The Era of Good Feelings1816-1824

Effects of War of 1812U.S. gained int’l respectHeightened American nationalism -

“America may not have fought the war as one nation, but it emerged as one nation.”

End of Native American Resistance

Long Term EffectsImproved industrial self-sufficiencyBelief that future of the U.S. lay in WestFederalist Party deadBeginning of the Era of Good Feelings

President MonroePart of VA dynasty1817-1825Democratic -Republican

James Monroe • Monroe was born in Virginia in 1758 and

he died in 1831.

• Monroe was the fifth president of the United States, serving as president from 1817 to 1825.

National Pride-Nationalism• The time of Monroe’s Presidency

was called The Era of Good Feeling because there was a strong sense of national pride and cooperation.

• Monroe was highly respected.

– Thomas Jefferson said,

– “Monroe was so honest that if you turned his soul inside out there would not be a spot on it.”

Character Counts!

Territorial AcquisitionTreaty of 1818 w/ Britain: share of Canadian

fisheries, fixed northern limits of LA at 49th parallel, joint occupation of Oregon Territory

Adams-Onis Treaty – purchase of Florida from Spain in 1819Jackson was ordered by Monroe to stop

Seminole raids, but not to confront the Spanish.

Jackson followed the Seminoles into Spanish Florida and claimed Florida for the U.S.

New Territory

• During the Presidency of James Monroe the United States acquired (got) the Florida Territory from Spain in 1819.

• At that time many Latin American countries were fighting for their independence from Spain.

The American SystemHenry ClayHigh tariff to protect Am. Industry; generate

revenuePreservation of the Bank(2nd Bank of the U.S.)Internal improvements (roads and canals) knit

country together

The Erie CanalMost major of the internal improvements

during this time.Proposed 1808, finished 1825“Clinton’s Big Ditch”4-18 feet deep, 40 feet wide, 363 miles

longConnected Lake Erie (Buffalo) to the

Hudson River and New York CityBrought cheap transport of western

farmers’ good to New York and the rest of the world.

TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCESTurnpikes, railroads, canals, steamboats (due

to American System)Beginnings of First Industrial Revolution – Eli

Whitney’s interchangeable parts Samuel Slater’s factory system

Court CasesMcCulloch v. Maryland

State of Maryland wanted to tax its branch of the national bank. If allowed, states could claim to have power over national govt.

Supreme Court ruled that a state could not tax a national bank

Gibbons v. Ogden2 steamboat operators fought over shipping

rights on the Hudson RiverSupreme Court ruled that interstate commerce

could be regulated only by the federal govt.

An End to Good FeelingsThree events marked the rise of

sectionalism and an end to the Era of Good Feelings1. The Panic of 18192. The Missouri Compromise3. The Election of 1824

Panic of 1819Economic depression, deflation,

bankruptcies, bank failures, unemployment, debtor’s prisons

Cause – over-speculation on frontier lands

“wildcat” western banks foreclosed mortgages

Result: Creates a division between East and West (Sectionalism), which Jackson used.

The Missouri Compromise - 1820Missouri Compromise – MO applied for

admission in 1819Framers had mostly ignored – 3/5

compromise addressed representation, nothing else

Henry Clay c0mes up with a CompromiseCompromise stated:

Mo. admitted slaveMaine admitted free (had been part of

Mass)36 30’ line (north prohibited, south

according to state)

NATIONALISM TO SECTIONALISMEra of Good Feelings more surface than

anything.Nationalism soon made way for extreme

sectionalismProblems which were brewing during the era

eventually erupted

MONROE DOCTRINE - 1820Western hemisphere no

longer open for colonization

Political system of Americas different from Europe

US would regard any interference as direct threat

US would stay out of European wars and would not interfere in existing colonies

MONROE DOCTRINEIMPACT

Spanish didn’t attempt to revive empire (more from fear of British, not US

Other European powers stayed out, but GB still powerful in Latin America

Latin America resented arrogance of US, beginning of poor relations

Couldn’t really enforce until 1880s, wasn’t tested

Election of 1824 Election of 1824 – Four Republican

candidates:1) Henry Clay (KY)2) William Crawford (GA)3) John Quincy Adams (MA)4) Andrew Jackson (TN)

“Corrupt Bargain”Jackson won popular vote, but not electoral

voteClay (Speaker of the House) threw his

support behind JQAAdams elected Pres., Clay became his Secy.

of State