Warm-up #5

• What is the Monroe Doctrine? Why was it important?

• If you were creating a new nation, what you would need to make the transport of goods and people possible?

Henry Clay: “The Great Compromiser” Creator of American System

Discuss the following questions with your table:– Who was Henry Clay?Who was Henry Clay?

– What was the American System?What was the American System?

– What were parts of the American System?What were parts of the American System?

– How was it funded? How was it funded?

Henry Clay’s American SystemHenry Clay’s American System

Henry Clay’s American System

Paid for by protective tariff

National bank

Single national currency

Results of the American System

Check for Understanding1) Which of the following was not part of Henry

Clay’s American System?a) The building of canals by the national

governmentb) local or "pet" banks independent from the

national bankc) protective tariffsd) a national banke) the building of roads by the national

government

Canal – A man made river

Erie Canal –Used to transport raw and manufactured goods

less expensively.

The Building of Erie Canal

Cumberland Road• The Cumberland Road was the first federally

planned and funded interstate highway. Crossing 6 states (Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois), the road linked older eastern communities with the emerging frontier settlements of the Northwest Territory. In a generation of use, the populations of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois grew from 783,635 to over 3.72 million people.

National Road

Building the National Road

Wagon Traveling on Model National Road

American System Foldable • Create a foldable with a title page, 3 pictures

(including credits), and information about the American System.

• Information sections should include:– Banking and Finance – describe Clay’s plan regarding

the national bank and tariffs, How would this plan benefit the nation?

– National Road – describe Henry Clay’s plan for a national road, how would it benefit merchants an farmers?

– Erie Canal – describe Henry Clay’s plan to build the Erie Canal, how it was made, why it was useful, and how it benefited America.

American System Foldable • To credit pictures include:

– Title/subject– Date – Artist, Publication or Archive (googleisn't an accurate citation)– informational captions are optional.

"Main Street Bridge over Erie Canal“ 1907 Erie Canal Images <http://www.eriecanal.org/westcentral-1.html>