1. James Monroe
5th President

2. Nationalism:
National interests should be placed ahead of regional concerns or interests of other nations; strengthen the nation and put COUNTRY first

3. Types of Nationalism: 1) Strengthen powers of the Federal gov’t
2) NATION is more important than STATE (or region)
3) Add land/borders or establish relations with other nations

4. President: James Monroe Sec of State: John Quincy Adams
Supported Nationalism – Expansion, National Security, etc.
- James Monroe’s presidency is known as the “Era of Good Feelings” because of the growth of nationalism during this time

5. Era of Good Feelings
“Never before, perhaps, since the institution of civil government, did the same harmony, the same absence of party spirit, the same national feeling, pervade a community. The result too consoling to dispute too nicely about the cause.
--- National Intelligencer---
James Monroe
Fifth President of the United States

6. Chief Justice John Marshall
- Many significant court cases
- Ruled in favor of NATIONALISM

7. Strengthens Judicial Branch of Gov’t
Marbury v. Madison
Ruling: How does it show nationalism?
Courts can declare laws
unconstitutional
(Judicial Review)
Strengthens Judicial Branch of Gov’t

8. Growing Federal Power
-Supreme Court cases began to expand the powers of the national government through its decisions
-Marbury v. Madison, 1803
Gave Supreme Court the power of judicial review
Can review laws and decide if constitutional

9. Nation over State; Strengthens power of gov’t
McCullough v. Maryland
Issue: How does it show nationalism?
States want to nullify the
National Bank
Ruling:
Bank is constitutional (implied)
And states can’t nullify Fed law
Nation over State; Strengthens power of gov’t

10. Strengthens power of Fed gov’t; Nation over State
Gibbons v. Ogden
Case: How does it show nationalism?
Individual states want
control of river that crosses
state lines
Ruling:
Only Congress can regulate
Interstate trade
Strengthens power of Fed gov’t; Nation over State

11. (3) Clarified border with Canada
Convention of 1818
(3) Clarified border with Canada
Demilitarized border

12. Missouri Compromise Made by Henry Clay (“The Great Compromiser”)
Missouri will be a slave state
Maine will be a free state
36o30’ line divides future slave/free states
How is it Nationalism: Helped resolve the divisive issue of slavery (temporarily); Nation over region