1. Nationalism &
Good Feelings

2. American System Henry Clay’s plan to make economy self- sufficient
Protective tariff
Protect American business from foreign competition
National bank
Promote a single national currency
Internal improvements
Gov’t funded projects
Focus on the transportation
The Monkey System or Every One For Himself Henry Clay says "Walk in and see the new improved grand original American System!" The cages are labeled: "Home, Consumption, Internal, Improv". This 1831 cartoon ridiculing Clay's American System depicts monkeys, labeled as being different parts of a nation's economy, stealing each other's resources (food) with commentators describing it as either great or a humbug.

3. Internal Improvements 1825 – 1850:
often referred to as the Age of Canals
Allowed farmers in these regions to flow east & people/manufactured goods to go west
By 1830, N.Y.C. had a population of over 200,000

4. Railroads & Expansion Development began in the 1830’s
First locomotive built in 1830
3,000 miles of railroad in 1840
31,000 miles of railroad by 1860
Important for industrialization & urbanization
Top Urban Places: 1830
1 New York city, NY , 589
2 Baltimore city, MD ,620
3 Philadelphia city, PA . 80,462
4 Boston city, MA ,392
5 New Orleans city, LA .. 46,082
6 Charleston city, SC ,289
8 Cincinnati city, OH ,831
9 Albany city, NY ,209
11 Washington city, DC ...18,826
12 Providence town, RI ,833
13 Richmond city, VA ,060
17 Pittsburgh city, PA ,568
18 Brooklyn town, NY ,406
22 Louisville city, KY ,341
27 Buffalo town, NY ,668
37 Savannah city, GA ,303
43 Lowell town, MA ,474
46 Cambridge town, MA... 6,072 (Suburb of Boston)
48 Lexington town, KY ,026
50 Nashville city, TN ,566
57 St. Louis city, MO ,977
Top Urban Places: 1930
1 New York city, NY ,930,446
2 Chicago city, IL ,376,438
3 Philadelphia city, PA ,950,961
4 Detroit city, MI ,568,662
5 Los Angeles city, CA ,238,048
6 Cleveland city, OH ,429
7 St. Louis city, MO ,960
8 Baltimore city, MD ,874
9 Boston city, MA ,188
10 Pittsburgh city, PA ,817
11 San Francisco city, CA ,394
12 Milwaukee city, WI ,249
13 Buffalo city, NY ,076
14 Washington city, DC ,869
15 Minneapolis city, MN ,356
16 New Orleans city, LA ,762
17 Cincinnati city, OH ,160
18 Newark city, NJ ,337
19 Kansas City city, MO ,746
20 Seattle city, WA , Indianapolis city, IN ,161
22 Rochester city, NY ,132
23 Jersey City city, NJ ,715
24 Louisville city, KY ,745
25 Portland city, OR ,815 4

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7. Era of Good Feelings Federalists are almost nonexistent
President Monroe toured the country while President’s Mansion was being rebuilt
Not done since George Washington and his visits were celebrated
Political differences fade away
Nationalism spread
More trust in the federal government

9. Adams-Onís Treaty
Andrew Jackson invaded FL to stop Seminole raids in American territory
Secretary of State John Quincy Adams successfully negotiated terms
Jackson seized Spanish forts & created international issues
Stopped war & gave U.S. all of Florida & set boundary of TX