AMERICA DURING THE 1820’S

Key Events and Milestones

James Monroe presided over an age of prosperity and tranquility.

Few political of the political disagreements that marked the early part of US History.

ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS

Henry Clay the architect of this plan.

A plan to unify the nation around:• economic development• Transportation

advancements• Tariffs• National Bank.

THE AMERICAN SYSTEM

SECOND BANK OF THE UNITED STATES

ERIE CANAL

Adams-Onis Treaty: Andrew Jackson had taken it upon himself to take Florida. John Quincy Adams formalized it!

Monroe Doctrine: the British and Europe were not allowed to have any influence in this Hemisphere.

Big bark from a small dog

EVENTS IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Panic of 1819: • 1st Recession since

Nations founding• European demand

for American goods.

• Western Land Boom Cotton bubble

• Banking crisis “wildcat banks”.

ECONOMIC WOES

Year Cotton Price

1815 20 cents/lb

1816 30 cents/lb

1818 34.5 cents/lb

1819 14 cents/lb

America had expansion fever.• Missouri ready to

become a state.• Delicate balance

between North and South

Northwest Ordinance Banned Slavery• North wanted no further

spread of the influence of Southern Slavery

• Henry Clay’s Compromise

MISSOURI COMPROMISE

Missouri: a slave state

Maine: divided from

Massachusetts a free state

Slavery above 36-30 line would

not be allowed, and

permitted below the

line.