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Unit 1- Text Assignments
Objective: The following questions will help to guide students reading and note taking through chapters 1-4.
Please remember to read carefully and observe the textbook, sometimes you can learn more from the pictures
than the words.
Look at the chart on the top of page 27 and describe the results of the Columbian Exchange:
A. What did the Americas gain from Europe and Africa?
B. What did the people in the Americas lose? ( give several examples)
C. What did Europe and Africa gain from the Americas?
Chapter 4 Section 1: The Federalist Era
Us the chart on page 155 to describe the differences between the first two political parties headed by:
Alexander Hamilton (Federalists)
Thomas Jefferson (Democrat-Republicans)
Read the information on the election of 1800 on page 159 and answer the following:
A. What is unusual about this election?
B. In what way is this a turning point in American history?
Chapter 4 Section 2: The Republicans Take Power
Read pages 161-167 and answer the following questions:
Explain how Thomas Jefferson’s leadership style was different than President Washington’s and
Adam’s.
What was his policy on the national debt, the whiskey tax, and the armed forces?
What is judicial review which the Supreme Court established in Marbury v. Madison?
Describe the results of the Louisiana Purchase. (what did the U.S. gain?)
What were the results of the Lewis and Clark expedition?
Define the terms:
ContrabandImpressmentsEmbargoWar HawksTecumseh-
What were the causes of the War of 1812 under President Madison?
While the British burned parts of Washington D.C., they failed to take the city of Baltimore. Explain
why Francis Scott Key’s Star-Spangled Banner became the national anthem.
The battle of New Orleans happened two weeks after the end of the war. Why is this battle still
important?
Chapter 4 Section 3: The Growth of American Nationalism
Why is the Monroe presidency known as the Era of Good Feelings?
What were three examples of economic nationalism after the War of 1812?
How did the Supreme Court strengthen the power of the federal government over the states?
How did the Adams-Onis Treaty and the Monroe Doctrine demonstrate a strong approach to foreign
policy?
Chapter 5 Section 1: A Growing Nation
What were two advantages of trains over other kinds of transportation?
How did industrialization affect cities?
What effect did the cotton gin have on the Southern economy?
What was life like for enslaved African Americans in the South?
Chapter 5 Section 2: The Age of Jackson
What is the Missouri compromise? What was the argument for both the North and the South when
admitting new states into the Union? What did the North fear? What did the South fear? Who was
responsible for the Missouri Compromise?
Explain what happened in the election of 1824-who were the four candidates? What regions did
they represent? Did Jackson have a reason to be upset? What comes out of this election?
How did states expand voting rights?
Why is Jackson considered “the people’s President”? In what ways did he expand democracy?
(These are the positive things Jackson did during his presidency)
What were the problems during Jackson’s administration? (these are negative things Jackson did)
Chapter 5 Section 3: The Reform Spirit
What sparked the reform movement of the mid 1800s?
Who were some of the leading transcendentalists during America’s literary renaissance?
What were two aspects of American society targeted by reformers?
Why was a better public educational system needed in the early 1800s?
How did society’s view of women change in the early 1800s?
How did Northerners and Southerners view abolitionism?
Chapter 5 Section 4: Manifest Destiny
What kind of relationship did the Plains Indians and white settlers have?
What did Mexico offer people willing to settle in Northern Texas, and what did it require of those
settlers?
What was the outcome of the first election in Texas?
How did the United States gain Oregon and Texas?
What was President Polk’s three-pronged strategy in the War with Mexico?