This unit summary outlines key events and developments during the early 19th century expansion of the United States. It discusses the economic and social issues during Thomas Jefferson's presidency, including the Louisiana Purchase which doubled the size of the country. It also examines the War of 1812 and the Era of Good Feelings. Additionally, the summary addresses the growth of slavery and the slave system in the Southern states, and the resistance of slaves to the institution of slavery. The expanding nation faced conflicts over issues like states' rights, slavery, and western migration that increasingly divided the country.

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UNIT V STUDY GUIDE
Expanding the Nation
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this unit, students should be able to:
1. Explain the economic situation of the new country and its
inhabitants
and note the factors that influenced the economy during this era.
2. Outline the beliefs and policies of Jefferson and note the
impact these
had on the nation at large.
3. Identify key issues within Jefferson’s term of office and note
the
resolution and impact of these issues.
4. Identify the Louisiana Purchase and describe its impact on
early
America.
5. List the causes of the War of 1812, outline its progression,
and identify
both the economic and political consequences of the war.

2. 6. Define the “Era of Good Feelings,” why it happened, and how
it ended.
7. Address both the causes and the effects of western migration.
8. Discuss the evolving southern society and identify points
such as the
economy, its dependence on slave labor, and the impact the
slave
system had on all elements of southern society.
9. Outline the development of the slave community and
elements that
existed within that community and thus the lives of slaves.
10. Note the various means slaves employed to resist the
institution of
slavery, and assess the impact of growing Northern abolitionist
views
on the “slave society” of the South.
Written Lecture
Unit V is composed of Chapters 9 and 10. This unit looks into
what were truly
the early years of America: a time of social, economical, and
religious
questions. It focuses on exactly what the political processes of
revolutionary
America brought to the nation, while also highlighting new
conflicts with Europe
and the natives at the turn of the nineteenth century.
Chapter 9 discusses the age of Jefferson, the social issues
consumed by the

3. rise of the Republican beliefs, and the lasting legacy of the
Federalist views
onto the American life. The rise of industry, the growth of the
urban society, and
the continued problems with the economic disparity of the
agricultural society
all factor into this look at what America had become in such a
short time. One
of the key issues here is how important the early leadership of
Washington
was, and how quickly one political feud could be repaired
within a nation.
The issue of slavery in the South reappears as a key part of
American society
in this section. The change in worldwide philosophy against the
practice started
in Europe near the end of the American War for Independence,
but new
technologies like the Cotton Gin reinvigorated the economic
importance of
Reading
Assignment
Chapter 9:
An Empire for Liberty,
1790-1824
Chapter 10:
The South and Slavery,
1790s-1850s
Supplemental

4. Reading
Instructions are below
Written Lecture
Learning Activities
(Non Graded)
Instructions are below
Written Lecture
Key Terms
1. American System
2. Black codes
3. Denmark Vesey’s
conspiracy
4. Embargo Act
5. Era of Good Feelings
6. Gang System
7. Industrial Revolution
8. Manumission
9. Marbury v. Madison
10. Missouri Compromise
11. Monroe Doctrine
12. Nat Turner’s Revolt
13. Nullification
14. Pan-Indian military
resistance movement

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many common cash crops throughout the American South
leading to a new
boom in the plantation economy and a boost in the importance
of cheap labor.
This boom, led by “King Cotton,” became a staple of the
Southern economy and
once again slavery would be considered an untouchable
institution.
With the Plantation culture also came the installation of a new
slave culture, one
of their own design based on the home that they knew and
longed for and
displayed in song, story, and faith. From these plantations
would come a new
and influential voice of America, one that would evolve into an
essential element
of the fabric of the modern American philosophy.
This unit addresses the factors that led to the growth of the new
nation. Soon,
this growth and especially its causes will become a topic that
divides the new
nation and pits brother against brother.
Supplemental Reading

6. From American History I: Primary Source Documents:
7-3: Questions Concerning the Constitutionality of the National
Bank (1791)
7-7: Marbury v. Madison (1803)
8-2: Thomas Jefferson, “First Inaugural Address” (1801)
8-3: Constitutionality of the Louisiana Purchase (1803)
8-4: Sacagawea Interprets for Lewis and Clark (1804)
9-4: The Monroe Doctrine and a Reaction (1823)
9-5: Henry Clay, “Defense of the American System” (1832)
13-1: Nat Turner, Confession (1831)
Learning Activities (Non Graded)
Read the Primary Source Documents listed in the Supplemental
Reading, and
respond to the focus questions located after each document.
For a review of the Key Terms of the unit, click here to access
the interactive
Unit I Flashcards in PowerPoint form. (Click here to access a
PDF version.)
15. Rush-Bagot Treaty of
1817
16. Second Great
Awakening
17. Tariff of 1816
18. Treaty of Ghent
19. War Hawks

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