Note: The following outline has been updated for the Fall 2012 semester.
20. Federalism and the Two-Party System
- 2 Key Issues for the Early Republic
- Washington’s Administration
- Election of 1789
- Cabinet
- Whig Presidency
- Bill of Rights
- Hamilton’s Federalism vs. Jefferson’s Republicanism
- Fiscal Policy
- Political Parties
- Whiskey Rebellion
21. Federalism and Republicanism
- Review: Hamilton’s Federalism vs. Jefferson’s Republicanism
- Federalism
- Jay’s Treaty (1794)
- Election of 1796
- XYZ Affair (1797-1798)
- Alien and Sedition Acts (1798)
- Republicanism
- VA and KY Resolutions (1798-1799)
- Revolution of 1800
22. Jefferson’s Presidency
- Review: 2 Key Issues; 2 Political Parties
- Jefferson and the Judiciary
- Judiciary Act of 1801
- Adams’s Midnight Judges
- Marbury v. Madison (1803)
- Impeachments
- Constitutional Amendments
- The Louisiana Purchase
- Background
- Constitutional Dilemma
- Lewis and Clark Expedition
23. War of 1812 (“Mr. Madison’s War”)
- Causes
- Violation of Neutrality Rights
- War Hawks
- Highlights
- Burning of Washington, D.C.
- Ft. McHenry’s Flag
- Legacies
- Treaty of Ghent
- Battle of New Orleans
- Hartford Convention
24. National Republicans
- National Republicanism
- Federalism vs. Republicanism
- Decline of Federalism
- Emergence of National Republicanism
- Foreign Policy: Monroe Doctrine (1823)
- Domestic Policy:
- Missouri Compromise (1820-21)
- Canals
- Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
25. Democratic Reorganization
- “Jacksonian America”
- Andrew Jackson
- Themes
- Dates
- Democratization
- Expansion of Suffrage
- Democratization of Electoral College
- Creation of the Democratic Party
- By whom? Why? How?
- Corrupt Bargain
- Spoils System
- Implications
26. Tariffs and Indians
- Tariff and Nullification Crisis
- Background
- 1828 Tariff of Abominations
- Calhoun, SC Exposition & Protest (1828)
- SC Nullification (1832)
- Jackson, Compromise & Force Bill (1833)
- Cherokee Removal
27. Second Great Awakening and Social Reform
- Second Great Awakening
- Jacksonian Democracy
- Finney’s New Measures
- Perfectionism
- Social Reform
- Temperance
- Abolitionism
- Pacifism
- Gender
- Technology and Progress
28. Understanding the Jacksonian Era
- National Bank Controversy
- Review of Part III
29. EXAM
