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Unit Overview: A Nation Divided
This unit covers the years 1835-1860. Major events/themes found in the unit:
Sectionalism and regional economies
Territorial expansion and the issue of slavery
The Mexican-American War
The Compromise of 1850 and the rise of Abolitionism
Bloody Kansas and John Brown
The Lincoln Douglas Debates and rise of Republican Party
Election of Lincoln and Secession.
Unit Essay: A Nation Divided
In order to get credit for this project you must choose one essay to write on the following topic:
A Nation DividedFRQ: Analyze how western expansion contributed to growing sectional tensions between the North and the South. Confine your answer to the period from 1800 to 1850. (2012)
DBQ: The issue of territorial expansion sparked considerable debate in the period 1800-1855. Analyze this debate and evaluate the influence of both supporters and opponents of territorial expansion in shaping federal government policy. Use the documents and your knowledge of the years 1800-1855 in your answer. (2010)
FRQ: Analyze the ways in which controversy over the extension of slavery into western territories contributed to the coming of the Civil War. Confine your answer to the period 1845-1861. (2010)
FRQ: Analyze the political, economic, and religious tensions between immigrant Roman Catholics and native-born Protestants in the United States from the 1830’s through the 1850’s. (2009)
FRQ: Analyze the social, political, and economic forces of the 1840’s and the early 1850’s that led to the emergence of the Republican Party. (2009)
FRQ: In what ways and to what extent was industrial development from 1800 to 1860 a factor in the relationship between the northern and the southern states? (2006)
DBQ: In the early nineteenth century, American sought to resolve their political disputes through compromise, yet by 1860 this no longer seemed possible. Analyze the reasons for this change. Use the documents and your knowledge of the period 1820-1860 to in constructing your response. (2005)
FRQ: To what extent did the debates about the Mexican War and its aftermath reflect the sectional interests of New Englanders, westerners, and southerners in the period from 1845 to 1855? (2005)
FRQ: Analyze the effectiveness of political compromise in reducing sectional tensions in the period 1820-1861. (2004)
Unit Videos:
Unit Lectures:
Primary Sources:
Ralph Waldo Emerson, the Transcendentalist, 1842
Across the Plains, Catherine Sager Pringle, 1844
John L. Sullivan on the Annexation of Texas, 1846
The Seneca Falls Declaration, 1848
"I am an Abolitionist," William Lloyd Garrison, 1848
"What to a Slave is the Fourth of July?", Frederick Douglass, 1852
Charles Sumner, "On the Crime Against Kansas", 1856
McGuffy's New High School Reader, 1857
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AP US History Unit 4 Key Terms
For this project you must define the terms listed below and explain each term's significance to the unit/era being studied. Your definition should be 2-3 sentences long and may be copied and pasted from a source like Wikipedia, but the significance of the term must be in your own words and based on your own understanding. To fill out a term's significance, ask yourself, "Why is this item included in my study of this unit? Why is this term in a history book?" The answer to this question is your term's significance.
Unit 4 Key Terms:
1. Manifest Destiny
2. Tariff of 1828
3. Nullification Crisis
4. Oregon Trail
5. Republic of Texas
6. Mexican-American War
7. California Gold Rush
8. Wilmot Proviso
9. Compromise of 1850
10. Abolitionist Movement
11. Dred Scott Case
12. Kansas Nebraska Act
13. Bleeding Kansas
14. Uncle Tom's Cabin
15. Frederick Douglass
16. Sumner-Brooks Incident
17. Lincoln-Douglas Debates
18. John Brown/Harper's Ferry
19. Underground Rail Road
20. Election of 1860
Below is an example of a key term done with the proper format:
William the Conqueror: William I (c. 1028[2] – 9 September 1087), also known as William the Conqueror (Guillaume le Conquérant), was the first Norman King of England from Christmas 1066 until his death. He was also Duke of Normandy from 3 July 1035 until his death, under the name William II. Before his conquest of England, he was known as William the Bastard because of the illegitimacy of his birth.To press his claim to the English crown, William invaded England in 1066, leading an army of Normans, Bretons, Flemings, and Frenchmen (from Paris andÎle-de-France) to victory over the English forces of King Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings, and suppressed subsequent English revolts in what has become known as the Norman Conquest.[3] (I copied and pasted this definition from Wikipedia)
Significance: William the Conqueror is significant because his conquest of England created the first nation state in Europe. His rearrangement of English feudal territories to give himself dramatically more power than the the barons and nobles around him caused him to be the most powerful monarch in Europe and eventually led to the rise of other nation states over the next few centuries. (These are my words based on my knowledge of English and European history.)
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