1. Clay’s “American System”
Develop transportation systems
Would expand national business
Railroads
Erie Canal
Cumberland Road
Establish a protective tariff
American exports declined after the Napoleonic Wars
Would protect American made goods
Could hurt consumers and southerners
Resurrect the national bank
Felt it kept the economy stable
Federal funds went into the BUS instead of local banks

2. James Monroe (D-R 1817-1825) Panic of 1819 Adams-Onis Treaty (1819)
First major economic crash
Loss of imports after end of the Napoleonic Wars
Adams-Onis Treaty (1819)
U.S. acquires Florida
Era of Good Feelings ( )
Period of unity and purpose
Collapse of the Federalist party
Only one elector did not vote for his reelection
Liberia
Tried to create a colony for freed slaves
Monrovia

3. Missouri Compromise (1820)
Missouri applying for statehood
Issue of expansion of slavery in new territories
Alabama had just been admitted as a slave state
Tallmadge Amendment
Attempt to limit expansion of slavery
Fails in the Senate
Compromise
Outlawed slavery in all new territories north of the parallel 36˚30’ boundary
Except Missouri
All territories south of this line could become slave states

4. Monroe Doctrine (1823) America’s first significant foreign policy
Foundation of our foreign policy for about 100 years
Drafted by John Quincy Adams
U.S. would not allow any colonization of countries in Latin America
These used to be Spanish colonies
Would allow us to influence and benefit from them
Told European countries to stay out of the Western Hemisphere
Would keep us safer from invasion

5. Elections of 1824 John Q Adams (National Republican Party)
Andrew Jackson (Democratic Party)
No candidate gets a majority of the electoral votes
Andrew Jackson won the popular vote
Adams gets chosen in the House
Jackson accuses him of striking a “Corrupt Bargain”
Henry Clay supported Adams in return for the Secretary of State position

6. Election of 1828
Democrats and Jackson rally strong support for him in the election
Similar to modern campaigns
Adams refused to heavily campaign
Jackson’s wife targeted in campaign attacks
Already had heart issues
Dies shortly after the election
Jackson wins by a wide margin
A mob storms the White House after results announced