Jefferson, Madison, Monroe

2 Important Issues for the Republicans = A. Expansionism = Louisiana PurchaseOklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, Colorado,

Montana, Nebraska, and the Dakotas + Wilderness Road

NationalismB. = Era Of Good Feelings

A new spirit of pride and national unity, superiority of America, loyalty rises, emphasis on education

Thomas Jefferson

Diplomat, Architect, Writer, Scientist, President

Founder of the University of VirginiaFather of the Declaration of

Independence

Thomas Jefferson= 3rd

PresidentCutting Costs & Simplifying Finances

Judicial Changes

War on Judiciary : impeaching judges : only for criminal behavior

Marbury vs. Madison strengthened the Supreme Court =

Judicial Review

Expansionism

= The West is openedThe Wilderness Road: Cumberland

Gap

Louisiana Territory $15 million

France Needs $$$$

Louisiana Territory + New Orleans $15 millionThe U.S. doubled in size!!

Lewis & Clark

The Lewis and Clark Expedition2 years

Great Discoveries

TeachersFirst Resource Listings

Aaron Burr

Election of 1800

Burr and Thomas Jefferson each had seventy-three votes, and the House of Representatives on the thirty-sixth ballot elected Jefferson President and Burr Vice President;

Aaron Burr

Got Milk?????Lost the election of 1800 by 2 votes !!Wanted to start another country, exposed

by Hamilton.Burr challenges Hamilton to a duel with

pistols.

Alexander Hamilton Dies

challenged and mortally wounded Alexander Hamilton in a duel fought at Weehawken, N.J., July 11, 1804; indicted for murder in New York and New Jersey but never tried in either jurisdiction;

Escaped to South Carolina

then returned to Washington and completed his term of service as Vice President;

Arrested and tried for treason

in August 1807 for attempting to form a republic in the Southwest of which he was to be the head, but was acquitted;

Went abroad in 1808

returned to New York City in 1812 and resumed the practice of law;

Died in Port Richmond

Staten Island, N.Y., September 14, 1836; interment in the President’s lot, Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, N.J.

Newspaper Article : Explain the Headlines

1. Presidential Style2. National Administration3. Judicial Changes4. Westward Expansion

The U.S. Enters the War of 1812

1. As Napoleon expected, war broke out , last for 12 years.

2. Blockades & Impressment

Force Americans to become Brit Soldiers..

3. The Chesapeake IncidentBrits Entered American Ship – forced

impressment

4. War Hawks Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun wanted war. 1. Southern planters & western farmers hurt by

Brits trade restrictions. 2. Native American clashes in the West blamed on

English. Armed them.

Embargo Act

Halts all trade between US & Europe Hurts the US the most.Repealed after 2 years.

The War HawksHate ImpressmentHate IndiansTecumseh organized

Creeks to not sell landConfiscated weapons

from Indians were made by England

Mr. Madison’s War

The War of 1812 Britain and American Conflict : the Final time

Tippecanoe

Tecumseh, a Shawnee leader, believed that Indians needed to unite to protect their land.

His brother, the “Prophet” lived in traditional Native American way of living in Indiana.

William Henry Harrison

Governor of Indiana is Prepared to stamp it out!!

¼ of Harrison’s troops killed or wounded.

Shattered Indians belief in their Prophet’s leadership.

Tecumseh fled to Canada.

Prove that British were helping the Indians.

The War of 1812

Mixed ResultsAndrew Jackson is a hero in Battle

of New OrleansThe Treaty of Ghent: restored

boundaries. Little else.Florida

The Second War for Independence

Burned Washington

Changes from the War of 1812

Northern boundary of Louisiana Territory No more quarrels over boundaries Britain and U.S. agreed to 10 yr. Joint

occupation of Oregon Country Opened Western coast to U.S. Spain gives Florida to U.S.

Star Spangled Banner

Francis Scott Key wrote this anthem.

National & Sectional Feelings Grow

1. The Great Foreign Disputes are settled. One party rule.

2. Rapid Economic Expansion

3. Beginning of the Machine Age :

Eli Whitney

Lowell – factories

Women Labor Choices for Women

Seth Thomas – mechanical clock

Machine Age

L ow e ll M illsF ac to ry S ys tem

W om en W orkersop p ortu n ity

E L i W h itn eyC otton is K in g !!

S e th Th om asM ech an ica l C lock

M ach in e A g eIs B orn

National & Sectional Feelings

1. Era of Good Feelings: Nationalism2. American System3 Protective Tariffs

Jackson invades Florida.

Expands the border. Seminoles = runaways Raids against Americans, Spain cannot control.

Jackson & troops enter Fla.

Destroyed villages & seized The Spanish settlements. Removed the Governor.

Spain gives territory to US = Adams Onis Treaty.

4. Transportation Improvements

Canals

Erie Canal in 1825.

5. The Second Bank of the U.S.

National bank to disperse money, make loans, & control state banks.

6. Monroe Doctrine

The USA is not to be “considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.”

Prevents others from interfering in the Latin American political affairs.

7. Missouri Compromise

Missouri entered the Union as a Slave State. Maine came in as a Free State.

Union had 11 free & 11 slave states in 1819. Missouri Compromise preserved a balance. Henry Clay is the author & promoter.

The Missouri Compromise:Henry Clay composes = The Great

CompromiserIt resolves conflict for 20 years!!

Growing Sectionalism

Henry Clay organized and campaigned for :

Cheap Labor

Maine is admitted as a free state. Keep a balance between the states!!

Missouri is admitted as a slave state

Preserves the balance in the SENATE.

Louisiana Purchase is Split Territory

2 Spheres of interest1 for Slave Holders1 for Free Settlers

North is Free

South is Dependent on Slavery

President Monroe signs in 1820

Stability = Era of Good Feelings

New Inventions Change Lives

I. The South Becomes a Cotton Kingdom Eli Whitney’s Invention A land rush Running a Cotton Plantation Financing a Cotton Kingdom

Industrial Revolution Spreads

A. The Use of interchangeable partsB. The growth of Mills

C. Working Conditions

D. The Boarding House

Lots of rules Attend Church

E. The First Factory Strike

The Southern Economy

Cash Crops: Tobacco, Cotton, Indigo, Rice

Cotton Becomes King

1840’s = 2 million bales of cotton produced

1860’s = 4 million2/3 of the U.S.’s export trade

Planters

1850

Southern White population = 6 million347,525 were slave holders

But

37,000 were planters/ held 20 or more slaves

8,000 held 50 or more slaves11 held over 500 slaves

Most were Yeoman Farmers

They worked on the land themselves.

Slavery

Plantations depended on slaveryMost worked on Plantations2 groups Field LaborersHouse slaves

Coping with Slavery

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