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Additional Class Topics
For Further Interest: Additional Class Topics
Chapter 11:
The Triumphs and Travails of Jeffersonian Republic, 1800 - 1812
- Focus on Jefferson as political philosopher,
practical political leader, and enduring symbol of American democracy. Examine
the elements of Jeffersons political ideals, and compare them with
his actual performance in office.
- Consider the role of the Supreme Court
and judicial review in the American political system in Jeffersons
time and after. Discuss particularly its apparently antidemocratic
character.
- Focus on the causes and consequences of
the Louisiana Purchase, particularly on its implications for the future westward
movement of the United States. Examine the Lewis and Clark Expedition as both
an enterprise of geographical and scientific inquiry and as a political maneuver
to put an American imprint on the North American continent. (Note that Lewis
and Clark traveled far beyond the Purchase territory proper, implying even
further expansion.)
- Examine the background and ambitions of
the young western War Hawks of 1812, including people like Congressman
Henry Clay. Consider the important place of Canada in the thinking of those
who pushed for war against Britain.
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