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Unit 3 Territorial Expansion
Do Now "I know that the acquisition of Louisiana has been disapproved by some ... that the enlargement of our territory would endanger its union.... The larger our association the less will it be shaken by local passions; and in any view is it not better that the opposite bank of the Mississippi should be settled by our own brethren and children than by strangers of another family?”Thomas Jefferson In your notes: What does this quote mean? Do you agree? DO NOT write this quote in your notes
Looking Forward • Tonight’s Homework: Chapter 7, Section 2 – Answer all “Critical Thinking” questions • Andrew Jackson DBQ due Tuesday, February 19 • Unit 3 Test on Wednesday, February 20
Exploring the West • Northwest Ordinance: slavery is not permitted in the new territories • 1803: Louisiana Purchase • Thomas Jefferson vs. Napoleon • French in a war with Britain = Jefferson gets all of Louisiana • Doubled the country’s size • Turning point for the nation to begin pursuing prosperity from within its own borders • 1805: Lewis and Clark expedition leads to rapid migration of settlers to the Pacific Northwest
Louisiana Purchase Document Analysis 1. Download “3.Louisiana Purchase.SHEG” from the Unit 3 folder 2. Scroll to the chart – this is what you’ll be working to complete! 3. Work independently (group A), with Brendan (group B) or with Ms. Keale (group C) to decode the documents 4. If you finish early, begin working on your homework! Time Limit: 20 minutes
The War of 1812 • US settlers move west, and clashed with Native Americans who resisted white migration • Key Question: Did the British encourage the resistance to stop the US from expanding? • British policy of impressmentCapturing US sailors and forcing them to serve on British ships • War of 1812: US vs. Britain • British invade and burn Washington D.C. • Dolly Madison heroically rescues George Washington’s portrait! • Francis Scott Key writes the Star Spangled Banner • Andrew Jackson wins a major victory at the Battle of New Orleans! • Treaty of Ghent • Kept the Mississippi River and frontier open for expansion • Served as evidence of the United States’ ability to defend tself and assert its interests • Downfall of the Federalists
Exit Ticket Did the Federalists oppose the Louisiana Purchase for practical or political reasons?
Do Now Put the following events in chronological order: • Treaty of Paris (1783) • Declaration of Independence • Stamp Act • Boston Massacre • Boston Tea Party • Lexington and Concord • Yorktown • Saratoga • 2nd Continental Congress • Intolerable Acts
Looking Forward • Tonight’s Homework: • Andrew Jackson DBQ due Tuesday, February 19 • What questions do you have? • Requirements: • Typed! • Use the rubric to guide your writing • Unit 3 Test on Wednesday, February 20
The Monroe DoctrineBackground Context • Early 1800s: Britain establishes strong ties with Latin America • Post-Napoleon: Europe wants to regain colonial territories • Britain wants to protect their trade relations, and encourages the United States not to allow other countries to reestablish colonial holdings in the Western Hemisphere
The Monroe Doctrine • President James Monroe warns European nations not to attempt to reestablish colonial claims • Who enforced it? • American military power: limited • Enforced by the British navy • Do Now: Open the “Monroe Doctrine” document in the Unit 3 folder of Edmodo
The Monroe Doctrine • Open the “Monroe Doctrine” document in the Unit 3 folder on Edmodo • What should we do when we read primary source documents? • SOURCE! • Consider: What are we supposed to think about this document? • Read • Summary, bias, conclusion
Manifest Destiny • Manifest Destiny = the belief that Americans had a God-given right to all the land of the North American continent • Ethnocentric confidence • Other peoples were less favored by God and should give way before Americans
Manifest Destiny • Manifest Destiny = the belief that Americans had a God-given right to all the land of the North American continent • Ethnocentric confidence • Other peoples were less favored by God and should give way before Americans • Oregon Treaty: Britain gets more land than originally agreed to • Southerners begin moving to Texas • More land for cotton • More land for slavery • Texans have to obey the laws of Mexico
Annexation of Texas • Mexicans outlaw slavery • Texans revolt and win independence, which is not recognized by Mexico • Texas is annexed to the United States as a new slave state • President James K. Polk • Mexican-American War: “Remember the Alamo” • Peace Treaty: California, New Mexico, Arizona • Continuing controversies: illegal immigration?
Missouri Compromise • 1820: Debate over whether new states should be slave states or free states • Political advantages and disadvantages: what were they? • Senator Henry Clay: Missouri Compromise • All states north of 36’30 would be free states • All states south of 36’30 would be slave states • Designed to maintain the balance of power in Washington, D.C.
Exit Ticket “I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known.”(Abraham Lincoln) How would the history of the world be different if the Missouri Compromise had never happened?
Do Now The Marbury v Madison decision strengthened the power of the: • Executive branch • Judicial branch • Legislative branch • Legislative and judicial branches • Judicial and executive branches
Looking Forward • Tonight’s Homework: Chapter 7.1 – free pass! • Andrew Jackson DBQ due next TUESDAY • Unit 3 Test next WEDNESDAY
Recap • What was the goal of the Monroe Doctrine? • How did the Monroe Doctrine affect foreign relations? • What was “Manifest Destiny”? • What happened during the annexation of Texas? • What happened during the Mexican-American War? • What was the Missouri Compromise?
Andrew Jackson DBQ • Primary sources vs. secondary sources
Today: • Study Island • Username: firstnamelastname@bmhs • Password: student • Go to the assignment I’ve given you • Work until you’ve made 80% mastery – you can do it! • Andrew Jackson DBQ: use Brendan and Ms. Keale for help with reading and analyzing documents
Do Now In your notes, make a Venn Diagram of three differences between the North and the Southduring the 1820s and 1830s?
Looking Forward • Tonight’s Homework: Chapter 7.3 • Answer all “Main Idea” questions • Andrew Jackson DBQ due next Tuesday! • KEEP WORKING ON IT! • Unit 3 Test next WEDNESDAY1
Andrew Jackson • Elected to the Presidency in 1828 • Party: Democrat • First person NOT elected from one of the original 13 colonies • Self-described “champion of the Common man” • Focus: Westward expansion
Jackson’s Democracy • Citizens: ALL white malesSpecifically bared African Americans and Native Americans (more on this tomorrow) • Focus: equality and representation for all men(but which kind of men?) • As Jackson moved westward, he announced the formal policy of removal of natives to the west to make room for opportunity for the “common white man”
Economic and Social Differences • Economic differences between the North and South? • North: industry and finance, because of capital earned through shipping and investment in factories • South: slavery and agricultural • West: agricultural • Social differences between the North and South? • North: immigrants, public education • South: did not provide public education, outlawed teaching Africans to read • Sectionalism • BIG QUESTION: HOW SHOULD THE GOVERNMENT RUN?
Exit Ticket Was Andrew Jackson right when he warned the average American against the influence of corporations?
Do Now • Take out your homework • Answer this question in your notes: Why were the Cherokees and other Native Americans in the South removed to the West?
Looking Forward • No school on Monday! • Andrew Jackson DBQ due Tuesday • Unit 3 test on Wednesday
Indian Removal • Americans move west and displace the Native American population • Andrew Jackson announces a formal policy of removal of natives to the west to make room for opportunity for the common man • Native Americans respond through resistance (Seminoles in Florida) and assimilation (Cherokee in Georgia) • Native Americans are forced to move to Indian territory in Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears • African Americans are sometimes also forced to move: families are broken up
Indian Removal • Open “3.JacksonViewingGuide.2” in the Unit 3 folder on Edmodo • Scan the questions, get ready to jot down some notes!
Indian Removal • Open the “Jackson Indian Removal” page in the Unit 3 folder on Edmodo Questions to Consider: • Did Jackson have the right? • Should he have removed the Indians? Is it a moral issue? • How do his arguments reflect his belief in states’ rights vs federal rights?
Nullification • Inter-regional dependency is increasing • Economic and social differences are leading to conflict between the North and the South • Northerners: want a tariff that will protect them from foreign competition • Southerners: wanted those goods to be cheap, saw the tariff as an “abomination” • 1830s: South Carolina declared the tariff null and void, Jacksonis determined to uphold the right of the federal government to collect the tariff • Compromise: tariff is reduced • Threat of federal force • South Carolina rescinds nullification of the tariff
Exit Ticket Was the Compromise an effective way of resolving the conflict between the North and the South? Why or why not?
Day 6 Reform Movements