Unit 3: Transforming the Nation - 1830s to 1877 Decide about the
sketches and decide about the optional chart at the bottom. |
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Parts in the Unit and Chapter #s |
Check Your Knowledge Quizzes for Tips or
Recording |
Seeing How History Changes Over Time, Over
Space, and Sometimes Both Simultaneously at One Time (The purpose says what
you look for in the link.) |
Part G: Reform and Change
—Comparing the Sections Chapter 10 (beginning with the
heading “The Expanding Role of Religion”), Chapter 11, and Chapter 12. |
· Quiz G Check Your Knowledge – Has tips for locating information · Quiz G for Recording – Is printable for recording such things as what you missed and why, and textbook page numbers where you found the answer. |
Background: the conditions at the end
of the 1820s (a handdrawn sketch from the last Unit) ·
Review the table of comparisons of North and South that covers the
data in the sketch below: Comparison of the Sections and Examination of Reform from the 1830s to
the Civil War ·
Make your own
sketch or examine the sketch of the Transformation of the
Sections – North (the Northeast and the Northwest) and the South (the Southeast
or the upper South and the Southwest or lower or deep South) · What is the difference in the North and South in literacy, education, government, economy, and religion? · What is the difference in the North and South in reforms? · Where are Americans (and immigrants) moving? ·
When you look at the differences in the North
and South, ask yourself who is likely to win a long
war? ·
Begin events
from about 1830 through the Kansas-Nebraska Act using the Study Tool for 1832-1861: Events and Trends That Lead to the War (a 1-page visual that lets you take information from the textbook and consider
both the events and the perceptions in the years leading up to the Civil
War.) ·
Notice the events, particularly those to do with gaining land and then fighting
over whether the government for that land
will be pro- or anti-slavery. ·
Notice the perceptions of the participants. Optional
Reference (But Applicable to All of the Remaining Content in
the Module): ·
Summary of
Revolutionary Trends Around the World ·
Summary of Trends in Slavery Around the World ·
Summary of
Political Parties 1789-1876 |
Part H: Manifest Destiny and the
Impending Crisis Chapter 12, 13, and 14. |
There are two general changes in this
period. ·
Shift in the South to the defense of slavery as
“positive good,” not just a “necessary evil” ·
The South’s increasing recognition of the success of slavery financially being
dependent on new lands to expand to ·
Continue events
in Kansas through the election of 1860 and Fort Sumter using the Study Tool for 1832-1861: Events and Trends That Lead to the War (a 1-page visual that lets you take information from the textbook and consider
both the events and the perceptions in the years leading up to the Civil
War.) ·
Notice the events, particularly those to do with gaining land and then fighting
over whether the government for that land will be pro- or anti-slavery ·
Notice the perceptions of the participants |
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Part I: Civil War and
Reconstruction Chapters 15 and 16 |
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1860-1877 Quick
Reference to the Civil War and to Reconstruction. ·
Watch
for cause and effect. Look to see what happens between events. Do not assume
anything. Let the events talk to you. One brain trick is to ask yourself: if
the events you are seeing were a boxing match, what would you think? ·
Study Tool:
Chronological Events of the 1867-1877 Era (compressed to 1 page) – Purpose: ·
Notice the color coding ·
events of
corruption and SCANDALS in this era ·
WHO EXPOSES THAT CORRUPTION. ·
If you were
living in this era and reading the newspaper, what would you be thinking is
happening? ·
Optional: Current Events and Trends
for the Future |
Copyright C. J. Bibus, Ed.D. 2003-2014 |
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