Transcript A Changing Nation

H-SS 8.4..3 Analyze the rise of capitalism and the
economic problems and conf licts that accompanied it
H-SS 8.6.2 Outline the physical obstacles to and the
economic and political factors involved in building a
network of roads, canals, and railroads
I. Building A National Identity
Section Focus Question
 How was the power of the Federal
Government Strengthened during the
Era of Good Feelings?
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I. Building
A National Identity
A. The Era of Good Feelings
1. Election of 1816, Republican
James Monroe wins in
landslide
2. Federalist party disappears
3. New sense of national unity
known as The Era of Good
Feelings.
B. Building The National Economy
 1. Americans and Republicans began to see
merit in federal govt. programs
 a. Henry Clay of Kentucky b. John C. Calhoun of South Carolina c. Daniel Webster of Massachusetts 2. Second Bank of the United States
 a. Economy suffered when charter for 1st
Federal Bank expired
 b. Congress est. 2nd bank to solve problems
by controlling the money supply
C. Tariff of 1816
 1. British Manufacturers dumped goods
which drove some American businesses
to fail, especially in New England.
 2. Business owners demanded Congress
put tariffs on foreign goods
 3. Tariffs popular in Northern states, but
not Southern states.
 Why do you think the War of 1812 led to a sense of
national unity?
 How did Monroe’s election contribute to The Era of
Good Feelings?
 Vocabulary- important people---3 columns (Pg. 4 IN)
 Vocabulary—3 columns key terms (Pg. 2 IN)
 Economic growth activity
 Growing sense of nationalism in the country—one
factor that influenced this was economic growth
 In groups of 4, you will create plan for new store.
 The plan will include:
 Where you will get the money to start the business
 What you will sell, including price range of goods
 Who your target customer will be
 You will present plan to class
Answer these questions in your group
 What will you do with the money that customers pay
you for your products?
 If most of your customers have steady jobs, will you
likely make or lose money?
 If most of your customers do not have steady income,
will you likely make or lose money?
 If your customers have easy access to unlimited funds,
what may happen to the inventory of your goods?
Building a National Identity Cont. (Page 5 IN)
 D. Clay’s American System
 1. Plan to help each part of the country
economically
 a. High tariffs would enable northerners to
buy agricultural goods from south and west
and provide revenue for federal govt. which
could in turn be use to help build
infrastructure
 E. Three Important Supreme Court
Rulings
 1. McCulluch v. Maryland
 a. ruled that states cannot pass law that
violates a federal law
 b. States could not tax the Second Bank of
the United States
 2. Dartmouth College v. Woodward
 a. Ruled that the charter of Dartmouth
College in New Hampshire was a private
contract and protected by the constitution
 b. Private businesses gained new protection
and this helped promote capitalism
 3. Gibbons v. Ogden
 a. Ruled steamboat travel between two
states was interstate commerce, so only the
fed. govt. could regulate it
 b. The govt. of New York could not grant a
steamboat company a monopoly
 How was the power of the Federal Government
Strengthened during the Era of Good Feelings?
 Congress, the President and the Supreme Court all
acted to increase the authority of the federal govt.