1. Era of Good feelings

2. 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

3. 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!

4. Monroe doctrine

5. Summary of james monroe
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6. 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

8. 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

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

10. 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.

11. 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

12. 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

14. 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