Unit 3- The New Nation

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


Answer the following questions in your notebook.  Re-write each question and use note/bullet format to answer.

Unit 3- The New Nation

Ch. 7- Life in the New Nation (1783-1850)

1.     In the 1800s, the United States became a mobile society? What does this mean? Identify 2 effects this had on the country. (pg. 243)

2.     What was trans-Appalachia? Why were people attracted to this region? (pg. 249-250)

3.     How did Native Americans continuously get forced further to the West? By 1840, how were Native American populations affected?

4.     How did the U.S. acquire the Florida territory? What War of 1812 General played a large role in convincing President James Monroe that Florida would benefit the U.S.? (pg. 251-252)

5.     What was the significance of the Seminole Wars and the Adams-Onis Treaty?

6.     Explain the phrase “Manifest Destiny.” Who coined it? When was it said? How does Manifest Destiny relate to westward expansion? (pg. 253)

7.     Describe the Oregon Trail. Why did Americans travel the journey? (pg. 254)

8.     How do the Mormons fit into the westward expansion theme? Explain. (pg. 255)

9.     Explain how the California Gold Rush sparked population growth in the West. Provide population numbers. What are ghost towns?(pg. 255)

10.  How did the Texas War for Independence and the Battle of the Alamo mark the annexation of the Texas territory to the U.S.? (pg. 264-265)