A New National Identity

Expansion and Improvements

The Missouri Compromise

The Missouri Compromise

1. Missouri wanted to join the Union as a slave state

The Missouri Compromise

1. Missouri wanted to join the Union as a slave state

2. Northerners feared the addition of Missouri as it would tip the balance of power in the Senate in favor of the South

The Missouri Compromise

The Missouri Compromise

1. Created by Henry Clay

The Missouri Compromise

1. Created by Henry Clay

2. Missouri would enter the Union as a slave state

The Missouri Compromise

1. Created by Henry Clay

2. Missouri would enter the Union as a slave state

3. Maine would enter the Union as a free state

The Missouri Compromise

1. Created by Henry Clay

2. Missouri would enter the Union as a slave state

3. Maine would enter the Union as a free state

4. Slavery would be prohibited in any new territories or states formed north of 36°30´ latitude

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The American System

The American System

1. Created by Henry Clay

The American System

1. Created by Henry Clay

2. Wanted a federal tariff on foreign goods.

The American System

1. Created by Henry Clay

2. Wanted a federal tariff on foreign goods.

3. The tax money would be used to improve roads and canals which would connect regions of the country and make trade easier

Roads and Canals

Roads and Canals

1. Cumberland Road was the first road built by the federal government

Roads and Canals

1. Cumberland Road was the first road built by the federal government

2. Water transportation was quicker, easier, and cheaper

Roads and Canals

1. Cumberland Road was the first road built by the federal government

2. Water transportation was quicker, easier, and cheaper

3. Canals allowed Americans to travel by water in the direction that was most beneficial

The Erie Canal

The Erie Canal

1. Runs from Albany to Buffalo, New York

The Erie Canal

1. Runs from Albany to Buffalo, New York

2. The success of the Erie Canal helped start a canal-building boom; especially in the North

Election of 1824

Election of 1824

1. Candidates: John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson

Election of 1824

1. Candidates: John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson

2. Neither had enough electoral votes to win

Election of 1824

1. Candidates: John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson

2. Neither had enough electoral votes to win

3. Speaker of the House Henry Clay influenced the vote by backing Adams

Election of 1824

Election of 1824

1. The House chose Quincy Adams as president

Election of 1824

1. The House chose Quincy Adams as president

2. Accusations of a “corrupt bargain” between Quincy Adams and Clay weakened President Adams’s congressional and public support