Ep. 23 If you're studying 8th grade Social Studies, check out this review for a highlight of topics preparing for a test on Thomas Jefferson and the time period leading up to the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain. Its a chapter with a wealth of important events and this podcast breaks down some significant progress in the march to a modern United States of America. Not all of it is celebratory, in fact, there are a lot of difficult times afoot, but the path of history takes great strides in the era of Thomas Jefferson, tune in for more summaries of the following topics:

Thomas Jefferson and his hobbies and interests

Marbury vs. Madison and Judicial Review

War Hawks

The War of 1812 and its outcomes

The Louisiana Purchase

Tecumseh 

Tecumseh was chief of which tribe? _____________ Shawnee b. Pawnee c. Tawnee d. Sioux

Tecumseh intended to prevent the loss of Native American lands by _________

Legal treaties b. unifying all Native Americans c. Writing to Europe for help

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