Unit 4-Growth & Expansion

Standards: ACT EOC B.1.K-B.1.M

This unit analyzes the era immediately following the creation of the Constitution in the early republic.  Specific attention is given to the areas of:

• Political and territorial changes resulting from westward expansion of the United States in the early 1800s.
• Federal and state policies toward American Indians in the first half of the nineteenth century.
• The development of US foreign policy during the early 1800s (Embargo Act, Monroe Doctrine, Alien/Sedition)

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Vocabulary

• Alexander Hamilton
• Tariff
• Thomas Jefferson
• Whiskey Rebellion of 1794
• Federalist Party
• Democratic-Republicans
• Naturalization Act
• Sedition Act
• Alien Act
• Northwest Ordinance
• Mississippi Territory
• Louisiana Purchase
• Lewis & Clark Expedition
• Impressment
• War of 1812
• Francis Scott Key
• Andrew Jackson
• Battle of New Orleans
• Treaty of Ghent
• Nationalism
• Era of Good Feelings
• Monroe Doctrine
• Indian Removal Act of 1830
• Trail of Tears
• Proclamation of Neutrality
• XYZ Affair
• Embargo Act

Assignments

Unit 4 Vocabulary
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YouTube Video

• Crash Course US History #9

History Channel Video

• Presidents Washington, Adams, Jefferson

YouTube Video

• Crash Course US History #11
  

Unit 4 Questions
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Big Ideas

• Hamilton's Economic Plan
• Development of Political Parties
• Federalist Platform
• Democratic-Republican Platform
• The Revolution of 1800
  
• Territorial Expansion
• Northwest Ordinance
• Louisiana Purchase
• The War of 1812
• The Rise of Nationalism
• Era of Good Feelings
• The Monroe Doctrine
• Indian Removal Policies
• The Trail of Tears
• Foreign Policies under Washington, Adams, and Jefferson