Sectional Conflict: Regional Differences: Immigration 🏘

Today is St. Patrick's Day 🍀

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the effects of immigration from various parts of the world on American culture from 1844 to 1877

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes on Topic 5.5a, focusing on the experiences of the major groups of immigrants and the rise of nativism

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 5.5a: Sectional Conflict: Regional Differences (Immigration) (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 5.5a: Sectional Conflict: Regional Differences (Immigration) (Guided Notes)

The Compromise of 1850 🤝

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the similarities and differences in how regional attitudes affected federal policy in the period after the Mexican-American War

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes on Topic 5.4, highlighting the federal policies regarding slavery, the details of the compromise authored by Henry Clay, and the effects of the Fugitive Slave Act

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 5.4: The Compromise of 1850 (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 5.4: The Compromise of 1850 (Guided Notes)

Map Activity: Westward Expansion & Manifest Destiny 🗺

Half-Day Due to Parent-Teacher Conferences 🐲

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the causes and effects of westward expansion from 1844 to 1877

⏰ What We Did

• Described the process and significance of each acquisition of land on yesterday's Manifest Destiny map

Map Activity: Westward Expansion & Manifest Destiny 🗺

Late Start Day 🕣

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the causes and effects of westward expansion from 1844 to 1877

⏰ What We Did

• Geographically illustrated the westward territorial expansion of the United States in its goal of achieving Manifest Destiny

⚙️ Resources

• Manifest Destiny, 1783 - 1853 (Reference Maps)

Mexican-American War 💥

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the causes and effects of the Mexican-American War

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes on Topic 5.3, highlighting the conflict with Mexico, as well as the experiences of Mexicans and American Indians in the West

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 5.3: Mexican-American War (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 5.3: Mexican-American War (Guided Notes)

Manifest Destiny 🇺🇸

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the causes and effects of westward expansion from 1844 to 1877

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes on Topic 5.2, highlighting the westward expansion of the United States, the support of the expansion by the federal government, and the diplomatic efforts taken to achieve manifest destiny

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 5.2: Manifest Destiny (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 5.2: Manifest Destiny (Guided Notes)

The Society of the South in the Early Republic ⛲️

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how geographic and environmental factors shaped the development of the South from 1800 to 1848

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes while discussing Topic 4.13, focusing on the importance of cotton on the South's economy and how the regional identity of Southerners differed from those of other regions of the United States

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 4.13: The Society of the South in the Early Republic (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 4.13: The Society of the South in the Early Republic (Guided Notes)

African Americans in the Early Republic 🇺🇸

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the continuities and changes in the experience of African Americans from 1800 to 1848

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes while discussing Topic 4.12, highlighting the numerous rebellions and uprisings by African-American slaves, as well as the two communities of African Americans — enslaved and free

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 4.12: African Americans in the Early Republic (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 4.12: African Americans in the Early Republic (Guided Notes)

An Age of Reform 🌟

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how and why various reform movements developed and expanded from 1800 to 1848

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes while discussing Topic 4.11, specifically examining the temprance, abolition, women's rights, and similar social movements in the United States during the 1820s and 1830s

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 4.11: An Age of Reform (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 4.11: An Age of Reform (Guided Notes)

The Second Great Awakening ✝️

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the causes of the Second Great Awakening

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes while discussing Topic 4.10, highlighting what the Second Great Awakening was, its causes, and its effects on society in the early to mid-1800s

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 4.10: The Second Great Awakening (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 4.10: The Second Great Awakening (Guided Notes)

The Development of an American Culture 🖼

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how and why a new national culture developed from 1800 to 1848

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes while discussing Topic 4.9, highlighting the influences of Europe on early American culture, elements of early American culture, and the differences of early American culture in the various regions of the country

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 4.9: The Development of an American Culture (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 4.9: The Development of an American Culture (Guided Notes)

The Development of an American Culture 🖼

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how and why a new national culture developed from 1800 to 1848

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes while discussing Topic 4.9, highlighting the influences of Europe on early American culture, elements of early American culture, and the differences of early American culture in the various regions of the country
• Today's class served as a catch-up day due to low attendance in an already small course.

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 4.9: The Development of an American Culture (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 4.9: The Development of an American Culture (Guided Notes)

True Black History Museum

🎯 Learning Targets

• Examine contributions of African-Americans in the arts, sciences, sports, entertainment, education, military, and politics

⏰ What We Did

• Attended a tour of the mobile True Black History Museum in the CHS Conference Center

Andrew Jackson Fight Cards 🥊

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the causes and effects of continuing policy debates about the role of the federal government from 1800 to 1848

⏰ What We Did

• Continued creating fight card posters for the many disputes of Andrew Jackson's presidency (Due @ B.O.H. on R 27 Feb 2025)

⚙️ Resources

• History vs. Andrew Jackson (TED-Ed)

Andrew Jackson Fight Cards 🥊

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the causes and effects of continuing policy debates about the role of the federal government from 1800 to 1848

⏰ What We Did

• Began creating fight card posters for the many disputes of Andrew Jackson's presidency (i.e., vs. John Quincy Adams, vs. the Bureaucracy, vs. Native Americans, vs. the National Bank, vs. the Electoral College, vs. Nullification, vs. the National Debt)

⚙️ Resources

• Fight Card Examples

Jackson and Federal Power 💪

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the causes and effects of continuing policy debates about the role of the federal government from 1800 to 1848

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes while discussing Topic 4.8, highlighting the view of Andrew Jackson as president, the details of the nullification crisis, the dispute of the Second Bank of the United States, the significance of the Indian Removal Act, and the development of the Whig Party to oppose Jackson's Democratic Party

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 4.8: Jackson and Federal Power (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 4.8: Jackson and Federal Power (Guided Notes)

Primary Source: An Address to the People of Rhode-Island... 📜

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the causes and effects of the expansion of participatory democracy from 1800 to 1848

⏰ What We Did

• Examined Thomas Dorr's An Address to the People of Rhode-Island... and its advocacy for universal suffrage, in the lead-up to the Age of Jackson

⚙️ Resources

• Text: An Address to the People of Rhode-Island, from the Convention Assembled at Providence, on the 22nd Day of February, and Again on the 12th Day of March, 1834, to Promote the Establishment of a State Constitution (Digital History)
• Guided Reading: An Address to the People of Rhode-Island

Expanding Democracy 🇺🇸

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the causes and effects of the expansion of participatory democracy from 1800 to 1848

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes while discussing Topic 4.7, highlighting the election of 1824 and the "Corrupt Bargain," the development of political factions, the election of 1828, and the increase of participatory democracy in the United States

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 4.7: Expanding Democracy (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 4.7: Expanding Democracy (Guided Notes)

Market Revolution: Society and Culture 🇺🇸

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how and why innovation in technology, agriculture, and commerce affected various segments of American society over time

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes while discussing Topic 4.6, highlighting the growth of industry, foreign and domestic migration, changes in the class system, labor conflicts, and the roles in gender and family withing American society

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 4.6: America on the World Stage: Market Revolution: Society and Culture (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 4.6: America on the World Stage: Market Revolution: Society and Culture (Guided Notes)

Mid-Winter Break — No School ❄️

Clintondale High School is out on Mid-Winter Break. Classes will resume on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, at 7:35 A.M.

Mid-Winter Break — No School ❄️Presidents' Day 🇺🇸

George Washington's Birthday Observed (1732) 🇺🇸

Clintondale High School is out on Mid-Winter Break