North and South A look at how social, economical, and political differences between the North and South began to split the nation.
Unit Objectives: The students will identify the key inventions that came about during the industrial revolution and how it affected the need for slaves. The students will create a map illustrating the Missouri Compromise The students will explain the Indian Removal Act and the Trail of tears and the effect it had on Native Americans The students will identify Andrew Jackson as the first “common man” President. The students will analyze the three main issues that President Jackson had to deal with during his presidency; States Rights, National Bank, and the fate of the Native Americans. The students will describe Jackson’s conflict with the National Bank The students will describe the issue of States’ Rights and be able to identify how this leads towards the break up of the Union. The students will identify the process in which Texas became a state The students will explain the significance of TX becoming a State and the Mexican War.
Unit Activities: Guided Reading Monroe Doctrine Political Cartoon MO Compromise Reading of “Samuel’s Memory” Debate: Native American Mascots President Andrew Jackson TX Independence
Incomplete Outlines: Industrial Revolution The Veto King Jacksonian Democracy TX Independence and War with Mexico
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