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The Era of Good FeelingsMr. Pagliaro
Seymour High School
Election of 1816
• Sec. of State James Monroe def. Rufus King (NY)*
• Electoral vote was 183-34
• Monroe had 68% of pop. vote
*last Federalist candidate ever
Era of Good Feelings
• Monroe: NE tour, 1817• Address issues of Hartford Convention
(1814-1815) & Blue Light Federalists
• Presidential appointments• John Quincy Adams-Sec. of State-Fed.• John C. Calhoun-Sec. of War-D.Rep.• William Crawford-Sec. of Treasury-D.Rep.• Benjamin Crowinshield-Sec. of Navy-Fed.
Nationalism
• National UnityAn American Consciouness• Pride in the nation• Unified to improve whole nation• Peace between parties
The American SystemThe American System
• Henry Clay1. Re-charter the Bank of the United States2. Protective Tariffs aiding American industry3. Internal improvements
• Especially transportation
• Unites the economies of North, South, and West
American System in Action
• 1811-National Road• 1816-BUS charter• 1816-decreased tariff• 1825-Erie Canal• 1838-Cumberland Road
Changes in the American Economy
• America as a producer• Unskilled labor-cheaper, more
profitable• Mechanization of Jobs• Job Opportunities for Women
Industrial Revolution
• Slater’s Mill-1793-Pawtucket• Textile Factories in New England
• Streams• Increased cotton output (Cotton Gin, 1793,
Eli Whitney)• i.e. Lowell Mill (1822), Rimmon Falls Factory,
Humphreysville, CT (1802)
Foreign Policy-JQ Adams, Sec. of State
• Increased American Territory• Rush-Bagot Treaty-1817-demilitarized
Canadian border• Convention of 1818-set border at 49°N from
Great Lakes to Rockies
• Adams-Onís Treaty-1819-Americans gained Florida
• Monroe Doctrine-1823-No more European colonization of Western Hemisphere
Supreme Court supports Nationalism
• Gibbons v. Ogden• Steam ferry rights NYNJ
• Interstate Commerce-NO EXCLUSIVE CONTRACTS
• McCulloch v. Maryland• States can’t tax National institution
• “…The power to tax is the power to destroy…”
• Fletcher v. Peck & Dartmouth v. Woodward• States cannot interfere w/ contracts
Westward Expansion
• 1791-1819-9 New western states• 1818-Illinois (Free) and Alabam (Slave) join as
#s 21 and 22
• Improved transportation• Cheap land
• Land Act of 1820-80 acres @ $1.25/acre• Over-speculation Panic of 1819
• BUS foreclosed on many western farms.
The Missouri Question
• 1819-Application for statehood• Would be 12th slave state
• Gradual emancipation?
• N-”South is trying to extend slavery”• S-”North is trying to end slavery”
Henry Clay’s Solution
• Missouri Compromise• Proposed 1819• Maine admitted as a free state
• Mass gives up any claims
• Missouri admitted as a slave state• No slavery in Louisiana Territory north of
36°30’N• Passed 1820 (Compromise of 1820)
The balance of free/slave states