Early in the 19th century the United States undertook transportation infrastructure improvements…

Early in the 19th century the United States undertook transportation infrastructure improvements facilitating economic growth and Westward expansion. The United States acquired Florida from Spain and embarked on the first of three wars against the Seminoles. Increasingly new senators and congressmen brought a sectional, rather than an ideological vision. The War of 1812 brought the issue of slavery to the fore. To preserve unity Congress enacted the Missouri compromise.
This chapter looks at building a national economy, improving transportation, westward extension, for trapping, the First Seminole War, the collapse of the first party system arises sectionalism reshaping the court, the Monroe doctrine and the rise of Andrew Jackson.
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