The period of time after the War of 1812 was known as The Era of Good Feelings. The name of this period of time was not consistent with the events that occurred during this time. The era was a phase of happiness and prosperity at times. People were happy because the United States was getting bigger and bigger which gave them more access to more natural resources which would then add to the specie in the national bank. There was also an average sense of nationalism (Doc C) because major conflicts like wars or friction between political parties were almost non-existent. However, the Era of Good Feelings was a misnomer because the events that happened during that period of time were inconsistent with its label. Events like the reinstatement of the national bank, the election of 1824, and the Supreme Court case of McCulloch V. Maryland showed that the period of time after the War of 1812 was not consistent with its name of the Era of Good Feelings.
McCulloch V. Maryland decision, March 6, 1819, Min...
The U.S. Capitol after the burning of Washington d...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in Boston, MassachusettsThere was an average sense of nationalism after the War of 1812. Events like the reestablishment of the national bank caused the sense of unity to diminish (Doc B). Before the reinstatement of the national bank, states were heedlessly issuing loans to people who used the money to buy farms. Under the leadership of the second president of the Bank of the United States, banks started to recall the loans that had been issued to farmers by state banks. Thus, farmers that had taken loans from their state banks were against the restoration of the national bank (Doc D) because it forced them to repay the loans. On the other hand, merchants were for the restoration of the bank However, they did not have the money to repay their loans so...