The American Vision: Chapter 2, The Young Republic

The following is a selection of articles that will relate to information in Chapter 2. These are just starting points. For the curious, each article leads to additional articles. Occasionally, an article will be listed in more than one category. Previous Chapter Next Chapter

1. Section 1 - The New Republic
   • The Early Years of the Republic
     • Bill of Rights
     • Alexander Hamilton
     • First Bank of the United States
     • Naval War with France
   • Republicans in Power
     • Revolution of 1800
     • John Marshall
     • Thomas Jefferson
     • Louisiana Purchase
     • Marbury v. Madison
     • Lewis and Clark Expedition
     • James Madison
     • War Hawks
     • War of 1812
2. Section 2 - The Growth of a Nation
   • Growth of American Nationalism
     • James Monroe
     • The Era of Good Feelings
     • Monroe Doctrine
     • Tariff
     • McCulloch v. Maryland
     • Adams-Onis Treaty
   • A Growing nation
     • Steamboat Era
     • Canal Craze
     • Irish in America
     • First Industrial Revolution
     • Know-Nothing Party
     • Slavery in America
     • Second Bank of the United States
3. Section 3 - Growing Division and Reform
   • The Resurgence of Sectionalism
     • Missouri Compromise
     • Henry Clay
     • John Quincy Adams
     • Corrupt Bargain
     • Election of 1828
     • Andrew Jackson
     • Nullification Crisis
     • Spoils System
     • Tariff of Abominations (1828)
     • Trail of Tears
     • The Whig Party
     • Panic of 1837
   • The Reform Spirit
     • The Second Great Awakening
     • The Temperance Movement
     • Women`s Rights
     • Elizabeth Cady Stanton
     • Abolitionism
     • Frederick Douglass
     • William Lloyd Garrison
4. Section 4 - Manifest Destiny and Crisis
   • Manifest Destiny
     • Annexation of Texas
     • The Oregon Question
     • James K. Polk
     • Mexican-American War
     • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
   • Slavery and Western Expansion
     • Wilmot Proviso
     • John C. Calhoun
     • Daniel Webster
     • Compromise of 1850
     • Fugitive Slave Act
     • Underground Railroad
     • Harriet Beecher Stowe
     • Kansas-Nebraska Act
     • Bleeding Kansas
   • The Crisis Deepens
     • Formation of the Republican Party
     • Dred Scott Case
     • Election of 1856
     • John C. Frémont
     • Harper`s Ferry