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 An
Overview of James Monroe's Administration
As President, James
Monroe presided quietly during a period known as
"the era of good feeling." The frontier
was moving rapidly westward, and small cities
sprang up west of the Mississippi River. Rapidly
extending frontiers soon caused Americans to
consider whether slavery should be permitted in
the new territories. |
 James
Monroe: A Chronology of His Life and Career James Monroe became President after
more than 40 years of public service. After
fighting in the Revolution, he served as a U.S.
Senator; Minister to France, Spain, and Great
Britain; Governor of Virginia,;Secretary
of State; and, Secretary of War. |
 The
Missouri Compromise of
1820 was actually two
compromises in one, both of them arising out of
Missouri's request for statehood. Passed on March
3, 1820, it proposed that Maine be admitted as a
free state, thus balancing the admission of
Missouri as a slave state. |
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