Exploded Boundaries, 1815 1828

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CHAPTER 9

• Exploded Boundaries, 1815 - 1828

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New Borders

• Whites continue to encroach on Native American
  lands
• Forts are built in all frontier areas
• Cherokees and other tribes adopt civilized ways
  but are still repulsed
• Andrew Jackson achieves hero status battling
  Seminoles and Creek Indians in South
• Federal government works to build communication
  and transportation networks and economic
  development

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Lands Ceded by American Indians
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Building a National Economy

• Cotton production brings tremendous growth to
  South, in large part due to slave labor
• Northwest becomes fastest growing area
• Northeast becomes manufacturing and industrial
  center of United States
• Supreme Court decisions hastened economic
  development
• Dartmouth College v. Woodward
• McCulloch v. Maryland
• Gibbons v. Ogden
• Development canal system and steamboats enhanced
  economic growth

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Redrawing the Nations Boundaries
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Regional Growth

• Expanding market and new technologies made
  cotton the dominant crop in the South
• Displaced Natives Americans allowed opening of
  new cotton growing areas
• Westward movement and immigration increased
  settlement of Northwest
• Northeast becomes land of farms and factories
• Piecework
• Growth in Textile Industry

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Migration Patterns in the Southeast
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Migration Patterns in the Northwest
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Cotton Mills in the North
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Consequences of Expansion

• British competition one cause of Panic of 1819
• Madison is re-elected in Era of Good Feelings
• Missouri Compromise
• Missouri admitted as slave state, Maine as free
  state
• Issue of slavery creates clear division in
  America
• Denmark Vesey attempts slave revolt in South
  Carolina
• Monroe Doctrine
• Ended European colonization in the Americas
• Asserted that the United States had become a
  world power

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Election of 1828
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The Reinvention of Politics

• Lafayettes return to United States encourages
  Americans about their future
• The 1824 presidential election
• With five candidates, election went to the House
• John Quincy Adams is elected after Henry Clay
  makes bargain with him for position of Secretary
  of State
• Adams has lackluster presidency
• Masons come under suspicion after one of their
  own reveals secrets of the Order
• In the presidential election of 1828
• Martin van Buren founded Democratic party
• Bitter, dirty campaign
• Jackson elected first Democratic President

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Discussion Questions

• Examine the United States relationship with
  Native Americans. Was there any way to have
  avoided the tragedies to come?
• What components contributed to the strong
  national economy that emerged in this period?
• What were the accomplishments of Madison while in
  office?
• Compare the elections of 1824 and 1828. What
  political changes occurred? What were the long
  term results of these changes?