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POST WAR OF 1812. END OF CHAPTER 12. AMERICAN SYSTEM Henry Clay. American System Henry Clay. How does Madison Respond to American System?. 1-Congress voted in 1817 to give $1.5 mil to states for internal improvements Madison-veto Unconstitutional - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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POST WAR OF 1812
END OF CHAPTER 12
AMERICAN SYSTEMHenry Clay
Protective Tariff
Internal Improvements-roads, canals etc
National Bank
Northeast
South
West
American SystemHenry Clay
Protective Tariff
Internal Improvements
National Bank
Northeast
Tariff of 1816-passed for protection not revenue-20-25%-stops “dumping”
Yes!Protects industry from foreign competition
NO-already have roads that the indiv. States paid for-population drain would decrease Representation
YES!Need $ & credit to start new businesses
South NO!Not on crops-makes mfr goodsMore $$$$
YES!Need roads & canals -help bring raw materials to factories in NE
NO!Bank is too powerfulTakes farms/land away when can’t pay the loan
West No! not on crops-makes mfr goods more$$$$
YES! Needs roads & canals-help improve trade with NE
NO! Bank is too powerfulTakes farms & land away
How does Madison Respond to American System?
• 1-Congress voted in 1817 to give $1.5 mil to states for internal improvements• Madison-veto• Unconstitutional
• States had to pay for improvements themselves
• Example: Erie Canal 1825
Election of 1816
• Monroe• Republicans (no longer D-R)• Virginia Dynasty• 183 votes in Electoral College
• Rufus King• Last Federalist candidate• Won 34 votes only
• ONE PARTY RULE---”Era of Good Feelings”
Election of 1816
Monroe as President
• Good Will Tour-1817• “Era of Good Feelings”
• misnomer/error of thinking
• Panic of 1819• Causes:
• Deflation• Depression• Overspeculation of land
Panic of 1819
WESTWARD EXPANSION
• 9 NEW STATES ADDED FROM 1791-1819• Reasons:
• Cheap land• Soil exhaustion in East• Native Americans• Cumberland Road 1811
• Maryland ----Illinois
• Steamboat
Frontier Cycle
• 1-fur traders/trappers• 2-families clear land• 3-farms develop• 4-communities
• General store, blacksmith etc.
• *can skip if population grows too fast
Frederick Jackson Turner’s Frontier Thesis• Frontier experience & existence of free
land • Gives equality• Makes the US more democratic• Increases independent spirit• Made people “Americanized”—not based on
tradition & family line• Unifies people• Value—independence, self-reliance,
opportunity, work ethic
3 GREAT TRAILS
• 1-NORTH• Albany NY—Mohawk Valley
• 2-MIDDLE• Philadelphia—Baltimore
• Follow Ohio River to Pittsburg etc
• 3-SOUTH• Cumberland Gap• Wilderness Road
• KY/TN
Population Changes
11881100
18201820
ISSUE OF SLAVERY
• 1-Missouri wants statehood 1819
• Northeast?• South?• West?
Tallmade 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 CompromiseHenry Clay “The Great Compromiser”• 1-Missouri—slave state• 2-Maine—free state• 3-boundary line 36* 30’
• Above-no slaver• Below-slavery is ok
• Lasts 34 years
Foreign Policy Issues
• US-Canadian Border
• US-Spain—Southern border
• Russia—extends territory to 51* north w/trading posts to San Francisco• 1824-changes to 54* 40’
Convention of 1818
The West & the NW: The West & the NW: 1819-18241819-1824
Adams-Onis Treaty 1819
Problems in Latin America
• 1823-British Foreign Sec. George Canning worried about Latin America
• Joint Agreement to not take land & tell Europeans to not take over
• British Fleet protects South American ports
MONROE DOCTRINE 1823
• 1-no colonization• 2-no intervention• 3-”self defense” of• Western Hemisphere
• Key problem:
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