USI – Barker -Chapter 7 Balancing Nationalism and Sectionalism

Section 1- Regional Economies Create Differences

1. Read Section.

2. Vocabulary*/Terms:

interchangeable parts Industrial Revolution

wrought*

entrenched*

American System

to resurrect*

to sustain*

National Road

Erie Canal

Tariff of 1816

“Era of Good Feelings”

3. People:

Eli Whitney

Samuel Slater

Francis Lowell/Appleton and Jackson

Henry Clay

4. Written Work:

  1. What were the key foreign policy factors in the beginnings American Industrialization? How so?
  2. How was agriculture in the North (northeast) and South and Midwest (old northwest) all different? What role does the cotton gin play in those differences?
  3. Look at the section“Interpreting Charts” p. 216. What observations do you make from the chart? What might be the explanation for the changes you see?
  4. What do you think was the strongest or most important aspect of Henry Clay’s American System? Why?

Section 2 – Nationalism at Center Stage

1. Read Section

2. Vocabulary*/Terms:

opulent*

monopoly*

Gibbons v. Ogden

to demilitarize*

to cede*

Monroe Doctrine

Missouri Compromise

knell*

reprieve*

3. People

Robert Fulton

John Marshall

John Quincy Adams

James Monroe

4. Written Work:

  1. How did the Supreme Court under John Marshal strengthen federal power?
  2. Looking at the map on page 223 and the text reading as well, what were key events in the changing US territory during this time period?
  3. Why do the textbook writers include the account and quote of James Beckwourth? What are they trying to illustrate?
  4. Do Section 2 Assessments p. 223/#5. Consider the quote by Thomas Jefferson on page 223 in your answer.

Section 3- The Age of Jackson

1. Read Section

2. Vocabulary*/Terms:

spoils system

Indian Removal Act

Worcester v. Georgia

en route*

Trail of Tears

3. People

John QuincyAdams

Andrew Jackson

Martin Van Buren

4. Written Work:

  1. What was the source of tension between Adams and Jackson? What changes impacted the presidential election of 1828?
  2. What were the text writers trying to illustrate with the quote from Mrs. Samuel Smith on page 226?
  3. Do Geography Skill builder p. 227 #2.
  4. Section 3 Assessment p. 229 /#3 and 4
  5. Complete the Outline Map on the Indian Removal Act attached

Section 4- States’ Rights and the National Bank

1. Read Section

2. Vocabulary*/Terms:

Tariff of Abominations

loathsome*

sovereign*

“The South Carolina Exposition”

to flout*

Force Bill

Bank of the United States

Whig Party

specie*

redemption*

Panic of 1837

3. People

Daniel Webster

John Calhoun

Henry Clay

Nicholas Biddle

Martin Van Buren

William Henry Harrison

John Tyler

4. Written Work:

  1. Section 4 Assessments p. 235/# 3 and 4