Period 4: 1800 - 1848
Period 4 is worth 10% of the AP Exam. This period will be covered in approximately 8 class periods.
The College Board uses key concepts to denote the testable material for each period. The full, detailed version of these concepts are located here. Please take the time to know these concepts, as anything mentioned is fair game for the AP Exam.
Key Concept 4.1— The United States began to develop a modern democracy and celebrated a new national culture, while Americans sought to de ne the nation’s democratic ideals and change their society and institutions to match them.
Key Concept 4.2— Innovations in technology, agriculture, and commerce powerfully accelerated the American economy, precipitating profound changes to U.S. society and to national and regional identities.
Key Concept 4.3— The U.S. interest in increasing foreign trade and expanding its national borders shaped the nation’s foreign policy and spurred government and private initiatives.
Period 4 Key Terms
Key terms that will be an invaluable study tool as we get closer to the AP exam in May. Each term should include the information provided on Quizlet.
Chapter 7
Revolution of 1800
Louisiana Purchase
Marbury v. Madison
McCulloch v. Maryland
Embargo Act of 1807
War of 1812
Hartford Convention
Era of Good Feelings
Monroe Doctrine
Cotton gin
Panic of 1819
Missouri Compromise
Chapter 8
Jacksonian Democrats
Whigs
Universal male suffrage
Election of 1824
American System – Henry Clay
Election of 1828
Spoils System
Nullification Crisis
Indian Removal Act of 1830
Cherokee Cases (Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, Worcester v. Georgia)
Jackson’s Bank Veto
Chapter 9
Market Revolution
Telegraph
Lowell Girls
Yeomen/tenant farmers
Nat Turner’s Rebellion
Chapter 10
Temperance
Penitentiary
Immediatism
Gag rule
Peculiar institution
Seneca Falls Convention
Declaration of Sentiments
Transcendentalism