Era of Good Feelings
Elections of 1816 & 1820
Action in the Supreme Court
The Missouri Compromise
The Monroe Doctrine
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The start of the Democratic-Republican monopoly over federal politics
Why is this era called the "Era of Good Feelings"?
100
James Monroe
Who won the Elections of 1816 and 1820?
100
Dartmouth College vs. Woodward
What case ruled for the right of private institutions to effect private contracts without government interference?
100
The Louisiana Purchase
How did America come across what eventually became the state of Missouri?
100
Passed in 1814, the Monroe Doctrine closed the New World from further European colonization
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
200
It cultivated nationalism
What about the Treaty of Ghent contributed to the Era of Good Feelings?
200
Rufus King
Who was Monroe's opponent in the Election of 1816?
200
James Marshall; Marshall is a Federalist, and thus his verdicts also allow for the strengthening of the federal government
Who was Chief Justice in the Supreme Court during the Monroe Administration, and why is this important?
200
The "free" states and the "slave" states
Which two (upset) factions did the Missouri Compromise attempt to soothe?
200
John Quincy Adams
Who wrote and proposed the Monroe Doctrine?
300
Because other sectionalist tensions threatened to rip the nation apart – and they eventually did through the Civil War
Why is the "Era of Good Feelings" a misnomer of sorts?
300
National harmony
What was the general heading of Monroe's Presidency: national harmony or economic prosperity?
300
Alexander Hamilton
Whose political ideology did the verdict of McCulloch vs. Maryland endorse?
300
Because both the North and the South were scared the other would gain excessive political power
Why did the squabble between the North and the South begin and escalate?
300
To curb further British encroachment onto the Americas and begin United States monopoly over the New World
What was the unstated purpose of the Monroe Doctrine?
400
The Hartford Convention
What event effectively spelled the end of the Federalist Party?
400
Virginia
What state was James Monroe from?
400
The Federal Judiciary wielded the power to overturn all state court verdicts
Cohens vs. Virginia ruled that ...
400
Tallmadge Amendment
What amendment was made by a New York politician?
400
America was to respect existing British colonies
What concessions did the Monroe Doctrine mention?
500
A few answers: the Panic of 1819 (not covered in this presentation), the Missouri Compromise, social injustices that led to legal action
What is one example of how the Era of Good Feelings did not just harbor good feelings?
500
The Democratic-Republican monopoly over federal political affairs
What historic change in American political history did the Elections of 1816 and 1820 mark?
500
Loose constructionism; Thomas Jefferson
What is the political ideology that McCulloch vs. Maryland endorsed called? Which specific President from the past would oppose this ideology?
500
1) Missouri to the South, Maine to the North 2) The 36˚30' line
What two things did Henry Clay establish to settle the Missouri conflict?
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Eventually endorses it (ironically) and assists in its enforcement
How did the British react to the Monroe Doctrine?
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