... development that many thought would aid men of established means while deepening inequalities among whites. Numerous events during and after the misnamed Era of Good Feelings "among them the neo-Federalist rulings of John Marshall's Supreme Court, the devastating effects of the panic of 1819, the launching of John Quincy Adams's and Henry Clay's American System "confirmed a growing impression that power was steadily flowing ... into the hands of a small, self-confident minority. Proposed cures for this sickness included more democracy and a redirection of economic policy. In ... ...

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