Chapter 10 Section 1 Notes
The Era of Good Feelings
With the end of the War of 1812, the ___________________ took firm control of the government.
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The Presidential election of 1816 resulted in a landslide victory for Republican
__________________ of Virginia.
Stung by this defeat, the Federalist Party began to _____________________.
o Within a few years, ________________________________.
President Monroe wanted to ___________________________.
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In the spring and summer of 1817, he made a ________________________________________.
o He was warmly greeted in __________________ and __________________________.
o A Boston newspaper described the new sense of national unity as
_____________________________.
Building the National Economy
After 1815, many Americans believed the _________________________ should take action to
______________________________________________.
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Support for federal measures to promote economic prosperity came from many regions
o Among these were:
 ___________________ of Kentucky
 ___________________ of South Carolina
 ___________________ of Massachusetts
o __________ spoke for people in the __________ who thought the country needed
________________________________________________________________
o __________ spoke for the interests of the ___________. He opposed ____________
because they __________________________________________.
o __________ spoke for the _____________. He supported ____________ because they
______________________________________________________.
In 1791, Congress passed a law creating the _____________________________.
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In 1811, the bank ____________________________ because its ____________ had run out.
o Charter: ________________________________________________________
o Without the bank, the economy ________________.
 State banks made __________________ and issued ______________________.
 This caused an ____________________ and led to _______________________.
o To cure these problems, Congress ____________________________________________
in 1816.
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Like the first Bank, the new Bank was ____________________ and had a charter
to run for _____________________.
It ____________________________________ and
__________________________________.
 This gave a boost to _______________________________.
Another problem the nation faced after the War of 1812 was ______________________________.
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Most ____________________ had been kept out of the United States by the
__________________ and the ____________________________.
o This had helped American industry ___________________.
 New American factories ___________________, _____________________, and
______________________________.
After the war, ________________________________________________________________.
o They could still produce goods more cheaply than the United States because
_____________________________________________________.
o This gave the British an opportunity to drive their American competitors out of business
by __________________________________________.
 Dumping: ___________________________________________
 British dumping caused dozens of ___________________________________
 Angry factory owners demanded
__________________________________________.
o Congress responded with the _________________________ which put a tax on
__________, __________, _________________, ___________, and other products.
 The tariffs were popular in the North, where
__________________________________.
 However, they were deeply resented in the South, where they
___________________________________________.
 _________________________ argued that they
____________________________________________________________.
As the debate over tariffs raged, ________________ came up with a plan he believed would
_____________________________________.
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He called his plan the ___________________________
o It proposed _____________________ and a ___________________________________.
Clay believed high tariffs helped ___________________________________________________.
o The wealth produced by tariffs would enable northerners to
____________________________________________.
o The tariff would also provide revenue for the federal government which they could use
to ____________________________________________________________________.
Clay’s system ____________________________________________.
Three Important Supreme Court Rulings
The Supreme Court also promoted ____________________________ and the
______________________________ during this era.
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Led by Chief Justice _______________________, the court issued a series of important rulings
between 1819 and 1824.
o McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
 The court protected the _________________________________________.
 The state of _________________ attempted to
____________________________________________________.
 The Court’s 1819 decision
_____________________________________________
o It ruled that
_________________________________________________.
o Moreover, a state cannot
________________________________________________.
The other two decisions helped ____________________________________.
o Dartmouth College v. Woodward (1819)
 The Court ruled that the charter of Dartmouth College in New Hampshire was a
______________.
 Contract: __________________________________________________.
 Since the Constitution ___________________________, New Hampshire
could not ________________________________.
 In protecting private contracts, the Court was protecting
_____________________.
o It helped to promote _____________________
 Capitalism:
________________________________________________
__________________________________________.
o Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
 The Court ruled that New York could not
_________________________________________________________________.
 The court pointed out that travel included stops in _________________ as
well as New York.
o Therefore, it was ___________________________.
 Interstate commerce: ___________________________.
o Under the Constitution, only _______________ can regulate
interstate commerce.
 The Court had strengthened the federal government
___________________________________.