Era of Good Feelings

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The Era of Good Feelings was a period in early 19th-century United States history marked by a sense of national unity, political harmony, and the decline of partisan conflict following the War of 1812.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period
political era
associatedWithPolicy American System
Second Bank of the United States
internal improvements
protective tariffs
coinedBy Benjamin Russell
coinedInContextOf James Monroe’s 1817 tour of New England
country United States
decliningParty Federalist Party
dominantParty Democratic-Republican Party
endTime 1825
fieldOfWork political history
followedBy Jacksonian era
Second Party System
follows First Party System
War of 1812
hasCause aftermath of War of 1812
collapse of Federalist Party
economic expansion after 1815
rise of American nationalism
hasCharacteristic one-party dominance
sectional tensions beneath surface unity
weak party competition
hasTheme emergence of sectionalism
expansion of federal power
temporary subsidence of party conflict
westward expansion
mainTopic decline of partisan conflict
national unity
political harmony
partOf history of the United States
significantEvent Adams–Onís Treaty
Convention of 1818
Dartmouth College v. Woodward
Gibbons v. Ogden
McCulloch v. Maryland
Missouri Compromise
Monroe Doctrine
Panic of 1819
Rush–Bagot Agreement
Tallmadge Amendment debate
significantFigure Daniel Webster
Henry Clay
James Madison
James Monroe
John C. Calhoun
John Quincy Adams
startTime 1815


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