Era of Good feelings

Monroe’s presidency James Monroe becomes the 5th president in 1817 Federalist Party dissolves So no political parties until after Monroe leaves office Monroe appoints Cabinet members that have different views on purpose to promote partisanship (people with different beliefs working together) His Secretary of States was John Quincy Adams

He was reelected for a second term in 1821 Monroe doctrine Monroe Doctrine: foreign nations cannot interfere in the governments of countries in the Americas, they cannot colonize lands in the Americas He was reelected for a second term in 1821 He was so well liked and political parties were getting along so well, no one ran against him in the election!

Monroe doctrine

Summary of james monroe ________ president (1817-1825) Began ____________________________________ Approved the ____________________________________ Established the ____________________________________ Era of Good Feelings was all about ________

New states and slavery New states: Mississippi, Illinois, Alabama, Maine, Missouri, and Florida Missouri Compromise (1820) Addresses slavery by drawing a line that makes Northern states free and allowing slavery in the Southern states Maine is admitted as a free state, Missouri as a slave state Adams-Onis Treaty (1819) Spain gives Florida to the US after Andrew Jackson invades and captures it

Economic changes Second Bank of the United States Founded in 1816 because politics were stable during the Era of Good Feelings Panic of 1819: banks fail, foreclosures, unemployment, and decreased manufacturing and agricultural production Caused by debt from the War of 1812, American citizens’ debt, and negative effects of international affairs like the Embargo Act of 1807

New technology Examples: steel-tipped plow, mechanical reaper, cotton gin, steamboats, canals, railroads, and textile mills

New technology Made the production of finished goods and agriculture faster and cheaper That made work less meaningful and less interesting Also meant that the South became more reliant on slavery and the North valued and paid their workers less.

Agriculture Agricultural inventions led many farmers to grow cash crops that they would sell at market, rather than just grow crops for their own consumption. This is called a market economy and was a big change because farmers faced greater risks - they often took on debt while they were waiting for crops to harvest Inventions made farming more profitable Example: steel-tipped plow (made by John Deere) and the cotton gin (Eli Whitney) The cotton gin made it so easy and cheap to produce clean cotton, that plantation owners needed more slaves to keep up with the demand Increased the South’s dependence on slave labor

Transportation Transportation changes also had a dramatic effect on the economy because they connected many regions of the US Example: invention of the steamboat The development of better boats led to a canal-building craze, most notably the Erie Canal, which was finished in 1825. But by the late 1830s, the new trend was railroads Cheaper to build, faster, and could go more places. They didn’t have a huge impact until the 1850s and 1860s

Factories Factories: where all parts of the production of a product, in this case textiles or clothing, happened under one roof Example: Francis Lowell who made it big in the U. S by creating the Lowell Mills Lowell Mills changed up the social order because most of the work was done by young, unmarried women Caused fear, even though the women didn’t have much freedom. In 1834, the Lowell girls went on strike - shows Americans, especially American women, were starting to rebel against authority and the new industrialization People now bought factory-made clothes and shoes instead of making their own. They worked away from home