Presidency of James Monroe | Wikipedia audio article
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Presidency of James Monroe


00:02:50 1 Election of 1816
00:04:50 2 Administration
00:06:28 3 Judicial appointments
00:07:24 4 Domestic affairs
00:07:33 4.1 Democratic-Republican Party dominance
00:08:56 4.2 Panic of 1819
00:11:23 4.3 Missouri Compromise
00:16:00 4.4 Internal improvements
00:18:39 4.5 Other issues and events
00:21:00 5 Foreign affairs
00:21:09 5.1 Treaties with Great Britain
00:22:31 5.2 Spanish Florida
00:22:40 5.2.1 Seminole Wars
00:26:42 5.2.2 Acquisition of Florida
00:28:05 5.3 Latin America
00:28:14 5.3.1 Engagement
00:30:12 5.3.2 Monroe Doctrine
00:33:24 5.4 Russo-American Treaty
00:34:19 6 States admitted to the Union
00:35:21 7 Elections
00:35:29 7.1 Election of 1820
00:36:22 7.2 Election of 1824
00:38:52 8 Historical reputation
00:39:56 9 See also



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The presidency of James Monroe began on March 4, 1817, when James Monroe was inaugurated as President of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1825. Monroe, the fifth United States president, took office after winning the 1816 presidential election by an overwhelming margin over Federalist Rufus King. This election was the last in which the Federalists fielded a presidential candidate, and Monroe was unopposed in the 1820 presidential election. A member of the Democratic-Republican Party, Monroe was succeeded by Secretary of State John Quincy Adams.
Monroe sought to eliminate political parties, and the Federalist Party faded as a national institution during his presidency. The Democratic-Republicans also stopped functioning as a unified political party, and the period during which Monroe served as president is often referred to as the "Era of Good Feelings" due to the lack of partisan conflict. Domestically, Monroe faced the Panic of 1819, the first major recession in the United States since the ratification of the Constitution. He supported many federally-funded infrastructure projects, but vetoed other projects due to constitutional concerns. Monroe supported the Missouri Compromise, which admitted Missouri as a slave state but excluded slavery in the remaining territories north of the parallel 36°30′ north.
In foreign policy, Monroe and Secretary of State Adams acquired East Florida from Spain with the Adams–Onís Treaty, realizing a long-term goal of Monroe and his predecessors. Reached after the First Seminole War, the Adams–Onís Treaty also solidified U.S. control over West Florida, established the western border of the United States, and included the cession of Spain's claims on Oregon Country. The Monroe administration also reached two treaties with Britain, marking a rapprochement between the two countries in the aftermath of the War of 1812. The Rush–Bagot Treaty demilitarized the U.S. border with British North America, while the Treaty of 1818 settled some boundary disputes and provided for the joint settlement of Oregon Country. Monroe was deeply sympathetic to the revolutionary movements in Latin America and opposed European influence in the region. In 1823, Monroe promulgated the Monroe Doctrine, which declared that the U.S. would remain neutral in European affairs, but would not accept new colonization of Latin American by European powers.
In the 1824 presidential election, four members of the Democratic-Republican Party sought to succeed Monroe, who remained neutral among the candidates. Adams emerged as the victor over General Andrew Jackson and Secretary of the Treasury William H. Crawford in a contingent election. Polls of historians and political scientists have generally ranked Monroe as an above-average president.