The “Era of Good Feelings”



The “Era of Good Feelings”

•In 1817, a newspaper in Boston described politics as entering an ‘era of good feelings’.

•A spirit of ________________________, or glorification of the nation, swept the country.

Election of 1816

• Winner = _____________________________ Political Party = _______________________________

• How many states did we have at this time? _________________

• Who was James Monroe’s Secretary of State? ______________________________________

Tariff of 1816

•Embargo of 1807 and the War of 1812 cut off British manufactured goods forcing Americans to build their own

factories in the _____________________.

•After the war, British goods once again came into American markets and became ______________________.

•Congress removed competition by imposing the Tariff of 1816, which put a ____________ on ______________

designed to protect American products and the people that made them.

–The tax decreased the number of British manufacturers willing to spend money to ship their goods to

America.

–The tax put a _______________% increase on goods.

Nationalist Economic Policies

•______________ ______________was one of the leading _________________ of a new economic nationalism.

–He ________________ the Tariff of 1816

–He and his supporters wanted the federal gov’t to build new roads and canals to link the Atlantic states with

the Midwest.

–He hoped this would create more ________________ with each section.

–He favored a _________ ________________ _____________. The first one, created by Hamilton under

Washington’s administration expired in 1811.

•____________ and ________________ banks were creating different _________________, which led to

uncertainty of the value of money.

Adams-Onis Treaty

•Monroe and Adams hoped to reduce the nation’s great regional tensions by promoting _____________________ _________________________.

•______________ sold ________________ in 1818.

–___________________ clashed with white settlers because they provided a place for ________________

_______________.

•The treaty ended Spanish claims to the Pacific coast territory of Oregon, which was fought over by the British.

Monroe Doctrine

•This was a response to threats made by European powers, including _____________, to help Spain recover land.

•The _______________ shared the U.S. goal of protecting U.S. lands from threats.

–Adams and Monroe __________ ___________ ___________ ____________ from Great Britain.

–In 1823, Monroe wrote a doctrine declaring ____________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________.

–In return, the U.S. ___________________ to stay out of European affairs.

The Nation Compromises Over Slavery

•_________________ admitted as a state

–_____________ state or _____________ state?

–The U.S. had an ______________ number of free and slave states, adding to either one created an

_________________ in __________________ power.

•Henry Clay (____________ _______________ ______________________)

–Created the Compromise of 1820.

–The ___________ would admit ______________ as a ____________ state.

–The ___________ would admit ______________ as a ____________ state.

–Any area ___________ of Missouri would ______________________ be entered as a slave state and any

state _____________ would be a ___________ state.

•___________________ fix to the North vs. South problems

Growing Division

•Southern whites felt ___________________ by the northern attacks on their region’s ________________ on

________________.

•In 1822, they blamed the Missouri Compromise for a slave revolt.

–_______________ _____________ was a black freedman who prepared slaves to seize control of

______________________, SC.

–The revolt never took place. Officials learned of the plot and arrested, tried, convicted, and hanged Vesey

and 34 others.

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