Susan M. Pojer; Edited by Jennifer Bishop & Matt LópezSusan M. Pojer; Edited by Jennifer Bishop & Matt López

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Second Bank of the U. S.

Internal improvements at federal expense. - National Road

In what ways is this system

nationalistic?

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Compromiser”Compromiser”

New Roads

• Made of Crushed stone

• First Toll Roads Built• Federal Government

builds first road

Cumberland Road

Waterways

• Rivers used for transportation (faster than land)

• Flat boats• Keel boats

• Steamboats - in use by mid-1800’s

Waterways - Canals

• Connected areas where road couldn’t.

• Erie Canal - 364 miles

• Way cheaper than roads (drops from $100 to $8)

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Think back to Jefferson’s Presidency. What impact did the Embargo have on budding American industries?

Where are these budding industries located?

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WESTWEST got roads, canals, andgot roads, canals, and federal aid federal aid

EASTEAST got the backing ofgot the backing of protective tariffs from the protective tariffs from the West. West.

SOUTHSOUTH ????

Have you ever felt that you did not get a fair share of something? How did you react?

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What is happening to the popularity of the Federalist Party?

What contributed to nationalunity during the early 1800s?

protective tariffs

national bankroad and canal systems

strong federal government

settled national boundaries

NATIONALUNITY

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• How did the era of 1815-1824 earn the name “The Era of Good Feelings?”

• Period of one-party rule

• Peace

• Expansion

• In what ways is this description an accurate one?

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How do you think the Federalist States felt about Monroe?

Last of generation of Founding Fathers

Why did people consider his election as a continuation of the “Virginia Dynasty?”

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• Caused by over-speculation on western lands

• Banks foreclose on farms

• People imprisoned for debt

Missouri Compromise

•Keeps a balance between slave & free states

•Drew a line separating slave from free states

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A bulldog among spaniels!

US Secretary of State under Monroe.

Author of the Monroe Doctrine.

Will settle many boundary disputes in the US’s favor.

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3. What would the US do if the warning was not headed?

Monroe Doctrine

2. What warning is given to the European countries?

1. What foreign policy principles are established?

Referred to as America’s Self-Defense Doctrine.

4. What helps US militarily?

Monroe Doctrine

• President Monroe’s warning to European countries to stay out of North and South America

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Boundary est. by Russo-American Treaty of 1824.

Is this boundary the result of the Monroe Doctrine?

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Was this era correctly named? Why/Why not?

How is nationalism evident during this era?

How has the War of 1812 changed the way American’s see themselves?

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CandidatePopular

Vote

Electoral Vote

Andrew Jackson

43% 99

J.Q. Adams 31% 32

William Crawford

13% 41

Henry Clay 13% 37