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__** Nationalism and Sectionalism **__

[|Nationalism and Sectionalism]

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 __**Main Ideas**__
 * Henry Clay was a representitive who promoted the American System and took part in making the Missouri Compromise.
 * The Erie Canal was a waterway that was completed in 1825 that ran between New York City, New York and Buffalo, New York. This canal helped improve trade and transportation.
 * The Missouri Compromise, made in 1820, stated that Missouri became a slave state and Maine became a free state. It also stated that slavery be banned from the Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36 30'. This compromise was made by Henry Clay and was made because there was debate on whether to admit Missouri as a slave state or free state because the number of slave states and free states was already even.
 * James Monroe was a Democratic-Republican representitive who won the election for president in 1816. He had little opposition so the Federalist Party disappeared during his presidency. He had an administration called the Era of God Feelings.
 * Henry Clay and James Madison had made up a plan called the American System in 1815 to try to help unite the country. It consisted of three main parts. They were to establish a protective tariff, establish a national bank, and improve the country's transportation systems.
 * President James Monroe issued a statement that was called the Monroe Doctrine in 1823. It stated that the Americas were closed to any further colonization and that the U.S. would stay out of European affairs.