Upload
brent-wheeler
View
214
Download
0
Embed Size (px)
DESCRIPTION
Sectional Leaders South: John C. Calhoun North: Daniel Webster West: Henry Clay
Citation preview
Unity and Division
What was Henry Clay’s American System?
How did the Supreme Court give more power to the federal government?
An era of Good feelings
• 1816 Election– James Monroe: Democratic- Republican
• Becomes the 5th prez– Rufus King: Federalist
Sectional Leaders
• South: John C. Calhoun• North: Daniel Webster• West: Henry Clay
South: John C. Calhoun
• Grew up on farm SC• Good looking man• Believed in slavery• Didn’t like politics
that strengthen the federal government
QuickTime™ and a decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
North: Daniel Webster
• New Hampshire• Skilled public speaker• Opposed war of 1812• Refused to vote for
taxes to pay for war• Believed in stronger
federal government• Slavery evil
QuickTime™ and a decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
Clay: West
• War Hawk • Virginia then moved to
Kentucky• Fined for fighting once• Believed in a
government having a strong more active role in country
QuickTime™ and a decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
Huge Problems
• No national bank– Greater debt
• Charter for national bank ran out in 1812• Jefferson and Madison opposed a national
bank– What party were they?
Huge Problems
• Protection from Foreign Competition– Flood of British Goods
• Why would there be lots of British goods entering the country after the War of 1812?
– New Protective Tariff passed 1816• Southern were ticked!• They sold a lot of raw material to Britain
Clay’s American System• Sectionalism: loyalty to
one’s state or section rather than to the nation as a whole
• Henry Clay come up with an Idea to help country as a whole
QuickTime™ and a decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
Clay’s American System
• Read Article and answer questions
Henry Clay American System
• Internal improvements: improvement for roads, bridges, and canals– Congress didn’t spend the money
QuickTime™ and a decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
Supreme Court Expands Federal Power
• McCulloch v. Maryland– 1819– States didn’t have the right
to interfere with federal institution within their borders
– Strengthened federal power– Allowed the Bank of the US
to continue
QuickTime™ and a decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
Supreme Court Expands Federal Power
• Gibbons v. Ogden– Federal government has the power to
regulate trade between states– States can only regulate trade within their
own borders
– Interstate commerce: trade between different states
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLDeFYekI_k&feature=related
Work Cited• http://avhs-apush.wikispaces.com/file/view/Henr
y_Clay.jpg/44065919/Henry_Clay.jpg• http://www.nndb.com/people/902/000043773/
calhoun55.jpg• http://image2.findagrave.com/photos250/
photos/2006/334/1083_116500746974.jpg• http://www.nps.gov/glca/historyculture/images/
Navajo_Bridges_1.gif• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/
commons/3/3d/United_States_Bank_Philadelphia_1875.png