The “ Era of Good Feelings ” (1815-1824)
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(1815-1824)(1815-1824)
The Election of 1816The Election of 1816
James Monroe [1816-1824]James Monroe [1816-1824]
• Republican• Part of Virginia
dynasty• Part of the emerging
nationalism– Good will tour– Inspect military
defenses
Era of Good Feelings?
• Positives– Tranquility– Prosperity– Nationalism
Troubling Issues– Tariff– The Bank– Internal
improvements– Sale of public lands
• Crystallizing of sectionalism
• Conflict over slavery
Panic of 1819• Contraction due to inflation, depression,
bankruptcies, bank failures, unemployment, debtor’s prisons
• Overspeculation of the frontier lands• Bank of the US forced western banks to foreclose
on farms– US Bank looks like devil to foreclosees
• Poorer classes were troubled– Inhumanity of debtor’s prisons
Growing Pains of the West• 9 states had joined the union
– Admitted alternately free and slave• Land exhaustion forced farmers west• Generals Harrison and Jackson pacified the
frontier• Creation of the Cumberland Road• Land Act of 1820 – authorized buyers to
purchase 80 acres at $1.25/acre minimum
US Population DensityUS Population Density
18101810 18201820
John Quincy Adams:John Quincy Adams: A bulldog among spaniels!
• Secretary of State under Monroe
• Negotiated treaties with Britain and Spain
• Treaty of 1818 with UK– Share Newfoundland
fisheries– Share Oregon– Set 49° as northern
boundary
The Convention of 1818The Convention of 1818
Florida• Remained under Spanish control after War
of 1812• South American revolutions forced Spain to
take attention away from Florida• Jackson saw opportunity to combat
Seminole Indians and capture fugitive slaves– Seized St. Marks and Pensacola
• Adams negotiated the “Florida Purchase Treaty of 1819” – Spain ceded Florida in exchange for Texas
Adams-Onis Treaty, 1819Adams-Onis Treaty, 1819
The West & the NW: The West & the NW: 1819-1819-18241824
Slavery and the Sectional Balance
• Rivalry was beginning between the free North and the slave South over the West
• 1819 – Tension erupts as Missouri requests admission to US as a slave state
• House of Reps denies it by passing Tallmadge Amendment
The Tallmadge AmendmentThe Tallmadge Amendmentp No more slaves shall be brought into
Missouri pAll slaves born in Missouri after the territory became a state would be freed at the age of 25.
p Passed by the House, not in the Senate.
p The North controlled the House, and the South had enough power to block it in
the Senate.
Missouri Compromise• Congress agreed to admit
Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state– Balance between N and S
remained intact• All future slavery was
prohibited in LA territory north of 36°30’
• Compromise lasted 34 years
The Election of 1820The Election of 1820
The Monroe Doctrine, 1823The Monroe Doctrine, 1823
3. What would the US do if the warning was not headed?
Monroe Monroe Doctrine Doctrine
2. What warning is given to the European countries?1. What
foreign policy principles are established?
p Referred to as America’s Self-Defense Doctrine.
The Election of 1824:The Election of 1824:The “Corrupt Bargain”The “Corrupt Bargain”
The Election of 1824:The Election of 1824:The “Corrupt Bargain”The “Corrupt Bargain”
Candidate Popular Vote
Electoral Vote
Andrew Jackson
43% 99
J.Q. Adams 31% 84
William Crawford
13% 41
Henry Clay 13% 37
Adams wins the Election
• Jackson did not have a majority in the Electoral College– House of Reps makes decision
• Henry Clay – Speaker of the House had considerable influence– Chose Adams – most similar politically– “Corrupt Bargain” – became Sec. of State