The Era of Good FeelingsMr. Pagliaro

Seymour High School

Election of 1816

• Sec. of State James Monroe def. Rufus King (NY)*

• Electoral vote was 183-34

• Monroe had 68% of pop. vote

*last Federalist candidate ever

Era of Good Feelings

• Monroe: NE tour, 1817• Address issues of Hartford Convention

(1814-1815) & Blue Light Federalists

• Presidential appointments• John Quincy Adams-Sec. of State-Fed.• John C. Calhoun-Sec. of War-D.Rep.• William Crawford-Sec. of Treasury-D.Rep.• Benjamin Crowinshield-Sec. of Navy-Fed.

Nationalism

• National UnityAn American Consciouness• Pride in the nation• Unified to improve whole nation• Peace between parties

The American SystemThe American System

• Henry Clay1. Re-charter the Bank of the United States2. Protective Tariffs aiding American industry3. Internal improvements

• Especially transportation

• Unites the economies of North, South, and West

American System in Action

• 1811-National Road• 1816-BUS charter• 1816-decreased tariff• 1825-Erie Canal• 1838-Cumberland Road

Changes in the American Economy

• America as a producer• Unskilled labor-cheaper, more

profitable• Mechanization of Jobs• Job Opportunities for Women

Industrial Revolution

• Slater’s Mill-1793-Pawtucket• Textile Factories in New England

• Streams• Increased cotton output (Cotton Gin, 1793,

Eli Whitney)• i.e. Lowell Mill (1822), Rimmon Falls Factory,

Humphreysville, CT (1802)

Foreign Policy-JQ Adams, Sec. of State

• Increased American Territory• Rush-Bagot Treaty-1817-demilitarized

Canadian border• Convention of 1818-set border at 49°N from

Great Lakes to Rockies

• Adams-Onís Treaty-1819-Americans gained Florida

• Monroe Doctrine-1823-No more European colonization of Western Hemisphere

Supreme Court supports Nationalism

• Gibbons v. Ogden• Steam ferry rights NYNJ

• Interstate Commerce-NO EXCLUSIVE CONTRACTS

• McCulloch v. Maryland• States can’t tax National institution

• “…The power to tax is the power to destroy…”

• Fletcher v. Peck & Dartmouth v. Woodward• States cannot interfere w/ contracts

Westward Expansion

• 1791-1819-9 New western states• 1818-Illinois (Free) and Alabam (Slave) join as

#s 21 and 22

• Improved transportation• Cheap land

• Land Act of 1820-80 acres @ $1.25/acre• Over-speculation Panic of 1819

• BUS foreclosed on many western farms.

The Missouri Question

• 1819-Application for statehood• Would be 12th slave state

• Gradual emancipation?

• N-”South is trying to extend slavery”• S-”North is trying to end slavery”

Henry Clay’s Solution

• Missouri Compromise• Proposed 1819• Maine admitted as a free state

• Mass gives up any claims

• Missouri admitted as a slave state• No slavery in Louisiana Territory north of

36°30’N• Passed 1820 (Compromise of 1820)

The balance of free/slave states