APush unit 2

CHAPTER 6

• Evaluate the impact of the Constitutional Convention of 1787

o Importance of the Great Compromise (Connecticut Compromise) o Differences between the Virginia and New Jersey plans o The reasons for the 3/5 th Compromise and why this approach will haunt the United States o The development of Checks and Balances within the Federal Government o The need for federalism with balance of power between the national government and the

state governments o Why the founding fathers feared Universal Manhood Suffrage, and their responses to keep

check of the influence of the people on elections? • Ratification process of the Constitution

o Federalist Papers vs the arguments of the Anti-Federalists o Importance of the Bill of Rights in creating compromise and getting the Constitution passed. • Presidency of George Washington

o Precedents o Original Cabinet and their influence o Financial plans of Alexander Hamilton (3 Part program) o Importance of neutrality in war between GB and France

§ Citizen Genet § Impressment of sailors by British

• Presidency of John Adams

CHAPTER 7

• The vital importance of the Election of 1800

• Presidency of Thomas Jefferson

o Jay Treaty and reaction o Importance of the Pinckney Treaty with Spain o The Whiskey Rebellion and the reaction from the administration o Washington’s Farewell Address o Election of 1796 and the quirk to the Presidency/Vice-Presidency o Importance of the XYZ affair over all of Adams’ administration o Alien and Sedition Acts and the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions o Why John Marshall’s appointment during the end of Adams’ presidency is so important and

impactful on the development of a powerful federal government?

o Potential loophole that almost makes Aaron Burr president o The rise of Jeffersonian democracy o The peaceful transition of power between Adams and Jefferson (The Revolution of 1800) o Original goals for TJ as he takes over the presidency. o How does TJ’s approach to reading the Constitution and federal power shift in the

presidency? o Impact of the Louisiana Purchase o Establishment of Judicial Review through the court case Marbury v. Madison (1803) o Fight with the Barbary States & remaining neutrality regarding war in Europe. o The reasoning and failures of the Embargo Act of 1807.

o Struggles in the Western parts of the United States with Native Americans

§ Impact of Tecumseh and the Prophet § The Battle of Tippecanoe and William Henry Harrison § British support of the Native Americans and the rise of the “Warhawks”

• Presidency of James Madison

o Non-Intercourse Act of 1809 o The ending of the 1 st Bank of the United States and why that proves to be a mistake? o Influence of the Warhawks on decision to go to war with Great Britain o The rise of the War of 1812

§ 3-part invasion of Canada § British Blockade § The end of Tecumseh at the Battle of the Thames § The burning of Washington DC § Treaty of Ghent and the end of the war § Arrival of Andrew Jackson onto the national stage (Battle of New Orleans)

o Effects of the War of 1812 on the United States

CHAPTER 8 and CHAPTER 10

• Presidency of James Monroe and the Era of Good Feelings

o Rise of Nationalism in the United States o Elements of the building of the “American System” and Henry Clay o Major federal power growth through court cases during the term of John Marshall as Chief

Justice of the Supreme Court

§ Marbury v Madison § McCulloch v Maryland § Cohen v Virginia § Gibbons v Ogden

• The impact of immigration on economic development in the United States • The rise of “nativism” in the United States because of increasing immigration • The impact and significance of the development of the Erie Canal • Rise of the transportation revolution – National Road

o Impact of the Steamboat • The growth of the Industrial Revolution and how it will change the course of American economic

development?

o The Lowell System

• Panic of 1819 and its influence • Relations with Great Britain and Spain during this time (Conventions and treaties) • The rise of the Monroe Doctrine and its intended purpose • The underlying problem of the Era of Good Feelings and the impact of the Missouri Compromise

(1820)