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5. Show how events in Europe forced the Louisiana Purchase.

6. State the const.i.tutional question involved in the Louisiana Purchase.

7. Show how American trade was affected by the European war.

8. Compare the policies of Jefferson and Madison.

9. Why did the United States become involved with England rather than with France?

10. Contrast the causes of the War of 1812 with the results.

11. Give the economic reasons for the att.i.tude of New England.

12. Give five ”nationalist” measures of the Republicans. Discuss each in detail.

13. Sketch the career of John Marshall.

14. Discuss the case of Marbury vs. Madison.

15. Summarize Marshall's views on: (a) states' rights; and (b) a liberal interpretation of the Const.i.tution.

Research Topics

The Louisiana Purchase.-Text of Treaty in Macdonald, Doc.u.mentary Source Book, pp. 279-282. Source materials in Hart, American History Told by Contemporaries, Vol. III, pp. 363-384. Narrative, Henry Adams, History of the United States, Vol. II, pp. 25-115; Elson, History of the United States, pp. 383-388.

The Embargo and Non-Intercourse Acts.-Macdonald, pp. 282-288; Adams, Vol. IV, pp. 152-177; Elson, pp. 394-405.

Congress and the War of 1812.-Adams, Vol. VI, pp. 113-198; Elson, pp. 408-450.

Proposals of the Hartford Convention.-Macdonald, pp. 293-302.

Manufactures and the Tariff of 1816.-Coman, Industrial History of the United States, pp. 184-194.

The Second United States Bank.-Macdonald, pp. 302-306.

Effect of European War on American Trade.-Callender, Economic History of the United States, pp. 240-250.

The Monroe Message.-Macdonald, pp. 318-320.

Lewis and Clark Expedition.-R.G. Thwaites, Rocky Mountain Explorations, pp. 92-187. Schafer, A History of the Pacific Northwest (rev. ed.), pp. 29-61.

PART IV. THE WEST AND JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY

CHAPTER X

THE FARMERS BEYOND THE APPALACHIANS

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