Chapter 8: Varieties of American Nationalism
I. Building a National Market
A. Banking, Currency, and Protection
1. Postwar Issues—What was the problem with the bank system after the War of 1812?
2. Second Bank of the United States—What could the national bank not do to state banks?
3. Growth of the Textile Industry—By how much die the textile industry increase? Why
was Francis Cabot Lowell’s company revolutionary? What did the British want?
4. The Protective Tariff—What was the tariff law?
B. Transportation—What was the “old debate” over transportation?
1. Government-Funded Roads—Where was the National Road? How was it useful?
2. Steamboats—What did steamboat transportation stimulate? What happened once the
British cut off Atlantic shipping?
3. Vetoing Internal Improvements—What happened to Calhoun’s improvements bill?
II. Expanding Westward—What was the new interest in internal improvement?
A. The Great Migrations
1. Reasons for Westward Expansion—What were some reasons for westward expansion?
Who settled in the West?
2. The Factor System—What was the factor system? Who was the system created for?
B. The Plantation System in the Southwest—What was the principal crop of the Southwest?
Why was the Southwest suitable for growing it?
1. Cotton and the Expansion of Slavery—Who farmed in the Southwest? Which states
were admitted to the Union?
C. Trade and Trapping in the Far West—Which event opened up trade with Mexico and
Southwestern territories?
1. Astor’s American Fur Company—What new commerce developed in the West? Who
were “mountain men”?
2. The Fur Trade and the Market Economy—Who profited from the fur trade? How did
trappers react to Native Americans and Mexicans who shared the same land? Who was
Jedediah S. Smith
D. Eastern Images of the West—What did Stephen Long do? What was the “Great American
Desert”?
III. The “Era of Good Feelings”
A. The End of The First Party System
1. The Virginia Dynasty—Who was the Republican candidate in 1816? Who did he select
for his cabinet and why?
2. Monroe’s Goodwill Tour—Why was this the “era of good feelings”? What happened to
the Federalists?
B. John Quincy Adams and Florida—What was the first challenge of John Quincy Adams?
1. The Seminole War—What did Andrew Jackson do in Florida? How did Adams react?
2. Adams-Onis Treaty—What was the treaty? What did the U.S. gain and lose?
C. The Panic of 1819—Why did prices for farm goods rise? What did the rise stimulate?
1. Boom and Bust—What did the national bank do? What followed the Panic of 1819?
IV. Sectionalism and Nationalism
A. The Missouri Compromise
1. Tallmadge Amendment—What did Missouri want? Why was the Tallmadge Amendment
controversial?
2. Missouri Compromise—How did the states find a balance? What divided the North and
the South?
B. Marshall and the Court—What was Marshall’s decision in Fletcher v. Peck (1810)?
1. Dartmouth College v. Woodward—What did the ruling in the case of Dartmouth College
v. Woodward place important restrictions on? Who holds the ultimate decision in a
court case?
2. Confirming Implied Powers—What is the “necessary and proper” clause? How did
Gibbons v. Ogden strengthen Congress’s power?
C. The Court and the Tribes—Who could take land from tribes?
1. Worcester v. Georgia—How did Marshall define Indian tribes within the American
political system?
D. The Latin American Revolution and the Monroe Doctrine
1. Revolution in Latin America—Which side did the United States claim to be on in the
wars between Spain and the rebellious colonies? Which side was the U.S. really on?
What did President Monroe do?
2. The Monroe Doctrine—What did the Monroe Doctrine declare?
3. American Fears—What did Americans fear about France? How did the Monroe Doctrine
affect the United States?
V. The Revival of Opposition--New Political Divisions—What happened to the Federalist Party? In
the 1820s, what was the difference between the political divisions? What was the controversial
issue?
A. The “Corrupt Bargain”
1. End of the Caucus System—Who ran for election in 1824? What was the
outcome of the election?
B. The Second President Adams—What was the “corrupt bargain”? What were some issues
faced by Adams during his presidency?
1. Tariff of the Abominations—What was the tariff? How did southerners react?
C. Jackson Triumphant—What political party did Jackson belong to? Who did he appeal to?
What did the campaign turn into?
1. Jackson Triumphant—What was this new era called?