NATIONALISM VS SECTIONALISM

MAIN IDEAS

• Growing nationalism led to the construction of many important roadways.
• The Missouri Compromise helped settle an important conflict between the states.
• The election of 1824 led to many fights and arguments within the government.

NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION

• Cumberland Road was the first federally built road
• It began in Illinois and ended in Maryland.
• Canals were also built to help move supplies around the countries.
• One of the most important canals is the Erie Canal...

ERIE CANAL

• The Erie Canal ran from Albany to Buffalo in the state of New York.
• It allowed for goods and people to move between the East Coast and towns on Lake Erie.
• It also allowed for funding for future canal building

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HENRY CLAY

• Henry Clay created the American System which was a series of systems that made America self-sufficient.
• Clay also created the Missouri Compromise which kept the balance between the free and slave states...

NATIONALISM

SECTIONALISM

MISSOURI COMPROMISE

• The Missouri Compromise stated three things.
• 1. Missouri would enter the Union as a slave state.
• 2. Maine would enter Union as a slave state.
• 3. Slavery would be prohibited in any new states north or south of Missouri’s southern border.

ELECTION OF 1824

• Andrew Jackson won the popular vote, but he did not have enough electoral votes
• This caused the House of Representatives to choose a winner
• The House chose John Quincy Adams
• People thought that Adams had made a corrupt bargain with Henry Clay
• This was supported when Adams chose Clay for Secretary of State
• This weakened Adams’ support