First off, the land they bought from France in the Louisiana Purchase allowed two explorers Lewis and Clark to gather information about the unknown land; also, railroads and canals have helped connect the Western and Eastern regions. Because of that, it has been made easier to access the unknown territory. Aside from …show more content…
Even though they failed the War of 1812, what followed was a better relationship between the Americans and the British; as for the battle that followed the War of 1812, Battle of New Orleans, the Americans actually managed to win that. Even though they were restricted by the Sedition Acts, that did not completely obliterate their policies; what How they managed to deal with foreign relations is another proof that the Democratic-Republicans have the ability to rehabilitate the nation.
Lastly, they have decided to adopt some Federalist ideas in order to promote national unity and subdue the sectionalism that is happening. As stated before, they decided to follow some of the Federalist economic policies such as a national bank. Even though they had opposition against some of each other’s ideas, they still managed to compromise and come together to a consensus; this proves the Democratic-Republicans have the ability to solve issues with their rivals. Without the Democratic-Republicans being able to carry out this policy, there would still be sectionalism and debate between the two