War of 1812 Debate and Supreme Court Cases in the Federal Era

http://home.att.net/~betsynewmark2/1812Debate.html War of 1812

You will preview 16 documents on reasons for going to war.

you must choose 2 short and 2 (5,6,7, 13, 14, and/or 15) long documents and do some analysis.

For each document:

---Note the author and where they are from.
---What are the main ideas of the document?
---What evidence are they using to support their view
---In your opinion how creditable is the evidence? Give judgment and your reasons for analysis


The last 15 minutes you will look at a supreme court case.

Supreme Court Cases www.landmarkcases.org



Click on the case you were assigned and go to the reading with the one star it is the easiest.

How did John Marshall mold a Federalist interpretation of law? Summarize the background, the constitutional issues and significance of the following important Supreme Court cases:

Marbury v. Madison,
McCulloch v. Maryland,
Gibbons v. Ogden,

http://law.jrank.org/pages/6933/Fletcher-v-Peck.html
Fletcher v. Peck, and

http://www.abanet.org/publiced/youth/sia/holtcases/dartmouth.html
Dartmouth College v. Woodward.


Answer questions on the case at the bottom on the same sheet you answered the war of 1812 on.