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Federal govts diplomatic achievements from 1815 to 1828 |
National Diplomacy The main diplomatic achievements of the period between the end ofthe War of 1812 and the coming civil war concerned the extension of America's contested boundaries and the resumption of trade with its old enemy, Great Britain. To the north, U.S. diplomatic achievements Great Britain established northern borders with To the south, the Transcontinental Treaty (1819) with Spain extended the boundaries of the United States. The Monroe Doctrine (1823) declared that the Americas no longer open to colonization and proclaimed American neutrality in European affairs |
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Distinctiveness of the south |
The Southern Distinctiveness The South remained rural and agricultural in the first half of the nineteenth century as the rest of the nation embraced urban industrial development. The region's climate favored the growth of cash crops such as tobacco, rice, indigo, and, increasingly cotton. These crops led to the spread of the plantation system of large commercial agriculture dependent on enslaved labor. The Southern planter elite sought not only to preserve slavery in the nineteenth century but also to expand it, despite growing criticism of this "peculiar institution' outside the region. |
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Trancendentalism |
Transcendentalists embraced a moral and spiritual idealism (Romanticism) in reaction to scientific rationalism and Christian orthodoxy. In their writings, they sought to "transcend" reason and the material world and encourage more independent thought and reflection. At the same time, transcendentalism influenced the works of novelists, essayists, and poets, who created a uniquely American literature. A cultural nationalism emerged with political ideals for a more moral American society |
