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The Rise of Nationalism and Reform in Early 19th Century America (1812-1860)

This review explores the significant period of nationalism and reform in America from 1812 to 1860. It covers key events such as the War of 1812 and the subsequent emergence of a unified national identity. The analysis includes the impact of the American System, significant Supreme Court cases like McCulloch v. Maryland, and the influential movements of the era, including the Second Great Awakening and the abolitionist movement. It addresses the complex sectional conflicts leading up to the Civil War and the push for societal reforms that shaped America.

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The Rise of Nationalism and Reform in Early 19th Century America (1812-1860)

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  1. Review – Day 3 • 1st/2nd Great Awakening • Upsurge of Nationalism (1812-1824) • Judicial Nationalism • 19th Century Reform • Sectional Conflict

  2. Upsurge of Nationalism (1812-1824) • War of 1812 • Often called the Second War for Independence • Country was unprepared (decentralized gov.) • Battle of New Orleans • Treaty of Ghent • Americans came out of the war with a renewed sense of nationalism. • Peace opened the door for nation building

  3. Nationalism (Expansion) • Adams – Onis Treaty – Spain relinquished Florida • The American System (1815) • Henry Clay • Banking, tariff, roads/canals • James Monroe’s Presidency – The Era of Good Feeling • Serious problems were brewing (Missouri Compromise (1820)

  4. Judicial Nationalism • The Marshall Court continued to strengthen the federal government. • McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) – federal supremacy/implied powers. • Dartmouth College v. Woodward (1819) – Constitution protected contracts. • Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) – Congress can regulate commerce.

  5. 19th Century Reform • Second Great Awakening (Revivalism – 1790s) • Save humanity from its own worst impulses. • American Temperance Society • Horace Mann – Public Schools • Dorothea Dix – Prisons • Elijah Lovejoy – abolition • William Lloyd Garrison – abolition, Liberator • Seneca Falls • Elizabeth Cady Stanton • Grimke Sisters

  6. Reform II • Utopian Communities • Shakers (celibacy) • Onieda Community (free love) • Brook Farm • Transcendentalism – Emerson, Thoreau

  7. Sectional Conflict • Mexican War • Wilmot Proviso • Free-Soil Movement • Compromise of 1850 (Fugitive Slave Law) • Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) • Stephen Douglas • Bleeding Kansas (John Brown, Brooks/Sumner) • Republican Party • Uncle Tom’s Cabin • Dred Scott • Election of 1860

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