The Growing Nation
Manifest Destiny and the Jacksonian Era
Unit 3
Standards:
SSUSH6 Analyze the challenges faced by the first five presidents and how they responded.
a. Examine the presidency of Washington, including the precedents he set.
b. Explain the presidency of John Adams including the Sedition Act and its influence on the election of 1800.
c. Explore Jefferson’s expansion of presidential power including the purchase and exploration of the Louisiana Territory.
d. Explain James Madison’s presidency in relation to the War of 1812 and the war’s significance in the development of a national identity.
e. Explain James Monroe’s presidency in relation to the Monroe Doctrine.
SSUSH7 Investigate political, economic, and social developments during the Age of Jackson.
a. Explain Jacksonian Democracy, including expanding suffrage, the Nullification Crisis and states’ rights, and the Indian Removal Act.
b. Explain how the North, South, and West were linked through industrial and economic expansion including Henry Clay and the American System.
c. Explain the influence of the Second Great Awakening on social reform movements, including temperance, public education, and women’s efforts to gain suffrage.
d. Explain how the significance of slavery grew in American politics including slave rebellions and the rise of abolitionism.
Writing Assessment:
Andrew Jackson DBQ
Test:
October 4th
The Americans Online Text:
Chapter 6 - Launching the New Nation
Chapter 7 - Balancing Nationalism and Sectionalism
Chapter 8 - Reforming American Society
The Americans Guided Reading:
Chapter 6 - Launching the New Nation
Chapter 7 - Balancing Nationalism and Sectionalism
Chapter 8 - Reforming American Society
US History Online:
18 - Unsettled Domestic Issues
20 - Jeffersonian America: A Second Revolution?
21 - The Expanding Republic and the War of 1812
22 - Social Change and National Development
23 - Politics and the New Nation
25 - The Rise of American Industry
26 - An Explosion of New Thought
28 - Abolitionist Sentiment Grows
Test Review:
Kahoot - Launching the New Nation
Unit Agenda
Unit Notes
Resources
Crash Course - US History
George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Alexander Hamilton
John Jay
Aaron Burr
Whiskey Rebellion
Alien and Sedition Acts
XYZ Affair
Election of 1800
Louisiana Purchase
Lewis and Clark Expedition
War of 1812
Monroe Doctrine
1824 Election
Nullification Crisis
Indian Removal Act
Industrial Revolution
Henry Clay and the American System
Second Great Awakening
Slavery and the Abolitionist Movement