Transcript The Era of Good Feeling

The
“Era of Good Feelings”?
(1816 -1824)
Edited by: Mrs. Brant
Created by: Susan M.
Pojer
EQ:
What were the major
characteristics of the “Era of
Good Feelings”?
What conflicts surrounded the
nation during this time?
The Election of 1816
[The Demise of the Federalist Party!]
James Monroe [1816-1824]
The Convention of 1818 (Treaty)
Fixed northern limits on Louisiana Purchase at
49th parallel
-Sometimes called Anglo-American Convention
Adams-Onis Treaty, 1819
“The Transcontinental Treaty” and Florida Purchase Treaty
-Spain ceded Florida,
and Spanish claims to
Oregon in exchange
for America
abandoning claims in
Texas
**Andrew Jackson invaded
Florida prior to this to punish
the Indians and recapture
runaway slaves but also
captured 2 Spanish posts (last
not sanctioned by Congress)
The West & the NW: 1819-1824
US Population Density
1810
1820
The American System
p Tariff of 1816 (1st of the
protective tariffs: protection
from flood of cheap British
goods
p Chartering of the
Second Bank of the
United States
Henry Clay,
“The Great
Compromiser”
p Internal improvements
(roads and canals) at federal
expense.
- National Road
The American System:
The National [Cumberland] Road
The Erie Canal
1817 – 1825.
363 miles Albany to Buffalo.
Much further than any other American or European canal.
The American System
WEST  got roads, canals, and
federal aide.
EAST  got the backing of
protective tariffs from the
West.
SOUTH  ??
The Panic of 1819
CAUSES???
•Over-speculation
of frontier lands
•Bank of U.S.
forecloses on many
farms in the West
•Widespread
unemployment
•Prosperity doesn’t rtn
until roughly 1825
The Election of 1820
Growing Pains
• America in 1820
– South is pro-slavery – Economic
reasons
– North is anti-slavery– Social/Biblical
reasons
– North has advantage in population and
wealth
– Old wounds dating to Constitutional
ratification
• Westward Expansion
– General Andrew Jackson attempts to
eradicate Indians
– Roads/Steam Boat
– Land Act of 1820
• $1.25 cash per acre in 80 acre tracts
– 9 new states admitted
• Alternately free or slave – preserve
sectional balance
The Tallmadge Amendment
(Missouri wants to be a slave state)
All slaves born in Missouri after the
territory became a state would be freed
at the age of 25.
Passed by the House, not in the Senate.
The North controlled the House, and the
South had enough power to block it in
the Senate.
The Missouri Compromise
1820
– Henry Clay
– South – Missouri as
unrestricted slave state
– North – Maine added as
free state
– Forbade slavery north of 36
degrees by 30, except for
Missouri in the west
• Compromise last 34 years
– Swept the issue of slavery
under the rug…for now
– Preserved the Union
The Compromise of 1820:
The Monroe Doctrine, 1823
p Referred to as “America’s Self-Defense
Doctrine”
pFurther efforts by European powers to colonize land or
interfere with states in the Americas would be viewed by
the United States of America as acts of aggression
requiring U.S. intervention
2. Non-Intervention
1. Noncolonization
**Very nationalistic
doctrine**
Monroe
Doctrine
3. If do; USA will
intervene