1. New Industries and New Politics
Chapter 9

2. Why did cotton come to be known as King Cotton in the early 1800’s?
Essential Question:
Why did cotton come to be known as King Cotton in the early 1800’s?

3. The “Era of Good Feelings”?
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4. What were the major characteristics of the “Era of Good Feeling?”
Essential Question:
What were the major characteristics of the “Era of Good Feeling?”

6. The Center of Population Moves West 1790 - 1970

7. Ways West: The Erie Canal
Land Act of 1820: minimum of 80 acres at $1.25 acre
Encouraged European Americans to move west
1825: Erie Canal completed
Great economic, political, and religious significance
Engineering feat
Raised the material standard of living of people outside of the cities
Farm towns changed to robust trading centers

8. The Erie Canal (1817 – 1825) * 363 miles Albany to Buffalo.
* Much further than any other American or European canal.

9. Principal Canals Built By 1860

10. The American System WEST  got roads, canals, and federal aide.
EAST  got the backing of protective tariffs from the West.
SOUTH  ??

11. The Panic of 1819
CAUSES???

12. The Panic of 1819 and the Plight of Western Debtors
European markets re-establishing themselves from the wars.
Industries can not keep up with cotton demand.
Price of cotton declines from 32.5 cents a pound to 14 cents in the matter of months leading into 1819.
Banks call in loans and debts.
A National Economy was a new thing.

13. The Election of 1820

14. The Politics Behind Western Migration: The Missouri Compromise of 1820
Proposals
James Tallmadge: free state
Pinckney: favored states’ rights
The Compromise
Missouri joined Union as slave state
Maine joined Union as a free state
In future, slavery prohibited north of 36° 30’ line (Louisiana Purchase lands)

15. The Missouri Compromise - 1820

16. Landmark Supreme Court Cases: McCulloch v. Maryland
“The power to tax involves the power to destroy” – John Marshall
Court affirmed that Constitution has a “loose construction” meaning that the Constitution was created “to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs” to preserve its relevance through time.

17. The Election of 1824: The “Corrupt Bargain”

18. The Election of 1824: The “Corrupt Bargain”
Candidate
Popular Vote
Electoral Vote
Andrew Jackson
43% 99
J.Q. Adams
31% 84
William Crawford
13% 41
Henry Clay 37

19. Andrew Jackson’s Rise to Power
Presidential Election of 1824: four candidates
No clear majority
All are Democratic Republicans
Representative Henry Clay: withdrew from race, promising Jackson support
Secretary of State John Quincy Adams: named Clay secretary of state
Senator Andrew Jackson: charged Adams of corruption

20. 1828 Election Results

21. Andrew Jackson’s Rise to Power
Election of 1828
John Quincy Adam’s party – the National Republicans
Andrew Jackson’s party – the Democrats
Jackson overwhelmingly victorious in 1828
The “spoils system” and politics of the “common man”

22. The Reign of “King Mob”

23. Jackson’s Faith in the “Common Man”
Intense distrust of Eastern “establishment,” monopolies, & special privilege.
His heart & soul was with the “plain folk.”
Belief that the common man was capable of uncommon achievements.

25. Chapter 9 Summary and Review
On page answer questions 2, 5, & 7.
For each question write a thesis (underline it) and give 2-3 supporting pieces of evidence to your thesis and analyze the evidence and how it supports your thesis.
Responses should be a health paragraph in length.

27. “Era of Good Feelings” Nationalism & Sectionalism
DBQ
“Era of Good Feelings” Nationalism & Sectionalism