Transcript A Growing Nation

A Growing Nation
Chapter 8
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The Era of Good Feelings = From 1815-1825,
the U.S. enjoyed an era of peace, pride, and progress.
• A since of Nationalism = pride & loyalty to a nation
• The American System =A series of measures intended
to make the U.S. economically self-sufficient
 Internal improvements (roads, canals, single currency) would
unite the country.
 More Tariffs = more $ = better roads & progress
PART 1
POLITICAL EVENTS IN OUR HEMISPHERE
A: James Monroe became the 5th President of the U.S.A. in 1817. At this time Mexico was
fighting a Revolutionary War against Spain.
Padre Miguel Hidalgo started this war with his famous GRITO DE DOLORES speech. In 1821
Mexico defeated Spain and became an independent country.
B: Soon other countries in South and Central America began to fight for their
Independence from European countries.
Simon Bolivar became known as The Liberator when he led his rebel army to victory
against the Spanish army in Columbia in 1819.
C: In 1823 the people of Central America defeated the Spanish army and later formed
Central American countries such as Honduras, Guatemala and Costa Rica.
The New Latin American countries modeled their new constitutions on that of the
U.S., but there was not a lot of early success in establishing democracies.
D: In 1823 President Monroe made an official speech called the Monroe Doctrine.
In this speech he announced that the U.S. would not interfere with the affairs of the European
countries, but the European countries should not interfere with the newly independent
countries like Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras.
How The U.S. Grows
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PART 2
Regions of the U.S.
1815-1825
Manifest Destiny
The Mason/Dixon Line
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It forms a demarcation line among four U.S. states, forming part of the borders of
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and West Virginia (then part of Virginia). In popular
usage, especially since the Missouri Compromise of 1820, the Mason–Dixon Line
symbolizes a cultural boundary between the Northeastern United States and the
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Southern United States (Dixie)
The North
• Large Scale Factories
• Need cheap labor (immigrants)
• Free State
• Does Not Want Government To Sell New
Public Land At Cheap Prices = labor will move
out of cities to the west
• Want High Tariffs (taxes on imported goods) =
keeps U.S. goods lower = Less Competition
The south
• Agriculture (Cotton, Tobacco) = Most Money $
• Slave States = Cheap Labor
• Need Trade With Europe To Buy Crops
• Does Not Want High Tariffs = Makes goods
more expensive ($) and Angers Trading
Partners.
The East
• EUROPE TRADE
CALL FOR LOWER TARRIFFS!
The west
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Farmers, Cattle
Cheap land = New Growth = Towns = $
Some Slave – Some Free
New Political Power
Who gets to join the Union? (Become part of The
United States)
PART 3
Missouri Compromise-1820
Background
• 1819-Missouri applies for statehood as a slave
state
• At that time11 free states & 11 slave states
• A new slave state would tip the balance of
power in towards the South
• Sectionalism disagreements between
different regions (states)
Enter Henry ClayThe Great Compromiser
• Convinces Congress to
accept the Missouri
Compromise (1820)
• 1) Missouri enters as a slave
state
• 2) Maine enters as a free
state
• 3) Slavery prohibited in any
new territory or state
above the 36 30’ latitude
• Note: Big supporter of the
American System!
U.S.A – post Missouri Compromise