When the armed conflict was closed, one in diplomacy opened.  The autocratic powers of Europe threatened to intervene on behalf of Spain in her attempt to recover possession of her Latin-American colonies.  Their challenge to America brought forth the Monroe Doctrine.  The powers of Europe were warned not to interfere with the independence or the republican policies of this hemisphere or to attempt any new colonization in it.  It seemed that nationalism was to have a peaceful triumph over sectionalism.

=References=

H. Adams, History of the United States, 1800-1817 (9 vols.).

K.C.  Babcock, Rise of American Nationality (American Nation Series).

E. Channing, The Jeffersonian System (Same Series).

D.C.  Gilman, James Monroe.

W. Reddaway, The Monroe Doctrine.

T. Roosevelt, Naval War of 1812.

=Questions=

1.  What was the leading feature of Jefferson’s political theory?

2.  Enumerate the chief measures of his administration.

3.  Were the Jeffersonians able to apply their theories?  Give the reasons.

4.  Explain the importance of the Mississippi River to Western farmers.

5.  Show how events in Europe forced the Louisiana Purchase.

6.  State the constitutional question involved in the Louisiana Purchase.

7.  Show how American trade was affected by the European war.

8.  Compare the policies of Jefferson and Madison.

9.  Why did the United States become involved with England rather than with France?

10.  Contrast the causes of the War of 1812 with the results.

11.  Give the economic reasons for the attitude of New England.

12.  Give five “nationalist” measures of the Republicans.  Discuss each in detail.

13.  Sketch the career of John Marshall.

14.  Discuss the case of Marbury vs. Madison.

15.  Summarize Marshall’s views on:  (a) states’ rights; and (b) a liberal interpretation of the Constitution.

=Research Topics=

=The Louisiana Purchase.=—­Text of Treaty in Macdonald, Documentary Source Book, pp. 279-282.  Source materials in Hart, American History Told by Contemporaries, Vol.  III, pp. 363-384.  Narrative, Henry Adams, History of the United States, Vol.  II, pp. 25-115; Elson, History of the United States, pp. 383-388.

=The Embargo and Non-Intercourse Acts.=—­Macdonald, pp. 282-288; Adams, Vol.  IV, pp. 152-177; Elson, pp. 394-405.

=Congress and the War of 1812.=—­Adams, Vol.  VI, pp. 113-198; Elson, pp. 408-450.

=Proposals of the Hartford Convention.=—­Macdonald, pp. 293-302.

=Manufactures and the Tariff of 1816.=—­Coman, Industrial History of the United States, pp. 184-194.

=The Second United States Bank.=—­Macdonald, pp. 302-306.