Young Nation Expands

Was the American System good or bad for America?

These are taxes on imported goods

This is the identification with, and loyalty to, a particular part of the country, such as the North or the South.

This is the concept of loyalty and devotion to one's nation.

Plan to settle the dispute over adding Missouri as a slave or non-slave state. The State of Missouri could own slaves. Missouri would be admitted to the Union at the same time as Maine, a free state, which maintained the balance between the number of slave states and free states.

A Supreme Court Case that the Court confirmed that the Constitution provides Congress with implied powers, or powers not explicitly stated in the Constitution.

A supreme court case that expanded federal control over interstate commerce, or trade between different states.