key words regionalization slavery debated american colonization society growth of old southwest deomestic slave trade war of 1812 tariff of 1816 panic of 1819 henry clay missouri crisis and compromise "A Firebell in the Night" "seeds of discontent" title of this lecture civil war is end result of things brought up here advent of factory system in england growing division between production, factories in north, raw products in south fueling each other, but also dividing britain sees this, tries to use it to take back america in the war of 1812 james madison disciple of thomas jefferson madison has to flee capital, towns he stopped to sleep in became the temporary capital for the night america came out ahead, proud of it era of good feelings for all of america, but slavery is threatening to disrupt that 1808 - ban on internation trade of slaves, illegal imports sent back, domestic slave trade only opening of southwest moved a large proportion of slaves there and away from the north start allowing slaves more time to themselves for reproduction keep slaves under control by threat of being shipped to old southwest west becoming slavery battleground american colonization society setup liberia and tried to send slaves back to africa, largely failed, only got 6k over john c. calhoun:reacts to tariff of 1816, reacts to other things directed only at south:"wtf guys? why do we pass things that only affect half the country?" missouri applies to be a state, tallmadge suggests that it should be admitted with gobs of restrictions on slavery, south reacts by blocking main as a state henry clay, lived in upper south, slave holder, wanted reconciliation, b/c believed in it, and wanted to be POTUS at some point, comes up with missouri comp missouri comp: allowed both states to enter, ME 1820, MI 1821, any state above 36:30, free, below slave, only extends to edge of new spain southern states went from slavery is a "necessary evil" to a "positive good", helps northern manufacturing, propaganda, etc active offensive to counteract antislavery movement panic of 1819: depression, volatile market in europe, highlighted division between north and south, massive issues for country nearly equal to Great Depression, migration from upper south to south west by whites for better land, new start slavery is a firebell in the night, will kill spirit of revolution, mondo issues slavery is too valuable to both sides to give up immediately, need cotton for factories 1787: idea of nation based on ideal created by revolutionary forces, now, two sides of nation claiming to be true protectors of that ideal