Period 4: 1800–1848

Explain the context in which the republic developed from 1800 to 1848.

Explain the causes and effects of policy debates in the early republic.

Explain how different regional interests affected debates about the role of the federal government in the early republic.

Explain how and why American foreign policy developed and expanded over time.

Explain the causes and effects of the innovations in technology, agriculture, and commerce over time.

Explain how and why innovation in technology, agriculture, and commerce affected various segments of American society over time.

Explain the causes and effects of the expansion of participatory democracy from 1800 to 1848.

Explain the causes and effects of continuing policy debates about the role of the federal government from 1800 to 1848.

Explain how and why a new national culture developed from 1800 to 1848.

Explain the causes of the Second Great Awakening.

Explain how and why various reform movements developed and expanded from 1800 to 1848.

Explain the continuities and changes in the experience of African Americans from 1800 to 1848.

Explain how geographic and environmental factors shaped the development of the South from 1800 to 1848.

Explain the extent to which politics, economics, and foreign policy promoted the development of American identity from 1800 to 1848.