Objectives For The Western Movement of America

Students will be able to use text based evidence to:• Trace the growth of sectional conflicts• Compare and contrast the social, political and

economic development of the variety of national regions

• Explain why “The West” is difficult to define and has had a changing concept in history

• Explain “The Nullification” Crisis

Old battles continue and new ones develop

• Are you a Jeffersonian or a Hamiltonian?• Let’s add Jacksonian Democracy to the mix because

it set the stage for a lot of important changes in America

• Why was our map of Westward Expansion so important?

Choose one of the following writing prompts for a Hill Advanced Paragraph and be sureTo cite TEXT BASED EVIDENCE in your response.

How did advances in technology improve American lives?What were the advantages of regional specialization?

Sections on the text – This will be a good start

• Page 364; The Era Of Good Feeling• Page 368; Technology and Progress• Page 370; Sectional Conflict

For each of these sections students will be expected to create Think and Search questions, answer prompts

with Text Based Evidence, and apply higher level thinking to problems of history