Territorial Expansion, the Consolidation of Slavery and the
Territorial Expansion, the Consolidation of
Slavery and the
Emergence of a
National Culture
Timeline 1800-1812
1793 –Cotton Gin invented
1801 –1809 Jefferson president
1803 Marbury V. Madison
1803 Louisiana Purchase
1807 Embargo Act
Timeline 1817-1836
1809 –1817 Madison president
1812 the War of….
1817 –1825 Monroe President
1820 Missouri Compromise
1823 Monroe Document
1825 to 1829 John Quincy Adams President
Timeline 1837-1848
1829 –1837 Andrew Jackson President
1832 Worcester v. Georgia
1831 Nat Turner’s Rebellion
1836 The Oxbow is painted by Thomas Cole
1837 –1841 Martin Van Buren President
1848 Seneca Falls convention
Learning Objectives
Understand the evolution of Foreign Policy in this time period
Explain how the cotton Gin helped the spread of
Slavery in the South
Explain how the proposed admission of Missouri as a state threatened the Senate balance between free and slaveholding states
Louisiana Purchase (1803)
Livingston and Monroe authorized pay France up to
$10 million for the port of New Orleans and the Floridas
When offered the entire territory of Louisiana the
American negotiators swiftly agreed to a price of $15 million.
Jefferson claimed to be a strict constitutionalist.
Does the constitution allow a president to unilaterally annex land?
Jefferson’s Words
"It is the case of a guardian, investing the money of his ward in purchasing an important adjacent territory; and saying to him when of age, I did this for your good.”
Louis and Clark
In what ways were Louis in Clark “stepping into the middle of developments that had been gathering strength for generations?
The Louisiana Purchase increased rivalries with what
European power? What did this power fear?
Embargo Act (1807)
The US was attempting to remain neutral during the
Napoleonic Wars
The French and to British harassed American ships to enforce their respective blockades
The most egregious violation of American sovereignty was the continued impressments by the British
The United states decided to cut off trade with both parties
Embargo Act
American economy suffered far more than the British or
French
Exports fell from $108 million in 1807 to just $22 million in
1808.
Farm prices fell sharply
Shippers also suffered.
Harbors filled with idle ships
30,000 sailors found themselves jobless
To enforce the embargo, he mobilized the army and navy to enforce the blockade, and declared the Lake
Champlain region of New York, along the Canadian border, in a state of insurrection
Repealed in 1810.
War of 1812
Macon's Bill No. 2 (1810)- reopened trade with France and
Britain. It stated, however, that if either Britain or France agreed to respect America's neutral rights, the United States would immediately stop trade with the other nation.
America declared war in 1812
The House voted to declare war on Britain by a vote of 79 to
49; the Senate by a vote of 19 to 13.
The army consisted of fewer than 7,000 soldiers, few trained officers, and a navy with just 6 warships. In contrast, Britain had nearly 400 warships.
The Invasion of Canada was a spectacular failure
Monroe Doctrine (1823)
What ways, if any, does the Monroe Doctrine address
American concerns for peace and safety?
In what ways, if any, does the Monroe Doctrine invoke
U.S. sympathy for revolutionary governments in South
America?
Monroe Document Questions
In what ways, if any, does the Monroe Doctrine continue the American policy of neutrality?
In what ways, if any, does the Monroe Doctrine address
American desires to expand its territory?
Do you see any other motives behind the Monroe
Doctrine?
Monroe Doctrine Effects
Chomsky criticizes as the first example of American hegemony
Invoked by Polk as the United States expanded West
Invoked by Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
John Kerry recently declared the Monroe Doctrine as dead?
