon Territory
How did it promote nationalism?
By expanding the nations territory

4. The Monroe Doctrine What ideas did the measure contain?
European powers not to interfere in the Western Hemisphere by establishing colonies or attempting to overthrow newly independent republics
U.S. not to involve itself in European affairs or interfere with existing colonies
How did it promote nationalism?
By having the United States take an important step onto the world stage
By asserting national interests in international affairs
By preventing possible threats to the U.S. from Russia, Spain, and Portugal

5. The Missouri Compromise
What ideas did the measure contain?
Maine admitted as a free state
Missouri admitted as a slave state
The rest of the Louisiana Territory split into two sections; south of the dividing line, slavery legal; north of the dividing line (except for Missouri), slavery banned
How did it promote nationalism?
By preserving sectional balance; by respecting the interests of both North and South
By preventing the nation from collapsing into sectionalism

6. John Quincy Adams
Sixth president of the United States who established a foreign policy based on nationalism
Jim Beckworth
A mountain man in the West who established a fur trade