Using an encyclopedia, the Internet, or other resource, explain the significant role that each of the following leaders played in the sectionalism issue. Type a 300-word biography about each of the following leaders: Calhoun, Clay, Hayne, Jackson, and Webster. Your entire report should be 1,500 words in length. You should construct your biography using the following arrangement of information: name, birthplace and date, early career, resident state, political offices held, view on states’ rights, and solutions enacted. The split between Hamilton, who believed in government by the wealthy and powerful, and Jefferson and Madison, who had faith in the common people, was the first crack in the ranks of those who had drafted the Constitution. The conflict was more than a clash of individual personalities. Hamilton’s support was chiefly northern and mercantile. To promote American manufacturing and make the United States independent of European goods, Hamilton suggested raising tariffs to protect American industry from foreign competition. Jefferson and Madison, both from the rural South, opposed Hamilton’s plan, fearing that it would destroy foreign trade and foreign markets for American farm exports. Out of such regional and economic differences, the first political parties were formed.
Here are your goals for this lesson:
List the political and economic reasons for forming political parties Describe the four main foreign policy issues facing the United States Identify three main issues facing Adams’ administration
The Essay on Foreign Born American Writers
American literature has changed and evolved from the early colonial days to develop characteristics that are unique and which identify it from other literary works. Several writers have contributed to the development of American literature. Some of these writers immigrated into the United States and their works were accepted into the American literary canon. Some of the notable foreign born ...
In the autumn of 1791, Jefferson and Madison established a newspaper, The National Gazette, to acquaint the public with their views. By the end of the year, the opposition group had become known as the Democratic Republicans. (Historians have used this name to avoid confusing them with the modern Republican party).
The choice of that name was a shrewd one because it suggested that Jefferson and Madison were the true defenders of the republic and that their Hamiltonian opponents were monarchists in disguise. The Hamiltonians chose to call themselves the Federalist Party and hinted broadly that their opponents were Antifederalists. Although many Republicans felt that Washington sided too often with Hamilton, Jefferson and Madison continued to respect the President. Washington was reelected in 1792 by the unanimous vote of the Electoral College. John Adams remained Vice President.
