2016-17 Honors History Unit 5: Expanding Markets and Manifest Destiny! Calendar 1 BLUE Friday 2.10 In Class: Wrapping up Unit 4 - Immigration 1 White Wednesday 2.15 Homework: Assignment 1 1 BLUE Thursday 2.16 Due: Assignment 1 1 White Tuesday 2.28 In Class: Reading quiz Topics: Market economy Homework: Assignment 2 Have a fabulous February Break! 1 BLUE Monday 2.27 Due: Assignment 2 1 White Thursday 3.2 In Class: Quiz over reading Topics: The legacy of Manifest Destiny Homework: Assignment 3 1 BLUE Friday 3.3 Due: Assignment 3 1 White Monday 3.6 In Class: Reading quiz Topics: The Mexican War Homework: Study for quiz over Unit 5 1 BLUE Tuesday 3.7 In Class: Unit 5 Quiz 1 White Wednesday 3.8 In Class: Introduce Unit 6 Homework: Assignment 1 Reminders: 1. Student responsibility: To read and take notes over text and handouts and be prepared to discuss and use knowledge in class activities. 2. It s American history so let s try to make it fun. 3. Keep working on improving your student skills. 1
Assignment 1-1 BLUE- Due: Thursday 2.16 and 1 White- Due: Tuesday 2.27 1. Please read the handout for Assignment 1 and review Chapter 9, Section 1, pages 274-279. 2. Please take notes using the outline given; there is no written work to hand in for credit. Assignment 1 Reading Outline: Economic History of the U.S., 1843-1857 I. Forces that generated U.S. market revolution 1. Total value of commodities 2. Output per worker, 1840s-1850s II. Commercial agriculture 1. Northwest production 2. Technological advancements a. mechanical reaper b. Steel plow c. Barbed wire 3. Impact on production 4. Impact on planter system in southern states III. Development of national system of transportation 1. Railroad network 1840s to 1850s a. Miles of tracks b. RR depots c. Cost and time changes IV. U.S. export growth V. Impact of immigration 1. Growth in numbers, 1840s to 1850s 2. Specific jobs 3. Settlement a. Germans b. Irish 4. Impact on economy VI. Value of manufactured goods 1. Cotton textiles 2. Power sources VII. Iron industry 1. Use of iron 2. Impact on growth of urban areas VIII. Impact on families 1. Single women 2. Men as husbands and wives 3. Children IX. Federal government contributions 1. Land 2. Tax revenue 2
X. State government contribution 1. Subsidies 2. Loans XI. Funding for industrial revolution 1. Foreign investors 2. Public and private wealth Terms: Commodity market revolution Specialization Capitalism Capital Entrepreneur John Deere Cyrus McCormick Joseph Glidden Charles Goodyear Some questions to use in your analysis of the historical context: 1. What economic changes began to take place in America by the mid-19 th century as it began to industrialize? 2. Describe the impact of the market revolution on potential consumers. 3. Create a CHART showing the major inventions/improvements in transportation, communication, and agricultural production by the mid-1850s. 4. How did these new products, communication methods, and modes of transportation help the U. S. economy grow? 5. Create a WEB entitled "New Markets Link Regions" and branch out to three nodes labeled North, South, West, and The Rest of the World. In this web, show how the transportation revolution bound each of these regions to one another and to the outside world by displaying the products/services they offered each other. 6. Why were the reaper, the steel plow and barbed wire important early 19 th century inventions? Assignment 2-1 BLUE - Due: Monday 2.27 and 1 White - Due: Thursday 3.2 1. Please read Chapter 9, Section 2, Manifest Destiny in your textbook, pages 280-287 2. Please take notes using the outline given; there is no written work to hand in for credit. Outline for notes: Questions New Mexico Oregon Territory Utah Territory Who went? Why did they go? How did they get there? 3
What did they find when they got there? The Black Hawk War, 1830s The Fort Laramie Treaty, 1851 Causes: Causes: Results: Results: Terms: Manifest Destiny Black Hawk War Santa Fe Trail Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Donner Party Treaty of Fort Laramie, 1851 Fifty-Four Forty or Fight! Some questions to use in your analysis of the historical context: 1. Why did American move westward in greater numbers by the 1840s? 2. Explain the philosophy of "Manifest Destiny." 3. What were the racial overtones of this philosophy? 4. What were the effects of the U. S. government policies toward Native Americans before and immediately after the Black Hawk War? 5. Why did the Mormons move to Utah in search of a permanent home for their community? 6. How did President Polk support Manifest Destiny? 7. Do you think that the same attitudes exist today that created the concept of Manifest Destiny in the mid-19 th century? Assignment 3-1 BLUE - Due: Friday 3.3 and 1 White - Monday 3.6 1. Please read Chapter 9, Section 3, Expansion in Texas and Section 2, The War with Mexico, pages 288-299 2. Please take notes using the outline given; there is no written work to hand in for credit. Outline for notes: I. Americans in the Southwest 1. Mission system 2. People: native Americans, Mexicans, Tejanos, and white Americans 4
II. Mexican independence from Spain, 1823 1. Mexican government actions to improve their economy a. Open border with U.S. b. Mexican immigration policy with U.S. c. Land sales to Americans d. Pledge to follow Mexican laws, religion, and no slaves III. U.S. settlers in Mexico 1. Stephen Austin and Old Three Hundred 2. Upholding pledge to Mexican government IV. Mexican government actions V. U.S. settlers reactions 1. Texas Revolution 2. Lone Star Republic 3. Request of U.S. government VI. Annexation of Texas Republic VII. James K. Polk, 1845-1849 1. Campaign promise of war 2. Provoking war with Mexico 3. Slidell Mission VIII. Sectional attitudes towards war 1. North 2. South 3. West IX. Polk declares war 1. A. Lincoln s Spot Resolution 2. Strategy to invade and capture California a. Republic of California b. John C. Frémont s invasion 3. War in Mexico X. Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, 1848 1. What was promised 2. What was paid XI. 1849 California Gold Rush 1. Why? 2. Where? 3. Impact? 4. Diversity? Terms: Tejanos Empresarios Anglos Texas Revolution 5
Republic of Texas "Lone Star" Republic Antonio Lópes de Santa Anna Annexation James K. Polk Republic of California Stephen Kearny Slidell Mission Battle of Veracruz General Zachary Taylor Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo (1848) Wilmot Proviso Gadsden Purchase John C. Fremont Free-Soil Party Sutter's Mill Bear Flag Republic "Forty-Niners" "Old Fuss and Feathers" Gold Rush Some questions to use in your analysis of the historical context: 1. How did relations between the Mexicans and Native Americans in the Southwest change after Mexico gained its independence from Spain in 1821? 2. Why did the Mexican government encourage Americans to settle in its Northern provinces in the early 1820s? 3. What were some of the cultural conflicts caused by the influx of white settlers into Texas? 4. Why did the Mexican government seal its borders against any further immigration from the U. S. by 1830? 5. What steps did Santa Ana take against the Anglos that would eventually lead to the "Texas Revolution?" 6. Explain the differences between the northern and southern positions on the annexation of Texas. 7. Which group or country gained the most from the entry of Texas into the U. S.? Who lost the most? 8. How did the issue of slavery affect the debate over the war with Mexico? [Explain the sectional differences within the U. S.] 9. How did President Polk provoke Mexico into war with the United States? 10. Why did the Americans win the Mexican War? 11. Explain the importance of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo and the Gadsden Purchase? 12. Which groups in mid-19 th century America joined the Free-Soil Party? What were the major points of its party platform? 13. What were the effects on California and the rest of the country of the discovery of gold in California in 1849? 6