Unit 2 Terms Posters Manifest Destiny Suffrage Spoils system Industrialization Mass production Market revolution Traditional economy sectionalism

Popular sovereignty Agitators Naval blockade Total war Habeas corpus

Bell Work

Examine the top drawing on page 90. What do you see? What time period does this

drawing show? What might life have been like for people living in St. Louis in 1820?

Examine the bottom drawing on page 90. What do you see? How much time do you think has

passed since the top drawing? What might life have been like for people living in St. Louis in 1850? What changes happened to St. Louis since the early part of the century? What might have caused those changes?

Chapter 8--Changes in a Young Nation

8.2--The First Years of the New Nation

The Country Expands In 1790, America’s population was 4 million,

most living along the eastern coast, but some were beginning to move west

Between 1790-1800, 3 new states entered the Union: Vermont, Kentucky and Tennessee

Many settlers were moving into the Northwest Territory

America’s Economy Farming was the most important

economic activity U.S. had little industry at this time Lack of transportation kept most states

and regions remote from each other

The Office of the President George Washington had to balance between being

president and assuring Americans the office would not turn into a monarchy

First test of Washington’s authority was the Whiskey Rebellion of 1791--Washington made it clear the federal government would enforce its laws

Washington signed Congress’s Federal Judiciary Act which set up the federal court system we still live under today

Washington also created the first executive cabinet

Political Parties Emerge Alexander Hamilton--Federalist Party which

supported strong central government with wide powers

Thomas Jefferson--Democratic-Republican Party favored small central government with limited powers

John Adams, a Federalist became the second president in 1796

In 1800, Thomas Jefferson defeated Adams to become the 3rd president

Geographic Changes 1803--U.S. purchased Louisiana

Territory from France In order to determine what really lay

beyond the Mississippi River, Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to lead an expedition across the the Louisiana Territory to the Pacific Ocean