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Unit 7 – Expansion and Crisis
In Unit 7, we will focus our study on the events that ultimately lead to the seccession of the Southern states from the North and the outbreak of the Civil War. As the United States continues to expand west, the conversation surrounding slavery becomes increasingly hostile. While compromise and resolutions are attempted, the distinct differences between the North and the South politically, economically, and socially are irreconcilable.
Objectives:
- Analyze and critically evaluate the effectiveness of the Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Activities:
- Read, view/review Unit Readings & Resources
- Actively participate in Unit Discussion(s)
- Continue working on Final Research paper
- Submit Checkpoint #3: Sources
Readings and Resources
Ebook:
OpenStax College. (2014). U.S. History. OpenStax College.
- Chapter 11 – A Nation on the Move: Westward Expansion, 1800-1860
- Chapter 14 – Troubled Times: The Tumultuous 1850s.
Also see:
Stathis, S. W. (2009). Landmark Debates in Congress : From the Declaration of Independence to the War in Iraq. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press.
Pecquet, G. M. &Thies, C.F. (2009). Texas treasury notes after the Compromise of 1850. Independent Review, 13, 3, 411-425.
Hoeflich, M.H. &Skepnek, W. (2017). Claims for loss in territorial Kansas. University of Kansas Law Review, 65, 4, 711-724.
Articles & Websites:
- Horwitz, T. (2011). Why John Brown Still Scares Us. American History, 46(5), 38.
- Library of Congress. (n.d.). Missouri Compromise: Primary Documents in American History.
- Library of Congress. (n.d.). Compromise of 1850: Primary Documents in American History.
- Library of Congress. (n.d.). Kansas-Nebraska Act: Primary Documents in American History.
- Public Broadcast Service. (2006). The U.S.-Mexican War.
- History.com Editors. (2015). Transcontinental Railroad.
- Purdue University. (n.d.). Reference List: Basic Rules.
- Purdue University. (n.d.). Reference List: Electronic Sources (Web Publications).
Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkdF8pOFUfI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roNmeOOJCDY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWuXMjrv4aA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmno-Yfetd8
Supplementary Materials:
Locks, C., Mergel, S., Roseman, P., & Spike, T. (2013). History in the making: A history of the people of the United States of America to 1877. Atlanta: UNG Press Books.
- Chapter 14: Westward Expansion
- Chapter 15: The Impending Crisis (1848-1861)
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