2. Term: 5th President of the United States
(1817-1825)
Born: April 28, 1758, Westmoreland County,
Virginia
Nickname: "The Last Cocked Hat," "Era-of-Good-
Feelings President"
Education: College of William and Mary (graduated
1776)
Religion: Episcopalian
Career: Lawyer
Political Party: Democratic-Republican
Died: July 4, 1831, New York City, New York
Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia
3. •Against European interference and colonization
Europe •Monroe announces his intention to acknowledge “the
independent republics of Latin America" (March 8, 1821)
•Congress maintains a free Maine and a slave Missouri
Slavery •establishes that land north of the 36 degree, 30' line
with the exception of Missouri -- will be free, while
territory below the line will be slave.
Transport • The question of widening the transport system
system the country`s infrastructure
•A decline in real estate values and a severe credit
contraction inflates the currency and causes imports and
Import Duties prices to fall (The Panic of 1819 )
•Crisis ends around 1823.
4. delivered to Congress on December 2nd,
1823.
the Americas should be free from future
European colonization.
It stated the United States' intention to stay
neutral in European wars.
It is Monroe's most famous contribution to
society.
5. Mississippi – December 10, 1817
Illinois – December 3, 1818
Alabama – December 14, 1819
Maine – March 15, 1820
Missouri – August 10, 1821
6. endured until 1824
No argues between parties
He made strong Cabinet choices
