The
“Era of Good Feelings”?
(1816 -1824)
Essential Question:
What were the major
characteristics of the ”Era of
Good Feeling? ”
The Election of 1816
[The Demise of the Federalist Party!]
James Monroe [1816-1824]
John Quincy Adams:
Secretary of State
The Convention of 1818
The West & the NW: 1819-1824
Adams-Onis Treaty, 1819
[“The Transcontinental Treaty”]
US Population Density
1810
1820
The American System
p Tariff of 1816
p Chartering of the
Second Bank of the
United States [BUS].
Henry Clay,
“The Great
Compromiser”
p Internal improvements
at federal expense.
- National Road
The American System:
The National [Cumberland] Road
The Erie Canal
E
E
E
1817 – 1825.
363 miles Albany to Buffalo.
Much further than any other American or European canal.
The American System
WEST  got roads, canals, and
federal aide.
EAST  got the backing of
protective tariffs from the
West.
SOUTH  ??
The Panic of 1819
CAUSES???
The Election of 1820
The Compromise of 1820:
A Firebell in the Night!
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 Monroe Doctrine, 1823
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?
The Election of 1824:
The “Corrupt Bargain”
The Election of 1824:
The “Corrupt Bargain”
Popular Vote
Electoral
Vote
Andrew Jackson
43%
99
J.Q. Adams
31%
32
William
Crawford
13%
41
Henry Clay
13%
37
Candidate
Map 10.2 The Americas, 1830
Give Me Liberty!: An American history, 3rd Edition
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