The “Era of Good Feelings” (1815 -1824) Political harmony but transitory Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley HS Chappaqua, NY
The Election of 1816
James Monroe [1816 -1824]
John Quincy Adams: A bulldog among spaniels! • Son of John Adams • Helped negotiate the Treaty of Ghent • Secretary of State under Munroe • Negotiated to – Limit naval forces on the Great Lakes – Got Spain from Florida – 49 th parallel for the Canadian/US border – Agreed on borders with Spain & Texas
The West & the NW: 1819 -1824
Important Court Cases • Marbury v. Madison – Establishes judicial review
Important Supreme Court decisions • Mc. Culloch v. Maryland – Mc. Culloch – 2 nd bank of the US – Maryland- taxed the 2 nd bank’s branches in Maryland – Claims the 2 nd bank was “necessary & proper” & “the power to tax involves the power to destroy”
US Population Density 1810 1820
Monroe Doctrine • Warned Europe to keep their hands off the newly independent republics in Latin America • “not subject to further colonization” & in return the US would not interfere in “internal concerns” of Europe
Republican Party begins to shift • National – Clay & Adams • Jeffersonian Republican Party – Van Buren & Jackson • Federalist began to fade National Jeffersonian