SEMESTER 1, UNIT 6: Jacksonian America (1828 - 1848)
TOPIC OVERVIEW: This unit will examine the rise of “popular democracy” in the person of Andrew Jackson. We will
also examine the development of the 2nd Party System and the beginnings of reform movements in antebellum
America. We will pay close attention to changing notions of democracy, freedom, and liberty a la Eric Foner.
READING OVERVIEW:
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DIVINE: Ch. 10
FONER, pp. 47-68
TOPIC
10/22
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10/23
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10/24
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10/25
10/28
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10/29
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10/30
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10/31
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11/1
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11/4
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11/5
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Debrief FORUM 1
Review end of U5, The Election of 1824 and the JQ
Adams Administration
Discuss homework and collect
John Marshall and the Supreme Court
The Election of 1828 and Jacksonian Democracy
Discuss homework and collect
Jacksonian Democracy Cont.
Discuss homework and collect
Good, Evil, and the Presidency
Discuss homework and collect
Good, Evil, and the Presidency, cont.
Discuss homework and collect
Whigs and the Second Party System
Discuss homework and collect
Election of 1840
US Presidents Quiz #1 (1-7)
Religion, Reform, and Abolition
FELLER: “King Andrew and the Bank”
READINGS
Read the following and refer to the back:
 DIVINE, pp. 273-280
Read the following and refer to the back:
 DIVINE, pp. 280-284
 FONER, pp. 47-49
Read the following and refer to the back:
 DIVINE, pp. 284-290
NO SCHOOL – NEVADA DAY
Read the following and refer to the back:
 King Andrew and the Bank – Daniel Feller
 FONER, pp. 50-58
Read the following and refer to the back:
 DIVINE, pp. 291-297
Read the following and refer to the back:
 FONER, pp. 58-68
Read the following and refer to the back:
 DIVINE, pp. 330-340
Read the following and refer to the back:
 DIVINE, pp. 340-357
Prepare for tomorrow’s DBQ.
Exam: Multiple Choice on Unit 6
In Class Timed Write: DBQ #2
UNIT 6 HOMEWORK:
Read the following and refer to the back:
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Evening of 10/22
 Complete assigned reading(s) and answer the following:
1. Explain changing notions of “democracy” in the early 19 th century.
Evening of 10/23
 Complete assigned reading(s) and answer the following:
1. Compare and contrast the issues associated with the elections of 1824 and 1828. Who won?
2. Explain the Jackson visage of a “common man”.
Evening of 10/24
 Complete assigned reading(s) and answer the following:
1. Explain the “nullification crisis of the early 1830s. What deeper regional divisions does this expose.
2. Describe the problems and outcomes of Indian-removal policies carried out by the Jackson Administration.
3. Why was the National Bank one of the most contentious issues of the 1830s?
10/25
NO SCHOOL – NEVADA DAY
(GET AHEAD OPPORTUNITY)
Evening of 10/28
 Complete assigned reading and be prepared to discuss in class tomorrow.
Evening of 10/29
 Complete assigned reading(s) and answer the following:
1. What economic principles are associated with the Whig Party?
2. Summarize the causes of the Depression fo 1837 and Van Buren’s response to the economic turmoil.
3. Compare and Contrast the Whigs and the Democrats including their supporters.
Evening of 10/30
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Complete assigned reading and be prepared to discuss in class tomorrow.
Evening of 10/31
 Complete assigned reading(s) and answer the following:
1. Compare and contrast the lives of a large plantation owner, a small slave owner and a yeoman farmer.
2. Why would small farmer support the institution of slavery?
**PRESIDENTS QUIZ TOMORROW**
Evening of 11/1
Read and prepare for MONDAY’S Exam…CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING:
1. What are the origins of the women’s rights movement?
2. Explain the connection between religious revival and reform movements.
3. What is the significance of the Seneca Falls Convention?
Evening of 11/4
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Evening of 11/5
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UNIT 6 – CRITICAL VOCABULARY
(Key people, places, events, concepts, etc. in no particular order.)
Jacksonian Democracy
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Theodore Dwight Weld
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Cult of Domesticity
Corrupt Bargain
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Charles Finney
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Declaration of Rights and Sentiments
Martin van Buren
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Roger Taney
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Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton
John Q. Adams
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Force Bill
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Shakers
Andrew Jackson
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Tariff of 1828
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Frederick Douglas
“Spoils System”
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Worcester v. Georgia
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William Lloyd Garrison
Indian Removal (Indian Removal Act)
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Second Great Awakening
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Elijah Lovejoy
Cherokee and the Trail of Tears
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Horace Mann
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Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo
Emerson, Transcendentalism
Nullification Crisis
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Dorothea Diz
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American Temperance Society
John C. Calhoun
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David Walker
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Thomas Hart Benton
Bank War
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Suffrage
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Nicholas Biddle
Whigs
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Universal White Manhood Suffrage
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Seneca Falls Convention
Specie Circular
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Oneida Community