How did the models offered by Great Britain and France shape ...

[NguyenJ]

Question 1

What led to the Louisiana Purchase? How did Jefferson reconcile the purchase with his own devotion to a strict interpretation of the Constitution?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

What were the qualities of the ideal Republican mother?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 3

What led to the violent conflict between whites and Indians in the Great Lakes region in the 1780s and 1790s? What was the ultimate outcome of these clashes?
 
  Answer: The ideal answer should include:
 
 

 
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    The Northwest Ordinance, encouraging European Americans to stake their claim to the area, inflamed passions on both sides.
   

 
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    Whites were determined to occupy and own the land.
   

 
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    Indians were determined to resist white settlement.
   

 
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    In 1790, Washington sent troops into the region to put an end to the violence.
   

 
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    After two stinging defeats of American troops at the hands of Little Turtles forces, Washington assigned the task of dealing with Little Turtle to General Anthony Wayne.
   

 
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    Wayne defeated Little Turtle at the Battle of Fallen Timbers.
   

 
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    In 1795, Indian leaders were forced to cede all of present-day Ohio and most of Indiana to the United States.
   

 

Question 4

Detail the impact of the new political and economic climate on northern blacks.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 5

How did the models offered by Great Britain and France shape American political views?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[Christopher]

Answer 1

Answer: The ideal answer should include:

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  In 1801, General Napoleon Bonaparte persuaded Spain to cede Louisiana to France.
  


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  Retaining control of New Orleans, Spain denied Americans the right to use that city as a depository for goods awaiting shipment.
  


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  In 1803, Jefferson sent James Monroe to Paris to secure American trading rights to New Orleans.
  


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  Napoleon surprised Monroe by offering to sell all of Louisiana.
  


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  Despite his political principles, Jefferson justified the purchase by pointing out that it would finally rid the area of European influence.
  

Answer 2

Answer: The ideal answer should include:

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  The Republican mother provided cultured companionship for her husband.
  


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  She reared her children to be virtuous, responsible members of society.
  


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  Republican mothers were expected to strive for an education equal to that of men.
  


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  This image of womanhood promoted the idea that well-off women should dedicate themselves to their home life, rather than to public roles in business or politics.
  

Answer 3

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 4

Answer: The ideal answer should include:

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  Between 1790 and 1804, all the northern states abolished slavery.
  


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  Nonetheless, free blacks continued to face discrimination, with most whites seeing blacks as inferior.
  


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  At both the state and national levels, most free blacks lacked basic citizenship rights.
  


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  Free blacks were often forced into menial work.
  


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  Nonetheless, free blacks in the North set about creating their own households and institutions.
  


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  These included organizations like a mutual aid society, and their own churches
  

Answer 5

Answer: The ideal answer should include:

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  Some Americans found much to admire in British traditions of order and stability, traditions shaped by a strong central authority.
  


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  Other Americans derived inspiration from the French Revolution.
  


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  For such Americans, the French Revolution represented an ideal of true democracy and the repudiation of aristocratic privilege.
  


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  The British model appealed to Federalists, supporters of a strong central government.
  


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  The French model appealed to Democratic-Republicans, supporters of the rights of the states and of the active participation of ordinary citizens in politics.
  


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  These divergent views shaped both foreign and domestic policy in the 1790s.
  

[NguyenJ]

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