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SOCIAL STUDIES STUDY GUIDE CHAPTER 6: THE AGE OF JEFFERSON
Lesson
6-1
6-2
6-3
Vocabulary
-laissez-faire
-Judiciary Act of 1801
-Jefferson’s 1801
Inaugural Address
-Louisiana Territory
-“Northern
Confederacy”
-Louisiana Purchase
-New Orleans
People, Places, Docs
Main Ideas (Write at least 2 sentences for EACH main idea)
-Twelfth Amendment
-John Marshall
-James Madison
-Aaron Burr
-Thomas Jefferson
-Albert Gallatin
-Fletcher vs. Peck (p.311)
-Know and understand why presidential candidates wrote letters to leading citizens and
newspapers.
-Know and understand how Jefferson held some control over the Judicial Branch.
-Know and understand how the national debt was reduced.
-Know and understand how President Adams tried to maintain Federalist control of the
courts before leaving office.
-Know and understand all aspects of Chief Justice John Marshall’s ruling in Marbury vs.
Madison.
-Sacagawea
-Zebulon Pike
-Napoleon Bonaparte
-Meriwether Lewis
-Touissaint-Louverture
Paragraph – How did the changes Jefferson made upon becoming president reflect his
views about government?
-Know and understand why the Mississippi was vital to farming.
-Know and understand all aspects of Jefferson’s decision to buy the Louisiana
Purchase…(from whom, why, what nation’s revolt made it possible, his initial concern, etc.)
-Know and understand who led the first expedition into the Louisiana Territory and
understand what Jefferson was interested in gaining – and what Congress was interested in
gaining.
-Know and understand settlers’ modes of transportation during this time.
-Know and understand why the Louisiana Purchase caused New England Federalists to be
concerned.
Paragraph – What goals did Jefferson and Congress have when sending explorers into the
Louisiana Territory?
-Know and understand why slavery declined in the North after the Revolutionary War.
-Know and understand what new class was created after the rise of industries in the North.
-Know and understand what led to the outlawing of slavery in Northern states by 1804.
-Know and understand how the public school came about.
-Know and understand the lifestyle of most Americans during the 1800’s.
-Know and understand the message American artists and writers expressed during this era.
-dame schools
-Hudson River School
-nationalism
-The Legend of Sleepy
-pioneers
Hollow
-working class
-Shawnee
-enslaved people
-Cherokee
-Second Great
-Washington Irving
Awakening
-Stephen C. Foster
Paragraph – How was American art and literature changing during the early 1800’s?
-unique American
-James Fenimore Cooper
culture
-George Caleb Bingham
-Hudson River School -Monticello
Essay Questions (you will have one of the following to answer on your test)
1. Explain the significance of the Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison.
2. Describe the journey to the Western frontier. Where did most pioneers settle? Why?