Period 4: 1800-1848
Carter Rhodes
Marbury V Madison (1803)
- Previously appointed commissions refused to Marbury
- Court ruled in favor of Marbury
- Established judicial Review
MaconĀ“s Bill No. 2 (1810)
- Became law in the U.S. on May 14, 1810
- Replaced the Non-Intercourse Act (1809)
- Attempt to motivate Britain and France to discontinue their policies of impressment
JacksonĀ“s Bank Wars (1829-1837)
- Jackson believed the National Bank was corrupt and unconstitutional
American Literature
Melville
- Moby Dick (1851)
- Reflected theological and cultural conflict of the era
Whitman
- "O Captain! My Captain!" (1865)
- Transcendentalism/Realism
Poe
- The Raven (1845)
- Highlighted horrors of mental illness
The Temperance Crusade (Early 19th Century)
- Against alcohol
- Most successful reform movement
- Religious in nature
Themes:
NAT-1: During this era, as events such as the War of 1812 and the Era of Good Feelings united the nation, a new sense of nationalism developed among the people.
POL-3: Religious movements, such as the Second Great Awakening, led to many other reform movements which would become a distinct characteristic of the period.