AP United States History Document-Based Question After its victory over Britain in the War of 1812‚ the United States of America became immersed in national pride which led to Era of Good Feelings‚ a period of unprecedented political unity. However‚ problems and disagreements grew behind the facets of the era that manifested nationalism. Sectionalism began to form as the dissent between the north and the south and different political figures intensified. Divergence among politicians was
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beaten in the War of 1812 and in the Battle of New Orleans. Mexico‚ which perpetrated the Thornton Affair‚ was decisively beaten during the Mexican-American War. Furthermore‚ Mexico was also defeated at the Battle of Ambos Nogales‚ in which it attacked American territory after the Zimmerman Telegram in World War I. Germany’s submarine tactics against America cost it victory in World War I. Japan was eventually the victim of the only wartime nuclear detonations for its role in World War II. Now‚ America
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the group read the article that we chose to focus on for this project‚ we came across various contrasting ideas that Foner has in his book and the ideas in the article itself. From the very beginning of the section where Foner speaks about the War of 1812‚ brutality that American’s used to gain the Indian territory is completely played down. The book does not go into an extent of what the American’s did to the Indians to strip them from their own possessions and rights. In the article‚ since it is
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The general consensus among historians is that there was a difference of opinions between Thomas Jefferson and James Madison on the policies of the interpretation of the Constitution. It is generally believed that Thomas Jefferson felt that there should be strict and inflexible interpretation of the Constitution‚ while James Madison felt that the Constitution was elastic and that many different laws could be derived form a single clause. Their views‚ however‚ seemed to have switched over the period
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Macon’s Bill No. 2 as a great chance for him to move along his‚ “Continental Plan.” Now that Britain was unable to trade‚ this meant they were weak as a whole‚ but mainly their economy was in turmoil. Macon’s Bill No. 2 was the main cause of The War of 1812. This was
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The day that the first colonist set foot on this land‚ the Native Americans fate was sealed. What happened to the Native Americans was less than respectable on our part. They were stripped of all dignity‚ one layer at a time. The United States was irresponsible in carrying out the Indian Removal Act of 1830 by encouraging coercion and deceit‚ outright breaking of existing treaties and making empty promises they never intended to keep. Also the Americans thirst for land made it almost inevitable
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publishers wanted was the kind of fiction Maria Edgeworth wrote: stories interesting enough to attract children and morally instructive enough to allay adult distrust of fiction‚ American reaction against imported books for children set in after the War of 1812 15 with the British. A wave of nationalism permeated everything‚and the self-conscious new nation found foreign writings (particularly those from the British monarchy) unsuitable for the children of a democratic republic‚ a slate of self-governing
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Historians have traditionally labeled the period after the War of 1812 the “Era of Good Feelings.” Evaluate the accuracy of this label‚ considering the emergence of nationalism and sectionalism. The period of time labeled as the “Era of Good Feelings‚” was a prosperous‚ but shortened period for America in which political strife had come to a halt and disputes had settled. The high morale after the war caused this era to be granted such a name. With James Monroe in presidency‚ and the country in
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After the War of 1812‚ the nation was becoming one‚ happy to work‚ live‚ and try to accomplish what they had set out to do‚ be free from England and tyrannical rule. The country was prospering from new found technology‚ although mainly agricultural‚ new textiles and merchants were finding ways to make money. The country was expanding and in some cities population was booming. Over the next decade more and more Americans would move west; however‚ the country would heed problems with money‚ politics
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and formed the Paris commune. For a few months the working people of Paris had developed an even-handed economic and political system‚ before they were brutally put down by the army‚ in addition with the foreign powers with which France had been at war. It was the world’s first experience with working class power‚ and it proved the naysayers wrong‚ workers’ power and socialism were not utopian fantasy; such a society could exist. Out of the commune came Eugène Pottier‚ a working man with a reputation
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