American History

Monday, November 27th

 Warm Up
Mindset Monday

What Biblical principle is Madison getting at in

this quote?
Why do you think that government is necessary? Is
it possible to have a perfect government?
 Today in History
1095 Pope Urban II orders the first Crusade by
calling all European Christians to wage war against
Muslims and retake the Holy Land.
1940 Bruce Lee is born in San Francisco
1942 Jimi Hendrix is born in Seattle
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Nationalism
National Pride
Era of Good Feelings national
growth and cooperation between all
sections of the country.
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National Bank
1811 the 1st National Banks charter
expired.
The Democratic-Republicans didnt renew it.
State banks began issuing their own money
without gold or silver to back it up.
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National Bank
1816 the 2nd National Banks charter
began
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Protective Tariffs
Tariff = tax on goods imported from another
country.
Tariff of 1816 helped protect American
industry to become stronger.
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Election of 1816
Democratic-Republican
James Monroe was
elected.
Virginia Dynasty
Federalist party was on
its way out.
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Spain cedes Florida
Spain was weak and unable to control its
land holdings in Florida.
They would attack American settlers in
Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia.
They supplied guns to Native Americans for
uprisings and raids.
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Spain cedes Florida
1818 - Andrew Jackson pursued a Native
American raiding party into Florida and
captured forts and towns.
Secretary of State, John Quincy Adams, told
the Spanish they were acting in self-defense
and pointed out that the U.S. could take the
land by force.
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Spain cedes Florida
Spain apologized and gave Florida and
holdings in the Pacific Northwest to the U.S.
in the Adams-Onis Treaty.
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Missouri Compromise
1819 Missouri asks to be admitted into the
union as a slave state, the 1st state entirely
west of the Mississippi.
This would mean that slave-holding southern
states would have the majority in the Senate.
The North was more populated and had
more representatives in the House.
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Missouri Compromise
Competition between the North and South
we based off slavery.
North wealthier, more industrial and
merchant based, more people.
South more land, agricultural, less people.
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Missouri Compromise
If Missouri is admitted, it would throw off
the balance in the Senate between slave and
free states.
1820 Maine wants admitted as a free state,
which would maintain balance between slave
and free states in the Senate.
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Missouri Compromise
Missouri is admitted as a slave state, but no
more slave states north of their southern
border for anyone else.