Era of Good Feelings

1
Era of Good Feelings

• Monroes Goodwill Tour
• National Unity - Yes or No???

2
Supreme Court Rulings

• Strengthened the power of the federal government
  to promote economic growth
• McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) Maryland tried to
  tax the national bank
• The Court ruled that states had no right to
  interfere with federal institutions within their
  borders
• Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) New York tried to
  create a law to control steamboat travel between
  NY and NJ
• The Court ruled that a state can only regulate
  trade within its borders. Interstate commerce
  trade between states - is a federal power.

3
Economic Problems

• Lack of a national bank
• In 1811, the charter for the national bank ran
  out
• A new bank was established in 1816
• Foreign Competition
• Flood of British Goods
• The British had better machinery and technology
• British companies sold their goods for very low
  prices in order to push Americans out of business

4
Protective Tariffs

• The British plan put many New England factories
  out of business
• In response, Congress passed a protective tariff
  on all goods imported from Europe
• The Tariff of 1816 raised tariffs on all imports
• Southerners protested this because they did not
  have a lot of factories and therefore suffered
  from the tariff

5
Protective Tariff
Without Tariff
With Tariff
Cloth made in America 6.00
Tariff 1.25 British Cloth 5.00 5.00
1.25 6.25 (more than American Cloth)
Cloth made in Britain 5.00
6
Clays American System

• Tariff problem reflected the growth of
  sectionalism
• Sectionalism loyalty to ones state or section
  rather than to the nation as a whole
• Henry Clay (The Great Compromiser) wanted to
  promote the American System which would benefit
  the economies of all sections of the U.S
• High tariffs on imports (Who would that help?)
• More industry in the North so that money could be
  spent on agricultural products from West and
  South
• Reduce our dependency on foreign goods

7
Problems with the American System

• Urged that the money from tariffs be used to
  improve transportation to make it easier to get
  southern goods
• However, Congress NEVER spent the money on
  improvements like transportation
• Southerners disliked this plan

8
Three Sectional Leaders

• John C. Calhoun
• Spoke for the South (SC), supported the War of
  1812, for slavery, opposed policies that would
  strengthen the federal government
• Daniel Webster
• Spoke for the North (NH), opposed the War of
  1812, wanted to strengthen the federal
  government, opposed slavery
• Henry Clay
• Spoke for the West (KY), supported the War of
  1812, favored strengthening the federal government

9
Latin America

• During Monroes Presidency, many Latin American
  nations revolted and became independent.
• Mexico, Great Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina,
  Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil
• Spain was involved in protecting their colonies,
  so when Jackson marched U.S. soldiers into
  Florida, they were able to get Spain to agree to
  peace talks.
• Adam-Onis Treaty Spain gave Florida to the U.S.
  for 5 million

10
Monroe Doctrine

• Countries in Europe were forming alliances and
  offering Spain assistance in regaining their
  colonies.
• The U.S. and Britain opposed this idea.
• Monroe Doctrine declared the U.S. would not
  interfere in European affairs but warned European
  nations not to attempt to regain control of Latin
  America
• Showed U.S. determination to keep European powers
  out of the Western Hemisphere
• Britain supported this statement.
• Shaped our foreign policy for more than 100 years.