The Emergence of American Nationalism What is Nationalism

The Emergence of American Nationalism.

What is Nationalism? • Patriotism is, generally speaking, cultural attachment to one's homeland or devotion to one's country, although interpretations of the term vary with context, geography, and political ideology. (Wikipedia) • Nationalism is a belief, creed or political ideology that involves an individual identifying with, or becoming attached to, one's nation. (Wikipedia) • In a new nation, what might contribute to the growth of nationalism?

George Washington

John Trumbull’s Declaration of Independence The oil-on-canvas work was commissioned in 1817, purchased in 1819, and placed in the rotunda in 1826.

LEWIS AND CLARK EXPEDITION How did the purchase of Louisiana and the subsequent Lewis and Clark Expedition contribute to the growth of nationalism?

Republican Motherhood • Grace Allison Mc. Curdy (Mrs. Hugh Mc. Curdy) and her Daughters, Mary Jane and Letitia Grace, by Joshua Johnson, c. 1804 • How did the idea of “Republican Motherhood” contribute to the growth of nationalism?

WASHINGTON, D. C. (1814) Watercolor and ink depiction from 1814, restored. After the burning of Washington, D. C. during the War of 1812

VIEW OF THE CAPITOL BUILDING, 1824

The Battle of New Orleans, 1814 How did the American victory at New Orleans contribute to the rise of American nationalism following the War of 1812?

THE ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS How did the presidency of James Monroe usher in an “era of good feelings” in the United States? How did his trip to New England contribute to the emergence of nationalism?

John Marshall • How did the decisions of the Marshall Court contribute to “judicial nationalism? ”

The Monroe Doctrine President James Monroe and Secretary of State John Quincy Adams

American Literature • James Fenimore Cooper • The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 (1826) • Second book of The Leatherstocking Tales pentalogy • International acclaim • How does the emergence of American literature contribute to the rise of nationalism?

AMERICAN ART View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm, commonly known as The Oxbow, is a seminal landscape painting by Thomas Cole, founder of the Hudson River School.

EXIT TICKET • Choose three factors that you believe contributed MOST to the growth of American Nationalism and rank them in order of importance.