US HISTORY and CONSTITUTION

USHC Standard 2 – The student will demonstrate an understanding of how economic developments and the westward movement impacted regional differences and democracy in the early nineteenth century. Chapter 3 in EOC Book

USHC 2.4 Compare the social and cultural characteristics of the North, the South, and the West during the antebellum period, including the lives of African Americans and social reform movements such as abolition and women’s rights.

“Before the [Civil] War” Antebellum “Before the [Civil] War” 1820 - 1860 Missouri Compromise Civil War

Sectionalism due to Regional Differences

Industrial North and Agrarian South

First National Bank of the US

Protective Tariff

1800s School House in New England

Inside an 1800s schoolhouse

Industrial North and Agrarian South

Slavery by 1850

Western Infrastructure – The National Road

Other Western Roads

Western Wagon Road

Free African Americans

Reform Movements Strongest HERE Weakest HERE

Black Abolitionists

Black Abolitionists Video Clips Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad Nat Turner’s Rebellion Frederick Douglass

Seneca Falls Convention

SECTIONALISM Wrap-up NORTH SOUTH WEST Economy Political Issues Education Political Issues Social Focus Developing Agriculture Plantation Agriculture Industry Public education widespread Home tutoring for wealthy whites Some community education Anti Slavery Pro Tariff Pro National Bank Pro Slavery Anti Tariff Anti National Bank Infrastructure Development Manifest Destiny and Rugged Individualism Slavery as a “public good” Abolitionist and Women’s Movement De Facto Segregation