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4.2 Politics and Regional Interests

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Postwar nationalism flourished under James Monroe. Henry Clay’s American System sought to unify regional economies. However, the Second Bank of the United States became controversial after the Panic of 1819.

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12 lessons

  1. 4.1The Rise of Political Parties and the Era of JeffersonPreview lesson
  2. 4.2Politics and Regional InterestsThis lesson
  3. 4.3America on the World StagePreview lesson
  4. 4.4Market Revolution: IndustrializationOpen lesson
  5. 4.5Market Revolution: Society and CultureOpen lesson
  6. 4.6Expanding DemocracyOpen lesson
  7. 4.7Jackson and Federal PowerOpen lesson
  8. 4.8The Development of an American CultureOpen lesson
  9. 4.9The Second Great AwakeningOpen lesson
  10. 4.10An Age of ReformOpen lesson
  11. 4.11African Americans in the Early RepublicOpen lesson
  12. 4.12The Society of the South in the Early RepublicOpen lesson

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