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Chapter 2 THE EXPANDING NATION

Chapter 2 THE EXPANDING NATION. Section 1: The New Government Takes Shape Section 2: Growth and Change Section 3: Westward Expansion and Sectional Conflict. Section 1: The New Government Takes Shape. Objectives:. What key decisions did the first administration make?

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Chapter 2 THE EXPANDING NATION

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  1. Chapter 2THE EXPANDING NATION Section 1: The New Government Takes Shape Section 2: Growth and Change Section 3: Westward Expansion and Sectional Conflict

  2. Section 1: The New Government Takes Shape Objectives: • What key decisions did the first administration make? • What domestic and international problems did the nation face in the 1790s? • What major issues did John Adams and Thomas Jefferson face during their presidencies? • What was the significance of the Louisiana Purchase? • Why did the United States declare war on Great Britain in 1812?

  3. Section 1: The New Government Takes Shape The first Congress • passed the Bill of Rights • passed the Judiciary Act of 1789 • established the State, War, and Treasury Departments

  4. Section 1: The New Government Takes Shape Domestic problems in the 1790s • federal debt • farmers’ protests • conflicts with American Indians

  5. International problems in the 1790s • difficulty maintaining neutrality against British aggression • Britain’s supplying of arms to American Indians • conflicts between Americans who sided with the British and those who sided with the French

  6. Section 1: The New Government Takes Shape Adams’ major issues • sea battles with France • controversy over Alien and Sedition Acts • declining popularity • conflict with the Democratic-Republicans

  7. Jefferson’s major issues • difficulties with Supreme Court • problems maintaining neutrality • Louisiana Purchase • Embargo Act

  8. Section 1: The New Government Takes Shape Significance of the Louisiana Purchase • added all or part of 13 states to the nation • ended French control • opened the interior of the continent to settlement

  9. Section 1: The New Government Takes Shape Reasons for War of 1812 • practice of impressment • attacks on American ships • British aid to American Indians in their attacks on American settlers

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