Unit Five: Jacksonian Democracy & Antebellum South
Readings:
Chapter 13: The Rise of Mass Democracy
through
Chapter 19: Drifting Toward Disunion
(NOTE: We will be touching on aspects of Chapters 14-18, but not go into as much depth as Chapter 13 and 19.)
Unit Goals:
•To understand how Andrew Jackson’s presidency brought a new spirit of mass democracy in American society, bringing new energy as well as conflict.
•To be able to explain how Jackson’s success obtained through this new democracy, eventually led to political opposition, signaling the emergence of the second American party system.
•To recognize how amidst the whirl of democratic politics, issues of tariffs, financial instability, Indian policy, and westward expansion, indications arose that difficult sectional and economic problems were festering beneath the surface and not being very successfully addressed.
•To acknowledge that growing trends and changes in westward expansion, immigration, technological advancements, and social structure helped shaped America in the mid-1800s.
•To evaluate both Northern and Southern perspectives of slavery and understand it’s impact on the Northern abolitionist movement and the Southern economy.
•To understand that a series of major North-South crises in the late 1850s culminated in the election of the antislavery Republican Lincoln, causing the secession of the Southern states and resulting in the Civil War.
Chapter 13: The Rise of Mass Democracy
through
Chapter 19: Drifting Toward Disunion
(NOTE: We will be touching on aspects of Chapters 14-18, but not go into as much depth as Chapter 13 and 19.)
Unit Goals:
•To understand how Andrew Jackson’s presidency brought a new spirit of mass democracy in American society, bringing new energy as well as conflict.
•To be able to explain how Jackson’s success obtained through this new democracy, eventually led to political opposition, signaling the emergence of the second American party system.
•To recognize how amidst the whirl of democratic politics, issues of tariffs, financial instability, Indian policy, and westward expansion, indications arose that difficult sectional and economic problems were festering beneath the surface and not being very successfully addressed.
•To acknowledge that growing trends and changes in westward expansion, immigration, technological advancements, and social structure helped shaped America in the mid-1800s.
•To evaluate both Northern and Southern perspectives of slavery and understand it’s impact on the Northern abolitionist movement and the Southern economy.
•To understand that a series of major North-South crises in the late 1850s culminated in the election of the antislavery Republican Lincoln, causing the secession of the Southern states and resulting in the Civil War.
Announcements/Reminders/etc.1/28 - Unit 5 Test Study Guide posted. Please note that instead of two short answers, there will now be one short essay.
1/23 - Unit Assignment posted. 1/22 - Calendar updated. Please see below. 1/11 - Midterm preparation posted on class homepage. 1/5 - Optional extra credit opportunity posted under the Unit Assignments section. 1/5 - Unit 5 Calendar, Powerpoints, and assignments posted. |
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