Nationalism at Center Stage - Kenwood Academy

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CHAPTER

7

Section 2

GUIDED READING Nationalism at Center Stage

A. As you read about the rise of national feeling in the U.S., answer questions about the measures and policies in the chart below.

What ideas did the measure contain?

How did it promote nationalism?

1. Gibbons v. Ogden decision

2. The Adams-Onis Treaty

3. The Monroe Doctrine

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4. The Missouri Compromise

B. On the back of this paper, summarize what you know about John Quincy Adams and Jim Beckwourth.

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Answer Key

Chapter 7, Section 2

GUIDED READING

A. Possible answers:

1. Ideas: In interstate commerce, state laws must yield to federal laws; the federal government has power to regulate almost anything that moves across state lines.

Promoted nationalism: by preventing states from acting in ways that hurt other states

2. Ideas: Spain ceded Florida to the U.S.; Spain disavowed any claims it had on the Oregon Territory.

Promoted nationalism: by expanding the nation's territory

3. Ideas: European powers not to interfere in the Western Hemisphere by establishing colonies or attempting to overthrow newly independent republics; U.S. not to involve itself in European affairs or interfere with existing colonies.

Promoted nationalism: by having the United States take an important step onto the world stage; by asserting national interests in international affairs; by preventing possible threats to the U.S. from Russia, Spain, and Portugal

4. Ideas: Maine admitted as a free state, Missouri admitted as a slave state, the rest of the Louisiana Territory split into two sections; south of the dividing line, slavery legal; north of the dividing line (except for Missouri), slavery banned

Promoted nationalism: by preserving sectional balance; by respecting the interests of both North and South; by preventing the nation from collapsing into sectionalism

B. Answers will vary widely depending upon the specifics noted.

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