What is History of the United States (1789–1849)?
[[File:Flag of the United States (1848-1851).svg|thumb|right|300px|{{Center|U.S. Flag in 1849<br> (30 stars representing 30 states)}}]] The '''History of the United States (1789–1849)''', sometimes called the Antebellum period, is the [[history]] beginning with the [[Presidency of George Washington]] and ending just before the [[American Civil War]]. The first government, formed under the [[Articles of Confederation]], had ended and a new government based on the [[United States Constitution]] began.<ref name=constitutionLOC>{{cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Constitution.html |title=Primary Documents in American History; United States Constitution |website=Web Guides |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=31 October 2016}}</ref> In the early [[19th century]], the country went though a number of dramatic changes. The country expanded its borders, cities became industrial centers and the economy grew.<ref name=overviewDH>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/era.cfm?eraid=5 |title=Overview of the Pre-Civil War Era |author=S. Mintz, S. McNeil|publisher=Digital History |access-date=31 October 2016}}</ref> Sections of the United States developed differently leading to conflicts and eventually up to a civil war.<ref name=overviewDH/> == Federalist Era == This is the period from 1789 to about 1801 when the [[Federalist Party]] controlled the American government.{{efn|The word ''antebellum'' means the period before a war.<ref name=antebellumDICT>{{cite web |url=http://www.dictionary.com/browse/antebellum |title=antebellum |publisher=Dictionary.com |access-date=31 October 2016}}</ref> It especially applies to the American Civil War.<ref name=antebellumDICT/> The years that made up the antebellum period are not agreed on by all [[historians]]. Some sources define the period as from 1820 to 1860.<ref>David A. Copeland, ''The Antebellum Era: Primary Documents on Events from 1820 to 1860'' (Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2003), p. 1</ref> Others use the date 1789 as the beginning o