1.
Describe Jefferson's views about the federal government and
the constitution.
Describe the reforms Jefferson sought as president.
2.
Describe the most important controversies of Jefferson's
tenure.
3.
Describe the growth of the Supreme Court's power under John
Marshall. Describe
the most important decisions during Marshall's tenure.
4.
Discuss the controversy surrounding the slave trade.
5.
Trace America's entry into the War of 1812. Who favored and
who opposed the war
and why?
6.
Describe American relations with the Indians of the Northwest
Territory. and
describe the events that led to the battle of Tippecanoe.
7.
Trace the changes in federal land policy and describe how
these changes
encouraged settlement, speculation, and the political
integration of the west.
8.
Describe how America
gained western lands. Discuss American conflicts with Indians
and the
development of the Removal Policy. Discuss the American impact
on Cherokee
society and culture and the beginnings of the Seminoles.
9.
Describe the growth of the market economy and how it affected
the social,
political, and economic development of the US.
10.
Describe the growth of the "cotton" kingdom".
11.
Describe the death of the Federalist Party after the War of
1812.
12.
Discuss the growth of Democratic society and culture in the
US.
13.
Describe the growth of the textile industry in the US.
14.
Describe the Lowell operations and the conditions for the
workers.
15.
Identify the reasons for the mass immigration to the US in the
1840s and 1850s.
16.
Describe how this immigration affected the lives of the
workers and changed the
industrial order
17.
Identify and evaluate the political reforms that occurred
during the Age of
Jackson.
18.
Describe the major controversies that occurred during
Jackson's tenure.
19.
Describe the development of the 2nd two party system. Who
supported which party
and why?
20.
Describe the factors that stimulated the reform impulse in the
1800s. What were
these reforms? Why these? How was family life changing during
this period?
Describe the changing roles of women.
21.
Describe the rise of the temperance and abolitionist
movements.
22.
Discuss the rise of the women’s rights movement
23.
Discuss the purposes for and nature of the utopian communities
that were
founded during this period.
24.
Identify the sources of conflict between Mexico and Texas.
25.
Describe the arguments for and against the annexation of
Texas.
26.
Describe the events that characterized the election of 1844.
27.
Identify the points of conflict between Mexico and the US that
led to war.
