Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question.

'Era of good feeling' in sentence 2 refers to _________________.

Democratic societies from the earliest times have expected their governments to protect the weak against the strong. No ‘era of good feeling’ can justify discharging the police force or giving up the idea of public control over concentrated private wealth. On the other hand, it is obvious that a spirit of self – denial & moderation on the part of those who hold economic power will greatly soften the demand for absolute equality. Men are more interested in freedom & security than in an equal distribution of wealth. The extent to which government must interfere with business, therefore, is not
exactly measured by the by the extent to which economic power is concentrated into a few hands . The required degree of government interference depends mainly on weather economic powers are oppressively used, and on the necessity of keeping economic factors in a tolerable state of balance.
             But with the necessity of meeting all these dangers and threats to liberty, the power of government are unavoidably increased, whichever political party may be in office. The growth of government is a necessary result of

Of the growth of technology and of the problems that go with the use of machines and science. Since the government in our nation, must take on more powers to meet its problems, there is no way to preserve freedom except by making democracy more powerful.