1. The Emergence of American Nationalism.

2. What is Nationalism?
Patriotism is, generally speaking, cultural attachment to one's homeland or devotion to one's country, although interpretations of the term vary with context, geography, and political ideology. (Wikipedia)
Nationalism is a belief, creed or political ideology that involves an individual identifying with, or becoming attached to, one's nation. (Wikipedia)
In a new nation, what might contribute to the growth of nationalism?

3. George Washington

4. John Trumbull’s Declaration of Independence
The oil-on-canvas work was commissioned in 1817,
purchased in 1819, and placed in the rotunda in 1826.

5. LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION
How did the purchase of Louisiana and the subsequent Lewis and Clark Expedition contribute to the growth of nationalism?

6. Republican Motherhood
Grace Allison McCurdy (Mrs. Hugh McCurdy) and her Daughters, Mary Jane and Letitia Grace, by Joshua Johnson, c. 1804
How did the idea of “Republican Motherhood” contribute to the growth of nationalism? 

7. WASHINGTON, D.C. (1814)
Watercolor and ink depiction from 1814, restored. After the burning of Washington, D.C. during the War of 1812

8. VIEW OF THE CAPITOL BUILDING, 1824

9. The Battle of New Orleans, 1814
How did the American victory at New Orleans contribute to
the rise of American nationalism following the War of 1812?

10. THE ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS
How did the presidency of James Monroe usher in an “era of good feelings” in the United States? How did his trip to New England contribute to the emergence of nationalism?

11. John Marshall
How did the decisions of the Marshall Court contribute to “judicial nationalism?”

12. President James Monroe and Secretary of State John Quincy Adams
The Monroe Doctrine
President James Monroe and Secretary of State John Quincy Adams

13. American Literature James Fenimore Cooper
The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 (1826)
Second book of The Leatherstocking Tales pentalogy
International acclaim
How does the emergence of American literature contribute to the rise of nationalism?

14. AMERICAN ART
View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm, commonly known as The Oxbow, is a seminal landscape painting by Thomas Cole, founder of the Hudson River School.

15. EXIT TICKET
Choose three factors that you believe contributed MOST to the growth of American Nationalism and rank them in order of importance.