Numerous events during and after the misnamed Era of Good Feelings "among them the neo-Federalist rulings of John Marshall's Supreme Court, the devastating effects of the panic of 1819, the launching of John Quincy Adams's and Henry Clay's American System "confirmed a growing impression that power was steadily flowing into the hands of a small, self-confident minority. ... But in successfully challenging President John Quincy Adams in 1828, Jackson's supporters played mainly on his image as a manly warrior, framing the contest as one between Adams who could wri...

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