American+Culture+in+the+1800s


 * Objectives:**
 * describe the emerging American culture of the 1800s


 * Do Now:**
 * ** Copy ** the quote below and ** rewrite ** it in your own words: what is Tocqueville saying about American culture in the 1800s?


 * HISTORY’S VOICES**
 * “[Americans] all consider society as a body in a state of improvement … in which nothing is, or ought to be, permanent … America is a land of wonders, in which everything is in constant motion and every change seems an improvement.” ||
 * —Alexis de Tocqueville, //Democracy in America// ||


 * Summarize:** What is the new American culture emerging in the 1800s? List the four details of new American culture using page 239.

1. In what ways do we demonstrate nationalism and sectionalism in our culture today? 2. Which interests you more and why: national issues/topics or local (sectional) issues/topics? 3. How is culture today similar to the culture of the 1800s and how is it different?