THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
JAMES MADISON AFTER THE WAR OF 1812 THE ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS
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Building the Panama & Erie Canal
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winning the War of 1812 & pushing industry
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Trail of Tears & Seminole Wars
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none of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Because of westward expansion and economic prosperity, the years immediately following the war would be labeled as the Era of Good Feelings.
Detailed explanation-3: -Marking the end of the War of 1812, the Treaty of Ghent, ushered in an era of heightened nationalism in the United States. Patriotic sentiments ran high as Americans delighted in their “victory” over the British and looked for ways to make their nation even stronger.