SUMMARY
1. After the election of Monroe (1816) the Federalist party died out, the old party issues disappeared, and Monroe's term is known as the Era of Good Feeling.
2. The South American colonies of Spain, having rebelled, formed republics, and were recognized by the United States. To prevent interference with them by European powers, especially by the Holy Alliance, Monroe announced the doctrine now known by his name (1823).
3. The growth of the West and the rise of new states brought up the question of internal improvements at national expense.
4. The growth of manufactures brought up the question of more protection and a new tariff. In 1824 a new tariff law was enacted, in spite of the opposition of the South, which had no manufactures and imported largely from Great Britain.
5. These issues, which were largely sectional, and the action of certain leaders, split the Republican party, and led to the nomination of four presidential candidates in 1824.
6. The electors failed to choose a President, but did elect a Vice President. Adams was then elected President by the House of Representatives.
7. A new tariff was enacted in 1828, though the South opposed it even more strongly than the tariff of 1824.
8. In 1828 Jackson, one of the candidates defeated in 1824, was elected President.
[Illustration: A CONESTOGA WAGON, SUCH AS WAS IN USE ABOUT 1825.]