ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS

ESSENTIAL QUESTION

What should happen when a Federal law

conflicts with a State law? Which law should
have the power?

Era of Good Feelings- during Monroes

Presidency the United States entered a
period of national cooperation and increased
trust in the Federal Government, which
expanded its power

MCCULLOCH V. MARYLAND

Court Case: State

bank taxed the
National bank to
run it out of
business
Decision: State
laws cannot
overrule Federal
laws

IN THIS CASE ON
FEDERALISM,
WHOSE POWER
INCREASED:
FEDERAL OR STATE
GOVT?

FEDERAL

 Gibbons

v. Ogden- 2 steamboat companies

claimed to have exclusive rights to travel the
waters around New York City; 1 from the State
Government and 1 from the Federal
Government

Supreme Court ruled that Federal Laws always

override conflicting State laws

IN THIS CASE ON
FEDERALISM,
WHOSE POWER
INCREASED:
FEDERAL OR STATE
GOVT?

FEDERAL

 Missouri

Compromise

US had always tried to keep an equal balance of Free

states and Slave states
Missouri wanted to enter as a slave state and disrupt
the balance
To compromise, the state of Maine would enter Union
as a free state
To resolve future arguments over the spread of
slavery, the Missouri Compromise included a
boundary line

WHICH PRINCIPLE
OF THE
CONSTITUTION?

DIRECTIONS

Groups of 2-3
Read each slide
Write why your group chose a principle of the
Constitution on a sticky note
Place the note next to the principle you
selected

WHICH PRINCIPLE OF THE

CONSTITUTION?

Congress shall have the power

to make all laws necessary and
proper
Constitution, Article 1,
Section8, Elastic Clause

SEPARATION OF
POWERS

WHICH PRINCIPLE OF THE

CONSTITUTION?

During the Whiskey Rebellion, rebels used

the phrase No taxation without
representation! to protest the tax on
whiskey.

REPUBLICANISM
OR
POPULAR
SOVEREIGNTY

WHICH PRINCIPLE OF THE

CONSTITUTION?

President Adams passed the Alien and

Sedition Acts, making it illegal to speak or
write against the government.

INDIVIDUAL
RIGHTS

WHICH PRINCIPLE OF THE

CONSTITUTION?

Marbury v. Madison established the power of

judicial review.

CHECKS AND
BALANCES

WHICH PRINCIPLE OF THE

CONSTITUTION?

Before President Madison could declare war

against the British in 1812, the Senate had to
pass the War Declaration by voting.

CHECKS AND
BALANCES

WHICH PRINCIPLE OF THE

CONSTITUTION?

McCulloch v. Maryland came to the decision

that a State law cannot cancel out a Federal
law.

FEDERALISM

WHICH PRINCIPLE OF THE

CONSTITUTION?

Gibbons v. Ogden came to a decision that

Federal laws always override State laws
when they conflict.

FEDERALISM