How was news of the Treat of Ghent and Colonel Andrew Jackson's victory at the Battle of New Orleans greeted by most Americans?
A) with enthusiastic national celebrations and optimism for new political prospects and duties that would strengthen the country, even among some opponents of the war
B) with a weary pessimism about the future political and economic development of the United States
C) with a deepening fear that the United States was close to bankruptcy and that the American experiment had come desperately close to failing
D) popular relief that the war was over but convinced that future political, economic, and military conflicts would re-emerge
Answer: A
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