1810–1820: After the Second Test – A Young Nation Steadies Itself
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In the decade after the War of 1812, America moved from the smoke of battle into a quieter, more confident chapter. Jim Rand walks through the Era of Good Feelings under James Monroe, the hard lessons of the Panic of 1819, the acquisition of Florida, the rising tension over slavery that produced the Missouri Compromise, and the independence movements transforming Latin America. Ordinary families pushed west while the young republic tested whether it could grow without tearing itself apart…
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