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Nationalism & Sectionalism. Section 11-3 p.379. “Every nation should anxiously endeavor to establish its absolute independence, and consequently be able to feed and clothe and defend itself. If it rely upon a foreign supply that may be cut off…..it cannot be independent.”
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Nationalism & Sectionalism Section 11-3 p.379
“Every nation should anxiously endeavor to establish its absolute independence, and consequently be able to feed and clothe and defend itself. If it rely upon a foreign supply that may be cut off…..it cannot be independent.” • Henry Clay – strong nationalist from Kentucky
Nationalism Unites the Country • The American System • Plan introduced in 1815 to make America economically self-sufficient. • 3 main actions 1.) make protective tariff- tax on imported goods that protects a nation’s businesses from foreign competition 2.) Establish a Nat’l bank : single currency 3.) Improve Transportation systems
Era of Good Feelings • Loyalty shifted state govt’s Fed gov’t • Opposition to Pres. Monroe disappeared • Landmark S.Court Cases: Promoted National Unity • McCulloch v. Maryland • State could not tax a nat’l bank • Gibbons v. Ogden • Interstate commerce only regulated by federal gov’t
Transportation Links Cities • The National Road • 1806: Cumberland, MD Wheeling, WV • 1841: Vandalia, IL • Erie Canal • Waterway that connected NYC Buffalo, NY • Trade here helped NYC largest U.S. city • Railroads • Led to decline in canal use
Sectional Tensions IncreaseSectional Interests • Sectionalism- Loyalty to the interests of one’s own region or section of the country. • South • Plantations, Slavery • North East • Manufacturing, trade • West • Settlers, cheap land
Missouri Compromise • Laws enacted in 1820 to maintain balance of power between slave/free states. 1.) Missouri = Slave Maine = Free 2.) Slavery was banned north of Missouri’s southern border -Mason-Dixon Line Maryland/Penn. Border = division between slave/free North/South
National Boundaries & Foreign AffairsSettling Boundary Issues • Agreements that improved U.S/Britain relations • 1.) Rush-Bagot Agreement- • Limited each side’s naval forces on Great Lakes • 2.) Convention of 1818- • Set 49th parallel as U.S. Canadian border • Tense U.S. Spain Relations • Disagreements: • Louisiana Purchase boundaries • West Florida ownership
U.S policy opposing European interference in the W. Hemisphere. U.S. stay out of European affairs Closed to more European colonization Monroe Doctrine