In this lecture, Dr. Totten argues the "Era of Good Feelings," is misnamed. While the period did have one party rule and a renewed sense of American identity, it also was a period of economic turbulence, political infighting, and most critically, it showcased that any public discussion of slavery's expansion had the potential to rend the nation in twain.

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