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UNIT VI STUDY GUIDE

Innovating the Nation

Learning Objectives Upon completion of this unit, students should be able to:

1. Address the expansion of suffrage that accompanied the expansion of the nation and note limitations to this era of increased suffrage.

2. Discuss the political climate of the United States from 1824 to 1840 and note the rise of political parties and the platforms for which each stood.

3. Identify the characteristics that defined the “Age of Jackson.” 4. Define “nullification” and describe how it affected the American political

scene. 5. Define the transportation revolution, the industrial revolution, and the

market revolution. Identify major impacts each had on America. 6. Explain the development of a distinctive American culture and note the

persons, philosophies, and artistic works that helped produce this emergent culture.

7. List the innovations and inventions that produced economic growth in the United States from the 1790s to the 1840s.

Written Lecture Unit VI is composed of Chapters 11 and 12. This unit discusses the rise of the new economic needs and desires of the American nation and how this young society literally changed the perceptions of the world; especially in contrast to the European societies of old. Modern invention, the needs of the people, and the harsh treatment of those who seemed to impede process became the new vision of America, and the issues of previous leaders continued to fester into mainstream debate. Chapter 11 focuses on America during the time of Jackson. This chapter will discuss the movement of the native tribes of the East, the bank war, and the effects of expansion. Issues like the Trail of Tears, Nullification, and corruption all became common debate while new voices came from Washington in the form of a new political party. Those who immediately follow him are also discussed within the chapter; however, just as in the time period itself, Jackson certainly takes center stage. Chapter 12 discusses the role of the Industrial Revolution that became a world scale phenomenon as America embraced and glorified the system that had only prior been seen in the most developed areas of Western Europe. Transportation became a highlight of the era as Americans sought to move goods more quickly and efficiently. A middle class began to emerge in American society and this chapter highlights the values and lives led by those who composed this class. This unit captures America at an exciting time in its history. Certainly problems and issues are evident throughout the time period, but the coming crisis has not yet taken hold of the new nation. Instead, this chapter captures the American spirit and work ethic that helped build the world’s greatest nation.

Reading Assignment Chapter 11: The Growth of Democracy, 1824-1840 Chapter 12: Industry and the North, 1790s-1840s

Supplemental Reading Instructions are below Written Lecture

Learning Activities (Non Graded) Instructions are below Written Lecture

Key Terms 1. American System 2. Bank War 3. Democrats 4. Indian Removal Act 5. Market Revolution 6. Nullification Crisis 7. Putting-out system 8. Second American

Party System 9. Specie Circular 10. Trail of Tears

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Supplemental Reading From American History I: Primary Source Documents:

9-1: The Cherokee Treaty of 1817 9-2: The Case for the Erie Canal 10-1: A “Corrupt Bargain” or Politics as Usual? (1824) 10-2: The “Commoner” Takes Office (1828) 10-3: “Memorial of the Cherokee Nation” (1830) 10-4: Andrew Jackson, Veto of the Bank Bill (1832) 11-4: Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Self-Reliance” (1841)

Learning Activities (Non Graded) Read the Primary Source Documents listed in the Supplemental Reading, and respond to the focus questions located after each document. For a review of the Key Terms of the unit, click here to access the interactive Unit I Flashcards in PowerPoint form. (Click here to access a PDF version.)