Guiding Question:

How does the struggle for identity and respect during the first half of the 19th century shape the United States today?

• 4 - The project demonstrates a firm grasp of the question and answers it completely by addressing all 5 supporting objectives.
• 3 - The project answers the question adequately and does so by addressing 4 of the 5 supporting objectives.
• 2 - The project attempts an answer of the question and only addresses 3 of the supporting objectives.
• 1 - The project does not answer the question and addresses only 1 of the supporting objectives.
• 0 - Incomplete or no project.

Supporting Objectives:

• Explain the effects of the growing sectionalism on United States politics.
• Describe the impact of the growth of abolitionist movements and other activism during the first half of the 19th Century.
• Detail the consequences of advancing technology on the labor force in the United States in the various sections of the country.
• Detail the United States’ growing international interests as the country grew in size and prominence.
• Explain the growing tension over slavery as this period comes to a close.