... defeat and were reduced to mere sectionalists. Now the Jeffersonian Democrats were clearly becoming America's dominant party in the early 1800's. Because of the Louisiana Purchase, Federalist extremists took drastic action. Aaron Burr, an extreme Federalist, devised schemes to secede New England and New York from America, but he failed. He then attempted to secede the trans-Mississippi West, and he failed ... the federal government, a mark of the national unity in this period. The Federalists" declining power set the stage for the Era of Good Feelings, which began in 1816 when the Feder...

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Nationalist Henry Clay retained his power in the postwar Congress, and headed the drive for a neo-federalist program of protective tariffs, international improvements, and a national bank. He called his program the American System, arguing that it would foster notional economic growth and a salutary interdependence between geographical sections, ... them attractive to private investors ( Murrin, 324-326). In the election of 1824 the major candidate were: William H. Crawford ( elected by the Republican Congressional Caucus), John Quincy Adams ( son of a Federalist president), Henry Clay ( a ...

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... the Era of Good Feelings. During the period after the war of 1812 the Federalists of the United States fell apart. James Monroe became president in 1816, after defeating the federalist candidate, Rufus King, by 183 to 34 in the voting of the Electoral College. After the presidency, he held a Goodwill Tour in the northern states to promote nationalism, where the ... ...

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... has been the happiest my family and I have seen in quite some time. Our former Secretary of State, James Monroe is now President, and things are looking good. That wretched Federalist Party is now seemingly out of power for good. I"m glad that a member of the Revolutionary Generation won the presidency. I"m glad that he accepted the banking and tariff bills from when ... ...

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... in American or foreign ships. The economy took a fall and there were piles of nonexportable cotton, grain, and tobacco. The ships were left in harbors to rot and the dead Federalist party had a new revival. After a huge uproar Congress was forced to repeal the acts on March 1, 1809. Thomas Jefferson may have had his faults and misjudgments during his presidency, as ... ...

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... not. Seventy one percent of Congress voted in Favor. In the election of 1812 Republicans carried 12 out of 19 states and in the election of 1820 there was no Federalist candidate. The Democratic Republican candidate Monroe carried all but 4 of the electoral votes. This was called one party politics. The war of 1812 made Democratic Republicans the symbol for America ... ...

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... would return to Massachusetts to resume his political career. He was a member of the governing body of the state, the General Court. In 1803, he was elected senator, representing the Federalist Party. After losing his bid for re-election to the Senate, he joined the Republican Party, and became a professor at Harvard. After Thomas Jefferson's two terms as president, James Madison ... ...

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... , George Washington appointed Jefferson secretary of the state. In the mid-1790s, sectionalism, or loyalty to a particular part of the country, further contributed to the emergence of two parties-the Federalist Party, and the Democratic-Republican Party. Thomas Jefferson and James Madison led the Democratic-Republican Party. Thomas Jefferson declared the Republican victory in the election of 1800. In 1801 Jefferson ... ...

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