The
“Era of Good Feelings”
(1815-1824)
Were they that good?
Euphoria after New Orleans!
The American System
The American System
p Tariff of 1816
p Second Bank of the
U. S.
Henry Clay,
“The Great
Compromiser”
p Internal improvements
at federal expense.
- National Road
The American System
WEST  got roads, canals, and
federal aide.
EAST  got the backing of
protective tariffs from the
West.
SOUTH  ??
North v. South: The Tariff
The Election of 1816
James Monroe [1816-1824]
‘Era of Good Feelings’
Virginia Dynasty
The Panic of 1819
CAUSES???
US Population Density
1810
1820
The West & the NW: 1819-1824
The Convention of 1818
Adams-Onis Treaty, 1819
John Quincy Adams:
A bulldog among spaniels!
The Tallmadge Amendment
All slaves born in Missouri after the
territory became a state would be freed
at the age of 25.
Passed by the House, not in the Senate.
The North controlled the House, and the
South had enough power to block it in
the Senate.
The Compromise of 1820:
A Firebell in the Night!
The Election of 1820
Let’s Not forget our
“Lone”Federalist…
• Main Principles:
• 1. Central Government over State
– McCulloch v. Maryland
• 2. Respect Private property Over
Public good
– Gibbons v. ogden
• 3. Charters (Tradition) can not be
broken
– Dartmouth College v. Woodward
The Monroe Doctrine, 1823
p Referred to as
America’s Self-Defense
Doctrine.
1. What foreign
policy
principles are
established?
2. What warning is given
to the European
countries?
Monroe
Doctrine
3. What would the
US do if the
warning was not
headed?