Nationalism+and+Sectionalism




 * Unit Objectives**

Students will be able to:
 * summarize the differences between nationalism and sectionalism
 * describe the emerging American culture of the 1800s
 * identify how nationalism affected domestic and foreign policies
 * explain how Jackson became president
 * identify the reasons and motives the US had for relocating Native Americans
 * explain why Jackson opposed the Second Bank of the United States
 * describe the concept of states' rights and how it led to the nullification crisis
 * describe and rank new advances in transportation and communication during the Industrial Revolution
 * compare and contrast the economy of the North and the South
 * explain the importance of cotton to the Southern economy

Lesson 1 - Introduction to Ch. 7 - Nationalism and Sectionalism Lesson 2 - American Culture in the 1800s Lesson 3 - Nationalism in Domestic and Foreign Policies Lesson 4 - The Indian Removal Act Lesson 5 - Trail of Tears Lesson 6 - The Second National Bank & Nullification Crisis Lesson 7 - Industrial North Lesson 8 - Agricultural South

__**MA Learning Standards:**__

//**USI.24**// Describe the election of 1828, the importance of Jacksonian democracy, and Jackson's actions as President. (H) A. the spoils system B. Jackson's veto of the National Bank C. Jackson's policy of Indian Removal

//**USI.26**// Describe the causes, course, and consequences of America's westward expansion and its growing diplomatic assertiveness. Use a map of North America to trace America's expansion to the Civil War, including the location of the Santa Fe and Oregon trails. (H, E, G) C. the 1823 Monroe Doctrine D. the Cherokees' Trail of Tears

//**USI.27**// Explain the importance of the Transportation Revolution of the 19th century (the b uilding of canals, roads, bridges, turnpikes, steamboats, and railroads), including the stimulus it provided to the growth of a market economy. (H, E)

//**USI.28**// Explain the emergence and impact of the textile industry in New England and industrial growth generally throughout antebellum America. (H,E) A. the technological improvements and inventions that contributed to industrial growth B. the causes and impact of the wave of immigration from Northern Europe to America in the 1840s and 1850s C. the rise of a business class of merchants and manufacturers D. the roles of women in New England textile factories


 * //USI.29//** Describe the rapid growth of slavery in the South after 1800 and analyze slave life and resistance on plantations and farms across the South, as well as the impact of the cotton gin on the economics of slavery and Southern agriculture. (H)

//**USI.35**// Describe how the different economies and cultures of the North and South contributed to the growing importance of sectional politics in the early 19th century. (H)