Growth and Division

1
Growth and Division

• 1816-1832
• Chapter 7

2
Presidential Review

• George Washington 1789-1797
• John Adams 1797-1801
• Thomas Jefferson 1801-1809
• James Madison 1809-1817
• James Monroe 1817-1825

3
The Era of Good Feelings

• Increased nationalism post War
• 1812
• Loyalty to U.S. overrode identity with state or
  region
• National Bank- protect American business from
  foreign competition
• Revenue Tariff vs. Protective Tariff
• Build canal and roads to link nation

4
Jackson invades Flordia!

• Spain controls Florida
• 1818 General Andrew Jackson-destroyed Seminole
  villages and captured Spanish settlements
• U.S. gains control in Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819

5
Monroe Doctrine-1823
American continents were henceforth not to be
considered as subjects for future colonization by
any European powers
6
Missouri Compromise 1819

• At this time there are 22 states in the USA- 11
  Free and 11 Slave
• Missouri ask to join the country as a SLAVE
  state-disrupt balance of power

7
Solution?

• Maine, which has been part of Massachusetts for
  years asked to be admitted to the country as a
  FREE state.
• This request would keep balance in the country-
  12 FREE and 12 SLAVE

8
The Missouri Compromise

• Says that slavery will not be allowed above the
  northern border of Arkansas, except for in
  Missouri

• I take it for granted, that the present question
  is a mere preamble-a title page to a great tragic
  volume John Quincy Adams