Synthesize weeks 10-17 into one connected narrative of the early republic, correctly sequencing major events and explaining at least one real connection between them.
This week connects Washington's first Cabinet all the way to the reform movements of the 1830s and 40s: one long story about a young republic figuring out what kind of nation it would become. Washington set precedents for restrained executive power (week 10), but his own Cabinet split into rival visions under Hamilton and Jefferson (week 11) -- a rivalry that shaped how boldly Jefferson himself would act just a few years later, doubling the nation's size with the Louisiana Purchase (week 12).
National confidence grew through the War of 1812 (week 13) and the Monroe Doctrine (week 14), even as Jacksonian democracy expanded voting rights for white men while forcibly removing Native nations from their homelands (week 15) -- one of the sharpest contradictions in this whole unit. Meanwhile, a wave of reform movements argued the nation was not yet living up to its own ideals (week 16), and your own project (week 17) turned one small piece of this story into a researched exhibit card. This assessment asks you to see the whole arc as one connected story rather than eight separate weeks.
Mastery looks like: They can place the unit's major events in correct chronological order and explain at least one real connection or contradiction spanning two or more weeks studied.
Common stumbles: Remembering each week's facts in isolation without noticing the unit's recurring tension between expanding freedom and denying it.