Nationalism+&+Innovation

America's victory in the War of 1812 provided the nation with a new level of confidence and identity. The election of Democrat-Republican president James Monroe in 1816 ushered in what came to be known as the "Era of Good Feelings." In those years, America would transform itself into an economically sufficient nation thanks in part to new technological innovations and efforts to link a greater number of goods and people to one another through improved transportation methods.

=Objectives=


 * Understand how technological innovations and transportation methods strengthened the American economy.

Nationalism & Innovation Immersion