Alan Brinkley,
AMERICAN HISTORY
13/e
Chapter Eight:
Varieties of American
Nationalism
Chapter Eight:
Varieties of American Nationalism
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Introduction
 The Growing Crisis Over Slavery
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A Growing Economy
– Banking, Currency, and Protection
 Postwar Issues
 Results of the War of 1812
 American Manufacturing
 Second Bank of the United States
 Growth of the Textile Industry
 A Protective Tariff
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Varieties of American Nationalism
American Imports and Exports, 1790-1820
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Varieties of American Nationalism
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A Growing Economy
– Transportation
 Government-Funded Roads
 Steamboats
 Vetoing Internal Improvements
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Varieties of American Nationalism
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Expanding Westward
– The Great Migrations
 Reasons for Westward Expansion
 Population Doubles
 Plantation System in the South
 Govt. Policy toward Native Americans
 The Factor System
 Goods at “Cost”
– The Plantation System in the Southwest
 Cotton and the Expansion of Slavery
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Varieties of American Nationalism
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Expanding Westward
– Trade and Trapping in the Far West
 Astor’s American Fur Company
 The Fur Trade and the Market Economy
 Mexico’s Independence from Spain-1821
 Expanded Trade with the U.S.
– Eastern Images of the West
 Stephen Long’s Expedition
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Varieties of American Nationalism
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The “Era of Good Feelings”
– The End of the
First Party System
 The Virginia Dynasty
 Monroe’s Goodwill Tour
James Monroe
(Library of Congress)
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Chapter Eight:
Varieties of American Nationalism
The “Era of Good Feelings”
– John Quincy Adams and Florida
 The Seminole War
 Adams-Onís Treaty
 Acquisition of Florida from Spain-1819
 U.S. gave up claims to Texas
– The Panic of 1819
 Boom and Bust
 Six Year Depression
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Varieties of American Nationalism
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Sectionalism and Nationalism
– The Missouri Compromise
 Tallmadge
Amendment
 Missouri
Compromise
 Senate balance
 Slave=Free
The Missouri
Compromise, 1820
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Chapter Eight:
Varieties of American Nationalism
Chief Justice John Marshall
Sectionalism and Nationalism
(National Archives)
– Marshall and the Court
 Dartmouth College
v. Woodward
-McCulloch v. Maryland
 Confirming Implied Powers
 Gibbons v. Ogden
 Interstate Commerce Clause
 Establishing Federal Primacy
– The Court and the Tribes
 Worcester v. Georgia
 Fed. Vs. State power
 Fed. Authority over Native American Tribes
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Varieties of American Nationalism
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Sectionalism and Nationalism
– The Latin American Revolution and the Monroe Doctrine
 Revolution in Latin America
 The Monroe Doctrine
 American Fears
 Colonization of the Americas
 Spheres of Influence-Western Hemisphere
 Relations with Europe
 American Nationalism
“The American continents henceforth are not
to be considered as subjects for future
colonization by any European Powers…”
James Monroe
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Varieties of American Nationalism
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The Revival of Opposition
 New Political Divisions
– The “Corrupt Bargain”
 End of the Caucus System
 Election of 1824
 Jackson vs. John Q. Adams
 Henry Clay-Secretary of State
 Adams wins
Candidate
Electoral
Vote
Popular
Vote
House
Vote
Jackson
99
153,544
7
Adams
84
108,740
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Crawford
41
46,618
4
Clay
37
47,136
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Varieties of American Nationalism
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The Revival of Opposition
– The Second
President Adams
 Tariff of Abominations
 Inefficient Administration
John Quincy Adams
(Library of Congress)
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The Revival of Opposition
– Jackson Triumphant
– Decisive but Sectional Victory
– Two-Party System
The Election of 1828