IdentificationsArticles of Confederation
Shay’s Rebellion
Constitutional Convention
Federalists v. Antifederalists
North v. South
Big States v. Small States
Bill of Rights
New government- The Cabinet
Alexander Hamilton and the Bank of the U.S.
James Madison
George Washington as President (and his ideas regarding government)-
Federalists
Democrat Republicans
John Adams’s presidency, Alien and Sedition Acts and KY, VA Resolutions
Election of 1800 and the Midnight Justices
Marbury v. Madison and Judicial Review
Characteristics of Jeffersonian American (ideals versus realities)
Louisiana Purchase (and the Haitian Revolution/Napoleon)
Lewis and Clark Expedition
War of the Barbary Pirates
Impressment
War hawks
Causes, stakes, and outcomes of the War of 1812
Tecumseh
Battle of Ft. McHenry and the Star Spangled Banner
The Burning of Washington D.C.
Battle of New Orleans/Treaty of Ghent
Characteristics of Early Frontier Life
Squatters and Land Speculators
Early Immigrants
Henry Clay, The American System, and the National Road (Cumberland)
Transportation Revolution (Steamboats, Railroads, and new forms of power)
James Monroe and the Era of Good Feelings
Monroe Doctrine
Judicial Nationalism (Marshall Court and relevant cases expanding federal power)
Strict v. Loose Construction
Industrial Revolution Part One (production, consumption, labor)
Age of Machines (technology, factory system, textiles, agriculture)
Wool to cotton- changes in Textile Production
Lowell Mills
Industry, Politics, and Labor conditions
New forms of communication
Renewed profitability of slavery
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Election of 1824- The Corrupt Bargain
Presidency of J.Q. Adams
Andrew Jackson- symbol of an age
Whole Hog for Jackson (1828) and Principles of Jacksonian America
Destruction of the Second Bank of the United States
Spoils System
Sequoya
Worchester v. Georgia, Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
Indian Removal and the Treaty of New Echota, Trail of Tears
Nullification Crisis and John C. Calhoun
Second American Party System (Democrats and Whigs)
Martin Van Buren
William Henry Harrison and John Tyler
Second Great Awakening
Social, Moral Reform Movements
Charles Finney
Transcendentalists
Mormons
Utopian Communities
Dorothea Dix
Temperance Movement
Horace Mann
Lucretia Mott/Grimke Sisters
Seneca Falls Convention
Abolitionism (Garrison, Douglass, Tubman, Still)
Manifest Destiny
Possible Discussion Questions1. Discuss the major issues and solutions of the Constitution Convention. What contradictions and issues of power remain apparent in the 1790s and early 1800s?
2. Compare and contrast Jeffersonian America and Jacksonian America. (Include ideological characteristics, federal v. state power, changes in the shape and direction of the nation, and the realities of life for Americans and Native Americans.)
3. What were the causes and the stakes of the War of 1812? What was the war's significance to American history and the course of the nation?
4. How did the Supreme Court from 1800-1830 help shape the direction of American domestic policy and political powers?
5. How did the Industrial Revolution change consumption, production, and social class in America 1790-1850?
6. Describe changes in demographics in the U.S. in the early 1800s. What were the characteristics of the frontier, eastern port cities, and reactions to these changes? What do these changes and reactionary developments reflect about the notion of American principles versus reality/practices?
7. Explain the plight of Native Americans from 1800-1840.
8. Describe reform and religious movements and developments from 1820-1850. In what ways were issues involved in reform and religion related? Also describe splinters movements and leaders involved.
9. Analyze urban life and urbanization. What was the relationship between urbanization and the Industrial Revolution? What changes were made during this period?
10. How did Andrew Jackson change American politics and presidential power? Describe him as a person and as a president. What were the contradictions of Andrew Jackson's ideals versus actions?