Era of Good Feelings
Elections of 1816 & 1820
Action in the Supreme Court
The Missouri Compromise
The Monroe Doctrine
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Why is this era called the "Era of Good Feelings"?
The start of the Democratic-Republican monopoly over federal politics
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Who won the Elections of 1816 and 1820?
James Monroe
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What case ruled for the right of private institutions to effect private contracts without government interference?
Dartmouth College vs. Woodward
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How did America come across what eventually became the state of Missouri?
The Louisiana Purchase
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What is the Monroe Doctrine?
Passed in 1814, the Monroe Doctrine closed the New World from further European colonization
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What about the Treaty of Ghent contributed to the Era of Good Feelings?
It cultivated nationalism
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Who was Monroe's opponent in the Election of 1816?
Rufus King
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Who was Chief Justice in the Supreme Court during the Monroe Administration, and why is this important?
John Marshall; Marshall is a Federalist, and thus his verdicts also allow for the strengthening of the federal government
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Which two (upset) factions did the Missouri Compromise attempt to soothe?
The "free" states and the "slave" states
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Who wrote and proposed the Monroe Doctrine?
John Quincy Adams
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Why is the "Era of Good Feelings" a misnomer of sorts?
Because other sectionalist tensions threatened to rip the nation apart – and they eventually did through the Civil War
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What was the general heading of Monroe's Presidency: national harmony or economic prosperity?
National harmony
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Whose political ideology did the verdict of McCulloch vs. Maryland endorse?
Alexander Hamilton
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Why did the squabble between the North and the South begin and escalate?
Because both the North and the South were scared the other would gain excessive political power
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What was the unstated purpose of the Monroe Doctrine?
To curb further British encroachment onto the Americas and begin United States monopoly over the New World
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What event effectively spelled the end of the Federalist Party?
The Hartford Convention
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What state was James Monroe from?
Virginia
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Cohens vs. Virginia ruled that ...
The Federal Judiciary wielded the power to overturn all state court verdicts
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What amendment was made by a New York politician?
Tallmadge Amendment
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What concessions did the Monroe Doctrine mention?
America was to respect existing British colonies
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A few answers: the Panic of 1819 (not covered in this presentation), the Missouri Compromise, social injustices that led to legal actionWhat is one example of how the Era of Good Feelings did not just harbor good feelings?
A few answers: the Panic of 1819 (not covered in this presentation), the Missouri Compromise, social injustices that led to legal action
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What historic change in American political history did the Elections of 1816 and 1820 mark?
The Democratic-Republican monopoly over federal political affairs
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What is the political ideology that McCulloch vs. Maryland endorsed called? Which specific President from the past would oppose this ideology?
Loose constructionism; Thomas Jefferson
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What two things did Henry Clay establish to settle the Missouri conflict?
1) Missouri to the South, Maine to the North 2) The 36˚30' line
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How did the British react to the Monroe Doctrine?
Eventually endorses it (ironically) and assists in its enforcement
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