Learning Goals:Learning Goals: Identify factorsIdentify factorsthat identifiedthat identifiednational unity in national unity in

thetheearly 1800s. early 1800s. Describe eventsDescribe eventsthat increasedthat increasedsectionalism.sectionalism. Summarize howSummarize howAmericans reachedAmericans reachedagreements withagreements withforeign nations toforeign nations tohelp secure its help secure its borders.borders.

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United States and create United States and create its ownits own

country how would you country how would you feelfeel

about that?about that? During this time period During this time period

ofof

history politicians tried tohistory politicians tried to

bring the United Statesbring the United States

together.together.

• 1. 1. Nationalism Nationalism is the feeling of is the feeling of pride, loyalty, pride, loyalty, and and protectiveness protectiveness toward your toward your nationnation. . Henry Henry Clay was a Clay was a strong strong nationalist. nationalist.

2. Three parts of the 2. Three parts of the American System were: American System were: •Establish a Establish a protective tariff ; protective tariff ; Tariffs are a Tariffs are a taxtax on imported on imported goods that protects a goods that protects a nation’s nation’s businesses businesses from from foreign foreign competitioncompetition•establish a establish a national banknational bank•improve the country’s improve the country’s transportation systemstransportation systems

•..

3. 3. Southerners Southerners objected to high objected to high tariffs tariffs because because they they depended depended on trading cotton on trading cotton for foreign for foreign manufactured manufactured goods.goods.

An old cartoon ridiculing Henry An old cartoon ridiculing Henry Clay's Tariff and Internal Clay's Tariff and Internal Improvement Program Improvement Program

•4. 4. The The Missouri Missouri Compromise Compromise maintained maintained the balance the balance of power in of power in CongressCongress between free between free states and states and slave states.slave states.

The handshake The handshake represents that an represents that an agreement kept the agreement kept the U.S. from war at U.S. from war at this time.this time.

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5. "And be it further enacted. That in all that territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of the state, contemplated by this act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be, and is hereby, forever prohibited: Provided always, that any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed, in any state or territory of the United States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaidclaiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid."."

– – Missouri Compromise from Section 8 of the documentMissouri Compromise from Section 8 of the document

According to the Missouri Compromise According to the Missouri Compromise fugitive slaves who fugitive slaves who traveled to a free state would be returned to the ownertraveled to a free state would be returned to the owner ..

• 6. 6. By acquiring By acquiring Florida and Florida and setting the setting the boundary with boundary with Canada at the Canada at the 4949thth parallel parallel, , the United the United States settled States settled border border disputes with disputes with Spain and Spain and BritainBritain..

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•7. The Monroe Doctrine declared that the United States would view European interference in the Americas as a threat to the national interest of the United States.