Please choose one of the following questions to answer:
1. How did the Louisiana Purchase transform America's understanding of itself?
2. Could the War of 1812 be considered America's second war for independence? Explain.
3. Why did Jefferson support expansion to the West? Why did eastern farm families leave their communities to go west?
4. In what ways did the emerging industrial economy conflict with artisan republicanism? How did wage laborers respond to the new economy?