War of 1812 and Upsurge
of Nationalism
Although a strong surge of American nationalism
resulted from the War of 1812, this era was threatened
by the sectional dispute of slavery
War of 1812
Era of Good Feeling
Missouri Compromise
Foreign Policy
I. War of 1812
A.
Characteristics
1.
Canadian front
a. Failed Canadian Invasions,
1812-1813
Constitution
O. H. Perry
2.
b.
c.
New York front
a. Tom Macdonough at
Plattsburgh
3.
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5.
Chesapeake front
a. Francis Scott Key
New Orleans front
a. Andrew Jackson
b. Treaty of Ghent
Federalist Front
a. Hartford Convention
b. sectionalism
II. Era of Good Feelings
A.
Impact of the War
1.
i
B.
Clay’s American System
1.
2.
3.
James Monroe Revolutionary War Veteran
C.
D.
Tariff of 1816
a. 20-25% (protective trend)
b. Sectional debate
2nd BUS-Jeffersonians!
Internal Improvements
a. Calhoun’s Bill, 1817
b. Erie Canal, 1826
Election of Monroe, 1816
Panic of 1819
1.
2.
E.
Nascent Nationalism
a. Decline of dependence GB
b. Westward expansion
c. Political optimism
Overspeculation
BUS v. “wildcat” banks
Relection of Monroe, 1820
Era of Good Feeling?
Issue
Favor
Oppose
Tariff
West
North/South
Internal improvements
paid for by Feds
West
North/South
BUS or “expensive $”
North
West/South
Control the Indians
and sale public lands
West/South
North
Panic of 1819
Western hostility toward Northern Banks
Slavery
Increased sectionalism between North and
South
Growing West
North
West
VT (1791)
KY (1792)
LA (1812)
TE (1796)
MS (1817)
OH (1803)
AL (1819)
IN (1816)
IL (1818)
South
III. Missouri Compromise
A. Missouri Compromise
1.
Issues: maintain sectional balance
a. Tallmadge Amendment: no more
slaves
2.
3.
Provisions
a. Maine free and Missouri slave
b. 36’30’
Legacy of Compromise
B. Marshall Court, 1801-1835
1.
2.
3.
4.
Fletcher v. Peck (1810)
Dartmouth College v. Woodward
(1819)
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
IV. Foreign Policy
A. Treaties
1. Rush-Bagot Treaty, 1817
2. Treaty of 1818
3. Adams-Onis Treaty, 1819
B. Monroe Doctrine
1. Latin American
Revolutions
2. Anglo-American Alliance
3. Message to Congress:
Hands Off Europe!
4. Significance
U.S., 1821
Treaty of 1818: 49th
Treaty of 1818: Oregon
Adams-Onis Treaty, 1819
•Spain cedes Fl to US
•US out Spanish America
•Spanish out of OR
Treaty of 1818:
fishing
Rush-Bagot Treaty, 1817
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Oliver Hazard Perry
Thomas Macdonough
William Henry Harrison
Francis Scott Key
Andrew Jackson
Washington Irving
James Fenimore Cooper
John Marshall
John C. Calhoun
John Quincy Adams
Daniel Webster
Henry Clay
Protective tariff
Sectionalism
Internal improvement
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Campaign against Canada
Fort McHenry
2nd BUS
McCulloch v. Maryland
American System
Gibbons v. Ogden
Bonus Bill of 1817
Fletcher v. Peck
VA Dynasty
Dartmouth College v. Woodward
Era of Good Feelings
Treaty of 1818
Panic of 1819
Land Act of 1820
Monroe Doctrine and Tallmadge
Amendment
Missouri Compromise
Russo-American Treaty, 1824
Treaty of Ghent
Hartford Convention
“Blue Light” Federalists