america during the 1820’s key events and milestones
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AMERICA DURING THE 1820’S
Key Events and Milestones
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James Monroe presided over an age of prosperity and tranquility.
Few political of the political disagreements that marked the early part of US History.
ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS
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Henry Clay the architect of this plan.
A plan to unify the nation around:• economic development• Transportation
advancements• Tariffs• National Bank.
THE AMERICAN SYSTEM
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SECOND BANK OF THE UNITED STATES
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ERIE CANAL
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Adams-Onis Treaty: Andrew Jackson had taken it upon himself to take Florida. John Quincy Adams formalized it!
Monroe Doctrine: the British and Europe were not allowed to have any influence in this Hemisphere.
Big bark from a small dog
EVENTS IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS
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Panic of 1819: • 1st Recession since
Nations founding• European demand
for American goods.
• Western Land Boom Cotton bubble
• Banking crisis “wildcat banks”.
ECONOMIC WOES
Year Cotton Price
1815 20 cents/lb
1816 30 cents/lb
1818 34.5 cents/lb
1819 14 cents/lb
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America had expansion fever.• Missouri ready to
become a state.• Delicate balance
between North and South
Northwest Ordinance Banned Slavery• North wanted no further
spread of the influence of Southern Slavery
• Henry Clay’s Compromise
MISSOURI COMPROMISE
Missouri: a slave state
Maine: divided from
Massachusetts a free state
Slavery above 36-30 line would
not be allowed, and
permitted below the
line.
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