The Era of Good Feelings Outline

The Era of Good Feelings Outline

The Era of Good Feelings Outline

  1. Election of James Monroe
  2. Election of ______- James Monroe elected as the ______President
  3. Symbol of the era
  4. Fought in the ______- wintered at Valley Forge
  5. Served as a minister to both ______and ______
  6. Served as both Secretary of ______and ______during the War of 1812
  7. His presidency is known as a time of political ______.
  8. Monroe hoped for a country without ______.
  9. Collapse of the Federalist party
  10. Political Values and Changes

Vocabulary: Rivalry- competition for the same objective

Stabilize

  1. Despite rivalry, Republican party adopted many Federalist ______during this time
  2. Second National Bank- stabilize currency, protective tariff
  3. Internal improvements- transportation (roads, canals, etc)
  4. Standing ______- 20,000 men
  5. Trying to fix ______that almost allowed the British to win the war of 1812
  6. Henry Clay- Kentucky
  7. ______
  8. “American System”- ______plan for the federal government to protect American industry
  1. Finances…again

Vocabulary: Circulation: movement to and fro of something

Default: to fail to fulfill an obligation

  1. Inflation- more money in circulation, less ______backing up each note. More money is needed to represent the same value
  2. To Finance the War of 1812, private banks issued notes and loans for more than they had in gold and silver
  3. Ex. One Rhode Island Bank issued $580,000, but only had $86.40 in fold and silver to back it up.
  4. Temporary default and ______during the War, led to the creation of the 2nd National bank, hoping to lend ______.
  1. American Industry
  2. War of 1812 pushed Americans to ______more here, instead of importing from other nations
  3. However, at the end of the War, English goods flooded the market, selling goods below their actual value as a way to damage American ______.
  4. Protective ______instituted to allow young American industry to compete.
  5. In the Supreme Court
  6. John Marshall(ambassador under John Adams to France)- ______.
  7. Important Decisions
  8. Marbury v. Madison- (1803) established right of the court to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional
  9. McCullough v. Maryland- (1819)- established the constitutionality of the National Bank
  10. Established that the Supreme court had______over the federal and sate governments to declare actions and ______unconstitutional.
  11. Expansion
  12. After the War of 1812, explosion of ______- 5 states are admitted to Union
  13. Louisiana- 1812
  14. Indiana- 1816
  15. Mississippi- 1817
  16. Illinois- 1818
  17. Alabama- 1819
  18. Improvements in ______became necessary- roads and canals
  19. Much argument over where would get the improvements and the Constitutionality
  20. Foreign Affairs

Vocabulary: Inevitable- certain to happen; unavoidable

  1. 1815- Ended raids by the Barbary pirates of American shipping in the Mediterranean
  2. 1817- Resolve unfinished issues with ______- boundary with Canada, ships on the Great Lakes, Oregon territory
  3. 1817- Concern over Florida- still under ______control
  4. Pirates, slaves and Native Americans would use Florida as a base for ______Georgia
  5. Andrew Jackson- sent to ______Indians, instead, destroyed villages, overthrew governor
  6. Uproar in Washington- John Quincy Adams (secretary of state) told Spain they needed to ______Florida better or give it to the United States
  7. Decided it was inevitable, sold Florida for ______in damages
  1. The Monroe Doctrine

Vocabulary: Doctrine- a belief or set of beliefs

  1. Worried that European powers (Spain, Russia) would attempt to retake old colonies
  2. Monroe issues a ______, saying that the Western Hemisphere is ______to further European colonization, and that the US would ______any action to establish colonies- became known as the Monroe Doctrine.
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