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The Jeffersonian Era
Chapter Seven Main Themes
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1. How Americans expressed their burgeoning cultural independence through republican
education, literature and religious revivalism.
2. The impact of industrialism on the United States and its people, particularly with
regard to agricultural technology and transportation.
3. The domestic questions and foreign entanglements of Thomas Jefferson's presidency,
including Marbury v. Madison, the Louisiana Purchase, the settling of the west, and the
impressment and embargo controversies
4. The response of the American people and their political system to the nation's physical
expansion, and the reaction of Native American groups to this expansion.
5. The growing conflict between British naval policies and American self-identity that led
to the War of 1812, and its ultimate consequences for the young American nation.
A thorough study of Chapter Seven should enable the student to understand:
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The role of republican education in creating a "virtuous and enlightened citizenry."
The American cultural and nationalist aspirations beginning to emerge in the first two
decades of the nineteenth century.
The effects of the revolutionary experience on American religion, and the changing
religious patterns that helped bring on the Second Great Awakening.
The growing industrialism of America and the important advances made in technology
and transportation during Jefferson's presidency, belying the simple, agrarian republic
envisioned by the Jeffersonians.
The political philosophy of Thomas Jefferson, and the extent to which he was able to
adhere to his philosophy while president.
The origins and compromises that led to the creation of Washington DC as America's
capital.
The Jeffersonian-Federalist struggle over the judiciary--its causes, the main points of
conflict, and the importance of the outcome for the future of the nation.
President Jefferson's constitutional reservations concerning the Louisiana Purchase,
and the significance of his decision to accept the bargain.
The reasons for President Jefferson's sponsorship of the Lewis and Clark expedition,
and the importance of that exploration.
The strange story of Aaron Burr, his duel with Alexander Hamilton, and his trial for
"conspiracy."
The problems caused by Tecumseh's attempts at confederation and by the Spanish
presence in Florida as Americans surged westward.
The motivations behind Thomas Jefferson and James Madison's strategy of "peaceable
coercion," and why it ultimately failed.
The international events leading up to the War of 1812, and the domestic forces
encouraging the war.
The extent of the opposition to the American war effort, and the ways in which the
New England Federalists attempted to show their objections.
The end of the War of 1812, and the treaties accompanying it.
The comparative role of the United States in the "global industrial revolution" that
originated in Great Britain.
Chapter Summary
The period covered in this chapter was marked by definition and expansion. Having achieved
political independence, Americans struggled to achieve cultural independence as well, and this
search for self-identity touched almost every phase of the nation's life. "American" tastes in
music, literature, and art developed. Religious bodies with ties to colonial ways declined as the
Second Great Awakening swept America. The global process of industrialization began to have
an impact in the United States while technology, unrestrained by mercantile regulations,
expanded to solve problems that were particularly American. Meanwhile American politics
began to take on characteristics and respond to needs with little precedent in European systems.
At the center of this activity, at times leading it and at times being led, was Thomas Jefferson, a
president whose versatility seemed to mirror the diversity of the nation. A pragmatic politician,
Jefferson was also a committed idealistone who deserves to be the symbol of the age that bears
his name. The War of 1812 did more than test the army and navy of the United Statesit tested
the nation's ability to survive deep internal divisions that threatened America's independence as
surely as did the forces of Great Britain. Hoping to keep his nation out of war, Jefferson followed
a policy that kept the peace but raised fears among his political enemies. The rest of the nation,
feeling that Britain was insulting its sovereignty, rallied to the president. In the end, these
divisions, although they hampered the war effort, did not survive the conflict, and the United
States entered the postwar period with a new sense of nationalism.
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KEY Terms
Public and private
education
Noah Webster
American authors and
nationalism
deism
Second Great Awakening
Eli Whitney
Robert Fulton
Turnpikes
Urbanization
Barbary Coast piracy
Marbury v Madison
John Marshall
Hartford Convention
Louisiana Purchase
Lewis and Clark
Treaty of Ghent
Rush- Bagot Agreement
Aaron Burr
Napoleonic Wars
Impressment
Embargo Act
Non-Intercourse Act
Tecumseh and The Prophet
Spain and Florida
Battle of New Orleans
Enrichment
(Some movies carry “R” rating.)
The Buccaneer
Thomas Jefferson – Ken Burns
Jefferson in Paris
Founding Brothers
A& E Biography
Graduation And End Of Course Test
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Louisiana Purchase
Lewis & Clarke
Causes of War of 1812
Henry Clay's American System
Monroe Doctrine
Industrial Revolution
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