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Honors US History
Chapter 11-The Triumphs and Travails, of Jeffersonian Democracy
A. Schedule: 10-13—10-17-2014 (READ THE CHAPTER)
1. Monday- Ch 11 discussion and notes
2. Tuesday-Chapter discussion
3. Wednesday-Chapter discussion, terms due
4. Thursday- Work on study questions, discussion in Home Econ. Room
5. Friday-Study Questions Due
B. Chapter Learning Objectives:
1. Explain how Jefferson’s moderation and compromises turned the “Revolution of 1800” into a
relatively smooth transition of party control from Federalists to Republicans.
2. Describe the conflicts between Federalists and Republicans over the judiciary and the important
legal precedents that developed out of these conflicts.
3. Describe Jefferson’s basic foreign policy goals and how he attempted to achieve them.
4. Analyze the causes and effects of the Louisiana Purchase.
5. Describe how America became entangled against its will in the turbulent international crisis of
the Napoleonic Wars.
6. Describe the original intentions and actual results of Jefferson’s embargo and explain why it
failed.
7. Explain the complex causes of the War of 1812.
C. Vocabulary: (Define in the context of only 1800-1812)
1. Thomas Jefferson
2. James Monroe
3. William Clark
4. Robert Livingstone
5. Zebulon Pike
6. John Marshall
7. Aaron Burr
8. Napoleon Bonaparte (dealing with his relationship with the US)
9. William Marbury
10. James Madison
11. Tecumseh
12. Toussaint L’ Ouverture
13. Samuel Chase
14. Meriwether Lewis
15. Henry Clay
16. John Quincy Adams
17. Patronage
18. Judicial Review
19. War Hawks (in relation with 1800-1812)
20. Battle of Austerlitz
21. Judiciary Act of 1801
22. Orders in Council
23. “Revolution of 1800”
24. “Midnight Judges”
25. Chesapeake incident
26. Marbury v. Madison
27. Embargo Act
28. Louisiana Purchase
29. Non-Intercourse Act
Study questions on back
30. Mosquito Fleet
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D. Study Questions: (Answer fully using specific details when applicable)
1. What was the significance of the Jeffersonian “Revolution of 1800” in relation to the new
republican experiment and the fierce political battles of the 1790s? (see chapter 10)
2. In what ways did Jefferson show moderation, and at times be unconventional in his actions as
president? Why do you think he held himself in these manners?
3. How did the conflict between Federalists and Republicans over the judiciary lead to a balance of
power among political interests and different branches of government?
4. Describe Jefferson’s view on military power and intervention.
5. What led to a war in Tripoli and what was the result of those actions?
6. What were the political and economic consequences of the Louisiana Purchase? How did
Jefferson view the purchase itself?
7. What did Aaron Burr’s conspiracies reveal about the condition of American power west of the
Mississippi River?
8. What was the essential idea behind Jefferson’s imposition of the embargo, and why did it finally
fail?
9. Describe relations with the Indian populations in 1810-1812. How did Harrison become a national
hero?
10. What were the real causes of the War of 1812? Was the declaration of war a “mistake,” or the
result of deliberate policies by the new American political forces?
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