Unit Description:
This unit deals with increasing tensions between the North and South as the country grows due to Manifest Destiny, eventually leading to the Civil War.
Stage 1- Desired Results
Essential Questions
How did economic, social, and political developments contribut to sectionalism in the first half of the 19th century?
Why did the South finally decide seccession was necessary?
How was Federal Power used and expanded during the Civil War?
Enduring Understandings
Students understand that...
EXPANSION, NATIONALISM, AND SECTIONALISM (1800 – 1865): As the nation expanded, growing sectional tensions, especially over slavery, resulted in political and constitutional crises that culminated in the Civil War
Common Core Standards and Performance Indicators:
Unifying Themes:
TCC
GEO
GOV
ECO
TECH
Social Studies Content Area Standards:
World History
Geography
Economics
Civics, Citizenship, and Government
Social Studies Practices (begin on page 3)
Common Core Learning Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science,and Technical Subjects (begins on page 76)
Knowledge
Students know that...
Skills
Students will be able to...
Students will examine how the Louisiana Purchase, the War of 1812, and the Monroe Doctrine strengthened nationalism.
Students will examine the market revolution, including technological developments, the development of transportation networks, the growth of domestic industries, the increased demands for free and enslaved labor, the changing role of women, and the rise of political democracy.
Students will examine Jackson’s presidency, noting the ways it strengthened presidential power yet challenged constitutional principles in the case of Worcester v. Georgia (1832), including the controversy concerning the Indian Removal Act and its implementation.
Students will compare different perspectives on States rights by examining the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions and the nullification crisis.
Students will investigate the development of the abolitionist movement, focusing on Nat Turner’s Rebellion, Sojourner Truth, William Lloyd Garrison (The Liberator), Frederick Douglass (The Autobiography of Frederick Douglass and The North Star), and Harriet Beecher Stowe (Uncle Tom’s Cabin).
Students will examine the emergence of the women’s rights movement out of the abolitionist movement, including the role of the Grimké sisters, Lucretia Mott, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and evaluate the demands made at the Seneca Falls Convention (1848).
Students will examine the issues surrounding the expansion of slavery into new territories, by exploring the Missouri Compromise, Manifest Destiny, Texas and the Mexican-American war, the Compromise of 1850, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Dred Scott decision, and John Brown’s raid
Students will compare the relative strengths of the Union and the Confederacy in terms of industrial capacity, transportation facilities, and military leadership, and evaluate the reasons why the North prevailed over the South and the impacts of the war.
Students will examine the expansion of executive and federal power as they relate to the suspension of habeas corpus within the Union and the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Students will analyze the ideas expressed in the Gettysburg Address, considering its long-term effects.
11.3a American nationalism was both strengthened and challenged by territorial expansion and economic growth.
11.3b Different perspectives concerning constitutional, political, economic, and social issues contributed to the growth of sectionalism.
11.3c Long-standing disputes over States rights and slavery and the secession of Southern states from the Union, sparked by the election of Abraham Lincoln, led to the Civil War. After the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing the slaves became a major Union goal. The Civil War resulted in tremendous human loss and physical destruction.
Key Terms:
Manifest Destiny
Louisiana Purchase
Monroe Doctrine
Sectionalism
American System
abolitionist
nullification
Jacksonian Democracy
Compromise of 1850
Seneca Falls
Dredd Scott v Sanford
Emancipation Proclamation
Stage 2- Assessment Evidence
Summative Tasks
Formative Tasks
Monroe Doctrine Cartoon Analysis: contains two cartoons; asks about symbols and message
Andrew Jackson’s Message to Congress Concerning the Indian Removal Act of 1830: Good activity analyzing/summarizing documents using excerpts from Jackson's speech and a graphic organizer
Women's Rights and Seneca Falls (page 87) Compares and contrasts the Declaration of Sentiments and the Declaration of Independence
Abolition (pg 54-64) Activities include primary source "Slave Voices", creating pie charts and timelines, and slave songs.
Lowell Mill Girls and the Factory System: primary source reading with an activity asking students to make arguments and counter arguments
Frederick Douglass: What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?: Good activity analyzing/summarizing documents using excerpts from Douglass' speech and a graphic organizer
"I Think" on advantages of each side during the Civil War (pg 57)
Gettysburg Address- Breakdown of speech into sections students summarize
John Brown Cartoon Analysis: Source reliability activity
"Aint I a Woman" with analysis questions speech by Sojourner Truth
DBQ's on War of 1812 and Jacksonian Democracy (Pages 23,28) KEY DECISIONS IN US HISTORY
Should Congress permit slavery in the new states? (pgs. 82-83)
States' Rights (pgs. 86-89)
Should slaves revolt? (pgs. 90-91)
Building a Nation Multiple Choice Exam: 30 questions from New Visions
Sectionalism and Civil War Multiple Choice Exam: 25 questions from New Visions
Complete end of 11.3 Unit Exam: 55 questions combined from both exams above
Stage 3- Related Lessons
Lesson Plans and Content
Videos, Documents, and Resources\
SHEG Why did Federalists oppose the Louisiana Purchase? MOCK TRIAL Common Man and Contradictions: A Mock Trial of Andrew JacksonDred Scott: Multiday lesson answering the question: Analyze how the two sides in the Dred Scott decision interpreted the same Founding documents and came to such different conclusions.
The Mexican-American War: Over three lessons, students will analyze two primary source documents that represent two different points of view on the Mexican-American War.
INQUIRY BASED
Does it matter who freed the slaves?
Causes of the Civil War using student drawings and docs
Manifest Destiny and Native Americans: Manifest Destiny through multiple visual, written, and oral history sources by Turner, Custer, Tecumseh, Crazy Horse, and more.
John Brown and Harpers Ferry: How did failure to compromise lead to the Civil War? (page 112)
Suggestions for Diverse Learners
Interactive Manifest Destiny Map
pgs. 66-68: Uses short excerpts of newspaper accounts for students to understand the who, where, and why of American expansion
pg. 80: Westward Trails map and hypothesizing activity