UNIT IV: CH. 12 AND 13 (PAGEANT)

MONROE, ADAMS AND JACKSON PRESIDENCIES

UNIT IV: CH. 12 AND 13BASED UPON WHAT WE DID YESTERDAY; WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW?1. I need to be able to explain the “Era of Good Feeling.”

1816-18192. I need to be able to explain the “American System.”

1815-18613. I need to be able to explain the “Monroe Doctrine” of

18234. I need to be able to explain the “Missouri

Compromise.” of 18205. I need to be able to explain the “Nullification Crisis.”

1820’s and 1830’s.

Henry ClayKentucky

The American System (Pageant pg. 231)(three main points)

• A Strong Banking System creating abundant credit.

• The Protective Tariff of 1816: Saving American Industry from cheap European pulp.

• The Struggle for Internal Improvements to move the raw materials.

John C. CalhounSouth Carolina

Daniel WebsterMassachusetts

The Missouri Compromise

• Admit Missouri as a slave state

• Admit Maine as a free state

• Future slave states prohibited north of the 36-30 line.

John Quincy Adams

6th President 1825-1829

The Election of 1824

Last of the Democratic -Republicans

Andrew JacksonThe Election of 1828

7th President 1829-1837 Democrat

“All of Creation going to the White House.”

The “Jacksonian” Period

• The Election of 1836: Martin Van Buren• The Bank Crisis of 1837 “Wildcat Banks”

1837-41Democrat

THE TROUBLE WITH TEXAS

• 1823 Mexico grants immigration to Americans if they follow the rules and become citizens.

• They must become Catholic.• They must not bring slaves.• They must learn to speak Spanish.• They ignore all of that.• 1836 They declare independence from

Mexico.

THE TROUBLE WITH TEXAS

• 1836 The Battle of the Alamo.• The Goliad Massacres.• The Mexican Army ambushed at San Jacinto.• 1837 Jackson offers to annex Texas. Why is

that a problem?• 1837 Texas petitions for annexation. Awkward.• In 1845 Texas would join the Union as a slave

state.

The Election of 1840

• Martin van Buren for the Democrats• The Whigs elect W.H. Harrison• Heavy campaigning occurs around the country.• Harrison wins.• Two major changes in American Politics have now

occurred:– The idea of mass voting for the most worthy was now

the norm.– The Two-Party System of “platforms” which they

believed in.