1. Antebellum America Overview

2. Transportation Canals Roads & Turnpikes (National Road) Railroads – North and West – Missing in the South

3. Migration Population pressure in East Economic pressure in East Availability of new lands Decline of Indian Resistance New states with more voting rights (Indiana, Mississippi, Illinois, Alabama)

4. Sectionalism North South West

5. Era of Good Feelings Rising nationalism after War of 1812 (Battle of New Orleans) President Monroe (end to party politics) – deliberately included northerners & southerners in his cabinet Florida – Seminole War, Adams-Onis Treaty

6. Missouri Compromise Missouri would have unbalanced North/South levels in the Senate Missouri Compromise – Maine = free state, Missouri = slave state Slavery banned north of the 36º30’ line JUST A BANDAID!

7. 1824 Election William Crawford John Quincy Adams Henry Clay Andrew Jackson “corrupt bargain”

8. Henry Clay – American System Home market for factory & farm products Raise the protective tariff Strengthen national bank Finance internal improvements

9. John Quincy Adams - disappointment Political strife Tariff of Abominations Election of 1828 – AGE OF JACKSON – Jackson’s supporters = Democratic Republicans – Adams’ supporters – National Republicans

10. Jacksonian America – Key Points President of the Common Man King Mob Calhoun & Nullification Peggy Eaton Indian Removal BUS King Andrew

11. Indian Removal 5 Civilized Tribes (Cherokee, Creek, Seminole, Chicksaw, and Choctaw) Cherokee resistance Oklahoma “Great American Desert” Seminole resistance under Osceola

12. Whigs v. Democrats Whigs – Henry Clay – Expand federal government power – Encourage industrial & commercial development – Consolidate economic system – Cautious about westward expansion – Favored by merchants & industrialists Democrats – Smaller merchants and workingmen of Northeast – Southern planters – Westerners who opposed a national bank

13. After Jackson Martin Van Buren – Panic of 1837 William Henry Harrison – Log Cabin Campaign – Whig Victory John Tyler (closet Democrat) – Aroostook War – Webster–Ashburton Treaty of 1842

14. Manifest Destiny Expansionist movement Divine mission to extend American power & civilization Nationalism Population increase Rapid economic development Technological advances Reform Ideals

16. Texas Stephen Austin Santa Anna Lone Star Republic The Texas Question

17. The Other Expansion Question Oregon California

18. James Polk – The Manifest Destiny President! Election of 1844 – He was the dark horse. Fifty-four Forty or Fight! Annexation of Texas (under Polk) Compromise on Oregon War with Mexico Zachary Taylor and the Rio Grande California’s independence

19. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Rio Grande = border of Texas California & New Mexico for $15 million Wilmot Proviso – attempt to ban slavery in territories gained from War with Mexico – failed Gadsden Purchase – land for the Transcontinental Railroad