Embedded Files
Use the PPT to follow along with the unit. You can also print it in "Notes" format and use as a reading guide for this unit.
Key Terms
Key Terms
Chapter 8: Market Revolution, Transportation Revolution, Erie Canal, Panic of 1819, steam engine, telegraph, Cotton Kingdom, Lowell Massachusetts, plantation system, wage labor, Antebellum, xenophobia, Know-Nothing Party
Chapter 9: Andrew Jackson, Missouri Crisis, Missouri Compromise of 1820, sectionalism, Henry Clay, the Nullification Crisis, Petticoat Affair, the Bank War, specie vs. bank notes, Panic of 1837, Whig Party and the Whig coalition, populism, Jacksonian Democracy,
Chapter 10: revivalism, Second Great Awakening, Protestant, new denominations, transcendentalism, temperance, abolition, antislavery movement, anti-colonization movement, Charles Finney, American Temperance Society, The Liberator, William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, John Brown’s Raid, Seneca Falls Convention
Chapter 12: Manifest Destiny, Annexation of Florida, Second Seminole War, Indian Removal Act of 1830, Worcester v. Georgia, Trail of Tears, Cherokee Nation, Plains Indians,, Texas Revolution, Annexation of Texas, US-Mexican War, Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, California Gold Rush, Monroe Doctrine
Chapter 12: Manifest Destiny, Annexation of Florida, Second Seminole War, Indian Removal Act of 1830, Worcester v. Georgia, Trail of Tears, Cherokee Nation, Plains Indians,, Texas Revolution, Annexation of Texas, US-Mexican War, Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, California Gold Rush, Monroe Doctrine
Key Questions
Key Questions
How did the Market Revolution change gender roles and family life?
Why did reform movements emerge in antebellum America? Choose one to explain in more detail.
Abolition gained tractions during the Antebellum period, but evolved over the first half of the century. In what ways were the abolitionist strategies the same over time? In what ways were they different?
Assess the presidency of Andrew Jackson. To what extent was he champion of democracy, and to what extent did his policies and actions undermine democratic principles during his time in office?
Explain Manifest Destiny and its impact on Western Expansion. Make sure to discuss the impact on various groups of people and the geography of the American West.
Podcast and Additional Resources
Podcast and Additional Resources
American History Tellers: The Age of Andrew Jackson (There are 5 episodes under this series - Episodes 2, 3 and 4 are most closely aligned with our content.)
American History Tellers: The Age of Andrew Jackson (There are 5 episodes under this series - Episodes 2, 3 and 4 are most closely aligned with our content.)
American History Tellers: Jacksonian Democracy (This is just one episode so is easier than maybe listening to all 3 of the above.
American History Tellers: Jacksonian Democracy (This is just one episode so is easier than maybe listening to all 3 of the above.
PBS Documentaries - The Abolitionists (We watched Episode 1 in class, there are three episodes total.) You may have to purchase this depending on what streaming services you use.
PBS Documentaries - The Abolitionists (We watched Episode 1 in class, there are three episodes total.) You may have to purchase this depending on what streaming services you use.
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