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January 26--Tuesday
1. How did the first American political parties develop?
2. What were the characteristics of the Federalist Party?
3. What were the characteristics of the Democrat-Republican Party?
4. How was the election of 1796 the first test for American political parties
January 27--Wednesday
1. What made the election of 1800 so significant in American political history? peaceful transfer of power
2. What were the provisions of the following treaties: Jay's Treaty, Pickney's Treaty, Treaty of Greenville, & Convention of 1800? Jay's Treaty: Britain had the right to seize cargo bound for French ports & agreed to international arbitration, British gave up forts in American territory and gave the U.S. most-favored nation status. Pickney's Treaty: U.S. given the right to navigate the Mississippi & to deposit goods in New Orleans. Treaty of Greenville: Native American Nations gave up part of southern Ohio & Indiana in exchange for money. Convention of 1800: U.S. gave up claims against France for damage to American shipping & France released the U.S. from the Treaty of 1778.
3. Why did Napolean sell Louisiana to the U.S.? France needed the money and Napoleon didn't want the U.S. & Great Britain to form an alliance
4. What led to the war with the Barbary States? Jefferson refused to keep making tribute payments to the Barbary States & they declared war
5. What was the purpose of the Embargo of 1807? Jefferson wanted to avoid war & asked Congress to halt all trade between the U.S. & Europe
6. How did the Supreme Court decision in Marbury v. Madison strengthen the federal judiciary? created judicial review
1 February--Monday
1. How was the Tariff of 1816 different from previous tariffs? protective tariff rather than a revenue tariff
2. What caused the United States to send Andrew Jackson into Spanish Flordia? control raids at the GA/FL border b/w Seminoles in Spanish FL and Americans in GA (Spanish failed to control the situation)
3. How did Chief Justice John Marshall strengthen the Supreme Court? strengthened the power of the federal government over the power of the state governments
4. How did the rural landscape change with the building of the National Road? farmland was lost, forests had to be cut down, more people passing through created noise & pollution, new towns
5. How did the Monroe Doctrine reinforce President Washington's ideas about foreign policy? reduced the possibility that the U.S. would become involved in European affairs
6. Provide examples of nationalism in the U.S. after the War of 1812 (economic, judicial, and diplomatic) ECONOMIC: national bank, protective tariffs JUDICIAL: strengthen the power of federal government DIPLOMATIC: invasion of Florida & Monroe Doctrine
2 February--Tuesday
1. List the changes that occurred as a result of the Industrial Revolution.
roads, increased trade & travel, factories, growth in cities (urbanization)
2. Describe advances that were made in transportation during this period. trains,
steamboats, road system
3. How did the concept of interchangeable parts revolutionize the manufacturing
process? machines turned out larges quantities of identical pieces that workers
assembled into finished products
4. Name two reasons the factory system began in the Northeast. fast moving
bodies of water, low taxes, incorporation laws, free enterprise,
& entrepreneurs
3 February--Wednesday
1. How was the Second Great Awakening similar to & different from the First
Great Awakening? 1st=reaction to loss of religious zeal, sermons promised
sinners would go to hell 2nd=perception American were losing their faith,
sermons were emtotional instead of fearful
2. List movements in American cultural movements in the mid 1800s. nativism,
revivalism, romanticism, transcentalism, utopian communities
3. What new religious group formed in the 1830s? Mormons
4. Why did so many Irish & German immigrants come to the U.S. at this time?
Irish=potato famine German=escape revolution & repression
5. What was the penny press? inexpensive newspapers
4 February--Thursday
1. How did the idea of "true womanhood" develop & what were its main traits?
2. List the major areas of reform in the mid-1800s.
3. How did the Second Great Awakening affect the reform movements of the mid-1800s?
4. What principle was the basis for the drive for public education?
5. On what document did the Seneca Falls Convention base the "Declaration of Sentiments?"