The early 1820s were supposed to be an age of unity without party politics. But while America looked calm, stable and confident, the Panic of 1819 had shattered financial innocence. The industrial North, the plantation South and the expanding West were drifting apart. And in this moment of internal fragility, the United States issued one of the boldest statements in history...

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