8Th Grade Binder Check Make up Assignment: Copy These Notes, and Answer the Do Now Questions

8th Grade Binder Check Make up Assignment: Copy these notes, and answer the Do Now Questions.

Early Republic Unit Notes

Causes of the War of 1812: What were the British and Americans fighting over?

◦British: Were at war with France (1793-1815), and wanted to stop anyone from trading with the French

◦Americans: Wanted to trade with anyone

◦British: Claimed the right to force any British citizen to join the navy, even if they were sailing on American ships

◦Americans: Claimed the British were lying, and kidnapping Americans

◦British: Were afraid American expansion west could threaten British Canada

◦Americans: Wanted to spread west and remove the Natives

End of the War of 1812

Fighting was more or less even (neither side conquered anything)
The peace treaty mostly returned thing to how they had been before the war
Many Americans took pride in the battles they won during the war, and the natives in the west were largely defeated
But with France defeated in Europe, the problems of trade and impressment went away

Race, Ethnicity, Nationality

Race is based on biology- physical features
Ethnicity is based on culture- people who share the same culture have the same ethnicity (language, religion, art, practices, basically everything you do)
Nationality is based on where you live (or were born, or have citizenship)

Monroe Doctrine

Stated that European nations were not allowed to interfere with North and South America (couldn't invade, colonize, etc. as they had done for centuries). If any European nation did this, the United States would respond (possibly even by declaring war).
As the United States became more powerful, though, sometimes the US itself has interfered with Latin America (ranging from peacekeeping and enforcing laws/agreements to invasions, theft of natural resources, and assassinations- however you want to interpret it).

Economic Systems

Mercantilism: Government gives advantages to certain private businesses over other ones, and tries to restrict foreign companies (e.g. Britain gave the East India co. a tea monopoly, and told colonists they could not buy tea from the French)
Free Market Capitalism: Businesses are privately owned, the government protects private property, but allows individual people to make their own decisions and fend for themselves
Socialism: Businesses are owned by the government, with the goal of providing everyone with a decent standard of living (e.g. there usually are no homeless people in socialist countries)

Rise of American Capitalism

Good or bad?

8th Grade Do Now Questions

1/6: What are people like today? How do people act, what do people believe?

1/12: How much time do you usually spend thinking about politics?

1/13: Do you agree with Hamilton that the “Best People” should lead?

1/14: Do you agree with Hamilton that people are basically selfish?

1/15: In politics, what is the key to speaking so that people will listen?

1/16: Which party would you support, the Federalists or Democratic Republicans?

1/22: Would you die for honor?

1/23: Should the U.S. help the French fight the British?

1/26: Are political parties a good thing or a bad thing?

1/28: What are three things you think are worth fighting and dying for?

1/30: What is something that is worse than war?

2/2: What were the three causes I gave you for the War of 1812? Were these worth fighting over?

2/4: What happened at Tippecanoe?

2/17: What's more important in telling what a person is like, race, ethnicity, or nationality?

2/18: What is the Monroe Doctrine?

2/19: Judging from George Washington's farewell address, what might he say about the actions of the United States in El Salvador?

2/24: Should the government take money from the rich to give to the poor?