CHP 7 – 8

CHP 7: BALANCING NATIONALISM AND SECTIONALISM

American leaders devise a farsighted policy of improvements as North, South and West develop distinct economies; but the sections gradually grow to guard their sectional interest.

Names:  Eli Whitney – Henry Clay – John Quincy Adams – Andrew Jackson – John C. Calhoun – Daniel Webster – Martin Van Buren – William Henry Harrison – John Tyler

Terms:  Cotton Gin – Mass Production – Industrial Revolution – American System – National Road – Erie Canal – Tariff of 1816 – Nationalism – Adams-Onis Treaty – Monroe Doctrine - Missouri Compromise – Spoils System – Indian Removal Act – Trail of Tears- Tariff of Abominations – Whig Party – Panic of 1837

SEC 1-2 E.Q. = Was the Monroe Doctrine a policy of expansion or national defense ?

Sec 1: Regional Economies Create Differences

Main Idea:  The North and the South developed different economic systems that led to political differences between the regions.

·         What was the North’s economy based on?

·         What was the South’s economy based on?

·         What were the main goals of the American System?

Sec 2: Nationalism at Center Stage

Main Idea:  Nationalism exerted a strong influence in courts, foreign affairs, and westward expansion in the early 1800s.

·         How did Supreme Court decisions promote federal power and nationalism?

·         How did the Adams-Onis Treaty promote nationalism?

·         How did the Monroe Doctrine promote nationalism?

·         Why did conflict arise when Missouri requested admission to the Union?

·         What did the Missouri Compromise do?

SEC 3-4 E.Q. = Was the age of Jackson good for democracy ?

Sec 3: The Age of Jackson

Main Idea:  Andrew Jackson’s policies spoke for the common people but violated Native American rights.

·         How did Jackson’s election expand suffrage and change the presidency?

·         What ideas made it easy for Andrew Jackson to remove Native Americans from their land?

·         What was Jackson’s response to the court’s decision in Worcester v Georgia ?

Sec 4: Jackson on State Rights and the National Bank

Main Idea:  Andrew Jackson confronted two important issues during his presidency – state’s rights and a national bank.

·         How was Nullification a cause for conflict in government ?

·         Is Nullification a legitimate principle ?

·         What were the arguments on the State Rights’ debate ?

·         Why did Jackson oppose the National Bank ?

·         Why was Andrew Jackson called King Andrew The First ?

CHP 8: REFORMING AMERICAN SOCIETY

A religious revival sweeps the United States. In its wake, many people press for reforms including the end of slavery, the granting of equal rights for women, and increased rights for workers.

Names:  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Frederick Douglass, Nat Turner, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Sojourner Truth.

Terms:  Second Great Awakening, revival, transcendentalism, civil disobedience, abolition, emancipation, antebellum, gag rule, cult of domesticity, temperance movement, Seneca Falls convention, strike.

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E.Q. :  Did reformers have a significant impact on the problems of American society?

·         What affect did the Second Great Awakening have on American society ?

·         What new religious ideas set the stage for reform ?

·         Was slavery a benign or evil institution ?

·         How did abolitionists propose to end slavery ?

·         What was the purpose of the Seneca Falls convention?   Did they achieve it ?