Hi everybody. Today! Bye, mommy! It's going to talk about James Monroe.

Thank you, Noah, for introducing James Monroe, the fifth president of the United States.

James Monroe had an impressive resume before becoming president. He was the governor of his home state of Virginia. He helped

negotiate the Louisiana Purchase and he was Secretary of State and Secretary of War for

the previous President James Madison. He served two terms as president by winning all but

three states in 1816 and winning every single state in 1820.

The Federalists were a non-factor and Monroe enjoyed the support of almost all Americans.

The support was so widespread his tenure as president is often referred to as the

era of good feelings. It would be the last time a president enjoyed such unanimous support.

Before becoming president during the war of 1812, Monroe had to deal with a bankrupt

treasury as well as a poorly trained and poorly equipped army

as the Secretary of War and State. He secured loans to finance the war and increased the amount

of land promised to soldiers after their military service. He also merged the state militias

into a stronger federal army.

While Monroe was president, the United States expanded further west and also acquired Florida through purchase.

President Monroe was also sympathetic to the plight of slaves and Native Americans.

He supported a law that returned illegally captured slaves to Africa in the

West Coast nation of Liberia. In President Monroe's honor, the capital of Liberia is named

Monrovia. He also supported a policy that set aside land for Native Americans. Despite his sympathetic views,

slavery would resume for another half century and Native Americans would continue to be displaced

for the sake of westward expansion, and his policies in support of slaves and Native Americans

would not last long after his presidency. In his second term, President Monroe wrote

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