Transcript Chapter 12.2 - Cuyahoga Falls City School District

Chapter 12.2
Expansion and Internal Improvements
• With Pres. Monroe
observing the “Era of
Good Feelings”, America
continues to make new
states.
• Question:
– How do you get from one
state to another?
• What if you didn’t have
roads?
1819
• 60,000 + settlers have moved
into Missouri Territory
– Now they can apply to become
a state!
• Problem:
– Most of the settlers are from:
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VA
GA
NC
SC
– Guess what they have brought
with them for labor?
Debate: Should Missouri be allowed to
have slaves?
• NW Ordinance of 1787
– Outlines how new states can
join the United States
• Need 60,000 people
• Can not have slaves!!
• Pro-slavery politicians from
South argue:
• NW Ordinance was only for
OH, IN, IL, WI, and MI
• People of Missouri should be
able to make their own
decisions!!
• So, what do we do?
Henry Clay calls for a Compromise
• Clay comes up with a deal
that makes both sides
happy:
– Let Missouri join as a “slave”
state
– Make a “free” state to
balance…
• Hello Maine!
– Then, ban slavery in any new
state north of Missouri
• Called Missouri Compromise
1820…The Great Peacemaker
• Henry Clay kept America from
fighting itself…however:
– The South
• Realizing they may have to fight
to keep slavery
– The North
• Realizing they may have to fight
to end slavery
• In schools, they teach their
children to be like Henry Clay
– Look for a way to end slavery!
– Guess who is a young 10 yr old
student?
Internal Improvements
• Henry Clay also wanted
to connect:
– “old America”
• East Coast
– “new America”
• OH, MO, LA,
• How?
– Build roads and canals!
• Called American System
A National Road is Built
• Called Cumberland Road
– Ran from Cumberland, MD
– Ended in Wheeling, WV
• Extended to Columbus, OH
• Problem:
– This cost a lot of money!
– What would be an easier
road to build?
A Road on Water
• Erie Canal is built
– started Albany, NY on
Hudson River
– Ended in Buffalo, NY on Lake
Erie
– Later, connected to Canals
through Ohio to Ohio River…
• Cities pop up all along the
canal system
– Akron
– Cuyahoga Falls
The Erie Canal
Cities that Develop due to Canals
Canals in Akron
Canals in Akron
Review Questions
• What is the Missouri Compromise?
• What is the Cumberland Road?
• What is the Erie Canal?