AP United States History
Mr. M. Pecot
Bailey, Chapter 12: The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism, 1812-1824
I. On to Canada Over Land and Lakes: The War of 1812
a) American offensive strategy – 3-pronged invasion of Detroit, Niagra, and Lake Champlain
b) American victory on the Great Lakes
Oliver Hazard Perry
c) The critical year: 1814
influx of British troops
Battle of Plattsburgh, Sept. 1814
British attacks on the Chesapeake Region
British attack on New Orleans
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Andrew Jackson & the Battle of New Orleans
Ship duels and privateers…America’s naval successes
II. The Treaty of Ghent
a) Reasons for British peace
b) A stalemate treaty
III. Federalist Grievances and the Hartford Convention
a) Federalist discontent
“blue light” Federalists
b) The Hartford Convention
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The Hartford Resolutions
2.
legacy of the Hartford Convention: nullification and secession
IV. The Second War for American Independence
a) The significance of the War of 1812
1.
Increase in national prestige
2.
decrease in sectionalism
3.
death of the Federalist party
4.
emergence of war heroes
b) Effect on Indian tribes
c) manufacturing
d) Canadian nationalism
e) Great Lakes arms race
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Rush-Bagot Agreement 1817
V. Nascent Nationalism
a) Post-War of 1812 Nationalism
definition
factors contributing to nationalism
“national” character in arts and letters
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Washington Irving, James Fenimore Cooper
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The North American Review
nationalism in government and the military
nationalism in the finance: a new B.U.S.
VI. The American System
a) Nationalism in manufacturing and self-sufficiency:
The Tariff of 1816
North-South sectional differences
Calhoun-Webster debate over Tariff
Henry Clay & the American System (1824)
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The need for improved transportation
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Bonus Bill (1817) & Republican vetoes
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Erie Canal (1825)
VII. James Monroe and the “So-Called Era of Good Feelings”
a) The Election of 1816
Death of the Federalist Party
James Monroe as President
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characteristics
b) The Era of Good Feelings
national unity in politics
underlying issues of disunity:
An Era of Inflamed Feelings under single party rule
VIII. The Panic of 1819 & Cursed Hard Times
d) The Panic of 1819
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effects
as part of 20-year depression cycle
foreclosures in the west & effect on US
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reveals problems with Land Act of 1800
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results in Land Act of 1820
political and social effects of the Panic
IX. Growing Pains of the West
a) The characteristics of western nationalism
b) Western growth & development
contributing factors
X. Slavery and Sectional Balance
a) Missouri’s application of statehood opens the issue of slavery
- Tallmadge Amendment
Sectional tensions between N & S and the importance of senatorial balance
fears of southern states
b) The Missouri Compromise (1820)
Document Analysis
terms of the Compromise
Gorn, Chapter 8: “Living & Dying in
long-term significance of the Compromise
Bondage: The Slave Conspiracy of 1822”
effect of the Missouri Compromise on nationalism
role of compromise in the American political tradition
XI. John Marshall & Judicial Nationalism
John Marshall’s characteristics: judicial statesmanship
Judicial nationalism: Curbing States’ Rights
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McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
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Cohens v. Virginia (1821)
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Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
Judicial Dikes Against Democratic Excesses
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Fletcher v. Peck (1810)
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Dartmouth College v. Woodard (1819)
Relationship of Daniel Webster to John Marshall
Impact of John Marshall’s decisions
XII. Nationalism in Foreign Policy: Sharing Oregon & Acquiring Florida
Monroe’s Secretary of State: John Quincy Adams
Treaty of 1818
Incursions into Florida & the Florida Purchase Treaty of 1819
XIII. The Development of the Monroe Doctrine
a) The menace of monarchy in America
European attacks on revolution
Fear of European invasion of new Latin American republics
Russian advances into the western hemisphere
George Canning and proposed Anglo-American cooperation (1823)
b) Adam’s assessment of British motives
c) The Monroe Doctrine
d) Reaction to the Monroe Doctrine
at home
in Europe
in Latin America
e) The Russo-American Treaty of 1824
XIV. Appraising the Monroe Doctrine