By the end of this section, you will be able to:Identify key examples of partisan wrangling between the Federalists and Democratic-RepublicansDescribe how foreign relations affected American politicsAssess the importance of the Louisiana Purchase
By the end of this section, you will be able to:Identify the major foreign and domestic uprisings of the early 1790sExplain the effect of these uprisings on the political system of the United States
By the end of this section, you will be able to:Describe the causes and consequences of the War of 1812Identify the important events of the War of 1812 and explain their significance
By the end of this section, you will be able to:Discuss the status of Great Britain’s North American colonies in the years directly following the French and Indian WarDescribe the size and scope of the British debt at the end of the French and Indian WarExplain how the British Parliament responded to the debt crisisOutline the purpose of the Proclamation Line, the Sugar Act, and the Currency Act
By the end of this section, you will be able to:Describe the state of affairs between the colonies and the home government in 1774Explain the purpose and results of the First Continental Congress
Confronting the National Debt: The Aftermath of the French and Indian WarThe Stamp Act and the Sons and Daughters of LibertyThe Townshend Acts and Colonial ProtestThe Destruction of the Tea and the Coercive ActsDisaffection: The First Continental Congress and American Identity
By the end of this section, you will be able to:Describe the socio-political environment in the colonies in the early 1770sExplain the purpose of the Tea Act of 1773 and discuss colonial reactions to itIdentify and describe the Coercive Acts
By the end of this section, you will be able to:Explain the purpose of the 1765 Stamp ActDescribe the colonial responses to the Stamp Act
By the end of this section, you will be able to:Describe the purpose of the 1767 Townshend ActsExplain why many colonists protested the 1767 Townshend Acts and the consequences of their actions
By the end of this section, you will be able to:Identify the shared perceptions and ideals of each social classAssess different social classes’ views of slavery
By the end of this section, you will be able to:Explain the process of selling western landDiscuss the causes of the Panic of 1819Identify key American innovators and inventors
By the end of this section, you will be able to:Explain the role of the putting-out system in the rise of industrializationUnderstand industrialization’s impact on the nature of production and workDescribe the effect of industrialization on consumptionIdentify the goals of workers’ organizations like the Working Men’s Party
Early Industrialization in the NortheastA Vibrant Capitalist RepublicOn the Move: The Transportation RevolutionA New Social Order: Class Divisions
By the end of this section, you will be able to:Describe the development of improved methods of nineteenth-century domestic transportationIdentify the ways in which roads, canals, and railroads impacted Americans’ lives in the nineteenth century
By the end of this section, you will be able to:Describe the characteristics of the new consumer culture that emerged at the end of the nineteenth century
By the end of this section, you will be able to:Explain the qualities of industrial working-class life in the late nineteenth centuryAnalyze both workers’ desire for labor unions and the reasons for unions’ inability to achieve their goals
By the end of this section, you will be able to:Explain how the inventions of the late nineteenth century contributed directly to industrial growth in AmericaIdentify the contributions of Andrew Carnegie, John Rockefeller, and J. P. Morgan to the new industrial order emerging in the late nineteenth centuryDescribe the visions, philosophies, and business methods of the leaders of the new industrial order
Inventors of the AgeFrom Invention to Industrial GrowthBuilding Industrial America on the Backs of LaborA New American Consumer Culture
By the end of this section, you will be able to:Explain how the ideas and products of late nineteenth-century inventors contributed to the rise of big businessExplain how the inventions of the late nineteenth century changed everyday American life
By the end of this section, you will be able to:Explain and illustrate the new style of American politics in the 1820sDescribe the policies of John Quincy Adams’s presidency and explain the political divisions that resulted