Period 4: 1800-1848

Period 4 (1800-1848) is about a young nation growing fast and arguing about how. Track the shift from Jeffersonian Republicans to the Second Party System (Jacksonian Democrats vs. Whigs), the expansion of White male suffrage, and fights over federal power: the Marshall Court, the Bank, tariffs, and nullification. The Market Revolution (canals, railroads, factories, commercial farming) reshaped work, gender roles, and regional economies, while the Second Great Awakening fueled reform movements like temperance, abolition, and women's rights. Don't miss Indian Removal, the Monroe Doctrine, and the growth of cotton slavery in the South.