THE ERA OF GOOD
FEELINGS
February 3, 2016
WARM UP
• Turn to page 62 of your notebook, complete the
chart over Chief Justice Marshall’s 3 landmark court
decisions (Marbury, McCulloch, Gibbons)
• You will need to answer the following question about
each case: How did each decision increase the
power of the federal government?
THE ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS
• Title page 64 in your notebook “The Era of Good
Feelings”
• In the top section of your notebook, I want you to
describe the action that is happening in the 3
pictures on the next screen. You must describe each
one. Be specific. For example…
Treaty of Ghent
THE ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS
• On page 59, add the following dates to your
timeline
• 1815 – Treaty of Ghent
• 1816 – James Monroe elected Pres.
THE ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS
• After the Treaty of Ghent, the Battle of
New Orleans, and the 2nd Barbary War,
Americans were feeling good about
themselves
• In 1820, James Monroe (DR), ran
unopposed for President
ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS
• Answer this question in the second section
• What do you think happened to the Federalist
Party?
ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS
• Fighting between the political parties declined, but
was replaced by fighting between different sections
of the nation
FRAYER MODEL
Definition
Your definition
Sectionalism
Picture
Sentence
Sectionalism is the idea that ______
FRAYER MODEL
Definition
Your definition
American System
Picture
Sentence
MONROE DOCTRINE
• Title page 65 in your notebook “The
Monroe Doctrine”
LATIN AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
• Read “Latin America Wins Independence” with your partner
• Complete these sentences (PAGES 323-325)
• The people of Latin America demanded a ______ in government
and were eager to be ______ from the _________.
• “Mexico wins their independence from ______ in _______.
• ____________ led rebel forces in South America and eventually
became president of ___________.
• Jose San Martin led _____________ to independence in ________.
• In ____________, the people of Central America declare
independence
• The Portuguese colony of Brazil won their independence
_____________.
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•Prediction Time!
• James Monroe, like all before, followed
George Washington’s policy of
neutrality. With these new revolutions,
would the president need to change
his foreign policy? If so….how??
Take 3 minutes to sketch this in Monroe
Doctrine Section (taking up half of the
section)
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Exit Ticket: How does this political cartoon explain the Monroe
Doctrine? Use details to support your answer.