President James Monroe

and the Era of Good Feelings

Election of 1816
Era of Good Feelings 1815- 1820s

Transportation advancements 1.) Turnpikes durable roads
between cities which assured good transportation for goods and
customers. 2.) Steam Boats ( Robert Fultons Folly) Steam allowed
ships to go up river under its own power as fast as 10 MPH. 3.)
Canals 1825 - Erie Canal linked Albany to Buffalo and NYC to the
West through the great Lakes. And the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
By 1815 US exports 200,000 bales of cotton per year, doubles
within five years. By 1815, US has over 400 textile mills.
Tariffs (taxes on imported goods) designed to remove European
products from American markets. Southerners fear that tariffs may
end European purchase of cotton. Taxes (tariffs) are to be used to
develop internal improvements.
Speaker of the House:
Henry Clay
Henry Clays
American System, 1816

1. A Strong banking System, which would
provide easy and abundant credit.
2. A Protective Tariff, which would protect
eastern manufacturing and enable it to
flourish.
3. Money raised from tariffs and the bank
would be used to build roads and canals.
The American System
American System: Who gets what?
WEST got roads, canals, and
federal aide.

EAST got the backing of
protective tariffs from the
West.

SOUTH ??

Erie Canal:
Linking the west to NYC
Erie Canal System
Secretary of State
John Quincy Adams
The Convention of
1818 with England
Adam-Onis Treaty
1819: Florida Andrew Jackson follows a
group of renegade Seminole Indians into
Florida where he defeats them. They were
raiding the Southern frontier and encouraging
slave uprisings.
While in Florida, the US demands that Spain
sell us Florida, which they do. Adams-Onis
Treaty for $5 Million.
The treaty sets up Spanish- American border.
Adams-Onis Treaty
The West & the NW: 1819-1824
Financial Panic of 1819
The Missouri Question, 1819
Missouri wanted to become a state but the
north refused to allow Missouri to become
a slave state in the United States. The
South contemplates secession if Missouri
is entered as a free state. James
Tallmadge (NY) says, let Missouri enter as
a slave state, but lets end slavery in that
state in 20 years. South mad because this
will take away their property rights.
Tallmadge Amendment
All slaves born in Missouri after the
territory became a state would be freed
at the age of 25.

Passed by the House, not in the Senate.

The North controlled the House, and the
South had enough power to block it in
the Senate.

Missouri Compromise:
Compromise of 1820
Henry Clay (Kentucky) comes up with
the compromise, he said allow Missouri
to become a slave state but create Maine
out of Massachusetts, thus keeping a
balance of power in the senate. Also,
add the stipulation that anything above
the 36 30 line shall be open to free
settlement and below that
line shall be developed into slave states.
The Compromise of 1820:
A Fire bell in the Night!

Missouri Compromise
Election of 1820: Monroe wins big
Denmark Vesey Case
Charleston, SC - Denmark Vesey:
attempt to steal ship and lead slave
revolt.
1823: Monroe Doctrine
Written by Secretary of State John Q. Adams.
An attempt to remove European influence from
America after War of 1812. December 1823,
the Monroe Doctrine says: 1.) European
powers are not permitted to colonize in the
Western Hemisphere no new colonies. 2.)
Europeans must stay away from the
governments of these countries, 3.) US will
refrain from European affairs, and 4.) There
will be war if Europe does not follow the rules.
Monroe Doctrine
When Latin American nations revolt, U.S.
supports new republics

European Nations want to crush new
countries

1823--Monroe Doctrine warns European
nations out of the Western Hemisphere

Monroe Doctrine
1824 Election: The Dirty Deal
Andrew Jackson had more electoral votes
and many more popular votes than either of
the other three candidates. However, he did
not have enough to be declared the winner.
The election was decided by the House of
Representatives. Henry Clay, 4
th
place
candidate, was speaker of the house.

Dirty Deal Continued
Clay gave his support to Adams, so
Adams won (dirty deal). In exchange for
giving his support to Adams, Clay
becomes Secretary of State (the stepping
stone to the white House).
Jackson called Henry Clay, The Judas of
the West for making the bargain with
Adams.
Election of 1824
Candidate Popular Vote Electoral
Vote
Andrew Jackson 43% 99
J.Q. Adams 31% 32
William Crawford 13% 41
Henry Clay 13% 37
John Q. Adams
wins the disputed 1824 Election
John Quincy Adams

Internal Improvements
Well aware that he would face hostility in
Congress, Adams nevertheless proclaimed in
his first Annual Message a spectacular national
program. He proposed that the Federal
Government bring the sections together with a
network of highways and canals, and that it
develop and conserve the public domain, using
funds from the sale of public lands. In 1828, he
broke ground for the 185-mile C & 0 Canal.
Cherokee Nation
Gold had been discovered on Cherokee
Lands during Adams administration, and
settlers demanded that Adams seize their
land. Adams refused to treat the Indians
unfairly, and was unable to obtain the land
from the natives during his one term in
office.

Taxes on imported goods, designed to
help protect northern industry. The largest
tariff in US history up to that time. This
tariff hurt southern agriculture because
Europeans refused to pay high prices for
cotton. Needless to say, the South is very
angry at this act.
1828: The Tariff of
Abominations enacted

A Yankee Misfit in the White House
Besides his large tariffs, John Quincy
Adams is most known for his attempts to
build a national observatory for astrology
and for his desire to construct a national
university. Neither of these projects
passed, and Adams was considered an
elitist for having spoke of these plans.

Adams under fire: Election of 1828
Adams was never a popular president. Andrew
Jackson kept up a constant mud slinging
campaign where he claimed that Adams was a
pimp for introducing an American women to the
Russian Czar when he was ambassador to
Russia.
Andrew Jackson claimed that Adams was
turning the White House into a gambling house
because Adams bought a chess set and pool
table for the White House. Jackson described
these devices as gambling table and game.