Problem 1: How did the United States Constitution come to be written and ratified? How it represent a change from the original goals of the Declaration of Independence? Was this a betrayal or a necessary adjustment to reality?
Problem 2: What was George Washington attempting to achieve in the presidency? What were his successes? What were his failures [according to his own standards]?
Problem 3: What values and issues separated the Federalist and Republican parties? What actions by Jefferson in office embodied his Republican ideology?
Problem 4: What events lead to the War of 1812? How did the coming of the war and the war itself represent a challenge to Republican ideology?
Problem 5: How did the United States survive the War of 1812? How was the United States changed in the years after the war?