The American Revolution as a civil war?
	The Constitutional Convention of 1787 and the debate between a strong central government and those who wanted more power given to the states.
	Alexander Hamilton versus Thomas Jefferson -- different views of government.
	Changing government policy toward Native Americans.
	The effects of American territorial expansion between 1785 and 1825 on Native Americans.
	Government trade regulations and restrictions against European nations.
	The "Cult of Domesticity."
	The effects of the early westward movement on the American nation.
	The evolution of American foreign policy in the period 1793-1825.
	The significance of the changing role of the Supreme Court in American society from 1803 to 1824.
	The basic principals established by the Marshall Court.
	The Second Great Awakening as a challenge to the traditional ways of society in American between 1785 and 1825.
	The early feminist movement.
	The economic and political issues that influenced early American foreign policy in the 1790s.
	The development of the issue of Federal power through its influence on the politics of the early 1800s.
	The "Era of Good Feeling."
	Why the War of 1812 ended much as it had started--in stalemate.
	How the issue of slavery brought out the differences in the arguments concerning states rights and federalism.
	The conditions under which slaves lived in the South and responded to their social environment during the period of 1775 to 1825.
	How the government influenced the development of the Industrial Revolution in America in the period between 1790 and 1825.