Unit 3 - Expansion and Reform
U4 USHG ERA 4 – Expansion and Reform (1792-1861)
U4.1 Challenges to an Emerging Nation – Analyze the challenges the new government faced and the role of political and social leaders in meeting these challenges.
8 – U4.1.1 Washington’s Farewell – Use Washington’s Farewell Address to analyze the most significant challenges the new nation faced and the extent to which subsequent Presidents heeded Washington’s advice. (C4)
8 – U4.1.2 Establishing America’s Place in the World – Explain the changes in America’s relationships with other nations by analyzing treaties with American Indian nations, Jay’s Treaty (1795), French Revolution, Pinckney’s Treaty (1795), Louisiana Purchase, War of 1812, Transcontinental Treaty (1819), and the Monroe Doctrine. (C4) (National Geography Standard 13, p. 161)
8 – U4.1.3 Challenge of Political Conflict –
Explain how political parties emerged out of the competing ideas, experiences, and fears of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton (and their followers), despite the worries the Founders had concerning the dangers of political division, by analyzing disagreements over
U4.2 Regional and Economic Growth – Describe and analyze the nature and impact of the territorial, demographic, and economic growth in the first three decades of the new nation using maps, charts, and other evidence.
8 – U4.2.1 Comparing Northeast and the South – Compare and contrast the social and economic systems of the Northeast and the South with respect to geography and climate and the development of
8 – U4.2.3 Westward Expansion – Explain the expansion, conquest, and settlement of the West through the Louisiana Purchase, the removal of American Indians (Trail of Tears) from their native lands, the growth of a system of commercial agriculture, and the idea of Manifest Destiny. (E2.1) (National Geography Standard 6, p. 154)
8 – U4.2.4 Consequences of Expansion – Develop an argument based on evidence about the positive and negative consequences of territorial and economic expansion on American Indians, the institution of slavery, and the relations between free and slaveholding states. (C2) (National Geography Standard 13, p. 169)
U4.3 Reform Movements – Analyze the growth of antebellum American reform movements.
8 – U4.3.1 Explain the origins of the American education system and Horace Mann’s campaign for free compulsory public education. (C2)
8 – U4.3.2 Describe the formation and development of the abolitionist movement by considering the roles of key abolitionist leaders (e.g., John Brown and the armed resistance, Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad, Sojourner Truth, William Lloyd Garrison, and Frederick Douglass), and the response of southerners and northerners to the abolitionist movement. (C2) (National Geography Standard 6, p. 154)
8 – U4.3.3 Analyze the antebellum women’s rights (and suffrage) movement by discussing the goals of its leaders (e.g., Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton) and comparing the Seneca Falls Resolution with the Declaration of Independence. (C2)
8 – U4.3.4 Analyze the goals and effects of the antebellum temperance movement. (C2)
8 – U4.3.5 Evaluate the role of religion in shaping antebellum reform movements. (C2)
U4.1 Challenges to an Emerging Nation – Analyze the challenges the new government faced and the role of political and social leaders in meeting these challenges.
8 – U4.1.1 Washington’s Farewell – Use Washington’s Farewell Address to analyze the most significant challenges the new nation faced and the extent to which subsequent Presidents heeded Washington’s advice. (C4)
8 – U4.1.2 Establishing America’s Place in the World – Explain the changes in America’s relationships with other nations by analyzing treaties with American Indian nations, Jay’s Treaty (1795), French Revolution, Pinckney’s Treaty (1795), Louisiana Purchase, War of 1812, Transcontinental Treaty (1819), and the Monroe Doctrine. (C4) (National Geography Standard 13, p. 161)
8 – U4.1.3 Challenge of Political Conflict –
Explain how political parties emerged out of the competing ideas, experiences, and fears of Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton (and their followers), despite the worries the Founders had concerning the dangers of political division, by analyzing disagreements over
- relative power of the national government (e.g., Whiskey Rebellion, Alien and Sedition Acts) (C3)
- foreign relations (e.g., French Revolution, relations with Great Britain) (C3)
- economic policy (e.g., the creation of a national bank, assumption of revolutionary debt) (C3, E2.2)
U4.2 Regional and Economic Growth – Describe and analyze the nature and impact of the territorial, demographic, and economic growth in the first three decades of the new nation using maps, charts, and other evidence.
8 – U4.2.1 Comparing Northeast and the South – Compare and contrast the social and economic systems of the Northeast and the South with respect to geography and climate and the development of
- agriculture, including changes in productivity, technology, supply and demand, and price (E1.3,1.4)
- industry, including entrepreneurial development of new industries, such as textiles (E1.1)
- the labor force including labor incentives and changes in labor forces (E1.2)
- transportation including changes in transportation (steamboats and canal barges) and impact on economic markets and prices (E1.2,1.3)
- immigration and the growth of nativism
- race relations
- class relations
8 – U4.2.3 Westward Expansion – Explain the expansion, conquest, and settlement of the West through the Louisiana Purchase, the removal of American Indians (Trail of Tears) from their native lands, the growth of a system of commercial agriculture, and the idea of Manifest Destiny. (E2.1) (National Geography Standard 6, p. 154)
8 – U4.2.4 Consequences of Expansion – Develop an argument based on evidence about the positive and negative consequences of territorial and economic expansion on American Indians, the institution of slavery, and the relations between free and slaveholding states. (C2) (National Geography Standard 13, p. 169)
U4.3 Reform Movements – Analyze the growth of antebellum American reform movements.
8 – U4.3.1 Explain the origins of the American education system and Horace Mann’s campaign for free compulsory public education. (C2)
8 – U4.3.2 Describe the formation and development of the abolitionist movement by considering the roles of key abolitionist leaders (e.g., John Brown and the armed resistance, Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad, Sojourner Truth, William Lloyd Garrison, and Frederick Douglass), and the response of southerners and northerners to the abolitionist movement. (C2) (National Geography Standard 6, p. 154)
8 – U4.3.3 Analyze the antebellum women’s rights (and suffrage) movement by discussing the goals of its leaders (e.g., Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton) and comparing the Seneca Falls Resolution with the Declaration of Independence. (C2)
8 – U4.3.4 Analyze the goals and effects of the antebellum temperance movement. (C2)
8 – U4.3.5 Evaluate the role of religion in shaping antebellum reform movements. (C2)
Essential Questions for Unit 3:
What were the challenges that the new government faced and the role of the political and social leaders in meeting those challenges?
What are the differences and similarities between the territorial, demographic, and economic growth of the new nation?
What are the differences and similarities between north, south and west in terms of PEGS?
What are the differences and similarities between people of the regions?
What are the differences and similarities between industrial growth and an agrarian economy?
What were the various national movements that redirected social reform that impacted the new nation called, and what were their characteristics?
What are the differences and similarities between the territorial, demographic, and economic growth of the new nation?
What are the differences and similarities between north, south and west in terms of PEGS?
What are the differences and similarities between people of the regions?
What are the differences and similarities between industrial growth and an agrarian economy?
What were the various national movements that redirected social reform that impacted the new nation called, and what were their characteristics?