era of good feelings: 1815-1825. after the war of 1812 americans gain international respect...
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Era of Good Feelings: 1815-1825
After the War of 1812
Americans gain international respect
Republicans are the only political party
James Monroe president
Economic prosperity
“Era of Good Feelings”
Shift in Republican Ideology:Federalism without Elitism
Favored industrialization
Loose constructionism
Nationalism, not states’ rights
Laws of 18161. Tariff of 18162. Bank of U.S. re-chartered3. Military Expansion
First Wave of IndustrializationSamuel Slater founded cotton textile industry in America – mill work
Eli Whitney – interchangeable parts
Transportation Revolution: Part One
As the West opened up it became essential for transportation to improve
Steamboat and canal would make rivers and lakes an even more efficient travel option
Erie Canal, 1825
Opened up the American frontier and made westward expansion inevitable.
Make New York Harbor the nation‘s #1 port
Shaped social and economic development
National (Cumberland) RoadFirst highway built entirely with federal fundsBy 1818 the road stretched from Maryland to OhioIn the 1830s construction ceased due to lack of funding
Hudson River Art School
Led by Thomas Cole
Images of American wilderness in the Hudson River Valley (N.Y.) and newly opened West.
Henry Clay’s American System
National bank
Protective tariff
Internal improvements
New England and New York were against internal improvements
South and Southwest were against the protective tariff
Missouri Compromise 1820Missouri’s admittance would upset balance of 11 free and 11 slave states
Tallmadge Amendment proposed
Compromise:
1. Missouri enters as a slave state but prohibited slavery in the rest of the Louisiana Purchase north of 36 degrees and 30 minutes north latitude (Missouri Compromise Line)
2. Maine enters as a free state
John MarshallLoose constructionist, strong Federalist
Dartmouth College v. Woodward(1819)
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
“Let the end be legitimate, let it be within the scope of the constitution, and all means which are appropriate, which are plainly adapted to that end, which are not prohibited, but consistent with the letter and spirit of the constitution, are constitutional.” – John Marshall
Monroe Doctrine, 1823
1821- America recognizes independence of Spain’s Latin America colonies
Monroe fearful that Latin American nations would be taken over again, issued this
Warned that western hemisphere is closed to European colonization
EducationMost children who received education did so with private tutors in the homeMassachusetts leads way in public financing for education: Boston’s English Classical School (1821) was the first public high school in the countryConcept of training teachers just beginning
Noah Webster
1828-Webster’s dictionary contained 70,000 wordsHe wrote his dictionary to have a uniform American, not British, language since different parts of the country used different spellings
Federal Architecture 1780-1820Found mainly in the East in homes owned by the wealthy (or in public buildings) the architecture was inspired by ancient Roman architecture, the first republic!