1. Chapter 6 A STRONG START FOR THE NATION
The American Nation
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Chapter 6 A STRONG START FOR THE NATION
Section 1: A Federal Government is Established
Section 2: Dealing with a Dangerous World
Section 3: The Nation Expands
Section 4: The War of 1812
CHAPTER 6--A STRONG START FOR THE NATION

2. Objectives: Section 1: A Federal Government is Established
What key decisions did the first Congress make, and how did they affect the nation?
What were the arguments for and against Hamilton’s debt proposal?
Why did some Americans oppose a national bank?
What conflicts occurred on the frontier in the 1790s?

3. Key decisions Section 1: A Federal Government is Established
passed the Bill of Rights
set up the federal court system with the Judiciary Act
created State, War, and Treasury Departments

4. Hamilton’s debt proposal
Section 1: A Federal Government is Established
Hamilton’s debt proposal
Arguments for
strengthen the economy
restore the government’s credit
Arguments against
speculators would make a fortune
Patriot soldiers and early investors in the U.S. government would get nothing

5. Opposition to a national bank
Section 1: A Federal Government is Established
Opposition to a national bank
southern planters feared control by northeastern merchants
strict constructionists believed it was illegal
some were suspicious of all banks

6. Conflicts of the 1790s Section 1: A Federal Government is Established
the Whiskey Rebellion
the Battle of Fallen Timbers and other conflicts with American Indians in the Northwest Territory

7. Objectives: Section 2: Dealing with a Dangerous World
How did Americans respond to political events in France?
How did political parties affect the election of 1796?
How did conflicts with France increase tensions between Republicans and Federalists?

8. American response to the French Revolution
Section 2: Dealing with a Dangerous World
American response to the French Revolution
some were pleased at the French following the American example
many shocked at violence and beheadings

9. Political parties in 1796 Section 2: Dealing with a Dangerous World
made the election very contentious
Hamilton’s cheating resulted in the president and vice-president being from different parties

10. Conflicts with France Section 2: Dealing with a Dangerous World
threats of war allowed passage of Alien and Sedition Acts
Federalists used Alien and Sedition Acts to arrest and punish Republicans
challenging the Acts meant challenging the federal government for Virginia and Kentucky

11. Objectives: Section 3: The Nation Expands
How did judicial decisions affect the balance of power among the three branches of government?
Why did Thomas Jefferson want to purchase Louisiana, and why did Napoleon want to give it up?
What was the national and international significance of the Louisiana Purchase?

12. Judicial decisions increased the power of the Supreme Court:
Section 3: The Nation Expands
Judicial decisions increased the power of the Supreme Court:
Marbury v. Madison established the court as final interpreter of the Constitution
position of loose constructionists expressed regarding the national bank

13. Jefferson wanted to buy Louisiana:
Section 3: The Nation Expands
Jefferson wanted to buy Louisiana:
to expand U.S. land
to appeal to Republican farmers

14. Napoleon wanted to sell Louisiana:
Section 3: The Nation Expands
Napoleon wanted to sell Louisiana:
to leave behind the slave revolts and disease of the Western Hemisphere
to get money to expand his war chest

15. Significance of the Louisiana Purchase
Section 3: The Nation Expands
Significance of the Louisiana Purchase
added all or part of 13 states
opened the interior of the continent to settlement
helped transform the U.S. into a world nation
removed the French threat

16. Objectives: Section 4: The War of 1812
How did Tecumseh hope to hold American Indian lands?
Why did the United States declare war on Great Britain in 1812?
How did the War of 1812 affect the United States and Great Britain?

17. Tecumseh hopes to protect American Indian lands:
Section 4: The War of 1812
Tecumseh hopes to protect American Indian lands:
by forming a military alliance
by recruiting British support
by urging American Indians not to sell their lands

18. U.S. declares war on Great Britain in 1812 due to:
Section 4: The War of 1812
U.S. declares war on Great Britain in 1812 due to:
British impressments of U.S. sailors
British support of American Indian uprisings
general violations of neutrality
Republican fear that not resolving the crisis would return the Federalists to power

19. Effects of War of 1812 Section 4: The War of 1812
conquered territory restored
stronger U.S. control over Northwest Territory
peace alliance between U.S. and Great Britain
destruction of the Federalist Party