Their navy had grown in size and now rivaled any other nation’s navy. After the war, it was apparent that America was a force to be reckoned with. This attitude would carry on as the naval skirmishes dropped dramatically after the war’s end, and the impressment of sailors would cease. For the first time in the country’s brief history, the need for a standing army war quite obvious. Young men were quick to sign up for the powerful army that would conquest their new lands. (Latham, Pg. 142; Nationalism & Civic Pride, Web; Emerging Nationalism after American War of 1812,
Their navy had grown in size and now rivaled any other nation’s navy. After the war, it was apparent that America was a force to be reckoned with. This attitude would carry on as the naval skirmishes dropped dramatically after the war’s end, and the impressment of sailors would cease. For the first time in the country’s brief history, the need for a standing army war quite obvious. Young men were quick to sign up for the powerful army that would conquest their new lands. (Latham, Pg. 142; Nationalism & Civic Pride, Web; Emerging Nationalism after American War of 1812,