Unit 3 One Made from Many

Unit 3 – One Made from Many

Content Statement: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)

THE “REVOLUTION” OF 1800 (1797-1809)

Describe the XYZ Affair and how it affected the President Adam’s policies. (6.1.12.A.2)

Explain how the Alien and Sedition Acts tested the principles of the U.S. Constitution (6.1.12.A.2)

Explain how the political responses from Vice President Jefferson and the Democratic-Republicans create the nation’s first constitutional crisis. (6.1.12.A.2)

Summarize the philosophy of President Jefferson as he took office in 1801. (6.1.12.A.3)

Explain why Jefferson referred to the election of 1800 as the “revolution of 1800.”(6.1.12.A.3)

Explain the irony of Jefferson’s political life. (6.1.12.A.3)

Determine the extent to which America’s foreign policy in obtaining the Louisiana Territory was influenced by perceived national interest. (6.1.12.A.3.b)

State and explain the judicial reasoning underlying the Marbury v. Madison Supreme Court decision. (6.1.12.A.3.d)

Cite the economic principles underlying the decision behind the Embargo Act (6.1.12.A.3.c)

THE WAR OF 1812 (1809-1815)

Explain how trade relations between U.S. and Europe caused such great domestic and foreign tension. (6.1.12.A.3)

Cite the reasons given by the War Hawks to promote war with Britain.

(6.1.12.A.3)

Examine the political and social issues comprising the domestic problems during the War of 1812. (6.1.12.A.3) (6.1.12A.3.b)

Describe the short term political, economic and social consequences in the aftermath of the War of 1812. (6.1.12A.3.b)

THE ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS (1815-1824)

Explain how nationalism permeated the post war period was called the “Era of Good Feelings”. (6.1.12.A.3) (6.1.12.A.3.b)

Describe how the Supreme Court decisions McColloch v.Maryland and Gibbons v. Ogden increased the power of the national government. (6.1.12.A.3.d)

Cite the domestic and foreign policy accomplishments under President Monroe and the Congress (6.1.12.A.3)

Determine the extent to which the Monroe Doctrine influenced American foreign policy (6.1.12.A.3.b) (6.1.12.A.3.c)

Cite examples of nationalism in the American culture and what it meant to be an American. (6.1.12A.3.a)

THE JACKSONIAN AGE (1824-1840)

Explain the “corrupt bargain” and how it established the origins of the Jacksonian Age (6.1.12.A.3)

Explain how Jacksonian Democracy modernized the American political system and despite Jackson opened the process to more people. (6.1.12.A.3.g)

Assess how state’s rights through the “Doctrine of Nullification” and sectionalism influenced party politics and shaped national debate and policy. (6.1.12.D.3.c)

Judge the fairness of government treatment, policies and actions that resulted in Native American migration and removal. (6.1.12.A.3.e)