{"id":719,"date":"2015-06-22T18:43:25","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T18:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/americanyawp\/?post_type=chapter&p=719"},"modified":"2015-06-22T18:43:25","modified_gmt":"2015-06-22T18:43:25","slug":"conclusion-6","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-ushistory1ay\/chapter\/conclusion-6\/","title":{"raw":"Conclusion","rendered":"Conclusion"},"content":{"raw":"Monroe\u2019s election after\u00a0the conclusion of the\u00a0War of 1812\u00a0signaled the death knell of\u00a0the Federalists. Some\u00a0predicted an \u201cera of good feelings\u201d and an end to party divisions. The War had cultivated a profound sense of union among a diverse and divided people. Yet that \u201cera of good feelings\u201d would never really come. Political division continued. Though the dying Federalists would fade\u00a0from political relevance, a schism within the Republican Party would give rise to a new brand of\u00a0Jacksonian Democrats. Meanwhile, despite the virtually total elimination of property requirements for voting, political limits\u00a0continued\u00a0along class, gender, and racial and ethnic lines. At the same time, industrialization and the development of American capitalism required new\u00a0justifications of inequality as compatible with a democratic nation and nativitist reactions to changing demographics would\u00a0parcel \u201ctrue\u201d Americans from dangerous or undeserving \u201cothers.\u201d Still, a\u00a0cacophony of voices clamored to be heard and and struggled to realize a social order\u00a0compatible with the ideals of equality and individual liberty. The meaning of democracy\u00a0was in flux, as it\u00a0always was.","rendered":"

Monroe\u2019s election after\u00a0the conclusion of the\u00a0War of 1812\u00a0signaled the death knell of\u00a0the Federalists. Some\u00a0predicted an \u201cera of good feelings\u201d and an end to party divisions. The War had cultivated a profound sense of union among a diverse and divided people. Yet that \u201cera of good feelings\u201d would never really come. Political division continued. Though the dying Federalists would fade\u00a0from political relevance, a schism within the Republican Party would give rise to a new brand of\u00a0Jacksonian Democrats. Meanwhile, despite the virtually total elimination of property requirements for voting, political limits\u00a0continued\u00a0along class, gender, and racial and ethnic lines. At the same time, industrialization and the development of American capitalism required new\u00a0justifications of inequality as compatible with a democratic nation and nativitist reactions to changing demographics would\u00a0parcel \u201ctrue\u201d Americans from dangerous or undeserving \u201cothers.\u201d Still, a\u00a0cacophony of voices clamored to be heard and and struggled to realize a social order\u00a0compatible with the ideals of equality and individual liberty. The meaning of democracy\u00a0was in flux, as it\u00a0always was.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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