APUSH Unit 5 Organizer: Jackson & Antebellum Society
The Big Picture:
As a result of the American System, the country became connected through a network of roads and canals and regional trade with southern cotton, northern
textiles, and western grains. Despite the surge in nationalism, American also experienced growing sectionalism as western expansion and slavery made evident
differences between the North and South. The end of this era is marked by a major shift in American politics. The Jacksonian era was marked by increased voting
rights for common white men, social reform highlighted by the temperance and abolition movements, the re-emergence of the two-party system, and controversy
on a variety of issues including states’ rights, the role of the national bank, and the coexistence of Native Americans in the USA.
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APUSH Schedule and Homework:
Key Terms and Phrases:
10/24 Unit5 Overview Lecture
Read 351-362
1. Henry Clay’s American System
18. Democratic Party
2. Transportation improvements
19. Whig Party
10/25 JQ Adams and Growth of Democracy (EQ 1a, Read 362-368
4a)
3. Erie Canal
20. Know-Nothing Party
Read 369-375
10/28 Jackson’s Presidency
4. Lowell Mills
21. Spoils System
Read 382-390
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5. Second Bank of the U.S.
22. Sectionalism
10/30- Jackson’s 2 term
Read 390-399
6. Eli Whitney
23. Nullification Crisis
10/ 31 Van Buren, Harrison & the Whigs (
Read 399-411
7.
“King
Cotton”
24. John C Calhoun
11/1 Market Revolution
8. Second Great Awakening
25. Missouri Compromise, 1820
11/2 Immigration (EQ 2a-b)
Read 418-431
9. Temperance
26. Indian Removal Act of 1830
11/5 Antebellum Social Reforms
Read 431-440
10. Abolition
27. Trail of Tears of 1837
11/6 NO SCHOOL
Read 440-447
11. William Lloyd Garrison
28. The Bank War
11/8 Antebellum Review
12. Frederick Douglas
11/12 Unit 5 test
13. Grimke Sisters
14. Nat Turner Rebellion, 1831
15. Seneca Falls Convention
16. Declaration of Sentiments
17. “Jacksonian Democracy”
Essential Questions:
1. What were the important events of the presidencies of (a) John Quincy Adams, (b) Andrew Jackson (c) Martin Van Buren and (d) Harrison?
2. How was America changed by the (a) market revolution, (b) growth of industry, (c) growth of slavery?
3. How effective were early social reformers in their crusades for (a) temperance, (b) abolition, (c) women’s suffrage, (d) education?
4. How was Andrew Jackson’s presidency impacted by (a) universal white manhood suffrage, (b) Indian Removal, (c) the bank war?
Course Website: http://apush.lanierhs.org
AKS
1. AKS 35 b-e
2. AKS 36 a-d
3. AKS 37 c
CP US History AKS for Unit 4—The Early Antebellum Era (1800-1840)
D - Revolution and the Formation of a New Nation
 analyze the development of American Constitutional government,
explaining relationship to Enlightenment, and describe how the early
national leaders implemented the new government
34g - describe the significance of Marbury v. Madison
 analyze the impact of territorial expansion and population growth and its
impact in the early decades of the new nation
35b - describe Jefferson's diplomacy of obtaining the Louisiana Purchase from
France and the territory's exploration and Lewis and Clark searching for
water route westward
35c - explain reasons for War of 1812 and its significance on the development of
nationalism and sectionalism
35d - describe the construction of the Erie Canal (include economic impact), the
rise of New York City, and the development of the nation's infrastructure
35e - describe the reasons for and importance of the Monroe Doctrine
 explain the process of economic growth in the first half of the 19th century,
its regional and national impact, and the different responses to it
36a - explain the impact of the Industrial Revolution as seen in Eli Whitney's
invention of the cotton gin and his development of interchangeable parts
for muskets
36b - describe reform movements, specifically temperance, abolitionism, and
public schools
36c - explain women's efforts to gain suffrage, including Elizabeth Cady Stanton
and the Seneca Falls Convention
36d - explain Jacksonian Democracy (spoils system, Trail of Tears), expanding
suffrage, the rise of popular political culture, and the development of
American nationalism (Know Nothing Party)
E - Growth, Change, Crisis, Compromise, and Conflict
 explain the relationship between westward expansion and the rise of
sectionalism
37a - explain how slavery became a significant issue in American politics,
including the slave Nat Turner, and the rise of abolitionism (William Lloyd
Garrison, Frederick Douglass, and the Grimke sisters)
37b - explain the Missouri Compromise and the issue of slavery in western states
and territories
37c - describe the Nullification Crisis and the emergence of states' rights
ideology, including the role of John C. Calhoun, and rise of sectionalism
AP US History Outline for Unit 4—The Early Antebellum Era (1800-1840)
7. The Transformation of Politics in Antebellum America
Emergence of the second party system
Jacksonian democracy and its successes and limitations
Federal authority and its opponents: judicial federalism, the Bank War,
tariff controversy, and states’ rights debates
Expansion into the trans-Appalachian West; American Indian resistance,
forced removal of American Indians to the trans-Mississippi West
8. Religion, Reform, and Renaissance in Antebellum America
Second Great Awakening, evangelical Protestant revivalism
Social reforms
Ideals of domesticity
Transcendentalism and utopian communities
American Renaissance: literary and artistic expressions
Check out http://www.ucopenaccess.org (link to US History or AP US History)
for video, short chapter readings, documents, vocab lists, extension activities
Lesson #23 – A Growing National Economy
Lesson #24 – The Transportation Revolution
Lesson #25 – King Cotton
Lesson #26 – Democracy and the “Common Man”
Lesson #27 – Nullification Crisis
Lesson #28 – The Bank of the United States
Lesson #29 – Indian Removal
Lesson #30 – Transcendentalism, Religion, and Utopian Movements
Lesson #31 – Reform Crusades