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1 | | What effect did Republican ideology have on education in the United States? |
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2 | | Explain the "cultural independence" that Jeffersonian Americans sought. What means of expression did this "independence" find? |
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3 | | What were the obstacles faced by Americans who aspired to create a more elevated national literary life? What efforts were made to overcome these obstacles? |
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4 | | How did the American Revolution affect traditional forms of religious practice? What challenges to religious traditionalism arose during this period? |
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5 | | What caused the Second Great Awakening? |
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6 | | Why were the Methodists, the Baptists, and the Presbyterians so successful on the frontier? |
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7 | | What were the "message" and the impact of the Second Great Awakening? |
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8 | | What was the industrial revolution? Where and why did it begin? |
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9 | | Explain the role that Eli Whitney played in America's industrial revolution. What impact did his inventions have on the South and what impact was felt in the North? |
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10 | | What effect did America's transportation system have on industrialization? |
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11 | | What were the characteristics of American population growth and expansion in the years between 1790 and 1800? |
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12 | | How did Jefferson's presidency represent a "fundamental change" in the direction of the federal government? |
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13 | | How was the relative "unimportance of the federal government" during the Jefferson administration symbolized by the character of the national capital? |
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14 | | What were the characteristics of the "spirit of democratic simplicity" that was the style set by Jefferson for his administration? |
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15 | | How did Jefferson combine his duties as president and as party leader in his efforts to govern the country? |
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16 | | Why did Jefferson, despite his views on government spending, go to "war" with the pasha of Tripoli? What was the outcome? |
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17 | | What were the roots of Jefferson's conflict with the federal court system, and how did the case of Marbury v. Madison fit into the controversy? |
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18 | | What method did Jefferson employ to bring the judiciary under Republican control, and what were the results? |
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19 | | Why was New Orleans "the one single spot" that made its possessor the "natural enemy" of the United States? |
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20 | | Which group in America was most concerned with the French possession of New Orleans, and how did this concern threaten Jefferson politically? |
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21 | | How were the negotiations for the Louisiana Purchase conducted, and what were the terms agreed on? |
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22 | | What were the reasons behind Jefferson's reservations over the purchase of Louisiana, and how was he able to reason these doubts away? |
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23 | | What was the purpose of the Lewis and Clark expedition, and what did the expedition accomplish? |
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24 | | What was the reaction of the New England Federalists to the Louisiana Purchase, and what was their plan to overcome its effects? |
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25 | | What were the circumstances that led to the duel between Hamilton and Burr? |
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26 | | What was the "Burr conspiracy," and what was its outcome? |
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27 | | How do the records kept by Lewis and Clark reflect the purpose of their expedition? |
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28 | | Why was America important to both sides in the conflict between England and France, and what role did the Americans hope to play in the struggle? |
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29 | | How did each belligerent nation attempt to prevent America from trading with the other, why was one more successful than the other, and what was the American response? |
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30 | | What was Jefferson's response to the Chesapeake-Leopard affair, and why did he take this action? |
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31 | | How did the embargo affect the election of 1808, and what was the response of the new president to diplomatic problems that the embargo had addressed? |
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32 | | How did conditions in the West heighten the tension between the United States and Britain? |
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33 | | What was Tecumseh's attitude toward the treaties previously negotiated between the United States and various Indian tribes? How did he plan to prevent the expansion of white settlements? |
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34 | | Why did Americans blame the British for Indian uprisings on the frontier, and what did the frontier settlers see as the best solution to the problem? |
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35 | | Why did Americans want to wrest control of Florida from the Spanish? What attempts were made to do this before 1812? Which attempts were successful, and which failed? |
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36 | | Who were the "War Hawks," and why were they able to exert such influence on America's drift toward war? |
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37 | | What were the relative successes and failures of the American military during the first year of the war? |
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38 | | How did America's fortunes of war change during 1813 and early 1814, and what were the results of this change? |
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39 | | What were the plan and purpose of the British invasion of the United States in 1814? What was the result? |
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40 | | Why did New England oppose the War of 1812? Prior to 1814, what did the New England states do to hinder the war effort? |
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41 | | What caused the leaders of New England to regard the War of 1812 as a threat to their future as a meaningful force in the United States? What did they propose to remedy this situation? |
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42 | | What effect did the Hartford Convention have on the Federalist Party? |
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43 | | What was the background to peace negotiations at Ghent? What did both sides initially demand, and why did they finally agree on the terms they did? |
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