Sectionalism+and+Nationalism

The Missouri Compromise Marshall and the Court The Court and the Tribes The Latin American Revolution and the Monroe Doctrine
 * The Tallmadge Amendment called for the ending of slavery in Missouri and the slow emancipation of slaves already there
 * Missouri would tip the balance of power between the North and the South (12-11)
 * The Thomas amendment prohibited slavery in the rest of the Louisiana purchase territory north of the southern border of Missouri
 * The Missouri compromise admitted Missouri to the union as a slave state and Maine as a free state
 * John Marshall molded the development of the constitution, strengthen the judicial branch, increased the power of the federal government, and advanced the interest of the commercial classes
 * Marshall promoted commerce
 * Fletcher v. Peck
 * Land grant was a valid contract and could not be repealed
 * Dartmouth College v. Woodward
 * Showed the power of the federal government over the state government
 * Cohens v. Virginia
 * Marshall explained that state courts gave up some of their rights when they ratified the constitution
 * McCulloch v. Maryland
 * Marshall confirmed the implied powers of the Congress
 * Daniel Webster argued that a National Bank could be set up with the necessary and proper clause
 * Gibbons v, Ogden
 * The court strengthened Congress's power to regulate interstate commerce
 * The Marshall court promoted an increased federal role in promoting economic growth (nationalists)
 * In Johnson v. McIntosh, Marshall concluded that American citizens could not buy or take land from tribes only the federal government
 * Worcester v. Georgia invalidated Georgia's laws that attempted to regulate access by US to Cherokee country
 * Marshall, in defending the power of the federal government, was also expanding the rights of tribes to remain free from state governments
 * The United States were a major trading partner with Latin America, and during the Latin American revolution the United States sold ships and supplies to the revolutionaries