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    In this lesson, James Monroe became president. Monroe was the first president to have a peaceful and prosperous terms. They cause Monroe eight year term the “Era of Good” feeling. The name came from two reason; the world was entered into an unprecedented period of peace, and the Federalist Party died out in the United State (Page 69). The federalist party demise because the federalist didn’t want to start the war of 1812. The federalist party want everyone to be friendly. In 1814, the federalist

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    Intended as an annual message to Congress in 1823, President James Monroe’s speech, The Monroe Doctrine, evolved into the modern framework for American domestic affairs. Monroe’s proposed domestic policy was the President’s way of attempting to secure The United States’ newly acquired land. Not even a decade after the War of 1812 was resolved, many Americans were concerned when it came to United States’ involvement in foreign wars. This unsettlement in America was largely due to a controlling and

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    Slavery was a large practice during the presidential times of Presidents James Madison, James Monroe, John Adams, and Andrew Jackson. Madison’s views on slavery were mixed, due to him being anti-slavery, yet being a dedicated slaveholder. He relied on his slaves for his source of income however he did not grant them freedom. Similarly, President Monroe held the same views as Madison. Monroe owned slaves, although he was against the practice of slavery. Another pro-slavery president was President

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    December 3, 1823 the United State president James Monroe was giving his annual state union address when he basically told the crowned heads of Europe to stay out of American and said that the era of colonization is over in the Americans. This is how the Monroe Doctrine came to act. The Monroe Doctrine became a facet of American foreign policy through the 19th century and the 20th century. Let's look at the year that led up to the Monroe Doctrine. In the 1820 the monarchy in Europe was not good. The

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    December 18, 1823, the Monroe Doctrine was issued by President James Monroe in his message to Congress. Although written by Secretary of State John Quincy Adams, he decided to name it after the President. The Monroe Doctrine was written as a result of George Canning's offer to jointly protect Latin America with the UK, which we blatantly denied. Global issues such as the French Revolution, War of 1812 and the Mexican Independence Revolution all contributed to the making of the Monroe Doctrine by reminding

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    the Monroe Doctrine was a threat to European countries because it explained that if a European country starts a settlement in the Americas, the United States will start a war. What led up to the Monroe Doctrine was when Mexico broke free from Spain in the year of 1821. President James Monroe got worried that European countries would take over the independent Mexico so he and Secretary of State, Adams shared ideas of how to avoid this from happening. Therefore, they came up with the Monroe Doctrine

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    The Monroe Doctrine is a policy made after the War of 1812, and it warns European powers not to get involved in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere. It is issued by the fifth president James Monroe but it was written by the Secretary of State John Quincy Adams. It was issued on December 7th 1823. It is one of the major foreign policy statements. The Monroe Doctrine also warns European nations to not create new colonies in America. It is sometimes called America’s diplomatic declaration of independence

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    Since the founding of the United States the Monroe doctrine was one of the first foreign policy disagreements in history. The Colonies began to establish themselves as an independent nation that could dominate world affairs. Initiated by James Monroe, the Monroe Doctrine was formed in alliance with Britain to stop Latin America from colonizing in the northern hemisphere. The doctrine was a cornerstone of American Foreign policy by setting the political precedent that American will not let European

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    President James Moore gave a message to congress called the Monroe Doctrine. What is the Monroe doctrine you may ask, well it is the most well known US policy that was directed towards the Western Hemisphere. This speech was given 27 years after President George Washington gave his farewell address speech regarding excessive political party spirit and geographical distinctions. These two documents are very important together because Washington’s declared foreign policy and the Monroe doctrine was

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    South: Missouri as a slave state and North: the rest of the territory would have no slaves the Missouri Compromise lasting 34 years didn’t solve the problem just “swept it under the rug” surprisingly even though the Missouri Compromise took place James Monroe’s “ Era of Good Feelings” ended he still got re-elected John Marshall and Judicial Nationalism McCulloch vs. Maryland - Maryland wanted to put a tax on the bank but Judge Marshall said no Marshall believed in loose construction; believing

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