AMERICAN
NATIONALISM
Chapter 7.1
The Era of Good Feelings
CALHOUN
CLAY
 President James Monroe – 5th president
MONROE
 War of 1812 inspired great nationalism, dubbed
the Era of Good Feelings
 Republicans only one in power due to anger at
Federalists over the Hartford Convention
 Republican learned a few things about National
power
 They let the First National Bank die in 1811 which
caused inflation due to use of bank notes
 Rep. John C. Calhoun supported by Henry Clay
proposed bill for Second National Bank
 The 2nd bank could control notes & state banks
Tariffs & Transportation
 The gov’t also wanted to protect US manufacturers
from cheap British goods – Tariff of 1816
 Protective tariff that taxed imports
 Opposed by Southern Planters and New England
shippers
 Transportation improvement were vetoed by
Monroe but state and local authorities undertook
them.
Judicial Nationalism
 Martin v. Hunter’s Lessee – Court decided that it
had authority to hear appeal of all state court
cases, nations final court of appeal
 McCulloch v. Maryland – Maryland tried to tax the
2nd National Bank
 Marshall said that the government had the right to
establish the national bank –elastic clause
 Further ruled that the state could not interfere with
federal gov’t institutions acting within its borders.
 Gibbons v. Ogden – declared monopoly
unconstitutional said that federal gov’t had
control over interstate trade, but states could
regulate commerce w/in its own borders
Nationalist Diplomacy
 Southerners were upset about Spanish held
CALHOUN
JACKSON
Florida
 Slaves fled across the border also the Creek who
changed their name to Seminole
 The Native Americans then staged raids from FL
 Seminole leader Kinache warned US to stay out of
Florida
 Calhoun now Sec. of War sent A. Jackson with
troops, Jackson not only destroyed Seminole
villages but seized Spanish settlements of
Pensacola & St. Marks, removed Spanish governor
from power
Florida & Monroe Doctrine
 MONROE
ADAMS
 Spain demanded that Jackson be punished, but
John Quincy Adams sided with him & blamed
Spain
 Spain otherwise occupied & ceded all of FL to US
in Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819, also made western
border along Sabine & Red River, west along AK
River and north to 42nd parallel
 Quadruple alliance – Britain, Austria, Russia
Prussia
 Monroe Doctrine – American Continents not to be
considered for colonization