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An Era of Nationalism

An Era of Nationalism. Focus Question. How did domestic and foreign policy reflect the nationalism of the times? Protective Tariffs Supreme Court decisions that strengthened the national government Acquiring Florida Monroe Doctrine Missouri Compromise. Reading Skill: Understand Effects.

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An Era of Nationalism

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  1. An Era of Nationalism

  2. Focus Question • How did domestic and foreign policy reflect the nationalism of the times? • Protective Tariffs • Supreme Court decisions that strengthened the national government • Acquiring Florida • Monroe Doctrine • Missouri Compromise

  3. Reading Skill: Understand Effects NOTE TAKING Note Taking: Reading Skill: Understand Effects

  4. Nationalism Shapes Domestic Policy • Henry Clay • American System • Protective tariff • Build roads and canals to tie the different regions into a harmonious whole • Reestablish a Bank of US

  5. Nationalism Shapes Domestic Policies • James Monroe, the nation's fifth president, embarked on a goodwill tour through the North • A renewal of national unity, called the times the "Era of Good Feelings." • It was a time of few factional disputes

  6. Nationalism Shapes Domestic Policies • The spirit of nationalism was apparent in a series of landmark Supreme Court decisions • Established national supremacy over the states • Extended the nation's boundaries and protected its shipping and commerce

  7. Marshall and the Supreme Court • Supreme Court • Headed by Chief Justice John Marshall • Made several key decisions that strengthened the federal government • More than the framers, he molded the development of the Const.

  8. Marshall and the Supreme Court • The “necessary and proper”, “elastic” clause • Does a state have the power to tax a branch of the Bank of the United States? • First tested in McCulloch v. Maryland • Bank of the US was subject to a tax by the state of Maryland • The bank manager (McCulloch) refused to pay • Maryland argued that the Constitution doesn’t mention banks and therefore banks are not allowed to be created by Congress

  9. Marshall and the Supreme Court • “The power to tax involves the power to destroy," • States do not have the right to exert an independent check on the authority of the federal government

  10. Marshall and the Supreme Court • Gibbons v. Ogden • Commerce Clause • Overturned a New York law that had awarded a monopoly over steamboat traffic on the Hudson River • Freed the transportation system from restraints by the states

  11. Nationalism Influences Foreign Affairs • In an effort to strengthen the US position in foreign policy Pres announces the Monroe Doctrine • The US would not become involved in the internal affairs of European countries

  12. Nationalism Influences Foreign Affairs • The US would not permit any further colonization of the Western Hemisphere • Top Ten most important Foreign Policy Decisions!

  13. Nationalism Influences Foreign Affairs • Those who have used the principle: • 1836 manifest destiny (Pres Polk) Texas/West • 1842 Hawaii • 1900’s Roosevelt Corollary • 1962 Kennedy Cuban Missile Crisis • 1980 Reagan Salvaldor & Grenada

  14. Nationalism Influences Foreign Affairs • Adam-Onis Treaty • Ended Spanish claims to the vast Pacific Coast Territory and Great Britain agreed to share the territory • Showed the impact of nationalism on foreign policy

  15. Daily Quiz

  16. The MonroeDoctrine stated that • Europe must not try to control any nation in the Western Hemisphere

  17. The Supreme Court under Chief Justice Marshall made several decisions that • strengthened the federal government • Elastic Clause McCulloch v Maryland • Commerce Clause Gibbons vs. Ogden

  18. Nation Compromises Over Slavery

  19. Missouri Compromise • 1819, Congress debated about the admission of Missouri to the United States • The issues of the debate was slavery • Northwest Ordinance of 1787 established no state NW of Ohio R. could be a slave state

  20. Missouri Compromise • Henry Clay proposed a compromise • Slavery would not be restricted in Missouri, Maine will be admitted as a free state – keeps the balance of states 12 - 12 • Territories north of 36 30N latitude in Louisiana Purchase would be closed to slavery

  21. Missouri Compromise • The crisis over the Missouri Compromise exposed the growing sectionalism over the issue of slavery

  22. Daily Quiz

  23. According to the Missouri Compromise, slavery would be allowed • in Missouri, but Maine would be admitted as a free state

  24. Northern states objected to admitting Missouri as a slave state because • it would increase the power of the southern states in the Senate

  25. The crisis over the Missouri Compromise exposed • Growing sectionalism over the issue of slavery

  26. Classroom Activity Closure: Inner Outer Circle • Monroe Doctrine & Missouri Compromise Political Cartoon analysis:

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