War of 1812 & Era of Good Feelings & After

Era of Good Feelings

Period of national unity after War of 1812

American System

Henry Clay’s plan: tariffs, bank, internal improvements

Market Revolution

Shift to industrial and market-based economy

McCulloch v. Maryland

1819 case affirming federal supremacy

Monroe Doctrine

Warned Europe against colonization in Americas

Election of 1824

Contested election decided by House

Corrupt Bargain

Alleged deal between Adams and Clay

John Quincy Adams

6th president; nationalist policies

Henry Clay

Influential politician; American System advocate

Andrew Jackson

War hero; symbol of frontier democracy

Impressment

British forcing American sailors into navy service

Chesapeake Affair

British attacked U.S. ship; increased tensions

War Hawks

Young congressmen pushing for war (Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun)

Tecumseh

Native American leader resisting U.S. expansion

Battle of Tippecanoe

1811 battle weakening Native resistance

Failed Invasion of Canada

Early U.S. military failure

Battle of Lake Erie

1813 U.S. naval victory securing Great Lakes

Battle of the Thames

Tecumseh killed; Native resistance weakened

Burning of Washington, D.C.

British burned Capitol and White House

Battle of Fort McHenry

Inspired “Star-Spangled Banner”

Creek War

Conflict with Creek Nation in the South

Battle of Horseshoe Bend

Andrew Jackson defeated Creek forces

Treaty of Ghent

Ended War of 1812; restored prewar borders

Battle of New Orleans

1815 U.S. victory led by Andrew Jackson

Hartford Convention

Federalists opposed war; party collapsed

Effects of War of 1812

Nationalism, manufacturing growth, westward expansion

War of 1812

Conflict between U.S. and Britain over trade, impressment, and national honor