Unit 3 Article- "Liberty is Exploitation"

1. How did Thomas Dublin challenge the romanticized view of the Lowell system?
2. Who was Samuel Slater and what technique did he use to influence the workforce of the 1800s?
3. Why did some Americans resent Slater's changes to the workforce? (child labor)
4.  Summarize Slater's family system.
5. How did factory villages reflect the needs of New England families?
6. Who called for an end to child labor? Why did child labor ultimately end?
7. By the 1840s, to what type of workers did employers turn? How did this impact the housing  and living conditions close to the factories?
8. Over all, how did factory life change by the 1850s? What were the effects?

Unit 3- Video

Video- The Market Revolution

- Identify Robert Fulton
- Explain Nathaniel Hawthorne's qute
- What was the 1st railroad?
- Identify advances in communications in the 1800s.
- Explain the role of capitalists.
- Identify the impact of the market revolution.
- Who were the workers of the industrial revolution?
- Explain the role of transcendentalists.
- Explain the effect of business cycles

Unit 3- The New Nation (Ch. 6, 7, 8, 9)

Honors American History

Mrs. Delle Cave

Unit 4: Nationalism, Reform and Expansion

1812-1840

Ch. 7, 8, 9

Ch. 7 Balancing Nationalism and Sectionalism

Chapter Objective

To describe major domestic and foreign problems faced by the leaders of the new Republic such as maintaining national security and creating a stable economic system government.  SECTION 1 Regional Economies Create Differences Describe the effects of the Industrial Revolution on the United States. Explain how two different economic systems developed in the North and South. Summarize the American System, a plan devised to unite the country.  SECTION 2 Nationalism at Center Stage Discuss how the federal government asserted its jurisdiction over state governments. Explain how foreign affairs were guided by national self-interest. Summarize the issues that divided the country as the United States expanded its borders. SECTION 3 The Age of Jackson Describe the tension between Adams and Jackson; describe the expansion of suffrage. Explain Jackson's spoils system and his appeal to the common citizen. Summarize the effects of the Indian Removal Act of 1830. SECTION 4 Jackson, States' Rights, and the National Bank Explain how the protective tariff laws raised the issue of states' rights. Summarize how Jackson destroyed the Bank of the United States. Identify some of Jackson's economic policies and their impact on his successor.

Ch. 8 Reforming American Society

Chapter Objective

To recognize the causes and effects of the Second Great Awakening and to understand the various social and labor reform movements that swept the nation during the first half of the 19th century. SECTION 1 Religion Sparks Reform Describe the new religious movements that swept the United States after 1790. Explain the new philosophy that offered an alternative to traditional religion. Characterize the nature of utopian communities. Describe the reforms demanded in schools, mental hospitals, and prisons. SECTION 2 Slavery and Abolition Identify some of the key abolitionists. Describe the experience of slaves in rural and urban areas. Summarize the slavery debate in the South. SECTION 3 Women and Reform Explain why women's opportunities were limited in the mid-1800s. Identify the reform movements in which women participated. Describe the progress of the expanding women's rights movement. SECTION 4 The Changing Workplace Demonstrate how new manufacturing techniques shifted the production of goods from home to factory. Describe the conditions female employees endured in factories. Summarize the attempts of factory workers to organize unions.

Ch. 9 Expanding Markets and Moving West

Chapter Objective

To understand the causes and consequences of western settlement and to summarize the events surrounding the independence of Texas and the War with Mexico. SECTION 1 The Market Revolution Describe how industrialization and capitalism impacted the U.S. economy. Identify the inventions that enhanced people's lives and helped fuel the country's economic growth. Explain how improved transportation and communication systems helped to link America's regions and make them interdependent. SECTION 2 Manifest Destiny Summarize the reasons American settlers headed west during the mid-1800s. Describe the impact of westward expansion on Native Americans. Identify the westward trails and some of the people who used them. SECTION 3 Expansion in Texas Explain why Mexico encouraged settlement in Texas. Describe how Texas gained its independence. SECTION 4 The War with Mexico Summarize the conflicting attitudes on waging war with Mexico. Describe key battles that helped the United States win the war with Mexico. Identify U.S. territories gained from Mexico. Explain the impact of the discovery of gold in California on the development of the West.

Unit 2 Study Guide

Honors U.S. History

Unit 2 Study Guide: Chapters 4 and 5- The Revolutionary Era and Forming a New Government

Ch. 4, Sect. 1- The Stirrings of Rebellion

-       Why did Britain impose new taxes on the colonies?

-       What was the Stamp Act?

-       Who led the protests against the Stamp Act? Who were the Sons of Liberty? Leader? Goals?

-       What were the Townshend Acts?

-       What is meant by the term, “No taxation without representation?”

-       What happened at the 1770 Boston Massacre? Why did John Adams defend the British?

-       How did John Adams plan his masterful defense?

-       Identify the 4 intolerable acts in response to the Boston Tea Party

-       Why were the battles of Lexington and Concord significant?

-       What was decided at the First Continental Congress?

Ch. 4, Sect. 2- Issues Behind the Revolution

-       What was decided at the Second Continental Congress?

-       Identify the Olive Branch Petition.  What was it? Who initiated it?

-       Who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence?

-       Identify the 3 parts of the Declaration of Independence after the preamble

-       Loyalists vs. Patriots: who were they?

-       Why did Thomas Paine write Common Sense?

Ch. 4, Sect. 3- Struggling Toward Saratoga

-       British and American strengths and weaknesses

Ch. 4, Sect.4- Winning the War

-       What were the points decided at the Treaty of Paris to end the Revolutionary War?

-       Why did America win the war?

Identify:

-       John Adams, Sam Adams, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Dickinson, Caesar Rodney, Captain Preston, Abigail Adams, John Hancock, Paul Revere, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine

 Ch. 5- Shaping a New Nation

Section 1 Experimenting with Confederation

-       Articles of Confederation; background and weaknesses

Section 2 Drafting the Constitution

-       James Madison

-       New Jersey Plan vs Virginia Plan

-       Great Compromise

-       Three Fifths Compromise

-       3 branches

-       checks and balances

-       role of electoral college

Section 3 Ratifying the Constitution

-       Federalists vs Antifederalists

-       The Bill of Rights

-       Powers of legislative branch, executive branch and judicial branch

-       How does one become president?

The U.S. Constitution

 The preamble of the Constitution: Click here to watch the video.

"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

Use this link to find review the text of the Constitution for your worksheet. The text of the Constitution is also found on pgs 155-173 of your textbook.

Unit 2 Quiz- The American Revolution

Unit 2, Ch. 4 Topics:

- Proclamation of 1763
- Stamp Act
- Townshend Acts
- Sons of Liberty
- Boston Massacre
- Boston Tea Party
- Intolerable Acts
- First Continental Congress
- Lexington and Concord
- Second Continental Congress
- Olive Branch Petition
- Thomas Paine's Common Sense
- Parts of the Declaration of Independence
- Strengths/weaknesses of American and British armies
- Results of end of the war: Treaty of Paris 1783

Primary Source- The Declaration of Independence

The Declaration of Independence

Refer to this link to answer questions related to the document.