Missouri Compromise
The “Corrupt Bargain” of 1824
Sectionalism in America
Non-Negotiable Information
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Evaluate to what extent the “Era of Good Feelings” was aptly named. (e.g. Virginia
Dynasty, Panic of 1819, Monroe Doctrine, The Lure of the West)
Analyze the emergence of the debates between Sectionalism and Nationalism. (e.g
Major Political Personalities, Missouri Compromise, Tariff of Abominations, Marshall
Court Decisions)
Explain the economic revolution with the early railroads and canals, the expansion of
businesses with the beginnings of the factory system, the early labor movement;
women and social mobility; extremes of wealth, the growth of cotton in the south,
slaves and commercial agriculture.
Understand how the election of Andrew Jackson gives rise to mass politics. (e.g.
“Common Man”, changing suffrage requirements, Two Party system- Democrats and
Whigs)
Evaluate how states’rights causes division within the union. (e.g. Nullification, Gag
Rule, Native American policy- Worcester v. Georgia, 1832, Webster-Hayne Debate)
Discuss how political relationships affected economic, political and social policies.
(e.g. The Bank War, Compromise over Nullification, Jackson vs. Marshall, Spoils
System, The Taney Court)
Understand the impact of the Jacksonian era on the nation’s economic, and social
well-being. (e.g. Clay’s American System, The Panic of 1837, continued westward
expansion)
“A Fire Bell in the Night”-T.J.
Equilibrium of Power
• 1819
– States divided - Eleven Free / Eleven Slave
• Rep. James Tallmadge-amendment to
prohibit slavery
• Speaker Clay warns North that South will
block Maine if slavery is blocked in Mizzou
• Maine= Free / Mizzou= Slave
• Sen. Jesse Thomas proposes amendment
prohibiting slavery above 36, 30
Jefferson on Missouri?
• Jefferson- Obsessed with the Mizzou Question.
• Ellis-316-317
• “I regret that I am now to die in the belief, that
the useless sacrifice of themselves by the
generation of 1776…is to be thrown away by the
unwise and unworthy passions of their sons, and
that my only consolation is to be, that I live not to
weep over it”
• Mississippi / Atlantic Confederacies? That was
just theory, this appears to be real.
John Adams?
• Insists the core question is moral, not
constitutional.
• “That the purchase of Louisiana was
unconstitutional or extra-constitutional I
never had a doubt-but I think the southern
gentlemen who thought it constitutional
then ought not to think it unconstitutional in
Congress to restrain the extension of
slavery in that territory now.”
Import?
• Sectionalism vs. Nationalism
• Hoodwinked- think that Nationalism won
the day.
• Turn to Monroe Doctrine
1824- The “Corrupt Bargain”
The “Common Man’s”
Presidential Candidate
Jackson’s Opponents in 1824
Henry Clay
[KY]
John Quincy Adams
[MA]
William H. Crawford
[GA]
John C. Calhoun
[SC]
The Election Results
A “Corrupt
Bargain?”
Voting Requirements
in the Early 19c
Voter Turnout: 1820 - 1860
Why Increased Democratization?
• White male suffrage increased
• Party nominating committees.
• Voters chose their state’s slate of Presidential
electors.
• Spoils system.
• Rise of Third Parties.
• Popular campaigning (parades, rallies, floats, etc.)
• Two-party system returned in the 1832 election:
– Dem-Reps Natl. Reps.(1828) Whigs
(1832) Republicans (1854)
– Democrats (1828)