| The Death of Jeffersonian America? I.
Challenge of the War of 1812
A. Debt--127 million, bankruptcy, lack of
transportation, defeats, capital burned
B. Miracle of New Orleans and Andrew Jackson
II. Postwar Legislation and New Leaders
A. John C. Calhoun
1. South Carolina backcountry
B. Henry Clay and Kentucky
1. Lexington bluegrass lawyer-planter-politician
2. American system
C. Daniel Webster
1. New Hampshire backcountry
2. Law, Federalism, oratory
D. 2nd National Bank
E. Protective Tariff
F. Internal Improvements
III. Panic of 1819
A. Land speculation, state banks and 2nd National
Bank
B. Calhoun and upcountry cotton farmers
C. Clay and debts-counsel for 2nd B.U.S.
D. Hazards of commercial-industrial economy
IV. Missouri Compromise
A. Cultural Mingling to Ethnic Cleansing
B. Emerging slavery and Congressional responses
C. Henry Clay and compromise
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