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Which challenges and opportunities confronted Americans who settled in new states and territories after 1812?

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The United States faced severe economic and foreign policy problems. A huge debt remained from the Revolution; paper money issued during and after the war was worthless; and Britain and Spain occupied territory claimed by the United States. The new nation lacked the machinery of government.

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