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After the initial growing pains associated with intense political bipartisanships, America entered what historians (ever since Benjamin Russell of the Boston Newspaper in 1817) have labeled the “Era of Good Feelings”. Beginning with the American victory in the War of 1812, various issues subsided and the aura of America changed for the better. Numerous debates over issues such as foreign diplomacy and policy seemingly dissolved, and the void was filled with positive nationalist fervor and multiple compromises, that, however sectionalist in nature, satisfied both the north and the south—hence the phrase “good feelings”. This state of the country was not merely happened upon, but rather it was the result of hardened diplomatic efforts amongst geniuses. Moreover, America still faced difficulties. Nevertheless, “The Era of Good Feelings” was a drastic step forward in American history and truly did represent a period in which progress flourished and, to that end, Americans united. With economic proliferation, political stabilization, and social prosperity, the time between 1815 and1825 ushered in countless new ideas that highlighted American greatest like never before.

It is doubtless that America faced challenges during that time painted singularly with “good feelings” and that the general undertones and overtones bespeaking prosperity did not comprise in its entirety the American status quo. In spite of this, many instances do speak in accordance with such positivity. Prominent amongst these forces was the nationalist movement that magnified following the American victory in the War of 1812, of which Andrew Jackson played a major role. In actuality, the War of 1812, declared by Madison, was a complete and utter mistake. But the efforts of men such as Andrew Jackson in the Battle of New Orleans and Horseshoe Bend still managed to tug at the American patriotic