1. ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS?: Nationalism & Sectionalism after the War of 1812
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2. Results of the War of 1812 Draw militarily
Small war and insignificant in military terms.
Important consequences for the U.S.:
Winners: War Hawks; Republicans, Andrew Jackson, WHH
Losers: Indians, Federalists
New spirit of nationalism (Era of Good Feelings)
Paranoia about Britain died away (“Second War for Independence”)
Rush-Bagot Agreement & Convention of 1818
No U.S. involvement with Europe for 100 years.
America looks inward

3. Guiding Question
Historians have traditionally labeled the period after the War of 1812 ( ) the “Era of Good Feelings.” How accurate was this label, considering the emergence of nationalism and sectionalism during the period?

4. Presidential Election of 1816
Description: Map of the Presidential Election of 1816.Credit: Department of the Interior

5. Politics: “ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS”
James Monroe - President ( )
John Quincy Adams
John Calhoun
Nationalism
Sectionalism
Pojer;
President James Monroe
Sec. of State J.Q. Adams

6. 1820 Presidential Election
Pojer

8. ECONOMIC & DEMOGRAPHIC EXPANSION
Great Migration Westward
Old Northwest
Old Southwest
Settlement: Faragher, Out of Many, 3rd Ed.;
Slavery: Divine, America Past & Present
Spread of Settlement: Westward Surge, 1800–1820
Concentration of Slavery, 1820

9. ECONOMIC & DEMOGRAPHIC EXPANSION
“internal improvements”
Henry Clay – “American System”
Tariff of protective
Second Bank of the U. S.
Internal improvements
at federal expense.
National Road
Roads: Faragher, Out of Many, 3rd Ed.;
SECTIONAL IMPLICATIONS?
WEST  got roads, canals, and federal aid
EAST  protective tariffs (w/ support from the West)
SOUTH  ??
Major Migration Routes, 1800–1820

10. ECONOMIC & DEMOGRAPHIC EXPANSION
Panic of 1819
boom & bust cycles
About every 20 yrs. in 19th C.
Causes of the Panic
Deflation – falling crop prices
Esp. cotton: British demand drops - find cheaper sources
Competition from Europe increases - end of Napoleanic Wars
Overspeculation on land – easy credit from banks
Western farmers unable to pay loans
Trade deficit – drained U.S. of specie
Bank of the U.S. tightens credit
Tougher loan requirements, requires specie from state banks
Who/What is blamed?

11. MISSOURI Missouri statehood controversy (1819)
Tallmadge Amendment (1819) – gradual abolition (passed HR, failed in Senate)
Missouri Compromise (1820) (Maine-Missouri Bill)
Divine, America: Past and Present 7e

12. MISSOURI COMPROMISE REACTIONS Continued Existence of Slavery:
“like a fire-bell in the night the [death] knell of the Union” - Thomas Jefferson
“the title page to a great tragic volume” – J. Adams
Continued Existence of Slavery:
a) Legal Status
b) Political Power
Geographic/Economic Necessity
Nationalism vs. Sectionalism??

13. THE SUPREME COURT & NATIONALISM
Marbury v. Madison (1803)
judicial review
Fletcher v. Peck (1810)
Constitution forbids state laws “impairing” contracts
Dartmouth v. Woodward (Dartmouth College Case) (1819) - Protects contracts
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
Elastic (“necessary & proper”) clause
Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) “Steamboat Case”
Commerce Clause
Old Supreme Court Chamber

14. Rush-Bagot Agreement & Convention of 1818
Pojer

15. NATIONALISM IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Florida (1819)
Henretta, America’s History 5e from

16. NATIONALISM IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Adams-Onís Treaty of 1819 ( Transcontinental Treaty)
Faragher, Out of Many, 3rd Ed.;

17. North America in 1824
Pojer

18. NATIONALISM IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS
The Monroe Doctrine (1823)
The US to declare the Americas off-limits to Europe.
A continuation of the neutrality and isolationist policies established by Washington.
US will protect the Americas---new countries which formed in Central and South America
No European Colonization in the Americas
US will recognize existing European Colonies
US will not meddle in European affairs
Pojer
Monroe Doctrine

19. END OF THE “ERA” Election of 1824 - Era Breaks Down
electoral changes - elections based much more on popular support
“Corrupt Bargain” (according to whom???)  
Faragher, Out of Many, 3rd Ed.;

20. Election of 1824: A “Corrupt Bargain”?

21. John Quincy Adams President, 1825-1829 John Quincy Adams
(Library of Congress)

22. The Election of 1828 Andrew Jackson
(Library of Congress)
Faragher, Out of Many, 3rd Ed.;

23. Review of Presidents George Washington (1789-1797) no party Virginia
John Adams ( ) Federalist Mass.
Thomas Jefferson ( ) Republican Virginia
James Madison ( ) Republican Virginia
James Monroe ( ) Republican Virginia
John Quincy Adams ( ) Republican Mass.
Andrew Jackson ( ) Democrat Tenn.