SECTIONALISM AND NATIONALISM

Study Guide

I.  You should be able to identify and state the historical significance of the following:

• James Monroe

• John C. Calhoun

• Daniel Webster

• John Quincy Adams

• Henry Clay

• John Marshall

• Nicholas Biddle

• Langdon Cheves

II.  You should be able to define and state the historical significance of the following:

• nationalism

• protective tariff

• sectionalism

• internal improvements

• nonintervention

• sectionalism

• isolationism

III.  You should be able to describe and state the historical significance of the following:

•   Second Bank of the United States

• McCulloch vs. Maryland 

• Tariff of 1816

• American System

• Era of Good Feelings

• Panic of 1819

• Battle of Tippecanoe

• Land Act of 1820

• Monroe Doctrine

• Talmadge Amendment

• Missouri Compromise

• Hartford Convention

• "Corrupt Bargain"

• Dartmouth College vs. Woodward

• Givens vs. Ogden

IV.  Discussion Questions:

• Why were internal improvements a controversial issue in the decade following the War of 1812?

• Why was the West the region most seized with the spirit of nationalism following the War of 1812?

• To what extent was the Monroe Doctrine an isolationist document?

• Was the term "Era of Good Feelings" a misnomer?  Why or why not?

• Thomas Jefferson said of the Missouri Compromise that the question, "Like a firebell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror."  What was at stake in the Missouri debate that generated such concern?

• The years from 1814 to 1828 yielded a mixture of strengthened nationalism
  and growing sectionalism in the United States. Explain the forces that were
  working in each direction, and assess the dominant trend by 1828. 

• How did the Supreme Court contribute to the growing nationalism of the
  early nineteenth century? Cite specific case examples. 

• Explain the provisions and significance of the Monroe Doctrine and account
  for the development of this important diplomatic document. 

• What were the terms of the Missouri Compromise and what impact did it
  have on the nation? 

• Why was the election of 1824 so ridden with conflict and confusion?  What was at stake between the competing candidates, especially Adams and Jackson?

• What personal and political factors led to the election of Andrew Jackson in
  1828?

• In 1816, John C. Calhoun had supported protective tariff legislation.  In 1828, he denounced protective tariffs.  Why did he change his position?

V.  Practice Quizzes:

• Bailey's American Pageant - Chapter Twelve

• Bailey's American Pageant - Chapter Thirteen

• Tindall and Shi: America, A Narrative History.