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AGE OF JACKSON
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President James Monroe (1816)
Era of Good FeelingsRapid Economic ExpansionPost War Treaties with Britain
Monroe DoctrineU.S. would not tolerate intervention in the Americas by European nationsU.S. would not interfere with already established governments in EuropeLed to America interfering in Latin America in later years
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Missouri Compromise 1820Strong abolitionist movementSlavery was about economics and politics, not moralityPolitical advantage 3/5 Compromise
Every slave state had an advantage because they could count slaves into their population for House of Representative seats
Economic advantageNorth had to pay wages based on supply and demandSouth had unlimited labor at low cost
If a new state would be accepted, slaveholding southerners wanted it to be a slave state.Missouri petitioned for statehood 1817
After long hard battle-- Accepted as a slave state, slavery would not be allowed anywhere else north of Missouri’s southern border
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POST WAR AMERICA
Significance of the Cotton GinEli Whitney invents “Gin” (1793)Cotton becomes VERY profitableConsequences for Slaves and IndiansEconomics of the South 1830’s
Cotton-- 55%Tobacco-- 10%Rice, Sugar, Hemp-- 10%
By 1860- Cotton 58% of Total US exportsonly 7% in 18001790-- 3135 bales of Cotton1860-- 4.8 million bales
more cotton= more slavesleads to more textiles in the north
North becomes dependent on slavery
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Andrew JacksonBecame National hero during War of 1812Large slave owner in TNHated IndiansFought in a number of duels
Jackson the President (1829-1837)Symbolic:
Anyone could become presidentRepresents the self-made man
His Policy“Spoils system”-- his people in officeVeto-- strengthens his presidency
12 vetoes in 2 terms
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Five “Civilized” TribesCherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, SeminoleAll “candidates” for assimilationAll located in areas of heavy cotton growth
Land Ceding and Removal (1820-1830)Cotton= Extremely profitableGold in Georgia, 1829
State of Georgia--Cherokees cannot mine their own gold
Indian Removal Act, 1830Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1830)
Marshall-- “Domestic Dependent Nations”
Trail of Tears (1838)-- 4000 Cherokees die in route
Pres. Martin Van Buren-- Cherokees made trip with reluctance
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