Monroe Doctrine Missouri Compromise Sectionalism Pres Monroe worried

Monroe Doctrine & Missouri Compromise & Sectionalism

• Pres. Monroe worried that after Mexico broke free from Spain the European powers might try to take control of newly independent Latin American Countries. • Russia was also interested in the northwest coast of North America

• Secretary of State J. Q. Adams and Pres. Monroe put together a document to protect the interest of America. • That became the Monroe Doctrine

Monroe Doctrine • Exclusive statement of American policy warning European powers NOT to interfere with the Americas

• Monroe Doctrine was an exclusive statement of American policy warning European powers not to interfere with the Americas. • There are four points to this doctrine

Points • 1. The United States would NOT interfere in the affairs of European nations. • 2. The United states would recognize, and not interfere with, colonies that already existed in North and South America.

Points • 3. The Western Hemisphere was to be off -limits to future colonization by any foreign power. • 4. The United States government would consider any European power’s attempt to colonize or interfere with nations in the Western Hemisphere to be a hostile act.

• No European powers challenged this doctrine. • It was a clear warning for European powers to stay out if the Americas. • It is still a guiding force for American Foreign policy today.

MISSOURI COMPROMISE

• The Problem • Missouri Territory asked Congress for admission as a state. • Most settler here came from Tennessee and Kentucky which allowed for slavery. • They felt that Missouri should have slavery • Rep. James Tallmadge proposed that Missouri should be allowed in, but should gradually abolish slavery • The house approved it but the Senate blocked it.

• Population of North states slightly larger than the South • North=105 in house compared to South=81 • Senate is Balanced 11 each • If Missouri came in as free it would put • South in the Minority in both Houses • Debate heated to a boiling point

The Fear • Fearing a split in the Union Henry Clay proposed: • Maine be brought in as a free state and Missouri enter as a slave state

Compromise addressed: • Question of slavery in the rest of Louisiana Purchase territory. • Drew line west from the southern boundary of Missouri at 30 degrees 30 minutes N Latitude. • Compromise blocked slavery north of the line but permitted it south of the line

• It was also a temporary solution to sectional conflict. • Did nothing to solve the basic problem • Americans moving west could take their ways of life with them • Southerner wanted to take slavery with them • Northerners believed in labor by a free people • Could be a disagreement without a resolution • Just a bandaid effect

SECTIONALISM

• Differences in the goals and interests of different parts of the country. • Three distinct regions • North • South • West • Geography, Economics and History all contributed to the differences within each section of the country

North • Included New England the Mid Atlantic States • Daniel Webster spokesman protected interest

South • Southeast part of country • John C. Calhoun spokesman for south

West • Area between the Appalachian Mtns. and Mississippi River • Henry Clay spokesman for the West

Concern • Will Sectionalism divide the country? • Each spokesman was concerned with protecting the interests of their section of the country