1. Bell Work – Plickers **USE YOUR NOTES!**
Which philosophy supported women’s rights, abolition, education, and other progressive policies?
New England Puritanism
Jeffersonianism
Transcendentalism
Individualism
Which of the following is a result of the election of 1800?
The 12th Amendment was written and passed.
Thomas Jefferson received fewer electoral votes than John Adams.
The Democratic-Republicans lost power.
The Federalists held on to the Presidency

2. The American System
8.46 Analyze the physical obstacles to and the economic and political factors involved in building a network of roads, canals and railroads , including Henry Clay’s American System

3. The red lines are proposed roads. Notice how they all extend out West
The red lines are proposed roads. Notice how they all extend out West. What problems would they encounter building the roads? How would those problems be solved?

4. 2. The yellow lines are existing roads
2. The yellow lines are existing roads. Where were most of the existing roads located? Why?

5. 3. The blue lines are proposed canals
3. The blue lines are proposed canals. What problems would they encounter building the canals? Why were these canals necessary?

6. American System
Proposed by Henry Clay of Kentucky
Purpose: To utilize America’s natural resources, increase our economic power, and promote population shifting to the West.
How does this match up with the reasons for colonization we spoke about a few months ago?
Made up of three parts:
New National Bank—stabilize U.S. currency
Protective Tariff—20-25% tax on imported goods
Internal improvements—roads and canals for faster transportation.

7. Problems
Physical obstacles—Appalachian Mountains made it difficult to build roads and canals. Uneven terrain made moving boats difficult in some places.
Economic—these improvements cost a lot of money. Who would pay for these improvements? Should the people who benefit the most from them pay more? Or should the people who live where the roads and canals be built pay for them? Would the tariff have a negative effect?
Political—the three sections of the US could not agree—each section had their own unique interests.

8. Benefits—Roads and Canals
Made transportation of goods and people quicker and cheaper. Crops could be shipped east for less money. This results in lower costs for the consumer.
Provides jobs, paid by the government.
Easier movement between east and west means new trade routes and more people leaving crowded cities for rural areas.
Military can easily respond to threats.

9. Benefits—National Bank and Tariff
Bank would provide safe place for loans, rather than the risky private banks.
Tariff would raise the price of foreign made goods. This would almost force the consumer to purchase the cheaper American made version. If they insisted on paying the higher cost, the tax money went to the government.
This would promote American trade goods, leading to more factories and jobs in cities.
People in the South and West objected to paying higher prices for things they needed.

11. Exit Ticket:
What are the three main points to the American System?
Do we still use these ideas in the United States today?
What are some objections to “internal improvements” today?

12. Would you rather:
It is 1815, the War of 1812 just ended. Would you rather be a farmer or try to find work in a city?
84% of Americans were farmers. There were few factories, especially down South. Most of the items you bought came from a foreign country.

13. Would you rather:
You are a merchant. Congress wants to pass a tariff—a tax on imported goods (consumer products made outside the country). This would raise prices on foreign goods for your customers. Do you support it?
While prices of foreign goods went up, American made goods were actually cheaper. And the money made from the tariff would go to the government.

14. Would you rather:
You are living in the West (out near the Mississippi River)or in the South. Do you support the tariff?
No. Most of the people in the South and the West were farmers. This would raise the cost of many items you buy until American manufacturing caught up.

15. Would you rather:
You live in the Northeast. The government is proposing using tax dollars to build canals and roads around the country. Do you agree?
You should. This will allow food to make its way to you more quickly and cheaply. It also allows for raw materials to make it to your factories quickly and your products to go to the market more quickly.