Week of Feb 6th - 10th

Overview of the week: Our goal this week is to finish up Chapter 8 and begin Chapter 9 ("Jacksonian America"). Your next test will be given the week after this.

Monday
Objective: 

1. Understand the Panic of 1819, and its effects on politics and economy.
2. Understand the arguments advanced by North and South during the debates over the admission of Missouri, and how they were to influence sectional attitudes.
3. Understand the ways in which the status of the federal judiciary was changed by the Marshall Court, and how the Court's decisions altered the relationships between the federal government and the states and the federal government and business.

Most likely we will not cover all of our third objective.


Class Discussion: Let's spend the first 15 minutes of class review the highlights from what we covered last week, and allow for a Q & A for anything ambiguous.


Panic of 1819!


Homework for Tuesday:
If all the Supreme Court cases do not get covered, then we'll spend time tonight summarizing; Pick up with taking notes and reading pp. 229 - 233.


Tuesday
Objective:

1. The reasons why President James Monroe announced his "doctrine" in 1823, and its impact on international relations at the time.
2. The frustrations experienced by John Quincy Adams during his term as president.

Class Discussion: Review/summarize Marshall's important Supreme Court decisions.

Cover objectives.

Homework for Wednesday

Begin Chapter 9, by reading and outlining the Introduction.

Wednesday

Objective:

Understand the reasons why Andrew Jackson was elected in 1828, and the significance of his victory.

Class Discussion: Understand the significance of the election of 1824 and it's effects of the election of 1828.

Homework for Thursday

Read and outline pp. 236 - 240, including the blue section (Where Historians Disagree).

Thursday

Objective:

1. Understand Andrew Jackson's philosophy of government and his impact on the office of the presidency.
2. Understand the debate among historians about the meaning of "Jacksonian Democracy," and Andrew Jackson's relationship to it.

Class discussion: A thorough discussion of Jackson as President.

Homework for Friday

Read and outline pp. 240 - 244

Supplemental Reading: Wester's Reply to Senator Hayne (Read & answer questions)

Friday

Objective:

Understand the nullification theory of John C. Calhoun, and President Jackson's reaction to the attempt to put nullification into action.

Homework for Monday

None