The
“Era of Good Feelings”?
(1816 -1824)
Susan M. Pojer
Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY
Essential Question:
To what extent was this the
““Era of Good Feelings?”
The Election of 1816
James Monroe [1816-1824]
Economic Nationalism
• Did Clay’s American System
contribute to the
development of an
interdependent economy?
Sectional economy?
Or both?
US Population Density
1810
1820
The American System
p Tariff of 1816
p Chartering of the
Second Bank of the
United States [BUS].
Henry Clay,
“The Great
Compromiser”
p Internal improvements
at federal expense.
- National Road
GOAL: Produce a national economy that is
independent of Europe
Provided:
Cotton
Currency and
Transportation
Tools/Textiles
Tools and textiles;
market for food
and cotton
Provided:
Beef and grain;
market for tools
and textiles
Provided:
KING COTTON;
market for beef
and grain
GOAL: Produce a national economy that is
independent of Europe
Opposed:
Federal expenses
for internal
improvements
Opposed:
Tariff
prevented
purchase of lowcost foreign goods
Provided:
Beef and grain;
market for tools
and textiles
Cotton
Currency and
Transportation
Tools/Textiles
Provided:
Tools and textiles;
market for food
and cotton
Opposed:
BUS Liked easy
credit from
unregulated state
banks
Provided:
KING COTTON;
market for beef
and grain
The American System:
The National [Cumberland] Road
The Erie Canal
E
E
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1817 – 1825.
363 miles Albany to Buffalo.
Much further than any other American or European canal.
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Nationalism in Foreign Policy
John Quincy Adams (Secretary of State)
Established foreign policy
guided by nationalism –
The belief that national
interests should be placed
ahead of regional concerns
of the interests of other
countries.
The Convention of 1818
• Adjusted US boarder at the 49th parallel up to the Rocky
Mountains
• Joint occupation of the Oregon Territory for 10 years.
The West & the NW: 1819-1824
Adams-Onis Treaty, 1819
[“The Transcontinental Treaty”]
• Too weak to police its New World Territories, Spain
ceded Florida to US and gave up claims to Oregon
Territory
• Defined border of Spain Possession in the West
The Monroe Doctrine, 1823
p Referred to as
“America’s Self-Defense
Doctrine”
http://www.c-span.org/video/?1224141/monroe-doctrine
1. What claim
was made in
the Monroe
Doctrine?
2. What warning is given
to the European
countries?
Monroe
Doctrine
3. How is this a
reflection of
Nationalism?
Judicial Nationalism: Marshall Court
• To what extent did the following cases
strengthen the federal government?
• McCullough v. Maryland
• Cohens v. Virginia
• Gibbons v Ogden
• Fletcher v. Peck
• Dartmouth College v. Woodward
Nationalism Pushes America West
1810
1820
The Election of 1820
Missouri Applies for Statehood
1819
• Why does Jefferson call this “A firebell
in the night?”
• What interests are at stake?
• What solution do you propose to deal with
the problem of slavery in the United
States?
The Tallmadge Amendment
• All slaves born in Missouri after the
territory became a state would be freed
at the age of 25.
• Passed by the House, not in the Senate.
• The North controlled the House, and the
South had enough power to block it in the
Senate.
Missouri Compromise
• Maine admitted as a free state
• Missouri as a slave state
• Rest of Louisiana Territory split
• Set dividing line at 36, 30’ N
Essential Question:
To what extent was this the
““Era of Good Feelings?”