1820–1830: Canals, Compromises, and the Common Man
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In the decade after the War of 1812, America moved from the quiet confidence of the Era of Good Feelings into sharper political contests, massive internal improvements, and the rise of a more popular democracy. Jim Rand walks through the Missouri Compromise’s uneasy peace, the Monroe Doctrine, the opening of the Erie Canal, the disputed election of 1824, and the landslide that brought Andrew Jackson to the White House—while ordinary families cleared land, shipped goods, and claimed a…
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