Exam Preparation Assignment
Unit 4:
The Rise of Nationalism and Mass Democracy
Why?
[1800 – 1848]
How do you prepare of an exam? I am a big supporter of
actively preparing for a unit exam. To this end, this assignment
is offered as a way to actively prepare for the unit 4 exam.
Please complete each of the following steps.
Reviewing the Terms:
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Highlight the following based on the following criteria; Defining Moments [Those moments
that defined the era – no more than 20].
Next circle the 7 of the following that represent the emergence of American
nationalism.
Underline the 7 terms that indicate that there was an expansion of America’s democracy
during this period.
Do overs! Place a  mark next to the 5 moments that are low points in American
history.
Chapter 11
1.
Thomas Jefferson
2.
William Clark
3.
Meriwether Lewis
4.
Albert Gallatin
5.
Robert Livingston
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impeachment
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economic coercion
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judicial review
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impressment
10. Judiciary Act of 1789
11. Embargo Act
12. Battle of Austerlitz
13. Louisiana Purchase Treaty
14. Chesapeake incident
15. James Madison
16. Toussaint L’Ouverture
17. Samuel Chase
18. Non-Intercourse Act
19. Orders in Council
20. “Revolution of 1800”
21. Tecumseh
22. the Prophet
23. Macon’s Bill No. 2
24. John C. Calhoun
25. Hartford Convention
26. Zebulon Pike
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John Marshall
Napoleon Bonaparte
Aaron Burr
Marbury v. Madison
“midnight judges”
Judiciary Act of 1801
Tippecanoe
War Hawks
James Fennimore Cooper
Talleyrand
Chapter 12
37. James Monroe
38. Andrew Jackson
39. Oliver Hazard Perry
40. Henry Clay
41. Thomas Macdonough
42. John Quincy Adams
43. Treaty of 1818
44. Francis Scott Key
45. William Henry Harrison
46. Treaty of Ghent
47. Battle of Plattsburgh
48.
Battle of Horseshoe Bend
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Battle of the Thames
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Washington Irving
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“Era of Good Feelings”
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nationalism
sectionalism
internal improvements
protective tariff
nonintervention
Florida Purchase Treaty
Fletcher v. Peck
Land Act of 1820
Bonus Bill of 1817
“Virginia dynasty”
McCulloch v. Maryland
Tallmadge Amendment
Dartmouth College v.
Woodward
Tariff of 1816
Gibbons v. Ogden
Panic of 1819
Cohens v. Virginia
George Canning
Russo-American Treaty 1824
American System
Missouri Compromise
Monroe Doctrine
Kitchen Cabinet
Rush-Bagot Agreement, 1818
Adams-Onís Treaty, 1819
Chapter 13
77.
“Revolution of 1828”
78.
common man
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Andrew Jackson
80.
William Crawford
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Daniel Webster
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John C. Calhoun
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Denmark Vesey
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Davy Crockett
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Henry Clay
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John Quincy Adams
87.
Robert Y. Hayne
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Martin Van Buren
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tyranny of the majority
90.
William Henry Harrison
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rotation in office
92.
New Democracy
93.
spoils system
94.
Maysville Road
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nullification
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Twelfth Amendment
97.
Tariff of Abominations (1828)
98.
National Republicans
99.
Democratic party
100. Peggy Eaton affair
101. Anti-Masonic party
102. “corrupt bargain”
103. South Carolina Exposition
104. Nicholas Biddle
105. Osceola
106. Santa Anna
107. Martin Van Buren
108. Sam Houston
109. Stephen Austin
110. “Texican” and Tejanos
111. Whig party
112. Black Hawk
113. Tariff of 1833
114. Force Bill
115. 2nd Bank of the United States
116. Specie Circular
117. “wildcat” banks
118. Independent Treasury Log
“pet” banks
119. Divorce Bill
120. Cabin/Hard Cider
121. Two Party System
122. “Trail of Tears”
123. Worcester v. Georgia
124. Cherokees
125. Seminole Indians
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127.
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Lone Star Republic
Chapter 14
128. Harriet Beecher Stowe
129. Cotton Kingdom
130. James Fennimore Cooper
131. Samuel Slater
132. Lowell system
133. Carl Schurz
134. DeWitt Clinton
135. Cyrus McCormick
136. Robert Fulton
137. Catherine Beecher
138. Eli Whitney
139. cotton gin
140. Samuel F. B. Morse
141. John Deere
142. Moses Brown
143. Order of the Star Spangled
Banner
144. American “Know-Nothing”
Party
145. industrial revolution
146. “wage slaves”
147. transportation revolution
148. Erie Canal
149. Cumberland Road
150. Railroads
151. Pony Express
152. the “trails” west
153. Charles River Bridge
154. Mark Twain
155. George Catlin
156. Panic of 1837
157. “cult of domesticity”
158. nativism
159. Anabaptist
160. Amish
161. Germans
162. Irish
163. “Molly Maguires”
164. Tammany Hall
165. “March of Millions”
166. Knickerbocker group
167. Dewitt Clinton
168. Samuel F.B. Morse
169. Eli Whitney
Chapter 15
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Charles G. Finney
Second Great Awakening
Burned-Over District
Deism
Millerites
Mormons
Joseph Smith
Brigham Young
Unitarianism
Hudson Bay Company
John J. Audubon
Neal S. Dow
gag resolution
Robert Owen
William Gilmore Simms
Horace Mann
William H. McGuffey
Peter Cartwright
Noah Webster
Emma Willard
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
Lucretia Mott
Margaret Fuller
Louis Agassiz
Hudson River School Art
American Temperance Society
Shakers
Women’s Rights Convention
Oberlin College
Maine Law
Brook Farm
Oneida Community
Dorthea Dix
William Cullen Bryant
Walt Whitman
Stephen Foster
James Fennimore Cooper
Washington Irving
Knickerbocker group
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Transcendentalism
Henry David Thoreau
John Greenleaf Whittier
James Russell Lowell
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Louisa May Alcott
Emily Dickinson
Edgar Allan Poe
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Herman Melville
Big Ideas
1. Provide evidence in support of each of the following themes.
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peaceful transfer of power from one party to another [i.e. Revolution of 1800]
short and long-term consequences of the Louisiana Purchase and Jeffersonian foreign policy
changes in and developments of Party Positions and the emergence of the 2nd American party
system
causes and consequences of the War of 1812 and expansion and the growth of Nationalism
examination of the Supreme Court, judicial review, and strict v. loose constructionists
emergence of the “Common Man” and the expansion of democracy
reform movements, religious developments, and the changing American character
Industrial [or Market] Revolution comes to America spurred by innovations in communication,
manufacturing, and transportation
rise of Sectionalism in the wake of geographic and economic expansion.
2. Was America during this era better defined by its leadership (presidents), its economy or its
demographics?
3. Which of the following labels does the most effective job of describing the respective event?
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“tariff of abominations”
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The“Age of Reform”
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“Cult of Domesticity and True Womanhood”
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“Jacksonian Revolution of 1828”
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Second Great Awakening
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Era of Good Feelings
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Know-Nothings
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“corrupt bargain”
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American System
For each of the following lists, be sure to provide specific historical evidence
to support your selections.
4. Rank the 5 most significant events, people, movements, etc. that contributed to creating a
national identity.
5. Rank the 5 most significant actions, events, etc. that impacted the conditions of Native
Americans.
6. Rank the 5 most significant economic events. This includes innovations that would impact
the economy.
7. Rank the 5 most important foreign policy events.
8. Rank the 10 most important people (no presidents) from this era.