Growth of New Ideas, early 1800s (Ch 10.3.1)

• Market revolution changed the way people traveled, worked, and did business.

• New developments led to a growth in "nationalism" - loyalty and devotion to your country

• Congressmen Clay and Calhoun wanted tariffs (taxes) on imports to promote U.S. manufacturing

• Establish new National Bank

• Gov't subsidies (funds) and land grants to private companies to build railroads, canals, roads

• "Tariffs on import goods, the establishment of the National Bank, and government subsidies became known as the American System."

• How do these changes - and building of roads, canals, railroads with gov't money - increase nationalism?

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Improving roads, canals, & railroads unite the country -- geographically and culturally

People around the country could travel and do business with other Americans -- spreading American culture and increasing pride in the whole country (not just your region)

• NATIONalism is loyalty to your nation/country.

• SECTIONalism is identifying with and loyalty to your SECTION of the country (like the North or South)

• During the early 1800s, sectionalism also grew in U.S.

• People wondered if they had much in common with Americans in other parts.

• Different economies in North and South

• Slavery

South was agricultural and relied on slavery to produce crops/goods. Northerners did not want slavery to spread (or continue).