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__Nationalism and Sectionalism Study Guide__ By Meghan, Angela, Dan, and Mike   ****In 1816, the main actions establish a protective tariff, a tax on imported goods that protects a nations’ business from foreign competitions. Establish a national bank that would promote a single currency that made trading easier. Improve the country’s transportation systems. These three main actions was part of a plan of the American System that Henry Clay proposed.** **Transportation was improved when the settlers created better canals and roads. The Erie Canal created a water route between New York City and Buffalo, New York. This canal helped improve trades and transportation. Representative John C. Calhoun declared “Let us bind the Republic together with a perfect system of roads and canals.” Congress had funded a road from Cumberland, Maryland, to Wheeling, Virginia. In 1841 it extended the road to Vandalia, Illinois and trading. Monroe’s administration was called the Era of Good Feelings in 1816. It got this name because the Federalists party provided little opposition to Monroe and soon disappeared. Political differences gave way to what one Boston newspaper called Era of Good Feelings. ** ** Supreme Court decisions promote national unity. They did this by strengthening the federal government. For example McCulloch vs. Maryland 1819, the state of Maryland wanted to tax its branch of the national bank. Gibbons vs. Ogden was also another court that strengthened the federal ** **government. The Court upheld federal authority by ruling that a state could not tax a national bank ** **<span style="display: block; color: rgb(255,0,104); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">In the early 1800’s the United States settled disputes with Britain and Spain. They settled disputes by reaching agreements with Britain and Spain. Eventually, Spain gave up Florida to the United States in the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819 and gave up claims to the Oregon Country. ** <span style="display: block; font-size: 90%; color: rgb(255,0,104); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: left;">