Chapter 9: The Rise Of A New Nation, 1815 - 1836

After reading this chapter, you should be able to do the following:

1. Analyze the new expectations Americans had at the conclusion of the War of 1812. What choices did each region make to realize those expectations?
   
   
2. Describe the initiatives in domestic and foreign affairs undertaken during the presidencies of James Madison and James Monroe, as well as the expectations from which they arose.
   
   
3. Describe the emergence of the factory system of manufacturing, and analyze the new social relationships it engendered.
   
   
4. Describe the widespread changes in American political institutions apparent by the middle of the 1820s, and account for Andrew Jackson’s victory in 1828.
   
   
5. Explicate Jackson’s major policies and explain how they contributed to the formation of a new opposition political party.