1. Chapter 9
A National Identity

2. Settling Disputes
United States and British Canada both wanted naval and fishing rights on the Great Lakes.
Rush-Bagot Agreement (1817) -limited naval power on Great Lakes for both.
Now the two countries could live alongside one another peacefully

3. Settling Disputes
Argued over fishing rights off Canada, fur trade in Oregon, and the U.S.–Canadian border
Convention of 1818 allowed U.S. fishing off Canada and set the border between the United States and Canada at the 49th parallel as far west as the Rocky Mountains.
United States and Britain agreed to share Pacific Northwest

4. Compromise- an agreement in which each side gives up some demands
1. Brainstorm a list of topics that are related to ECS and that have two sides
2. Get in to groups of 3-4 and work to figure out
1. What are the main issues?
2. What is a good compromise?
3. What must each side give up?
On a piece of paper
Names of all group members
Your assigned issue
Two sides
Compromise
What each side is giving up

5. Taking Florida
Secretary of State John Quincy Adams talked with Spain’s Luis de Onís.
President James Monroe sent troops to secure the border.
There was conflict with the Seminoles over raids of U.S. settlements and runaway slaves.

6. Taking Florida
Andrew Jackson’s captured Seminole raiders, beginning First Seminole War
U.S. military overthrew Spanish governor of Florida.
Spain and United States signed Adams-Onís Treaty in 1819;, and settled all border disputes.
United States received East Florida, gave up claim to Texas, and agreed to pay U.S. citizens’ claims against Spain.

7. Entry Task
Sectionalism is defined as disagreements between different regions of the country.
Come up with a present day example of sectionalism.
Would the people in your example go to war over their beliefs?

8. The Monroe Doctrine
Latin American countries declared independence from Spain.
Simon Bolívar led many of these revolutions.
The United States feared European countries would take control of newly free countries.
United States issued Monroe Doctrine.
Warned European powers not to interfere in Americas
Put Latin America in U.S. sphere of influence

9. 4 Points of the Monroe Doctrine
U.S. would not interfere in the affairs of European Nations
U.S. would recognize and not interfere with European colonies that already existed in North and South America
The Western Hemisphere was to be off limits to future colonization by any foreign power
The U.S would consider any European power’s attempt to colonize or interfere with nations in the W. hemisphere to be a hostile act.

10. Section 2 Odds N’ Ends
Nationalism – Feelings of pride and loyalty to a nation.
Sectionalism – disagreements between different regions of the country.

11. Erie Canal
Erie Canal – Transportation Route from Albany, NY to Buffalo, NY

14. Missouri Compromise
Missouri Compromise – settled the slavery question for free and slave states.
Had three conditions:
Missouri would enter as a slave state.
Maine would join as a free state.
Slavery would be prohibited in any new territories north of Missouri’s southern border.

15. American Writers Washington Irving Wrote about American history
Used satire to warn Americans they should learn from the past and be cautious about the future
Combined European influences with American settings and characters

16. American Writers James Fenimore Cooper
Focused on American characters and society
Wrote stories about the western frontier and Native Americans
Popularized historical fiction

17. Architecture
American architects built buildings after the style of ancient Greece and Rome.
Admired old civilizations for their democratic and republican ideals
Early American political leaders believed an educated populace was needed for democracy.
The idea of state-funded public schools gained support.
Massachusetts was the first state for public education.

18. Homework Read pages 302-305 and do the three (3) reading checks.
Due Wednesday