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Questions
1. What were the State Constitutions?
2. What were the Articles of the confederation?
3. What were the strengths and weaknesses of the Articles of the confederation? How did they prompt the creation of the new U.S. Constitution in 1787?
4. What political innovations did the 1787 constitutional convention develop for the new nation?
5. What were the major debates surrounding the ratification of the Constitution? How were they resolved?
6. In what ways did the Federalists' vision for the United States differ from that of their Republican opponents during the 1790s?
7. How did attitudes towards Great Britain and France shape American politics in the late eighteenth century?
8. What are the major domestic political developments that took place during Thomas Jefferson's administration?
9. How did the foreign events affect the United States during the Jefferson and Madison administrations?
10. What were the primary causes of the American decision to declare war on Great Britain in 1812?
11. What were the most significant outcomes of the War of 1812 on the United States?
12. How did the new spirit of nationalism that emerged after the War of 1812 affect economic policies and judicial decisions?
13. What issues and ideas promoted sectional conflict during this era?
14. How did the "Era of Good Feelings" emerge? What were the factors that led to its demise?
15. What were the federal government's diplomatic accomplishments during this era? What was their impact?
16. What development enabled Andrew Jackson to become president? How did he influence national politics in the 1820s?