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Quarter Three: Test Study Guide
Growth of a Nation
Note: Students are reminded to also review the objectives and key terms/concepts, people, and events from Quiz 1.
Essential Questions:
1. What factors led to the evolution of American democracy?
2. How did changes in American democracy affect different groups in American society?
3. How did the federal government’s land use policies set the tone for the future development of the United States?
4. How was the acquisition and exploration of new land justified by various administrations in the early American republic?
5. How was the identity of the United States strengthened by the War of 1812, territorial expansion, and the Monroe Doctrine.
Objectives:
Students should be able to:
1. explain the importance of the Election of 1800.
2. explain how the ruling of Marbury v. Madison established judicial review and explain the importance of
judicial review.
3. describe the cause and effect of the Louisiana Purchase and assess the constitutionality of the purchase.
4. explain and analyze the steps taken by the Jefferson Administration and Congress to enforce American
neutrality.
5. define the term embargo, describe the causes of the Embargo Act of 1807, and explain the unintended
economic consequences of the act.
6. describe the causes, significant battles, and results of the War of 1812.
7. Explain the factors that brought about the Monroe Doctrine and analyze the impact of the Monroe Doctrine
on America’s foreign policy.
8. define the term, Manifest Destiny, and explain how this concept influenced the territorial expansion of the
United States.
9. describe the push-pull factors that led to immigration in the 1800s.
10. describe the population patterns of the United States from 1790-1860.
11. describe the government policies of a protective tariff, a national bank, and internal improvements that
fostered an Industrial Revolution.
12. explain how the Industrial Revolution sparked the growth of cities (the Northeast), created benefits for
farming (the South), and encouraged the revolution in transportation.
13. identify the factors that contributed to the growing sectionalism in the early 1800s.
14. compare and explain the importance of the elections of 1824 and 1828.
15. describe and evaluate the political, economic, and social changes during the Jacksonian Era.
Assignments and Notes Section:
The order for your papers is a continuation from the list from Growth of a Nation: Quiz 1 Study Guide.
1. Growth of a Nation: Quiz 1 Study Guide
2. Growth of a Nation: Quiz 1
3. Activity: The Jefferson Era: 1800-1816 – The Louisiana Purchase (Chapter 9, Section 2)
4. Map: The Louisiana Purchase and Westward Exploration
5. Activity: Map Questions: The Louisiana Purchase and Westward Exploration and Documenting the Journey
6. DVD notes: Lewis and Clark: Great Journey West
7. Activity: The Jefferson Era: 1800-1816 – A Time of Conflict (Chapter 9, Section 3)
(over)
8. Activity: Pirates of North Africa
9. Activity: The Embargo Act of 1807 (w/additional notes – American Foreign Trade: 1800-1812)
10. Notes: The Jeffersonian Era (review for the quiz)
11. Historical Investigation: Who was the Most Influential President: George Washington, John Adams, or
Thomas Jefferson?
12. Activity: War of 1812: First Invasion of the United States (Chapter 9, Section 4 w/ additional class notes)
13. Activity: Peace, New Boundaries, and Foreign Policy w/ notes on the evolution of major political parties
14. Check for Understanding #3
15. Notes: Growth and Expansion: c. 1790-1840
16. Article and activity: The Rise of Sectionalism
17. Activity: Election of 1824 and the Election of 1828
18. Notes: Age of Jackson Notes with additional class notes on the Trail of Tears
19. Quarter Three: Test Study Guide (this paper)
Key Terms/Concepts, People, and Events:
Unconstitutional Democratic-RepublicanRepealStates’ Rights
Twelfth AmendmentNeutralityImpressmentAlien
SeditionCensusLaissez-FaireJudiciary Act of 1801
Judicial ReviewEmbargoMidnight JudgesTribute
Nonintercourse ActBlockadeLouisiana PurchaseBattle of Tippecanoe
War HawksNationalismElection of 1800Monticello
Santo DomingoSecedeNeutral RightsFrigate
PrivateerMarbury v. MadisonTreaty of GhentHartford Convention
Old IronsidesPatriotismRuralUrban
Era of Good FeelingsTranscontinental TreatyMonroe Doctrine
Alexander HamiltonThomas JeffersonJohn AdamsJohn Marshall
Aaron BurrNapoleon BonaparteMeriwether Lewis William Clark
Zebulon PikeSacagaweaTecumsehWilliam Henry Harrison Prophet James Madison Dolley Madison Francis Scott Key
War of 1812 Battles: Battle of Thames, Battle of Horseshoe Bend, York, Attack on Washington D.C., Battle of Baltimore, Battle of Lake Champlain, Battle of New Orleans
Push-Pull FactorsIndustrial RevolutionTurnpikesNational Road
Era of Good FeelingsRush-Bagot TreatyAdams-Onis TreatyTransportation Revolution
Monroe DoctrineSectionalismManifest DestinyCotton Gin
Interchangeable PartsLowell SystemConestoga WagonYeoman
TelegraphPlantationMudslingingInternal Improvements
CanalSecedeMorse CodeRural v. Urban
Indian Removal ActTrail of TearsTariff of AbominationCourt Case: Cherokees v. GA
Nullification CrisisSecond National BankSpoils SystemPanic of 1837
SuffrageCensureProtective Tariff
James MonroeJohn Quincy AdamsAndrew Jackson Henry Clay
Martin Van BurenEli WhitneyThe Five Civilized Tribes