1. Unit 4; Part 2 AP U.S. History
Era of Good Feelings
Unit 4; Part 2
AP U.S. History
Credited to JB

2. A National Perception Fourth of July Celebration in Centre Square
John Lewis Krimmel, 1819

3. Era of Good Feelings – POL James Monroe (D-R) (1817-1825)

4. Era of Good Feelings – POL The Marshall Court
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
Bank of the United States constitutional under “necessary and proper”
States could not tax the Bank - Supremacy Clause
Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
Increased federal government’s interstate commerce authority
Chief Justice John Marshall

5. Era of Good Feelings – POL The Great Triumvirate
WEST
Henry Clay of Kentucky
NORTH
Daniel Webster of Massachusetts
SOUTH
John C. Calhoun of South Carolina

6. Era of Good Feelings – POL Missouri Compromise (1820)
Proposed by Henry Clay
Missouri admitted as slave state
Maine admitted as free state
Establish Latitude 36 30’ Line
North of the line is free
South of the line is slave
“Missouri question aroused and filled me with alarm…I have been among the most sanguine in believing that our Union would be of long duration. I now doubt it much.” - Thomas Jefferson, April 13, 1820

7. Adams-Onis Treaty (1819)

8. Era of Good Feelings – WOR Monroe Doctrine (1823)
U.S. and Great Britain concerned about European expansion into Americas
John Q. Adams authored
Points
Americas no longer to subject to European colonization
Europe must not interfere with sovereignty of independent nations in Americas

9. America’s Market Revolution
Subsistence farming to market specialization
Free enterprise system
Capital investment and state charters
Development of state and national infrastructure and networks

10. America’s Market Economy – WXT Cumberland Road

11. America’s Market Economy – WXT Erie Canal

12. America’s Market Economy – WXT The Clermont

13. America’s Market Economy – WXT Railroad
Faster and durable form of transportation
Introduced in late 1820s
Only small lines between major regional cities

14. America’s Market Economy – WXT Telegraph
Samuel Morse in 1844
Information becomes widespread
Efficient control and administration of politics, business, transportation, markets

15. America’s Market Economy – WXT

16. America’s Market Economy - WXT

17. America’s Market Economy – WXT Innovations
Steam engine
Spinning jenny
Interchangeable parts
Cotton gin

18. America’s Market Economy: Agriculture and Cotton
Evolution of Cotton
Technological Advancements
Eli Whitney’s cotton gin
Improved transportation
King Cotton
Impact of Improved Agriculture
Regional specialization
Increased drive for western expansion
Increased demand for slavery

19. America’s Market Economy: Industry and the Factory System
Evolution of Textiles
Putting-out system
Technological advancements
Samuel Slater
Lowell System
Vertically integrated system
Boardinghouses
Recruitment of young women
Impact of Industrialization
Increased output
Opportunities for unskilled labor
Weakened artisans
Increased urbanization
Increased American competitiveness

20. America’s Market Economy - WXT The American System
Henry Clay’s Plan
Protective tariffs
Develop domestic industries
Source of federal revenue including infrastructure projects
Tariff of 1816
Rate of 20-25%
National bank
Facilitate commerce and credit systems
Second Bank of the United States (BUS) (1816)
Infrastructure
National roads, canals, internal improvements
Improved transportation connected and expanded markets

21. America’s Market Economy – WXT Panic of 1819
Causes
Western land speculation
War inflation then post-war deflation
BUS pursued contractionary monetary policy
Aftermath
First recession of market economy
Northern manufacturers demanded high tariffs
Southern farmers demanded low tariffs
Westerners criticized speculators and bankers

23. United States c. 1824