Chapter 9

Essential Question

I. American Foreign Policy• U.S. settles disputes with Great

Britain (Rush-Bagot Agreement, Convention of 1818)

• President James Monroe sends Andrew Jackson to secure U.S. – Spanish border in Florida (no further orders, though)

Monroe Doctrine

• Many Latin American nations begin to fight for independence from Spain

• Monroe and Adams fear European nations might take advantage of these newly formed countries

• Monroe Doctrine (1823):

II. Nationalism and Sectionalism• Nationalism:

• Rep. Henry Clay of Kentucky believed in the American System:

• Cumberland Road: also known as National Road, first one built by federal government

• Erie Canal:

Era of Good Feelings

• 1815 – 1825 – a time of peace, pride, and progress

• Emphasis on national unity• McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) –

• Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) – states could not interfere with the power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce

Missouri Compromise

• Sectionalism:

• 1820 – Missouri Compromise – Henry Clay– Maine = – Missouri = – Line at 360 30’

• North of the line = FREE• South of the Line = SLAVE

III. American Culture• American writers contributed to a

growing national identity• Washington Irving:

– Rip Van Winkle and Legend of Sleepy Hollow

• James Fenimore Cooper:

– Last of the Mohicans

Art, Religion, and Education• Hudson River School:

• Spiritual awakenings and revivals

• Buildings were designed in Greek and Roman styles to

• State-funded public education