U.S. History
Lesson 2
Nationalism
- 1807 – Robert Fulton – invented a steam powered boat
- started the riverboat era!
Supreme Court & the National Bank
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1. Robert Fulton & Robert Livingston – got a charter from NY
- controlled all riverboat traffic in New York.
- charged high taxes to other riverboat operators.
2. Gibbons vs. Ogden - 1824
river
- Aaron Ogden & Thomas Gibbons both paid for rights to river.
- fought over who had the rights.
- Sup. Ct. said – “Only Fed. govt. can regulate interstate
trade ” - not the states
trade.
states.
- They did not want anyone to have a monopoly!
3. McCulloch vs. Maryland - 1819
- Maryland was taxing the Nat. Bank in Baltimore
- Sup. Ct. said – “States can’t tax the Fed. Govt.”
4. Fletcher vs. Peck - 1810
- Georgia had a law which did not allow citizens
to enter into contracts.
- Sup. Ct. said the law was unconstitutional.
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vs. Woodward
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5. Dartmouth
- NH wanted to amend the college charter
- Sup. Ct. – charter is a contract – states cannot interfere
with contracts.
contracts
Foreign Policy
- Sec.
Sec of State – John Quincy Adams – National interests should be
above the regional interests.
A. Territories & Boundaries
1. Rush-Bagot Treaty – 1817 – demilitarize CAN & U.S. border
2. Adams-Onis Treaty – Sp. gave FL to the U.S.
B. Monroe Doctrine
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2. U.S. wanted northern Mexico & Cuba
3. Pres. Monroe told Europe to stay out of the Western Hemisphere
- 1823 State of the Union address
- No new colonization in W. Hemisphere
- U.S. would stay out of Europe (East)
Nationalism Pushes America West
A. Expansion
1. Move west for economic g
gain. – cheap,
p, fertile land.
- Jim Beckwourth – ½ Af. Am. Æ trapper, guide,
hotel owner, chief of crow trading post.
B. Missouri Compromise
1. 1819 – Missouri wanted to be a state.
- at the time there were 11 free states & 11 slaves.
slaves
- Missouri was not allowed statehood – be uneven.
2. Henry Clay offered compromise.
- ME bbecomes ffree state
t t – MO bbecomes slave.
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- keep it even
- 36° 30’ line. North = Free Æ South = Slave