THE YOUNG REPUBLIC The New Republic and the First President BELL RINGER Out of all the freedoms granted to Americans, what do you consider to be the most precious freedom? OBJECTIVE Explain early themes in U.S. history. Read key documents to explain major ideas about government. WHAT STEPS DID THE U.S. TAKE TO ESTABLISH A STABLE AND LASTING NATIONAL GOVERNMENT? George Washington: political parties and the economy John Adams: Alien and Sedition Acts Jefferson: Marbury v. Madison, Louisiana Purchase Madison: War of 1812 BILL OF RIGHTS George Washington has become the first president Departments make up a cabinet Inheriting a huge debt from Congress A. Hamilton considers creating a national bank, violate enumerated powers Citing Article 1 Section 8 Necessary and Proper Clause = implied powers New tax brings the Whiskey Rebellion RISE OF POLITICAL PARTIES Federalists support Hamilton Democratic-Republicans support Jefferson Washington warns the American people in his Farewell Address What message is he trying to portray? Political parties, alliances, and sectionalism John Adams (2 nd pres.) enrages the French Political parties divide as a result of the Alien and Sedition Acts ELECTION OF 1800 Jefferson provides Adams with competition Presents the problems with the Alien/Sedition Acts Reveals the problems with selecting the president, the Electoral College Twist in who would be president and vice-president Change in power brings about the 12 th Amendment THE YOUNG REPUBLIC Exploring the West BELL RINGER Review the case of Marbury v. Madison REPUBLICANS IN POWER Jefferson hopes to get rid of the Federalists plans Marbury v. Madison creates judicial review Napoleon Bonaparte offers to sell the Louisiana Territory to the U.S. Lewis and Clark work with a Shashone to find a waterway to the Pacific, investigate West MAP ACTIVITY With your blank map of the United States you will need to color in and label the following: States in 1803 (orange) Louisiana Purchase (green) Spanish Territory (yellow) British Territory (purple) Routes taken Lewis and Clark (red) Route taken by Zebulon Pike (blue) LEWIS & CLARK: GREAT JOURNEY WEST What did they learn from their experience? THE YOUNG REPUBLIC The Growth of a Nation, Part 1 BELL RINGER Complete the Cloze Passage that relates to the War of 1812. OBJECTIVES Discuss what made it possible for the national government to become strong. Describe how businesses helped to generate wealth in the U.S. STAR SPANGLED BANNER Who knows all of the words to the national anthem? STAR SPANGLED BANNER Oh say can you see, by the dawns early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight, Oer the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave Oer the land of the free and the home of the brave? ACTIVITY Working with your group, read the passage about the War of As you are reading, underline important facts about the events leading up to and during the war. Circle any words that are new to you and you do not know the definition to. As a group, summarize what you have read in 5 sentences on the back of the sheet. Once you have written your summaries, answer the 10 questions based on the passage (Assignment). WHAT STEPS DID THE U.S. TAKE TO ESTABLISH A STABLE AND LASTING NATIONAL GOVERNMENT? George Washington: political parties and the economy John Adams: Alien and Sedition Acts Jefferson: Marbury v. Madison, Louisiana Purchase Madison: War of 1812 THE WAR OF 1812 James Madison is president Father of Constitution British practice impressments British help with uprising of N.A. and Congress declares war White House is set on fire 1814 Provides heroes such as Andrew Jackson and Francis Scott Key (The Star Spangled Banner) Ended with the Treaty of Ghent (1814) ACTIVITY FOUND POEM Each student choose three favorite phrases from the selection (does not have to be a sentence-just a group of words) and write them on paper Divide the class into small groups (about students in a group) The groups then work together arranging and rearranging the phrases into a poem they all agree upon The group then glues the arranged strips on construction paper Each group then shares their poem with the class REVIEW ACTIVITY Using the newspaper template, write five individual stories from the perspective of an individual living through the early 1800s. Your stories must discuss the precedents that were set by the first five presidents Washington Adams Jefferson Madison Monroe Highlight the most important events that transformed America post-American Revolution THE YOUNG REPUBLIC The Growth of a Nation, Part 2 BELL RINGER Pg. 87 (1-2) Pg. 91 (1-2) OBJECTIVES Discuss what made it possible for the national government to become strong. Describe how businesses helped to generate wealth in the U.S. WHAT STEPS DID THE U.S. TAKE TO ESTABLISH A STABLE AND LASTING NATIONAL GOVERNMENT? George Washington: political parties and the economy John Adams: Alien and Sedition Acts Thomas Jefferson: Marbury v. Madison, Louisiana Purchase James Madison: War of 1812 James Monroe: McCulloch v. Maryland, Monroe Doctrine NATIONALISM Known as the Era of Good Feelings Gain our fifth president, James Monroe Shift of focus to national growth Protective tariffs designed to help U.S. manufacturers Building the national road MARSHALL STRENGTHENS THE COURTS McCulloch v. Maryland Gibbons v. Ogden Gain Florida through the Adams-Onis Treaty Monroe Doctrine establishes that America should not be considered for colonization THE NATION GROWS Transportation Revolution Creation of toll roads, steamboat, railroads THE CHANGE AMERICA NEEDS Industrial Revolution Use of machines, organized work based on free enterprise system Eli Whitney popularized interchangeable parts Change in communication Samuel F.B. Morse NEW AMERICANS Immigration Provide a source of cheap labor Nativism occurred frequently, creating the Know-Nothing party CHANGE IN ECONOMY Labor unions created to gain higher wages, shorter work days Agriculture was leading economic activity Increase in cultivation of cotton expanded slavery Development of a unique culture despite lack of rights Nat Turner inspires an uprising REVIEW How did the decisions of the Marshall court strengthen the federal government? How did the Industrial Revolution change American society? Manufacturing Transportation Cities Immigration Slavery ASSIGNMENT Create a pamphlet from the perspective of a factory owner looking for more factory workers, which are intended to convince rural Americans to move to large cities (pg ). THE YOUNG REPUBLIC Growing Division and Reform ITHINK MOMENT What major event caused the United States to reach a point of great nationalism? How did the Industrial Revolution have an impact on the American society? Consider these areas: Manufacturing, transportation, cities, immigration, and slavery OBJECTIVES Identify the causes of sectionalism and the expansion of voting rights. Compare and contrast the 1 st and 2 nd Great Awakening and the impact they had on reform. ACTIVITY Develop protest signs that highlight the key ideas to one of the following concepts. Phrases should include a slogan that sums up the concepts. Missouri Compromise Election of 1824 Native American Removal The 2 nd Great Awakening Social Reform: Temperance Womens Rights Abolitionists THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE Missouri brings up issue of slavery in the West, growing sectionalism Maine = free, Missouri = slave Missouri Compromise developed by the great compromiser Henry Clay (36,30 N) NEW ERA IN POLITICS Election of 1824 brings contention Possible corrupt bargain with John Quincy Adams Jackson creates the Democratic Party Development of the spoils system, 1828 South Carolina threatens to secede due to Tariff of Abominations, hoping for nullification CHANGING NATION Native American Removal Act Forceful movement of Native Americans, Trail of Tears Worcester v. Georgia Whigs criticize Jackson, expand federal government Jacksons investments trouble Van Buren in the Panic of 1837 THE REFORM SPIRIT Second Great Awakening Churches flourish Social Reform Temperance movement Dorothea Dix helps with education Womens Movement Create educational opportunities, focus on suffrage at Seneca Falls Convention ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENT William Lloyd Garrison calls for emancipation Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth become important figures Rebellion leads to suppression of abolition material REVIEW How did the Missouri Compromise seek to address growing sectionalism? What caused the nullification crisis? Was the 1 st Great Awakening different from the 2 nd ? How did Northerners views on abolition differ from those of Southerners? THE YOUNG REPUBLIC Manifest Destiny and Crisis ITHINK MOMENT Is expanding the country worth all of the consequences it brings in the future? OBJECTIVES Explain how the slavery controversy accelerates the crisis between the North and South. Predict the influence that John Brown has on American history. MANIFEST DESTINY MEANS Individual Definitions Human progress Influence of heaven Divine right Expansion Our Definition The divine right to expand human progress. MANIFEST DESTINY Acquiring land in the West was a dream come true Texas votes in favor of joining the U.S. Division of Oregon at the 49 th parallel Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo provides peace in the War with Mexico SLAVERY AND WESTERN EXPANSION Wilmot Proviso is halted by the Senate, popular sovereignty is most admired Forty-Niners arrive hoping to make fortune Compromise of 1850 curbs secession, Taylors death is essential OPPOSITION Fugitive Slave Act provides financial incentive for the courts Escape through the Underground Railroad was made possible by Harriet Tubman, Levi Coffin Follow the drinking gourd Stowe exposes slavery in Uncle Toms Cabin TERRITORY TROUBLES Kansas-Nebraska Act develops by repealing Missouri Compromise Bleeding Kansas erupts as a result of border ruffians Buchanans private stand on K-N Act gives a victory SECTIONAL DIVISIONS GROW Dred Scott case enforces the limited rights of blacks John Brown becomes a martyr in his effort to abolish slavery Harpers Ferry Arsenal The lynching REVIEW What events accelerated the sectionalism between North and South? What influence does John Brown and other abolitionists have on history?