By any criteria the years following the war of 1812, otherwise known as the “Era of Good Feelings,” must be considered a time of exceptional growth and development in the United States, but above all it should be considered a time of evolution and ripening of American nationalism, unification, and economic progress. The War of 1812 was a very problematic war. States did not fulfill their duties, while commanders and leaders were not informed or supplied enough …showed first 75 words of 805 total…

…showed last 75 words of 805 total…its goals. Its children had become proud of this small nation, and that was the most important step in keeping united. The United States evolved into a nation-wide sense of pride. It grew and with it the nation grew and prospered under great leadership and the democratic way. The great democratic experiment had worked, the nation was at peace and was growing, and the tide for the next century had already been set in motion.