Powerpoint for notes on President Monroe

1. A feeling of patriotism and nationalism starts to
grow in the United States during President
Madison’s terms in office.
Nationalism a feeling of pride, loyalty, and protectiveness
toward one’s country.

2. 1st
–Compete with Foreign Countries
Have a protective tariff which would make
European goods more expensive and
encourage Americans to buy cheaper
American-made products.
President Madison wanted the U.S. to have a
strong economy and be economically self-sufficient
and independent from foreign countries and their
products.
President Madison’s plan….

3. HOW TARIFFS WORKHOW TARIFFS WORK
Made in the factories of
the North
40% $4.90
$4.50
Price in USA
Price in USA

4. The Embargo Act
of 1807 and the
British blockade
kept the U.S. from
doing business with
foreign countries, so
people in the United
States had to rely
on their own skills
to make goods. This
led to another kind
of revolution…
The Industrial
Revolution

5. The Industrial Revolution led to factories,
like textile (cloth) mills, being built in the
North East.

6. Why was New England a good place for factories?
-rocky soil made farming hard so people were available to
work in factories
-there were fast-moving rivers to create energy
- New England had a ship building industry to carry products
to Europe

7. 2nd
–Improve Transportation
Build roads and canals which would
connect cities.
1st
–Compete with Foreign Countries
Have a protective tariff which would make European goods more
expensive and encourage Americans to buy cheaper American-made
products.
President Madison’s plan….

8. THE NATIONAL ROAD was started in 1811.
Goods and people were able to travel more
easily from the east coast to the west.

9. Erie Canal
Pennsylvania Canal
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Miami and
Erie Canal
Ohio and
Erie Canal
National Road
CANALS were built to help move goods
from east to west and west to east.

10. The Erie Canal was a man-made water way. 40
feet wide, 4 feet deep. It connected towns near
the Atlantic Ocean to towns near the Great Lakes.
http://www.epodunk.com/routes/erie-canal/index.html#

11. The years of the presidency of
James Monroe were known as
“The Era of Good Feelings”
because the federal
government was growing
stronger.
James Monroe
Democratic-Republican
1817-1825
Last of the Founding Fathers

12. Supreme Court Decisions
Supreme Court Justice John Marshall, made
important rulings that make federal
government stronger.

13. Congress set up the Second Bank of the
United States.

14. Issue: The state of Maryland wanted to tax its
branch of the Bank of the U.S.
If this tax were allowed, the states could claim to
have power over the federal government.
We want to tax
the federal bank!
- Maryland
No way!
-James McCulloch
(head of the Baltimore
bank)

15. “The states have no
power, by taxation
or otherwise, to…
control the
operations of the
constitutional laws
enacted by
Congress.”
States cannot tax a
federal institution.
The Decision

16. Aaron Ogden
had a state
license to operate
his steamboat on
the Hudson River
between New
York and New
Jersey.
Thomas Gibbons
had a federal
license to operate
his steamboat on
the Hudson River
between New
York and New
Jersey.

17. They take their case to the
Supreme Court.

18. The federal
government
has power to
regulate trade
between the
states
(interstate).
The Decision

19. The U.S. Protects the
Americas
(North and South)

20. The U.S. tried
to stay neutral in
foreign conflicts
but was worried
that European
countries might
still colonize
parts of the
Americas (North
and South).
Spain and Portugal had control of
much of North and South America
in the late 1700s.

21. In Latin America, several countries had
successfully fought for their independence from
Spain and Portugal.

22. 1821 Mexico wins its independence from Spain

23. On December 6, 1823, President Monroe issued
a statement called “The Monroe Doctrine” said
three things-
1. European countries should
not think about establishing
colonies in the Americas
(North and South) anymore.
2. The U.S. would consider
any attempt by Europe to
influence politics in the
Americas as a threat to its
“peace and safety.”
3. The U.S. would stay out of
European affairs (business)

25. “ …we should consider
any attempt on their
part to extend their
system (government) to
any portion of this
hemisphere as
dangerous to our peace
and safety.”
– James Monroe

26. Americans saw this doctrine as saying that the U.S. was
confident and strong and would stand up for its freedom
and the freedom of people in Latin America.
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