Monday, December 4, 2023

Friday, December 1, 2023

Andrew Jackson Continued

 



“The mischief springs from the power which the monied interest derives from a paper currency which they are able to control, from the multitude of corporations with exclusive privileges which they have succeeded in obtaining...and unless you become more watchful in your states and check this spirit of monopoly and thirst for exclusive privileges you will in the end find that the most important powers of government have been given or bartered away….”
― Andrew Jackson



https://rfschools.schoology.com/course/6799807900/materials/link/view/6831780674

Sunday, November 26, 2023

The American System


1. To what extent did political parties contribute to the development of national unity in the United States between 1790 and 1840?


2.  Evaluate the extent to which the emergence of regional identities shaped the political development of the United States from 1800 to 1848. 


3.  To what extent did the War of 1812 constitute a “second American revolution”? In your answer be sure to address EACH of the following.

Foreign relations

Economic development

Limit your answer to the period through the 1820s.


What is the Market Revolution?

What then is the Industrial Revolution?

Name some of the new inventions of the time.

Define Henry Clay's "American System"? What was funded and where in particular?

What were 2 "precipitous" changes that occurred at this time?

What was happening for women at this time?




Wednesday, December 7, 2022

The Alamo and the Mexican American War


Why "Remember the Alamo"?  

Whaddya think!

While ___________________
Even though ______________________
If ____________________________

 


What details jump out to you?  
Any figures you have read about or heard the name?
Greater impact on American society?
How does it fit with Manifest Destiny and the greater Mexican-American War to come?



Was the US Justified in Going to War with Mexico DBQ

Friday, December 2, 2022

2nd Great Awakening

 




https://www.c-span.org/classroom/document/?8845


  • Describe the religious and secular movements in American prior to the Second Great Awakening.
  • What factors in the frontier contributed to the Second Great Awakening?
  • Explain three elements of the Second Great Awakening.
  • How did traditional preachers at the time view the Second Great Awakening?

Thursday, September 8, 2022

SAQ Practice

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Lw_JtzytN6kh9DodGf71wgQHU_C_JF-6/edit English Colonization of North America Answer (a), (b), and (c). Briefly explain ONE important similarity between the goals of the Spanish and the English in establishing colonies in the Americas prior to 1700. Briefly explain ONE important difference between the goals of the Spanish and the English in establishing colonies in the Americas prior to 1700. Briefly explain ONE way in which the difference you indicated in (b) contributed to a difference in the development of Spanish and English colonial societies. In your response, be sure to address all parts of the question. Use complete sentences; an outline or bulleted list alone is not acceptable. American colonies | Facts, History, and Definition | Britannica Answer (a), (b), and (c). Confine your response to the period from 1607 to 1754. Briefly describe one difference between the economy of British North American colonies in the Chesapeake region (such as Virginia and Maryland) and the economy of the middle colonies (such as Pennsylvania and New York). Briefly describe one similarity between the economy of the Chesapeake colonies and the economy of the middle colonies. Briefly explain one reason for a difference between the economy of the Chesapeake colonies and the economy of the middle colonies.