Unity and Division

What was Henry Clay’s American System?

How did the Supreme Court give more power to the federal government?

An era of Good feelings

• 1816 Election– James Monroe: Democratic- Republican

• Becomes the 5th prez

– Rufus King: Federalist

Sectional Leaders

• South: John C. Calhoun

• North: Daniel Webster

• West: Henry Clay

South: John C. Calhoun

• Grew up on farm SC

• Good looking man

• Believed in slavery

• Didn’t like politics that strengthen the federal government

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North: Daniel Webster

• New Hampshire• Skilled public speaker• Opposed war of 1812• Refused to vote for

taxes to pay for war• Believed in stronger

federal government• Slavery evil

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Clay: West

• War Hawk • Virginia then moved to

Kentucky• Fined for fighting once• Believed in a

government having a strong more active role in country

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Huge Problems

• No national bank– Greater debt

• Charter for national bank ran out in 1812• Jefferson and Madison opposed a national

bank– What party were they?

Huge Problems

• Protection from Foreign Competition– Flood of British Goods

• Why would there be lots of British goods entering the country after the War of 1812?

– New Protective Tariff passed 1816• Southern were ticked!• They sold a lot of raw material to Britain

Clay’s American System

• Sectionalism: loyalty to one’s state or section rather than to the nation as a whole

• Henry Clay come up with an Idea to help country as a whole

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Clay’s American System

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Henry Clay American System

• Internal improvements: improvement for roads, bridges, and canals– Congress didn’t spend the money

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Supreme Court Expands Federal Power

• McCulloch v. Maryland– 1819– States didn’t have the right

to interfere with federal institution within their borders

– Strengthened federal power– Allowed the Bank of the US

to continue

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Supreme Court Expands Federal Power

• Gibbons v. Ogden– Federal government has the power to

regulate trade between states– States can only regulate trade within their

own borders

– Interstate commerce: trade between different states

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