The Era of Good Feelings

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The Era of Good Feelings

• Mr. McMurray
• US History

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The Marshall Court

• John Marshall pushes the Federalist agenda in the
  courts
• Solidifies national government power over the
  states
• Remember the cases
• McCulloch v. Maryland
• Gibbons v. Ogden

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Changes under Monroe

• Secretary of State John Quincy Adams (John
  Adamss son)
• Rush-Bagot Treaty (1817) demilitarize US Canada
  border, better relations with Britain
• Adams-Onis Treaty (1819) a weakened Spain gives
  up Florida and Oregon Territory, huge US land
  grab
• Monroe Doctrine (1823)
• Keep Europe out of the Western Hemisphere
• No New Colonies!!!
• US remains neutral in European conflicts

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Monroe Doctrine
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Monroe elected in 1816

• Helps push through the Tariff of 1816
• Pay for infrastructure plans of the American
  System
• Sectionalism over Tariffs
• North likes the tariff as it improves their
  competitiveness
• South does not want to pay more for goods

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Americans Move West

• Northwest Territory (modern Midwest) becomes a
  land of opportunity
• Land is cheap and fertile
• Movement west leads new states
• How do we maintain a balance between North and
  South as we admit new states?
• Missouri Compromise (1820)

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Missouri Compromise

• Prior to 1818 there were 10 free states and 10
  slave states
• Illinois is admitted as a free state making it 11
  to 10 in favor of free states
• Alabama then gains admission as a slave state
  restoring the balance 11 to 11
• Missouri seeks admission as a slave state
• NY Congressman Tallmadge free slaves

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Discussion Question

• What is the big deal? Why is this balance so
  delicate?

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Missouri Compromise

• Clay soothes conflict in the congress
• Compromise gave Maine (Free) and Missouri (Slave)
  statehood.
• Drew a line (36 30). Lands north (Free) Lands
  south (Slave) except for Missouri
• Quiets the Issue for 20 years

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Election of 1824

• Four Candidates
• Adams and Jackson are the frontrunners
• Jackson wins popular vote but not a majority of
  the Electoral votes
• The House must decide the race

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The Corrupt Bargain

• Clay sways the House vote for Adams
• Dislikes Jackson, Adams supports the American
  System
• When Clay is named Secretary of State under
  Adams, Jackson cries foul
• Jackson creates a new Democratic-Republican Party
  (not the party of Jefferson) and disrupts Adams

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Andrew Jackson

• General during the War of 1812, hero at Battle of
  New Orleans
• Becomes President in 1828 by a landslide
• Nicknamed Old Hickory
• Known as a man of the people
• Forceful Politician

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Jacksonian Politics

• Spoils System to the victor goes the spoils
• Jackson begins a trend by firing government
  officials from the previous administration and
  appointing those loyal to him
• Indian Removal Act (1830)
• Jackson claims that assimilation wont work
• Signs treaties forcing Native Americans out of
  the South to make way for white planters

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The Trail of Tears

• The Cherokee fight back in the courts
• Marshall rules that Georgia cannot remove the
  Cherokee in Worcester v. Georgia
• Jackson moves forward
• John Marshall has made his decision, now let him
  defend it
• Cherokee forcefully removed by the US Army
• Thousands die as they are forced to walk 800
  miles while being pillaged by government officials