Sectionalism and Industrialization
American System
- Clay first used the term “American System” in 1824, although he had been working for its specifics for many years previously.
- the national system of internal improvements was never adequately funded
- The South was never really on board with the American System and had access to plenty of markets for its cotton exports.
- Henry Clay
- John C. Calhoun
Cotton Gin
- The cotton gin was a very simple invention.
- The South became the cotton producing part of the country because Whitney’s cotton gin was able to successfully pull out the seeds from the cotton bolls.
- The Northern part of the United States bought more cotton and built more textile mills
- Eli Whitney's
War of 1812
- In the War of 1812, the United States took on the greatest naval power in the world, Great Britain, in a conflict that would have an immense impact on the young country’s future.
- The United States suffered many costly defeats at the hands of British, Canadian and Native American troops over the course of the War of 1812
- The ratification of the Treaty of Ghent on February 17, 1815, ended the war but left many of the most contentious questions unresolved.
- James Madison
- Henry Clay