Endgame Review III

1. Endgame Review III

2. A Brief History of Unit 3 • Thomas Jefferson – first POTUS to live in WH • Midnight Appointments and Marbury v Madison • Small, frugal gov't paid for with land sales • FP – Barbary Pirates, Louisiana Purchase • Democrats – everyone should be a small farmer • Participate in democracy (white males only) • Most gov't affairs should be state matters, not federal

3. Madison and the War of 1812 • James Madison – Father of the Constitution • VP to Jefferson – shared his small gov't ideals • War of 1812 – begun over impressment • 3 invasions of Canada all defeated • Stephen Decatur and the Navy win on the Great Lakes • Washington DC burned; Ft McHenry holds • Andrew Jackson defends New Orleans • 2 weeks after the war officially ended • Nothing of consequence was resolved

4. Era of Good Feeling • One party rule of America – Democratic-Republicans • Economic Nationalism – Bank of the US • Spain sells FL, Britain settles northern border • Monroe Doctrine – this is our hemisphere • Missouri Compromise of 1821 – MS/ME • SCOTUS asserts federal superiority

5. Western Movement and Industrial Revolution • Cotton gin/slaves make cotton profitable • Cotton destroys soil – drives westward expansion • Industrial Revolution – brought to US from UK • Lowell System – MA factory of young single females – operates as a factory/dorm/city • Urbanization – factories require workers, who move to cities looking for opportunity • Drives the myth of the “Self-Made” American • I built my own factory with no help from anybody! • Except for the police that protect it, the roads that workers drive on, the public education that trains employees, and the fire dept that helps if it catches on fire

6. Religion and Romanticism • Rational Religions – Deism, Unitarianism • 2nd Great Awakening – fiery, democratic revivals • Baptism/Methodism – egalitarian sects • Mormonism – Joseph Smith founds in 1823 • Book of Mormon – Jesus hit up America post-Resurrection • Transcendentalism – find God everywhere • Romanticism – fear of modern, industrial life • Poe, Hawthorne, Dickinson

7. Manifest Destiny and The Mexican War • MD – God has given America to white people • Spread westward across the plains (over Indians) • Mexico secedes from Spain – whites flood in • Texas secedes from Mexico and joins US • POTUS Polk sends troops to the border • CA annexed, Gen Winfield Scott takes Mexico City • Guadalupe-Hidalgo – US gets TX/CA • First offensive war for America • Gives a new generation of West Point officers field experience they will use in 20 years

8. Essay Outlining • Brainstorm and Prep • Make a list of 10-14 facts/events/terms related to Q • Group into 3-4 subtopics – these will be paragraphs • Write Introduction • Thesis, Setting, Organization • Organize into 3-4 paragraphs • Analyze Half+1 of the doc's given • Scatter them throughout the essay for support • “In The Gettysburg Address, Lincoln praised Americans who gave 'the last full measure of devotion.'” (Doc A.)

9. Basic Paragraph Outline • Topic Sentence – announces the topic • Support topic with an item from your outside info list • Support that outside info with a primary doc • Link the topic back to your thesis • Transition to the next paragraph

10. Outline Practice • For the years 1880-1925, analyze both the tensions surrounding the issue of immigration, and the United States government's response to these tensions.

11. List of Documents • Cartoon referring to the United States as an “Ark” • Writings in support of immigrants as cheap labor • Demand to restrict immigration to protect American wages • Booker T. Washington speech demanding more economic opportunities for southern blacks • Report of the Commissioner General for Immigration that Japanese restriction would continue • Magazine article detailing the degree to which Irish immigrants ran the city of Boston • 1917 book arguing that Nordic Anglo-Saxons were the best race for leadership, institutions, and government • Political cartoon demanding restrictions on immigration to avoid overpopulation