Alan Brinkley, Chapter 8

Prior - Presidency of Jefferson

1. Finishing off of the War of 1812

US needed cash through an independent income pathway

Second Bank of the United States

Protective Tarriff - Forcing domestic product increase distribution

Transportation

1. National Road - allowed for products to be transferred through land and wasnt used since all trades were used with seas since it was export import prominent

The Great Migration

1. Population moving towards the western side of the US

ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS

1. Virginia Dynasty - multiple presidency came from virginia representing a dynasty

2. John Quincy Adams - John Adam’s Son (1824 ran for president)

3. James Monroe - nearly unanimously voted by all the american population (unification of the US population)

4. Adams-Onis Treaty - Added Florida into the US

5. Panic of 1819 - Over investment into the US —> economic ruin

   1. Affects the common class the most

6. Sectionalism vs nationalism

   1. Sectionalism is the power or control over a certain region of a country

   2. nationalism is equal power over every state distrubuted equally

   3. Missouri Compromise - Maine and Missouri added for statehood but was debating if it would be free or a slave state ( Maine become free, missouri became slave) - for every free state must be a slave state

      1. Tallmadge Amendment - Missouri would start as slave state then would gradually be free

      2. Comprimise Line - Line in which indicating the seperation between the slave states and the free states

   4. Marshall and the Court - Federal vs state governments

   5. Worchester vs. Georgia - Removing and displacing the cherokee tribe off of their land

   6. Monroe Doctrine - Stating tat Euros aren’t allowed to interfere in the Americas

   7. Rise of political opposition

      1. Andrew Jackson - War hero represented the common class

      2. Disputed election - Jackson won most electory but not by majority since the people didnt vote it went to the house of representatives to decide

      3. American System - Any internal improvements

      4. Corrupt Bargain - Clay gave his votes to Adams since he gave up the election in 1824

      5. 1828 - jackson won

   8. Tariff of Abominations - Adams passed “southerns called tariffs” - more people to buy from american business