1. Warm-up #5 What is the Monroe Doctrine? Why was it important? If you were creating a new nation, what you would need to make the transport of goods and people possible?

2. Henry Clay: “The Great Compromiser” Creator of American System

3. Discuss the following questions with your table: – Who was Henry Clay? – What was the American System? – What were parts of the American System? – How was it funded?

4. Henry Clay’s American System The American System

5. Henry Clay’s American System The American System Canals (Erie Canal) economic Self sufficiency National Road = Cumberland Road Paid for by protective tariff National bank Single national currency

6. Results of the American System

7. Check for Understanding 1)Which of the following was not part of Henry Clay’s American System? a)The building of canals by the national government b)local or "pet" banks independent from the national bank c)protective tariffs d) a national bank e)the building of roads by the national government

8. Canal – A man made river

11. Erie Canal – Used to transport raw and manufactured goods less expensively.

12. The Building of Erie Canal

13. Cumberland Road The Cumberland Road was the first federally planned and funded interstate highway. Crossing 6 states (Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois), the road linked older eastern communities with the emerging frontier settlements of the Northwest Territory. In a generation of use, the populations of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois grew from 783,635 to over 3.72 million people.

14. National Road

15. Building the National Road

16. Wagon Traveling on Model National Road

18. American System Foldable Create a foldable with a title page, 3 pictures (including credits), and information about the American System. Information sections should include: – Banking and Finance – describe Clay’s plan regarding the national bank and tariffs, How would this plan benefit the nation? – National Road – describe Henry Clay’s plan for a national road, how would it benefit merchants an farmers? – Erie Canal – describe Henry Clay’s plan to build the Erie Canal, how it was made, why it was useful, and how it benefited America.

19. American System Foldable To credit pictures include: – Title/subject – Date – Artist, Publication or Archive (google isn't an accurate citation) – informational captions are optional. "Main Street Bridge over Erie Canal“ 1907 Erie Canal Images