Standard 6 Presentation

1. How did the New Nation Grow?
Standard 6
Ch 3,4,5

2. States claim to western land

3. Land Ordinance, 1785

4. Northwest Ordinance of 1787
• Outlines steps in which
territories become
states.
– Once area has pop. of
5000 – can elect
legislature
– When pop. Reaches
60,000- elect state
const. convention and
apply for statehood

5. Revolution of 1800
• Jefferson defeats
Adams, but ties Aaron
Burr for President
• Decision goes to House
of Reps
• Jefferson becomes Pres
after tie is broken
– Peaceful transition of
power
– New political party

6. Judicial System
• Judiciary Act 1801- created new fed districts
• John Marshall- Chief Justice (Federalist)
• Marbury v Madison (1803) – brought about
“judicial review”

7. Jefferson’s actions
• Got rid of Alien and Sedition Acts for most
part
• Repealed Excise Tax (whiskey)
• Still able to reduce debt

8. Louisiana
• French gained Spanish land and revoked
Pinckney Treaty
• Jefferson sent Livingston to France to buy
small piece of LA
• France offers all of LA for $15mil
– 3 cents per acre
– Doubles size of US
• Why did France make this offer?

9. Louisiana Purchase

10. Exploration
• Lewis and Clark- explored for 2 ½ years
(Sacagawea)
• Zebulon Pike- Spanish owned Southwest

11. Foreign problems…again
• Napoleon/France at war in Europe
• Good for US at first
• Orders in Council
– Leopold/Chesapeake incident

12. Jefferson’s Response
• Embargo Act (1807)- no exports to any nation
– Hurt US (mainly North)
– Repealed in 1809
• Non-Intercourse Act- outlawed shipping to
England and France only
• These acts did more harm than good

13. James Madison
• 4th President- 1808
• Macon’s Bill #2
– Allow trade with GB and
France if they dropped
restrictions
– Napoleon had a plan

14. Confrontation in South and West
• “War Hawks”- wanted to rid Indians of Ohio
Valley
• Opposition led by Tecumseh and Prophet
• William Henry Harrison & Battle of
Tippecanoe

15. Madison’s War
• Madison asks congress to go to war against
Britain because:
– Impressment of soldiers (Leopard/Chesapeake)
– British still in Northwest Territory (getting indians
to attack Americans)
– British blockade of US ports (Order in Council)

16. War of 1812
• Some key battles:
• Battle of York- hoping Canada would help us-
they didn’t
• Defeated British on Lake Erie
• British invade DC and burn White House and
Capitol (Madison and Congress barely escape)
• Neither Britain or US gain territory- war is
basically a tie

17. War of 1812

18. Battle of Fort McHenry

19. Treaty of Ghent
• Dec 1814- ended the
war
• Ended in stalemate-
neither side gained land
• Treaty did not talk
about impressment, it
died out on its own

20. Battle of New Orleans
• Fought after Treaty
• Important b/c US got
help from pirates and
frontiersmen
• Made Andrew Jackson
become national hero
• Ensured treaty would
be ratified

22. “Era of Good Feelings”
• After War of 1812- nationalism swept through
country
• James Monroe is elected President

23. Era of Good Feelings

24. The American System
• Cheap imports coming
into USA
• Tariff of 16
• Henry Clay’s “American
System”
– Strong bank
– Tariff
– Transportation network
(National Road and Erie
Canal) led to growth of
major cities (NYC)

25. National Road

26. The American System

27. John Quincy Adams

28. Adams’s Treaties
• Treaty of 1818
– Set border of Canada and USA at 49th parallel
• Adams-Onis Treaty (1819) “Florida Purchase
Treaty”
– USA got Florida and set southern border of
Oregon at 42 o latitude

30. Jackson takes Florida

31. Monroe Doctrine (1823)
• America’s Self Defense Doctrine
• Put in place to tell Europe to stay out or US
affairs
– No European colonization in Americas
– Don’t interfere with US dealings
– Russo-American Treaty 1824
• Was America’s guideline for foreign policy