USA HISTORY

THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825

JAMES MADISON AFTER THE WAR OF 1812 THE ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What brought the Era of Good Feelings to an end?
A
James Monroe
B
Quadruple Alliance
C
Henry Clay
D
sectionalism
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Three important developments during Monroe’s presidency led to the end of the Era of Good Feelings: the Panic of 1819, the Missouri Crisis of 1820, and divisions among Republicans. The Panic of 1819 was a widespread financial crisis that led to a collapse of the American economy through 1821.

Detailed explanation-2: -Thesis Both Nationalism and Sectionalism developed concurrently during the Era of Good Feelings. The two main reasons why nationalism increased was because of Henry Clay’s American System and Monroe’s policy to increase nationalism. Clay’s AS created a better national infrastructure that tightened America together.

Detailed explanation-3: -The good feelings, perhaps better termed complacency, were stimulated by two events of 1816, during the last year of the presidency of James Madison: the enactment of the first U.S. avowedly protective tariff and the establishment of the second National Bank.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Era of Good Feelings is mostly associated with American nationalism.

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