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UNIT 4 TOPIC 3
Politics and Regional Interests H E I M L E R S H I S T O R Y. C O M
THEME : Politics and Power
LEARNING OBJECTIVE : Explain how different regional interests affected debates about the role of the federal government in
the early republic.
WEAKNESSES EXPOSED BY THE WAR OF 1812
During this time there were political interests and there were more
political interests, and they often .
While the War of 1812 was certainly a national war, it put regional interests on full display.
The fiercely opposed this war, going so far as to threaten in the
New England area. However, America won the war and that led to a rising surge of , which
made the Federalists look out of touch.
But the war itself showed some glaring in the United States. First, it made
plain that without a , whose charter had in 1811, the U.S.
lacked a reliable source of to raise funds. Second, the war showed how weak our systems
of and were. This made it very difficult to move
and during the war.
SUMMARIZE the notes above in your own words. (2-4 sentences)
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UNIT 4 TOPIC 3
Politics and Regional Interests H E I M L E R S H I S T O R Y. C O M
THEME : Politics and Power
LEARNING OBJECTIVE : Explain how different regional interests affected debates about the role of the federal government in
the early republic.
HENRY CLAY’S AMERICAN SYSTEM
Therefore, Henry Clay proposed his to remedy these problems and
attempt to the national . Clay’s American System was a set of
that proposed the following. First, federally funded
like roads and canals. These would be to the benefit of and .
Second, , which would protect U.S. .
Third, he proposed the of the United States which would keep the economy robust
with a national .
Presidents and both objected to the policies providing for roads
and canals, and they did this, again, because of interests. Not only did they argue that such
federal spending was an of federal power, but they further argued that such spending would
disadvantage the . But by 1816 the other two policies, the and the
, were in place.
SUMMARIZE the notes above in your own words. (2-4 sentences)
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UNIT 4 TOPIC 3
Politics and Regional Interests H E I M L E R S H I S T O R Y. C O M
THEME : Politics and Power
LEARNING OBJECTIVE : Explain how different regional interests affected debates about the role of the federal government in
the early republic.
REGIONAL TENSIONS AND THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE
Regional tensions were also exacerbated by .
Because of improved that made travel easier and cheap land being hawked by the federal
government, Americans began settling the in even greater numbers.
On the questions of , a bitter fight erupted when in 1819 applied for
statehood in the Union.
Settlers there had already brought thousands of people into the territory, and so it was
assumed that Missouri would enter as a state.
There were several problems with this: first, up to this point, there was a perfect in
the between slave states and free states. And this balance was of exceeding importance,
especially to the states. In the House of Representatives, states had
the because they had a larger population. But as long as this equal balance in the Senate was
maintained, southerners could any legislation that the South.
So if Missouri entered as a slave state, this would decisively tip the in favor of
the South over against the North.
The second reason Missouri’s entry was a tense proposition was because of the
proposed by New York congressman James Tallmadge.
He proposed an amendment to Missouri’s application for statehood that would effectively
in the state after 25 years. The vote on this fell right along
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Politics and Regional Interests H E I M L E R S H I S T O R Y. C O M
THEME : Politics and Power
LEARNING OBJECTIVE : Explain how different regional interests affected debates about the role of the federal government in
the early republic.
REGIONAL TENSIONS AND THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE cont’d.
lines, and the southern senators were by it because they saw it as an effort that, if passed,
would eventually lead to the in all the states. For them, the balance of
power in the nation was at stake, and they even threatened to from the Union over this issue.
Henry Clay attempted to solve this problem with the , also known as the
Compromise of 1820.
The Compromise said that Missouri would be admitted into the Union as a state.
But they would also carve out a new state in New England called and that would be a
state. Thus, the senate would be preserved.
Second, the compromise established the as the boundary hereafter for slave and free
states. Any territories it would enter as free states and any territories it
were eligible to enter as slave states.
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Politics and Regional Interests H E I M L E R S H I S T O R Y. C O M
THEME : Politics and Power
LEARNING OBJECTIVE : Explain how different regional interests affected debates about the role of the federal government in
the early republic.
RESPOND to the learning objective with an evidence-based, argumentative thesis.
LEARNING OBJECTIVE : Explain how different regional interests affected debates about the role of the federal
government in the early republic.
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