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Era of Good Feelings


As a result of this, the Federalists lost the election of 1816 by a great amount. This failure placed an end to the Federalist Party as the nation's political power. After this they never presented a candidate to the presidency and soon the party had completely faded. .
             The following years after the war were marked by a feeling of nationalism, a feeling of pride and national unity. The strong loyalty that Americans had felt towards the other states was being replaced for a loyalty toward the whole nation. The fall of the Federalists contributed to this spirit of nationalism. National pride helped Americans to unite to the Democratic-Republican Party. This party had taken many ideas from the Federalists, taken and claimed as theirs. This party reconstructed the army and constructed plans for the creation of roads and canals. Also, high tariffs and establishment of a second National Bank.
             Democratic-Republicans with James Monroe as president controlled the Federal Government from 1817 to 1825. There was no other political party that opposed them. Since this political party remained free from arguments, this period was called the "Era of good feelings-. The United States' economy started to grow rapidly after the War of 1812. Industry and agriculture extended. Commerce prospered. A new swell of people went to the west where they were offered more land. This economic expansion contributed to the growth of the nationalism feeling.
             However, this new economic growth also created conflicts. The northeast, the south and the west prospered, but each for different reasons. In the North, economy was based on manufacture. In the West states, between the Appalachian and the Mississippi, economy was based on agriculture. The south was also based on agriculture, but the following years of after the war, there was a rapid growth in the importance of one of the products: cotton. Underneath this surface of the "Era of good feelings- there was a serious problem: regionalism or also known as sectionalism.


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