U.S. History Student Learning Map
Unit I: “Testing the Young Republic” (1789-1820)
Goal/Objectives: 1.01, 1.02, 1.03, 2.01
Key Learning Objectives:
The learner will identify, investigate, and assess the effectiveness of the institutions of the
emerging republic.
Unit Essential Questions:
1. How might groups and individuals pursuing their own goals influence the
priorities and actions of a government?
2. How can relationships between nations impact both domestic and foreign affairs?
3. How do leaders modify the institutions of government in response to the
challenges of their time?
4. How can expansion lead to conflict and change?
5. What affect did territorial expansion have on the development of the new nation?
6. What can one conclude concerning the successes and failures/downfalls of the
“Founding Presidents” (Washington-Madison) and their administrations?
Essential Questions/Lessons One-Four:
Goal 1.01:
1. What was the impact of the major domestic issues and conflicts experienced by
the nation during the Federalist Era?
2. How did the U.S. government emerge out of competing processes of conflict and
compromise?
3. How did the Federalist period contribute to the long-standing debate in America
about the role of government and the distribution of power?
4. How is the U.S. Constitution a document subject to change and interpretation?
Goal 1.02:
5. How did the distribution of political and economic power reflect the social
structure and geographic diversity of the Federalist Era?
6. How effective were the political, social, and economic institutions of the emerging
republic in creating a democratic foundation in the United States?
7. How can individual rights and the government’s view of the “common good”
create conflict or stability?
Goal 1.03:
8. How did the United States confront internal and international conflicts during this
era?
9. How does a nation’s involvement in international conflicts affect its identity?
10. Should a nation form trade agreements with nations it disagrees with politically?
Goal 2.01:
11. How can expansion lead to conflict and change?
12. What affect did territorial expansion have on the development of the new nation?
Lesson One
Administration of
George Washington
Lesson Two
Administration of
John Adams
Lesson Three
Administration of
Thomas Jefferson
Lesson Four
Administration of
James Madison and
the War of 1812
Reading Focus Q’s
How did President
Washington’s
Secretary of
Treasury Alexander
Hamilton establish a
stable U.S.
economy?
How did President
Washington respond
to the French
Revolution, and
what was the
outcome?
Reading Focus Q’s
How did President
Adams attempt to
maintain neutrality
and promote peace
with France? What
was the outcome?
Reading Focus Q’s
How did President
Thomas Jefferson
expand U.S.
territory and
influence in North
America?
Reading Focus Q’s
What were the
major causes of the
War of 1812?
How did Adams
alienate Jefferson
and Madison and
much of the
population of the
South and West?
What main factors
convinced Napoleon
to sell the French
possession of
Louisiana to the
United States?
What problems did
President James
Madison face during
the War?
How did President
Washington secure
the TransAppalachian West?
Compare and
contrast the central
government in 1786
at the time of Shay’s
Rebellion to the
central government
in 1794 at the time
of the Whiskey
Rebellion. (Be
specific.)
How did Madison
and Jefferson
respond to Adams’
Federalist policies?
Why did Jefferson
almost not follow
through with the
Louisiana Purchase?
How did Jefferson
deal with diplomatic
problems between
the U.S. and Britain
and France?
How did
sectionalism
(regional interests)
impact the war in
America?
What was the
outcome of the War
of 1812, and what
effects did it have
on the nation?
In his Farewell
Address, what three
things, did
President
Washington call on
the country to avoid,
and what were his
arguments behind
each?
Lesson One
Factual Content
Lesson Two
Factual Content
Lesson Three
Factual Content
President
George
Washington
President
John Adams
(Federalist Party)
President
Thomas Jefferson
Judiciary Act
of 1789
XYZ Affair
“Millions for
Defense, but not
one cent for
Tribute”
Assumption Bill
Public Debt
Hamilton/Jefferson
Compromise
Adam Smith
Capitalism
Wealth of Nations
Secretary of State
Alexander
Hamilton
(Loose
Constructionist of
U.S. Constitution)
Protective Tariff
National Bank
Necessary &
Proper Clause
Excise Tax
Whiskey Rebellion
Alien and Sedition
Acts
Bill of Rights
Kentucky and
Virginia
Resolutions
Theory of States’
Rights
Doctrine of
Nullification
Judiciary Act
of 1801
“Midnight Judges”
John Marshall
Marbury v Madison
Judicial Review
Jeffersonian
Revolution
DemocraticRepublican Party
Lesson Four
Factual Content
President
James Madison
Non-Intercourse Act
War of 1812
(Hawks v Doves)
Impressment
Jefferson: Strict
Captain Oliver H.
Constructionist of Perry/Great Lakes
U.S. Constitution
Francis Scott Key
Dolley Madison
*Manifest Destiny Tecumseh
Indian
Louisiana
Confederation
Purchase
Napoleon Bonaparte *Sectionalism
Hispaniola/Haiti
Hartford
Convention
Lewis and Clark
Secede/Secession
Expedition
(“Corps of
Andrew Jackson
Discovery”) Battle of New
Sacajawea
Orleans
Treaty of Ghent
Embargo Acts
War ends in a
of 1807
Stalemate
Lesson One
Continued:
Battle of Fallen
Timbers
Treaty of Greenville
Northwest Territory/
Ohio River Valley
Jay’s Treaty
Right of Deposit
New Orleans
Pinckney’s Treaty
French Revolution
U.S. Policy of
Neutrality*
Jefferson, Madison,
and the DemocraticRepublicans v.
Hamilton, Adams,
and the Federalists
Washington’s
Farewell Address:
He warned against:
1. Political Parties
2. Permanent
Foreign Alliances
3. Sectionalism