Akshita Garg Inaccurate Label: Era of “Good” Feelings
The Era of Good Feelings was described as the political period of time in history after the brutal War of 1812. The United States had represented national purpose and unity. This led to a soar of American patriotism. However, this was later ended by several social, economic, and political problems that had gradually altered the meaning of the phrase “Era of Good Feelings.” The Era of Good Feelings’ was an incorrect label to suitably describe the period after the War of 1812 mainly because of economic depression, the Missouri Compromise, and Tariff of 1816. Economic depression was heavily prevalent after the Second Bank of the United States had emerged . The Second BUS was one of three components of the …show more content…
Initially, Missouri had insisted they wanted to be a slave state. Politicians in the US were greatly concerned with Missouri’s location of being labeled as both a Mid-Western and Southern State. This compromise was intended to perpetuate a balance between slave and free states; however, it took a toll on dividing the nation apart. Henry Clay had declared the Tallmadge Amendment (1819) which declared Missouri as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and all states in the Louisiana Territory prohibited from slavery. As a result, sectionalism between the North, West, and South regions started to surface. According to the Southerners, the debate of the Tallmadge Amendment was an extremely huge threat to sectional balance. Sectionalism is describing the loyalty to only one region of the county rather than as a whole, unified nation.This was since the future of the slave system was in jeopardy. Eventually, the Senate had rejected the amendment. National crisis and chaos bloomed throughout and caused a disproportion in national unity which neutralized the label of The Era of “Good”
The Era of Good Feelings was described as the political period of time in history after the brutal War of 1812. The United States had represented national purpose and unity. This led to a soar of American patriotism. However, this was later ended by several social, economic, and political problems that had gradually altered the meaning of the phrase “Era of Good Feelings.” The Era of Good Feelings’ was an incorrect label to suitably describe the period after the War of 1812 mainly because of economic depression, the Missouri Compromise, and Tariff of 1816. Economic depression was heavily prevalent after the Second Bank of the United States had emerged . The Second BUS was one of three components of the …show more content…
Initially, Missouri had insisted they wanted to be a slave state. Politicians in the US were greatly concerned with Missouri’s location of being labeled as both a Mid-Western and Southern State. This compromise was intended to perpetuate a balance between slave and free states; however, it took a toll on dividing the nation apart. Henry Clay had declared the Tallmadge Amendment (1819) which declared Missouri as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and all states in the Louisiana Territory prohibited from slavery. As a result, sectionalism between the North, West, and South regions started to surface. According to the Southerners, the debate of the Tallmadge Amendment was an extremely huge threat to sectional balance. Sectionalism is describing the loyalty to only one region of the county rather than as a whole, unified nation.This was since the future of the slave system was in jeopardy. Eventually, the Senate had rejected the amendment. National crisis and chaos bloomed throughout and caused a disproportion in national unity which neutralized the label of The Era of “Good”