Alan Brinkley,
AMERICAN HISTORY 13/e
Chapter Seven:
The Jeffersonian Era
Chapter Seven:
The Jeffersonian Era

Introduction
 The Jeffersonian Vision
Jefferson Memorial
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Chapter Seven:
The Jeffersonian Era
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The Rise of Cultural Nationalism
– Patterns of Education
 Importance of a Virtuous
Citizenry
 Private Schooling
 New Educational Opportunities
for Women
 Indian Education
 Higher Education
One-Room Schoolhouse
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Chapter Seven:
The Jeffersonian Era

The Rise of Cultural Nationalism
– Medicine and Science
 Benjamin Rush
 Decline of Midwifery
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Chapter Seven:
The Jeffersonian Era

The Rise of Cultural Nationalism
– Cultural Aspirations in the New Nation
 Establishment of a
National Culture
 Noah Webster
 Washington Irving
Washington Irving
(Portrait Gallery)
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Chapter Seven:
The Jeffersonian Era
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The Rise of Cultural Nationalism
– Religious Skepticism
 Deism
– The Second Great Awakening
 Cane Ridge
 Message of the Great Awakening
 African Americans and the Revivals
 Indians and the Second Great Awakening
 Freethinkers
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Chapter Seven:
The Jeffersonian Era
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Stirrings of Industrialism
– Technology in America
 Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin
 The Cotton Gin’s Impact
on the North
The Cotton Gin
(National Archives)
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Chapter Seven:
The Jeffersonian Era
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Stirrings of Industrialism
– Transportation Innovations
 Rapid Growth of American
Shipping
 Robert Fulton’s Steamboat
 The Turnpike Era
Robert Fulton
(Portrait Gallery)
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Chapter Seven:
The Jeffersonian Era
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Stirrings of Industrialism
– The Rising Cities
 Urban Life
America in 1800
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Chapter Seven:
The Jeffersonian Era
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Jefferson the President
– The Federal City and the “People’s President”
 The District of Columbia
 Jefferson the Politician
Thomas Jefferson
(Library of Congress)
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Chapter Seven:
The Jeffersonian Era
Washington, D.C. in the Early Nineteenth Century
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Chapter Seven:
The Jeffersonian Era
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Jefferson the President
– Dollars and Ships
 Limiting the Federal Government
 Challenging the
Barbary Pirates
West Point
(U.S. Military Academy,
West Point)
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Chapter Seven:
The Jeffersonian Era

Jefferson the President
– Conflict with the Courts
 Judicial Review
 Marbury v. Madison
 John Marshall
 Impeachment of
Samuel Chase
John Marshall
(Portrait Gallery)
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Chapter Seven:
The Jeffersonian Era
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Doubling the National Domain
– Jefferson and Napoleon
 Toussaint L’Ouverture
 Napoleon’s Offer
Napoleon Bonaparte
(Fototeca Storica
Nazionale / Getty Images)
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Chapter Seven:
The Jeffersonian Era
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Doubling the National Domain
– The Louisiana Purchase
 Jefferson’s Quandary
The US, 1804
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Chapter Seven:
The Jeffersonian Era

Doubling the National Domain
– Lewis and Clark Explore the West
 Zebulon Pike
– The Burr Conspiracy
 Essex Junto
 Hamilton and Burr
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Chapter Seven:
The Jeffersonian Era
Exploring the Louisiana Purchase, 1804-1807
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Chapter Seven:
The Jeffersonian Era
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Expansion and War
 The Napoleonic Wars
– Conflict on the Seas
 America’s Predicament
– Impressment
 Chesapeake-Leonard Incident
– “Peaceable Coercion”
 The Embargo
 Non-Intercourse Act
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Chapter Seven:
The Jeffersonian Era

Expansion and War
– The “Indian Problem” and the British
 William Henry Harrison
 Jefferson’s Offer
William Henry Harrison
(Library of Congress)
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Chapter Seven:
The Jeffersonian Era

Expansion and War
– Tecumseh and the Prophet
 The Prophet’s Message
 Tecumseh’s Strategy
 Battle of Tippecanoe
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Chapter Seven:
The Jeffersonian Era

Expansion and War
– Florida and War Fever
 War Hawks
Henry Clay
(Portrait Gallery)
and
John C. Calhoun
(Library of Congress)
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Chapter Seven:
The Jeffersonian Era

The War of 1812
– Battles with the Tribes
 Early Defeats
 Put-In Bay
Battle of the Thames, 1813
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Chapter Seven:
The Jeffersonian Era

The War of 1812
– Battles with the British
 The British Invasion
 Battle of New Orleans
Andrew Jackson
(Library of Congress)
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Chapter Seven:
The Jeffersonian Era
The War of 1812
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Chapter Seven:
The Jeffersonian Era

The War of 1812
– The Revolt of New England
 Hartford Convention
Attacking the Federalists
(Library of Congress)
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Chapter Seven:
The Jeffersonian Era

The War of 1812
– The Peace Settlement
 Treaty of Ghent
 Rush-Bagot Agreement
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Chapter Seven:
The Jeffersonian Era
America in the World:
The Global Industrial Revolution
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Chapter Seven:
The Jeffersonian Era
Patterns of Popular Culture:
Horse Racing
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