• textbook --> pp. 250 - 261.
• AMSCO --> pp. 121 - 127.

1. Make a list of fundamental principles of Jeffersonian democracy.
2. How was the style of Jefferson's administration different from that of Washington?
3. How did Jefferson's presidency represent a fundamental change in the direction of the federal government?
4. What were the key elements of Secretary of the Treasury Gallatin's fiscal program?  Where did he differ from Alexander Hamilton?
5. What were the provisions of the Judiciary Act of 1801?  Why did the new Republican Congress repeal it?
6. How did the case of Marbury v. Madison fit into Jefferson's conflict with the federal court system?  What is the significance of this case?
7. What was the purpose of the Lewis and Clark expedition?  What did it accomplish?
8. Why was Jefferson interested in securing the Louisiana Territory from France?  Why was Napoleon Bonaparte willing to part with it?  What were the terms agreed on?
9. Why did Jefferson have some reservations about authorizing the purchase of the Louisiana Territory?
10. What was the reaction of the New England Federalists to the Louisiana Purchase?
11. What was the "Burr conspiracy?"  What was its outcome?
12. What was the impact of the Chesapeake Incident on Anglo-American relations in 1807?
13. What were the provisions of the Embargo Act of 1807?  How did it impact the different regions of the country and the economy of the nation as a whole?
14. How did the Embargo of 1807 affect the 1808 presidential election?  What was the response of the new president to diplomatic problems addressed by that embargo?
15. What were the roles of Tecumseh and the Prophet, Tenskwatawa in the development of the Pan-Indian resistance movement?  How successful were they in achieving their goals?
16. Why did Americans want to wrest control of Florida from Spain?  What attempts were made before 1812 to accomplish this?
17. Who were the "War Hawks?"  Why were they able to exert such influence on America's drift toward war?
18. Why did the Congress declare war in 1812?  What was the extent to which party and region divided support or opposition for war?

                          ASSIGNMENT 2:

• textbook --> pp. 261 - 267.
• AMSCO --> pp. 127 - 133 [Docs. A - D on pp. 136 - 139].

1. Why did New England oppose the war in 1812?  What caused the leaders of this region to regard the War of 1812 as a threat to their future as a meaningful force in the United States?
2. What effect did the Hartford Convention have on the Federalist party?
3. What were the relative successes and failures of the American military during the first year of the war?
4. Explain President Madison's strategic vision for the invasion of Canada.  Why did he fail to execute that vision?
5. What were the plan and purpose of the British invasion of the United States in 1814?  What was the result?
6. What was the background to peace negotiations at Ghent?  What did both sides initially demand?  What were the eventual provisions of the treaty?  Why did they finally agree on the terms they did?
7. What was the impact of the Battle of New Orleans on the war?  How did it boost Andrew Jackson's reputation?

                         ASSIGNMENT 3:

• textbook --> pp. 267 - 274.
• AMSCO --> pp. 140 - 156.
• Heffner's docs. --> pp. 96 - 98 [Monroe Doctrine].

1. Why was the early Monroe administration called the "Era of Good Feeling?"
2. How did America's wartime experience underline the need for another National Bank?
3. Identify THREE examples of Congressional support for economic nationalism between 1816 and 1817.
4. What was the judicial philosophy of Chief Justice John Marshall?  Identify the key Supreme Court decisions of this era and show how each reflected Marshall's philosophy.  Who led the opposition to his rulings and why?
5. Why was Florida such a problem for Americans in the South in the late 1810s?  How did Andrew Jackson make the resolution of this problem an absolute necessity?
6. Describe the foreign ministry of John Quincy Adams. Identify the major treaties he negotiated that promoted diplomatic nationalism.
7. Why did the president announce the Monroe Doctrine when he did?  What specific dangers, if any, did he have in mind when he made the announcement?
8. What were the causes of the Panic of 1819?  What impact did it have on economic, political, and regional unity in the United States?
9. How did the government try to ease the pain of this depression?
10. What were the major elements of disagreement in the debate over the admission of Missouri into the Union?  Which group opposed its entry as a slave state?  Why?
11. List the provisions of the Missouri Compromise.  How did its enactment set the stage for the 19c debate over slavery?
12. Who were the candidates in the 1824 presidential election?  What was the outcome?
13. What "problem" arose in the 1824 election?  What part did Henry Clay play in resolving this "problem?"  Why was this resolution called the "Corrupt Bargain"?  By whom?
14. How did the 1824 election signal the end of the "Era of Good Feeling?"

DBQ --> AMSCO book (pp. 163 - 165)