Era of Good Feelings Unit 3.5

Everything good? Era of Good Feelings good side Bad things: Nationalism Optimism Development of “American” Bad things: Panic of 1819 Missouri Compromise Factions within the Democratic-Republicans Sectionalism

Education, Art, Culture - American Republican Mother idea – children should be raised with civic values and republican/American values Shown in books and art: Mercy Otis Warren – History of the Revolution Noah Webster – spelling book/dictionary Gilbert Stuart’s paintings Patriotic themes and stories. 1826 – 50 year anniversary of Declaration

American Literature and Sport Washington Irving – wrote in “American” style Rip Van Winkle, Ichabod Crane James Fenimore Cooper – historical romance style Leatherstocking Tales (such as The Last of the Mohicans) First American novelist “accepted” by Europeans Horseracing #1 Sport Alcohol in culture. Why?

WAKE UP AGAIN! 2nd Great Awakening Revivalism Camp Meetings Cane Ridge (Kentucky) Charles Finney Growth of Baptist, Presbyterians, and Methodists Middle Class Deism in early 1800s Jefferson’s Bible Thomas Paine’s Age of Reason

Fur On the Frontier, mountain men such as Jedediah Smith explored and learned Indian trails in the west. Stories of the frontiersmen glorified the adventures. Increased our desire for more land (Manifest Destiny) John Jacob Astor – fur trading company controlled the market from the Great Lakes to now Oregon.

Transportation Revolution Improvement on Clipper Ships Whaling Ships and Whaling Industry Why Whales? African-American influence Roads Cumberland (National) Road (connected Ohio River and Potomac) Turnpikes Roads helped link towns and cities and spread our Market Economy Canals Erie Canal Flatboats Steamboats Robert Fulton’s Clermont (1807) What’s the change?

Time to industrialize 1st Industrial Revolution Change hand tools and craft shops to machines and factories Started in the textile industry Samuel Slater – first factory in U.S. (Memorized plans from Britain) Eli Whitney – idea of interchangeable parts Mass production in North Cotton gin invention in the south

Women at Work Lowell System – Textile Factories in Massachusetts Why in New England? Francis Cabot Lowell developed a better power loom Factory town using young women – Lowell Mill Girls Why use girls? How were they treated? What would change in the future? Source for some of the first unions and women’s rights movement

We haven’t had a Clay slide yet, so… Internal Improvements (today we call it Infrastructure) Trying to connect the “Old Northwest” to New England Resources and agricultural products for factory products Part of Henry Clay’s American System idea to strengthen the U.S. Economy Turnpikes, Roads, and Canals Madison would veto an Internal Improvement Bill How does that fit into the Democratic-Republican idea?

So what’s happening in the South Why are they not building roads and Canal in South? Natural Rivers King Cotton emerges and the Peculiar Institution Dominated by Aristocratic Planter class

Sectionalism Sectionalism develops after the War of 1812 The Old Northwest and New England become more reliant on each other in the North. Issues besides slavery that will divide them Tariff Internal improvements B.U.S. Seen in Missouri Compromise

Democracy Expanded Alexis de Tocqueville (French) wrote Democracy in America Told about changes in America such as mobility and democracy Equality in society (egalitarian) During the 1820s and 1830s voting rules would expand to allow more males the right to votes as property requirements were removed (Universal Male Suffrage) Would change the way elections were conducted in order to appeal more to the common man.

End of the Good Feelings Election of 1824 Four Candidates get electoral votes Andrew Jackson 94 John Quincy Adams 84 William Crawford 41 Henry Clay 37 Since no one had a majority in the Electoral College, the House of Representatives decides the winner.

Corruption! House chooses John Quincy Adams after Clay has his supporters shift their votes to him. Adams makes Henry Clay the Sec. of State. What is significant about that position? Jackson claims there was a Corrupt Bargain between them. He would spend the next 4 years campaigning for the Presidency.

Reflection Questions How could you say that Eli Whitney caused the Civil War, but also is responsible for the North winning? How did the Transportation Revolution with Turnpikes and Canals help to link the Old Northwest with New England and their Industrial Revolution? In what ways was the Era of Good Feelings a great time to live in the United States and in what way was it not so good? What happened in the 1824 election to make Jackson yell corruption?

Links http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLdQ4DUnnw4&feature=related – expansion of US http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB0MSSh_oCA - project http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVZhJT1tBW4&list=UUZYs757tACChkS-vjS1m66Q&index=55&feature=plcp – review video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGuneBZAZA8&list=UUZYs757tACChkS-vjS1m66Q&index=5&feature=plcp – review video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5VkgcJ_0Aw – Era of Good Feelings lesson