Mrs. Ruland's Advanced Placement United States History Class

Unit 4 Study Guide

Unit 4 - The Infant Republic, 1776-1824

Facts to Know

Chapter 7 - Forging a National Republic, 1776-1789

1. The varieties of republicanism that emerged in the new American republic.
   
2. The impact of revolutionary ideology on literature and the fine arts; educational practice; gender roles and the family; African Americans; and the development of racist theory.
   
3. The growth of the free African American population and the reaction of black Americans to life in a racist society.
   
4. The evolution of constitutional theories of government at the state level during the republic's early years.
   
5. The problems faced by the Confederation Congress, and its handling of those problems.
   
6. The forces that led to the calling of the Constitutional Convention.
   
7. The characteristics of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention, and examine the role played by James Madison.
   
8. The major disagreements that emerged in the drafting of the Constitution, and how those disagreements were resolved.
   
9. The basic provisions and the underlying principles of the Constitution of the United States.
   
10. The debate over ratification of the Constitution, and why the Federalist forces prevailed.

Chapter 8 - Politics and Society in the Early Republic, 1789-1800

1. The immediate problems and issues faced by the President and Congress in 1790, and how these problems and issues were resolved.
   
2. The role of the Supreme Court from 1789 to 1800, and the significance of its decisions in Ware v. Hylton, Hylton v. U.S., and Chisholm v. Georgia.
   
3. Hamilton's economic program, the beliefs and assumptions it reflected, the opposition it aroused, and its fate in Congress.
   
4. The characteristics and the political, social, and economic beliefs of the Federalists and the
   
5. Democratic-Republicans, and the relationship between those beliefs and the approach of these political factions to Hamilton's economic program; the Whiskey
6. Rebellion; the formation of Democratic-Republican societies; the Alien and Sedition Acts; and the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions.
   
7. The debate between the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans about major foreign policy issues between 1789 and 1801, and the domestic impact of this debate.
   
8. The issues in the presidential elections of 1796 and 1800, and the elections' outcome.
   
9. The impact of United States government policies on the life, culture, and economies of eastern Indian nations between 1789 and 1800, and the responses of the Indians to the pressures they experienced.
   
10. The causes and consequences of Gabriel's Rebellion and the Sancho conspiracy.

Chapter 9 - The Empire of Liberty, 1801-1824

1. The Democratic-Republicans' attempts to implement their philosophy of government.
   
2. The role of Chief Justice John Marshall in establishing the Supreme Court as an equal branch of government in theory and in practice.
   
3. Jefferson's decision to purchase the Louisiana territory, and the political and economic impact of this decision on the United States.
   
4. The goals and discuss the achievements of the Lewis and Clark expedition.
   
5. The development of party politics in the early nineteenth century, and the factors that led to the demise of the Federalist party.
   
6. The consequences of United States policies from 1801 to 1812 that were
   designed to protect America's trading rights.
   
7. The hostility between the United States and Shawnee Indians from 1801 through the war of 1812.
   
8. The development of commerce and industry in the United States from 1801 to 1815.
   
9. The causes and consequences of the War of 1812.

Quizzes

• Textbook Quiz — chapter 7     chapter 8      chapter 9
• Mrs. Pojer's Quizzes
  • US Constitution  A   B   C   D
  • The Jeffersonian Age  A    B    C    D

Documents

• Rights of Women in an Independent Republic - letter of Abigail Adams to John Adams (March 31, April 14, May 26, 1776)
• Articles of Confederation (1777)
• U. S. Constitution (1787)
• Federalist Papers #10 (1787)
• Letters of a Federalist Farmer (1787)
• Washington's “Farewell Address” (1796)
• Alien & Sedition Acts (1798)
• Kentucky Resolutions (1798)
• Lewis and Clark: A Scientific Interest (1805)
• Lewis and Clark: A Modern View (1998)

Study Aids

• Mrs. Ruland's Notes on Foreign Policy Under the Articles of Confederation
• Mrs. Ruland's Notes on the Constitution
• Mrs. Ruland's Notes on the Federalists and Democratic-Republicans
• Mrs. Ruland's Notes on Native Americans in the Early Republic
• From Revolution to Reconstruction - An Outline of American History
  • Chapter Four: The Formation of a National Government
• Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Modules on Major Topics
  • The Constitution
  • The New Nation
  • The Jeffersonian Era
• Digital History
  • Guided Readings
    • The Critical Period: America in the 1780s
    • The US Constitution and the Bill of Rights
    • Religion and the Early Republic
    • The First New Nation
    • Antislavery
    • Jeffersonian Republicanism
    • The Era of Good Feelings
  • Explorations
    • Learn About the Constitution
    • Learn About the New Nation
    • Learn About the Jeffersonian Era
  • Conflict Over Ratifying the Constitution
  • Federalists and Jeffersonians
  • War of 1812
  • A Chronology of Anti-Slavery
• George Burson, Aspen CO
  • The Creation of a New Government
  • The United States: 1789-1824
• Academic American History, Henry J. Sage, Northern Virginia Community College
  • Era of the American Revolution, 1763-1800
  • The Age of Jefferson and Jackson, 1800-1840
• Mr. Feldmeth - Polytechnic School, Pasadena CA
  • Articles of Confederation (The Ropes of Sand) - outline
  • Articles of Confederation vs. the Constitution - chart
  • Miracle at Philadelphia: The Constitutional Convention - outline
  • Federalist Era (1789-1800) - outline
  • Jeffersonial Era - outline
  • Legacy of the Marshall Court (1801-1835) - outline
  • War of 1812 - outline
  • Key Events & Causes: War of 1812 - chart
• Timeline- 1751 to 1800 (Mr. Wood, Murray HS, Murray UT)
• Timeline- 1801 to 1850 (Mr. Wood, Murray HS, Murray UT)
• Presidential Election Data (David Leip) — 1789    1792    1796    1800    1804    1808    1812    1816    1820    1824
• Cram Sheet (Renata Melamud) —   Washington Through Monroe
• What Was the American Revolution? 1760-1836 (Crossroads)
• The Ambiguous Democracy in America, 1800-1848 (Crossroads)
• OHTI Lesson Plan - The Alien and Sedition Acts

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