Era Of Good Feelings Dbq

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The changing nation reflected a growing sense of national pride and identity by the Era of Good Feelings, The Age of Jackson, and The State’s Rights and the Economy. This all took place between 1812 and 1837 in the United States to change the nation and create a better government system. The War of 1812 established the United States as a world power, there was much more nationalism, the Federalist party died out, and James Monroe ran for president and won by a landslide are all what caused the Era of Good Feelings. Jackson was running for president in the Election of 1824 and the Election of 1828. When he was elected in 1828, he gave powers to the people, and created the Indian Removal Act.The states believed that they had the right to take …show more content…
The Era of Good Feelings changed the nation and made us change our national identity by having the effects such as, the Government taking a greater role in the Economy, the Central Government strengthening over states, and the United States taking a Greater role in the World. This changes our national pride by creating a new way of how the government works. There were many things that caused the Era of Good Feelings. The War of 1812 established the United States as a world power, this showed a sign of respect. Showing a sign of pride for our nation, they added much more nationalism. Unity was shown by having the Federalist party die out. Republican, James Monroe, ran for president and won by a landslide. The Era of Good Feelings had causes, but also had effects, such as the government taking a greater role in the economy. When the government took over, they created a second bank of the United States which was established in 1816. A tariff was passed that protected U.S. goods from foreign competition, and British had been selling their goods below market price. The government was taking over and trying to become …show more content…
The bank was unconstitutional and when the bank ended, it changed the way the government worked. Democrats, such as Andrew Jackson, and many farmers and southerners did not like the bank due to the way the bank restricted loans made by the state banks. The people disliked that the government had more power. On the other hand, republicans, such as rich people and business people liked the bank because the bank gave loans to businesses and they thought this was a safe place for their money. Jackson disliked Nicholas Biddle, the bank’s president, because he did many favors for the wealthy and Jackson was not happy with the bank. When Biddle renewed the bank's charter early, Jackson vetoed the bill and ended the bank. As a result of him ending the bank, the states took over the money, and Jackson won reelection by a huge majority, and he increased the power of the presidency. When the States got the rights, it created the nullification crisis. The nullification crisis was created because the southerners thought the tariff was unfair. John C. Calhoun, Jackson’s vice president, and the south were in favor for nullification because they believe the states have the right to nullify a federal law. Andrew Jackson, Daniel Webster, and the North were against nullification due to the belief that the Federal government is more powerful than the states and