1. Era of Good Feelings?
Does the nationalistic effects of the War of 1812 overwhelm the sectionalist issues of the era?
Does US foreign policy change after the War of 1812?

2. Nationalism v. Sectionalism
1. Military (standing army; navy)
2. New capitol building
3. Art and literature
4. Financial nationalism (BUS; Tariff of 1816; Henry Clay’s American System)
Tariff benefits manufacturers of NE, but…South grows to hate the tariff.
Panic of 1819 and the BUS – The BUS forced its western branches to foreclose on the mortgages of many farms…the West grows to hate the BUS
Westerners wanted the government to guarantee cheap prices on western land…the NE does not want to lose potential labor (or political influence)
Westerners want better transportation (financed by the federal government – Clay’s American System)…Constitutional issues, and the NE does not want to lose population (labor and political influence)
The potential extension of slavery into Missouri exposes a rift between free (northern) and slave (southern) states

3. US Foreign Policy Post-War of 1812
Foreign policy under TJ and Madison ( )
Tripoli War ( )
Embargo Act (1807), Non-Intercourse Act (1809), Macon’s Bill No. 2 (1810)
War of 1812 ( )
Foreign policy post-War of 1812
Rush-Bagot Treaty (1817) and the Anglo-American Convention (1818)
Florida Purchase Treaty (1819)
Monroe Doctrine (1823)