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AP US HISTORY Reading Guide—America’s History—Chapter 8, Economic Transformations, 1800-1848The following are the items from the AP Curriculum Framework that apply to this chapter. I suggest you read these, make sure you understand them, and be able to explain and give examples to support each one. Your textbook will cover some of these; we will cover others in class. Quite often there will be overlap between chapters. THE BIG IDEA: In 18th century Europe, the leading principles were aristocracy, patriarchy, mercantilism, arranged marriages, legal privilege, and established churches. What principles would replace these societal rules in America’s new republican society? Guided Reading Questions—What caused the Panic of 1819 and what was its impact on the United States? What rule did the government play in economic expansion in the early 19th century? In what ways did the United States move toward political equality for white men in the early 1800s?In what ways, and with what consequences, did the role of women begin to change in the early 1800s? Describe the impact of the revolution on slavery in the North. How did southern laws and attitudes regarding slavery change following the revolution? What did the American Colonization Society propose to do about slavery? Describe the social order in the antebellum South, from slaves to plantation elite.How and why did workers form the first unions in the early 1800’s? ................
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