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A Growing Sense of Nationhood
What did it mean to be an American in the early 1800s?
Identification Terms: Complete the following ID’s:
James Monroe
American System
Era of Good Feelings
McCulloch v. Maryland
Gibbons v. Ogden
1.
Identify three characteristics of life in the early 1800s. (How did people
LIVE?)
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2.
Identify three values that were developing or changing during the early
1800s. (What were people starting to BELIEVE?)
1. Complete the spoke diagram showing the three main components of Henry Clay’s
American System. Why did he propose each as important?
1) Federal spending on transportation projects.
This was important because slow transportation was making access to
resources and trade away from the coast difficult. Transport would boost
economic growth.
2)
3)
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2. Give two examples of how decisions by the Supreme Court, under Chief Justice
John Marshall, strengthened federal power.
3. What characteristics defined the “Era of Good Feelings” and when did it begin?
Who was president during this time? Why were people feeling so good (hint:
remember what just ended)?
4. Why did the Era of Good Feelings end in 1824? Who were the main players in this
controversy? What was the problem? What was the result?