President James Monroeand the Era of Good Feelings

President 1816:

Democratic-Republican elected 5th president

John Quincy Adams -Secretary of State

U.S. is Great! Era of Good Feelings- nickname for

time period of 1815-1825 Nationalism-

• Feelings of pride and loyalty toward your country (from the War of 1812)

Erie Canal

Cumberland Road

Border Disputes With British Canada

• US & Britain fought over fishing rights in Great Lakes and NE coast

Border Disputes

• Convention of 1818:o Shared

fishing rightso Joint occupy

Oregono Set border

between U.S. & Canada at 49th parallel

Border Disputes

• Issues with Native Americans and runaway slavesoMonroe sent troops to secure

bordero Jackson invades and takes over

Spanish

Florida

With Spanish Florida

Border Disputes

• Adams-Onis Treatyo 1819o U.S. got

Floridao Spain got

parts of Louisiana (Texas)

Monroe Doctrine

• Latin American countries gained independence

• U.S. worried about bigger nations taking over

Background:

Monroe Doctrine Monroe issued

statement Dec. 2, 1823:

• Don’t mess with the west!! North & South America is off limits for future colonization

Monroe Doctrine

• Showed that the U.S. saw itself as a world power.

McCulloch v. Maryland Chief Justice John Marshall

Maryland tried to tax national bank• Supreme Court ruled Second Bank of the

U.S. was constitutional (Elastic Clause)

• Maryland could not tax

• Federal Laws are superior to state laws