LO 2.1 Interpret timelines of key historical events, people, and periods; locate significant places and events on maps.

LO 2.2 Describe the formation of the United States Government under the Constitution

LO 2.3 Identify the debates that led to the first political parties in the United States and the leaders of each faction.

LO 2.4 Explain the significance of the Louisiana Purchase and Westward expansion during the period.

LO 2.5 Compare and contrast the political events of the Early Republic period the Jeffersonian Era, and the Age of Jackson.

LO 2.6 Explain the role cotton played in the United States economy after the American Revolution

LO 2.7 Identify the political parties of the Second Party System and be able to describe the ideology of each.

LO 2.8 Demonstrate how Andrew Jackson changed the office of President of the United States.

LO 2.9 Explain the impact of the market and transportation revolutions on the economy of the United States as a whole and by region.

LO 2.10 Describe key changes and events in the institution of slavery and how the justification for slavery changed in the three decades prior to the Civil War.

LO 2.11 Describe the economic and social forces shaping the South during this period.

LO 2.12 List the most significant reform movements in the North and explain how those movements changed society in the North