1. The Era of Good Feelings
Unit 4, Section 1
The Industrial Revolution, Politics, Societal Changes, Economics, & Foreign Policy

2. Era of Good Feelings – Market Revolution
During the Early Republic, the US had depended on international trade, but the Embargo Act of 1807 & following War of 1812 made them turn towards developing domestic industries.

3. Revolutions! Industrial Revolution Transportation Revolution
Market REvolution

4. The North & the Factory System
The push for manufacturing was greater in New England because of the lack of agriculture there
In the North smaller farms were common
in old Northwest farmers raised one or two crops & sold excess off at markets
crops were not labor intensive, so demand for slaves in the North began to fall
Samuel Slater opened the first successful textile factory in 1793 & introduced America to the “Factory System”  work was performed on a large scale in a single centralized location.
Other textile and weaving factories followed.
Lowell, Massachusetts  the Lowell Girls

5. The South
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin in 1793, which increased the growth & reliance on cotton in the South
The reliance on cotton increased the need for slaves

6. Transportation
The expansion of transportation allowed not only people, but goods to move further and faster than ever before.
The expansion of the United States with the Louisiana Purchase also made new transportation necessary.
Turnpikes
The National Road
AKA the Cumberland Road
Steamboats
Canals

7. Era of Good Feelings - Politics
With the Hartford Convention at the End of the War of 1812, the Federalists lost influence, leaving only the Democratic- Republicans behind. Many people believed this led to a sense of political unity within the United States.

8. President James Madison
Jefferson’s Sect. of State, Madison took office in 1809.
Democratic-Republican
Helped write the Virginia & Kentucky Resolutions  nullification
Mr. Madison’s War (War of 1812)
End of the Federalist Party
Lots of NATIONALISM : strong pride in your nation
Re-signed the charter for the National bank in 1816 which allowed it to last 20 more years.
Through 1836
Tariff of 1816 passed
President James Madison

9. President James Monroe
A Founding Father who helped create and sign our governing documents.
A Democratic-Republican who took office in 1817.
President James Monroe

10. Monroe’s Presidency He ran for re-election unopposed in 1820.
Monroe appointed Cabinet members of differing views in an attempt to ease tensions.
Monroe toured the states during his presidency.
New states were admitted to the Union during Monroe’s presidency:
Mississippi in 1817
Illinois in 1818
Alabama in 1819
Maine in 1820 ***
Missouri in 1821 ***
America made the transition to a two party system at the end of Monroe’s second term.
The Democratic – Republicans  Republicans
More nationally minded people became National Republicans
Monroe’s Presidency

11. Nationalism in Politics
Gibbons VS. Ogden
Adams – Onis Treaty (1819)
The Missouri Compromise
The Monroe Doctrine

12. Nationalism in Politics
Gibbons VS Ogden – 1824
Supreme Court Justice John Marshall
The Supreme Court of the United States re-established the power to regulate interstate commerce, granted to Congress
Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution.
The Adams-Onis Treaty – 1819
Signed by the US and Spain
Also known as the Florida Purchase Treaty
America gained the territory of Florida
Spain re-established their boundary to the Southwest

13. Nationalism in Politics
The Monroe Doctrine
European powers should not try to colonize in the Western Hemisphere.
The Missouri Compromise
The addition of new states
Maine
Missouri
Proves America is growing!
Sectionalism?
The argument or slavery in expanding territories
Missouri became slave & Maine became free
This kept the balance of free and slave
36-30 line : everything above free & everything below slave

14. Era of Good Feelings - Economics
With the Hartford Convention at the End of the War of 1812, the Federalists lost influence, leaving only the Democratic-Republicans behind. Many people believed this led to a sense of political unity within the United States.

15. Henry Clay & the American System - 1824
Henry Clay’s ideas of how to promote national political and economic growth.
Protective Tariffs
A tariff is a tax on imported goods.
It is called protective because it is supposed to promote Americans buying goods domestically.
RE-Chartering the National Bank
Re-signing the law that allowed the National Bank to exist.
The National Bank helped by creating a unified money system, loaning money, and giving the government a place to deposit or borrow money from.
Building up infrastructure
system of public works such as roads, canals, railways, etc.
Henry Clay & the American System