LESSON PLAN



Name__________________ Due Date_____________-177800170180American History 1820’s to Civil WarStation Activity 00American History 1820’s to Civil WarStation Activity 44323008255000-3740152184400034188401206500015240017843500Each day your group will be working at one of 5 stations. Your goal is to work efficiently and together to complete the whole section. Follow the directions at the end and create a graphic organizer in your notebook that summarizes each section. If this cannot be done during class it will have to be done for homework. Take note at the end of the fifth packet is the grading rubric and an individual assignment. STATION 1 AMERICAN SYSTEMDOCUMENT A1 & A21. What are some of the ways children are treated in the mills? Since England produces cloth cheaper, what should the government do to protect American businesses?Explain a tariff and how it is used?How did tariffs contribute to sectionalism (the division between North, South & West)?How did S. Carolina respond to the tariffs of 1828 and 1832?DOCUMENT BWhat was Fulton’s improvement to an invention and how did it improve the U.S. in the 1800’s.How else would the steam engine be adapted, and what effect would it have on industrialization?DOCUMENT C & DUsing the map, which section North, South or West of the U.S. was more affected by the roads and canal, why?What bodies of water does the Erie Canal connect?Explain how the Erie Canal unified the United States.DOCUMENT EHow did the Cotton Gin contribute to Westward expansion? How did Eli Whitney’s cotton gin affect the economic growth of the South? Slavery?DOCUMENT F AND GWhy did Kentucky offer more opportunities to Clay than Virginia might have? 14. How did Clay’s economic and political plan both express his idea of nationalism?15. How does the canal boom relate to Henry Clay’s American System (nationalism)?16. Explain why Clay used protective tariffs.Draw this into your notebook, in each circle give an explanation for each term. Add more pieces of the web if you need to. Change the web if you have a better way to organize.Stop- check over all your answers with you group members. Discuss any differences.STATION 2 GOVERNMENT POWERSDocument AMcCullough Vs. Maryland (1819)State the issue before the Supreme Court in this case?What was the decision of the Court? What was the rationale behind it?Describe how the decision of McCullough Vs. Maryland increased the power of the federal Government over the States?Justice Marshall said: “The power to tax is the power to destroy,” What did he mean?Was the decision in McCullough an example of “Strict” interpretation of “Loose” interpretation of the Constitution?Document BGibbons Vs. Ogden (1824)State the issue before the Supreme Court in this case?What was the decision of the Court? What was the rationale behind it?Describe how the decision of Gibbons Vs. Ogden increased the power of the federal Government over the States?How do you think this decision contributed to the expansion of the American National Economy and subsequently the rise of America as an industrial world power?How are the issues of this case similar to the problems encountered by states under the Articles of Confederation?Document CDred Scott Vs. Sanford (1857) Describe how the decision of Dred Scott V. Sanford increased the power of the federal Government over the States? What was the decision of the Court? What was the rationale behind it?What effect did the decision have on the slavery issue of westward expansion, or the issues involved in the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850?Do you feel that the justices made the right decision in this case? Explain?Document DAre Black People Citizens If the Missouri Supreme Court has already made a decision about Dred Scott’s case, why are we listening to it again?What decision do we have to make?According to the Constitution Slaves are counted as population for representation, does this mean they are citizens? Why or why not?635002299970INCREASED GOVERNMENTAL POWERS200INCREASED GOVERNMENTAL POWERS244450001117600Cause and Result of Case00Cause and Result of Case4521200571500Ex. Vocabulary00Ex. VocabularyDraw this into your notebooks add all the vocabulary listed on the folder where is applies, add more pieces of the web if you need to. Change the web if you have a better way to organize.Stop- check over all your answers with you group members. Discuss any differences.STATION 3 EXPANSIONDocument A Trails to the West1. Using the map scale, figure out the length of each of the following trailsOregon Trail_________________________________________________California Trail_______________________________________________Butterfield Overland Mail_______________________________________Santa Fe Trail_______________________________________________2. Which trail is the longest and which is the shortest across the west?Document BTexas Settlers3. What changes have taken place in Texas since American Settlers moved there?4. Who wants Texas to become a Mexican state and why?5. Give two arguments, stated in the document, why Texas should join the United States.Document CWestward Ho?6. List three barriers, shown on the map, that settlers faced on the trails going west.7. Give the name of the famous stagecoach route that connected L.A. to St. Louis.Document DViews of Manifest Destiny8. What is Manifest Destiny?9. What did President Polk believe the federal government should do if Americans settled in the wild territories beyond the boundaries of the U.S.?Document EThe Mexican WarWhy did Polk think the only solution was war?Explain the events that lead to the war with Mexico.Document FU.S. Government 1846Give two reasons why the U.S. needs the land from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean.In the last paragraph it states that “ God put it there for us to use”, what concept is this referring to?Document G and G2National Shapes Foreign Policy/Monroe DoctrineHow is Nationalism different from Sectionalism?What was the purpose of the Monroe Doctrine?Document H in Text book: read these sections to find out how we acquired these territories.How did the U. S. acquire the following territories?Florida (p 205 and document G)Texas Territory (p. 272 and document B)Oregon Country (p. 265)Mexican Cession (p. 276 and document E) Gadsen Purchase (p. 276)Draw this into your notebook, add all territories acquired and the dates. Write the definitions for each term, Manifest Destiny/Monroe Doctrine. Change the organizer if you have a better way to organize.Stop- check over all your answers with you group members. Discuss any differences.STATION 4SECTIONALISMDocument AAdvertisement for a slave saleWhat is being sold and in what state?Document B1820 U.S. CongressIn 1820, how many slave state and free state are there in the U.S?Why does the North want less slave states and the South want more?Document CPopular SovereigntyWhat is meant by the term Popular Sovereignty?Which state were likely to approve of Douglas’ speech? Which were likely to disapprove?Document DSouth Carolina’s Secession ConventionDuring the South Carolina Secession (to break away) Convention of 1860 what matters were addressed?In the last line, explain the significants of the Judge Petigru’s remarks. Document E1850 U.S. Senator Explain the fugitive slave law and why the south would want it.What is an abolitionist and what do they want for the new western states?Document FMap on the Compromise of 1850According to the map, how many free and slave states existed in 1850?Document GA New Proposal Opens Old WoundsDescribe the tension that resulted from the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Document HA Nation Begins to DivideFrom the reading and the maps, what effect did the Kansas- Nebraska Act have on the Missouri Compromise?Document I, J, K Missouri Compromise (1820), Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska ActUsing documents I and B explain the results of the Missouri Compromise? Who gained, who lost?Using Documents J, F, and C, in the Compromise of 1850 which side seems to have made the greater concessions, why?Using Documents K and G, explain the results of the Kansas- Nebraska Act and what it meant for the North and South. -279400-12700STEPS TOWARDS THE CIVIL WAR00STEPS TOWARDS THE CIVIL WAR32385003937000-5842008445500 Draw this chart into your notes. Give a brief explanation of each term and write the date above the blue line for each term. Stop- check over all your answers with you group members. Discuss any differences.STATION 5Domestic AffairsDocument AThe People’s President Andrew JacksonHow did Jackson get the wound on his face?Why was it so important that Jackson collected the tariff from South Carolina?3. What is Jackson’s reasoning for taking strong action against the Bank of the United States?4. What was the problem with the election votes?Document BJackson Finally Becomes PresidentWhich three states split electoral votes between the two candidates? Explain how the map tells you which candidate got only one electoral vote form Maine.How would you describe the regions in which Jackson’s strengths were the greatest?Why does it seem natural that Adam’s support came from the region that it did?Document C1 and C2Andrew Jackson: An EnigmaWhat does the description tell about Andrew Jackson, the man?Why do you think this article refers to Jackson as “first man of the people to become president”? According to the cartoon, Document C2, what established institutions are being trampled by Jackson?What hint does this cartoon give that Andrew Jackson may have been responsible for the economic disaster.Document DExpanding Democracy Changes PoliticsWhat factors helped Jackson win the 1828 presidential election?Document EJackson’s New Presidential StyleHow did Jackson show his commitment to the common people once in office?What is the spoil system?Document FAndrew Jackson / The Indian QuestionName the two Supreme Court cases and explain if the people of Georgia followed these decisions.What was the “Trail of Tears”?Document G The Removal of Native Americans Explain the Indian Removal Act ordered by Jackson.How did the removal of Native Americans cause a rift between the executive and judicial branches?0-6350000Draw this chart into your notes. Give a brief explanation of each below the term.Stop- check over all your answers with you group members. Discuss any differences. America Expands and Changes Project1815- 1860Presentation directionsDirections: You have spent the last several days actively acquiring the knowledge of American history between the years 1815- 1860. This time period saw many developments in five broad thematic categories. Your group is to go to the station where you started and discuss the topics covered by the documents.Each member of the group will choose one of the topics on the station folder and create either a small poster, cartoon, newspaper headline and article or a graphic organizer.Each of the pieces must include 3 facts, the date of event or era, and a question about the theme of the document (s)Members MUST be prepared to present in class the following day. Each member of every group will place their piece on a class timeline and discuss the event and question. Grading for entire project:A. Packets from stations50 points B. Graphic Organizers 25 points of each sectionC. Presentation pieces25 points for the timeline. ................
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