Today's Agenda

AP Learning Objective:
Explain how and why political ideas, institutions, and party systems developed and changed in the new republic.

Learning Target:
I can identify the key political events during the Age of Jefferson, and I can evaluate the impact each had on the size & scope of the federal government.

Critical Vocabulary: Louisiana Purchase, Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Corps of Discovery, Sacajawea, Continental Divide, Aaron Burr, General James Wilkinson, Marbury v. Madison, Chief Justice Marshall, Judicial Review, Barbary Wars, Impressment, Chesapeake-Leopard Affair, Embargo Act of 1807, Non-Intercourse Act, Election of 1808, Tecumseh, “The Prophet,” William Henry Harrison, Battle of Tippecanoe, War of 1812, Henry Clay, War Hawks, Captain Oliver Hazard Perry, Burning of Washington, Fort McHenry, Francis Scott Key, "The Star Spangled Banner," General Andrew Jackson, Battle of New Orleans, Hartford Convention, Treaty of Ghent

Today's Agenda:

1. Background Question: Did the power of the national government strengthen or weaken during the Adams Administration? Explain.
2. Citizenship Question: Which war was fought by the United States in the 1900s? 
   A. Civil War 
   B. World War I 
   C. Revolutionary War 
   D. Mexican-American War
3. Independent Learning: 'Revolution of 1800' Writing
4. Guided Instruction: The War of 1812
5. ​Reflection Question: How did the events in Europe influence the start of the War of 1812?

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Homework: The Jeffersonian Democracy Reading