Ch 7: The Jeffersonian Era
The Rise of Cultural Nationalism
Educational and Literary Nationalism
Importance of a Virtuous Citizenry
Judith Sargent Murray
Higher education
Medicine and Science
Decline of Midwifery
Cultural Aspirations of the New Nation
Establishing a National Culture
Religion and Revivalism
“Deism”
Cane Ridge (1801)
Message of the Second Great Awakening
New Roles for Women
Handsome Lake
Stirrings of Industrialism
The Industrial Revolution
Technology in America
The Cotton Gin and the Spread of Slavery
Importance of Interchangeable Parts
Transportation Innovations
Robert Fulton’s Steamboat
The “Turnpike Era”
Country and City
City Life
Jefferson the President
The Federal City and the “People’s President”
L’Enfant’s Vision
Reality of Washington D.C.
Jefferson the Politician
Dollars and Ships
Limiting the Federal Government
Challenging the Barbary Pirates
Conflict with the Courts
Marbury vs. Madison
John Marshall
Doubling the National Domain
Jefferson and Napoleon
Napolean’s North American Dream
Importance of New Orleans
Napolean’s Offer
The Louisiana Purchase
Jefferson’s Ideological Dilemma
Exploring the West
Lewis and Clark
The Burr Conspiracy
Essex Junto
Hamilton and Burr
Expansion and War
Conflicts in Europe and North America
Conflict on the Seas
The War of 1812