HW due 3/24

Please read and take notes on pages 242-248.
In addition, please write a response to this political cartoon. Your response should include an interpretation of the cartoon's message, to what it is in response, an assessment of its validity, and any thoughts you have about the cartoon. Your response should be approximately 6-10 sentences.

HW Due 3/22

Please read pages 233-242, and answer the following questions. I remind you that your work is to be your OWN in every way. Inability to do so will result in a 0 on this assignment.

1. What were the general characteristics of "Jacksonian Democracy" [its philosophy, practice, etc.]?
2. How did the spoils system fit into Jackson's "democratic" plans? What other means did he use to bring more people into the political process?
3. What role did social rank and occupation play in the growing democratization of American politics? What was the reaction in New York and Rhode Island to these democratic trends?
4. What groups were excluded from this widening of political opportunity? Why?
5. What was the effect of this growth of democracy? How did it change, or not change, the American political system?
6. How have historians differed over the nature of Jacksonian Democracy?
7. Explain how these different opinions reflect divisions over what historians feel was the role Andrew Jackson played in the era named for him.
8. Why did South Carolinians refer to the Tariff of 1828 as the "Tariff of Abomination?"
9. What was John C. Calhoun's theory of nullification as set forth in the South Carolina Exposition and Protest?
10. What was the "Kitchen Cabinet?" Who were its members? How did it come into existence?
11. What were the origins of the Calhoun-Jackson split? How did the Eaton Affair contribute to this division?
12. How did the Webster-Hayne debate fit into the controversy between Jackson and Calhoun?
13. What was the major point of disagreement between Webster and Hayne? What arguments were advanced on either side?

The Impeachment of Andrew Jackson

http://www.historyteacher.net/AHAP/WebQuests/WQ-ImpeachJackson/WQ-ImpJackson-Student-Intro.htm

In group 2, there is one link that is not working (Webster-Hayne Debate). Please see me for a print out of that website.

You need to bring the following to debate day:

1. Your prepared presentation, and should be ready to go, even if someone is absent from your group.
2. Position paper, one per person
3. 3 copies of the discussion sheet, per person
4. Evaluation sheet, one per person. This should be filled out in relationship to YOUR performance.
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Economic Growth ppt

We will discuss this powerpoint tomorrow.

American Economic Growth2

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TJ Test Review

Jefferson Era Test Review

HW due 3/10

Please read pages 216-222, and answer the following questions:

1. How did technological developments transform the economy, create international markets, and affect the environment in the nation?
2. How did the United States attempt to account for regional differences while also striving to create an American identity?
3. Who were the leading exponents of the "National" over the "Local" or "sectional" point of view that rose after the war? What factors contributed to the growth and development of this attitude?
4. What was the "internal improvements bill?" How did it fit the nationalists' program, and what happened to it?
5. What were the general characteristics of the westward movement after the War of 1812, and what geographical factors affected the decisions of where to settle?
6. How did the advance of the southern frontier differ from the advance of settlement of the North?
7. Describe the trade that developed between the western regions of North America and the United States early in the nineteenth century.
   

Tuesday

I just received word that we are NOT permitted to do the test tomorrow. Instead, we will wrap up any unfinished projects tomorrow and move onto our next unit. Your test will now occur on Monday, March 8.