1. Nationalism & Sectionalism
Topic 10
Nationalism & Sectionalism

2. APUSH PowerPoint #4.2 (Part 1 of 3)
Unit #4 – Overlapping Revolutions
Chapter 8
BFW Textbook
TOPIC – Nationalism & Sectionalism [ ]

3. I. Economic Nationalism

4. Election of 1812 Candidates a. James Madison (Democratic-Republican)
b. DeWitt Clinton (Democratic-Republican)
c. Electoral Count,

5. Election of 1812

6. A. Postwar Conditions Movement West
Regional Blocs (North, South, & West)
Economic Prosperity (1815—1819)
Madison’s Proposals
a. Second National Bank of the United States
b. Internal Improvements (Roads & Canals)
c. Protective Tariff

7. A. Postwar Conditions (Cont’d . . . )
Henry Clay
a. Nationalist leader who supported Madison in Congress and pushed for the “American System.”
“American System”
a. Name applied to a series of government measures to build the infrastructure and the economy.

8. B. National Bank National Bank in 1811 (Charter Expired)
State banks mushroomed.
Hard money gravitated to New England.
State banknotes declined in value.
Absence of a central banking function.

9. B. National Bank (Cont’d . . .)
Proposal for a New National Bank
Support & Opposition to the Bank Characterized
a. Old Republicans (Against-BUS)
b. Federalists (Against Location Move)
- Daniel Webster
c. National Republicans (Pro-BUS)
- John C. Calhoun
- Henry Clay

10. C. Protective Tariff War of 1812 Spurred Growth in New England
British Goods Re-enter American Markets
Tariff of 1816 (Approved)
Sectional Issue
a. North (Pro-Tariff)
b. South (Against Tariff)
c. West (Against Tariff)

11. D. Internal Improvements
State Actions for Internal Improvements
a. War of 1812 Demonstrated Weaknesses
b. Roads & Waterways
Status of Internal Improvements
a. National Road (1815—1838)
b. Erie Canal

12. D. Internal Improvements
National Road
a. Boosted trade and population into the Mid-west and Mississippi River Valley.

13. D. Internal Improvements
Erie Canal

14. II. The Era of Political Harmony

15. A. Election of 1816 Candidates a. James Monroe (Democratic-Republican)
b. Rufus King (Federalist)
c. Electoral Count,

16. A. Election of 1816 (Cont’d . . .)

17. President James Monroe
5th President
1817—1825
Party: Democratic-Republican
Home State:
Virginia
Vice President:
Daniel Tompkins

18. President James Monroe
Domestic
President during the “Era of Good Feelings”
Dealt with the economic Panic of 1819
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Foreign
Adams-Onis Treaty of 1821
Monroe Doctrine of 1823

19. B. James Monroe Characterized
Virginia Planter
Revolutionary War Veteran
Lawyer by Trade
Virginia Legislator
Governor of Virginia
United States Senator
United States Minister (Paris, London, & Madrid)
Secretary of State (under Madison)

20. C. James Monroe’s Cabinet
John Quincy Adams (Secretary of State )
William Crawford (Secretary of the Treasury)
John C. Calhoun (Secretary of War)

21. D. Presidential Election of 1820
Candidates
a. James Monroe (Democratic-Republican)
b. The Federalists mounted no challenge
c. Electoral Count, 231-1(John Quincy Adams)

22. D. Presidential Election of 1820

23. E. Demise of the First Party System
The First Party System (Ended by 1820)
New Rivalries Forming (Election of 1824)