Guided Reading & Analysis: Sectionalism 1820-1860 Chapter 9- Sectionalism, pp 173-183

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Spotsylvania High APUSH 101 Guided Reading & Analysis: Sectionalism 1820-1860 Chapter 9- Sectionalism , pp 173-183 Reading Assignment : Ch. 9 AMSCO or other source for Period 4 content. Purpose : This guide is not only a place to record notes as you read, but also to provide a place and structure for reflections and analysis using higher ...[Show More]

Spotsylvania High
APUSH 101

Guided Reading & Analysis: Sectionalism 1820-1860
Chapter 9- Sectionalism , pp 173-183
Reading Assignment :
Ch. 9 AMSCO or other source for Period 4 content.
Purpose :
This guide is not only a place to record notes as you read, but also to provide a place and structure
for reflections and analysis using higher level thinking skills with new knowledge gained from the
reading.
Basic Directions :
1. Pre-Read: Read the prompts/questions within this guide before you read the chapter. (Image captured from wikipedia.org)
2. Skim: Flip through the chapter and note the titles and subtitles. Look at images and
their read captions. Get a feel for the content you are about to read.
3. Read/Analyze: Read the chapter. Remember, the goal is not to “fish” for a specific answer(s) to
reading guide questions, but to consider questions in order to critically understand what you read !
4. Write Write your notes and analysis in the spaces provided.
Key Concepts FOR PERIOD 4:
Key Concept 4.1: The United States began to develop a modern democracy and celebrated a new national culture, while
Americans sought to define the nation’s democratic ideals and change their society and institutions to match them.
Key Concept 4.2: Innovations in technology, agriculture, and commerce powerfully accelerated the American economy,
precipitating profound changes to U.S. society and to national and regional identities.
Key Concept 4.3: The U.S. interest in increasing foreign trade and expanding its national borders shaped the nation’s foreign policy
and spurred government and private initiatives.
Section 1 Guided Reading, pp 173-183
As you read the chapter, jot down your notes in the middle column. Consider your notes to be elaborations on the Objectives and Main Ideas presented in the left
column. When you finish the section, analyze what you read by answering the question in the right hand column.
1. The North pp 173-176

Key Concepts & Main Ideas	Notes	Analysis
Regional economic specialization , especially the demands of cultivating southern cotton , shaped settlement patterns and the national and international economy Despite some governmental and private efforts to create a unified national economy, most notably the American System , the shift to market production linked the North and the Midwest more closely than either was linked to the South.	Read the first two paragraphs on page 173. Why was the nation fragile? The nation was still split between three sections, North, South, and West. This caused sectionalism and their sectional differences to become a major problem in dividing the nation. What does Daniel Webster refer to in his quote at the top of the page? He refers to the East, West, North, and South being thrown into a war with each other. The North… 1. The Northeast, which contained New England and the Mid-Atlantic states 2. The Old Northwest which stretched from Ohio to Minnesota The Industrial Northeast… The Industrial Revolution centered in textiles until the 1830s when Northern factories were making a wide range of goods.	What is the key difference between the Northeast and the Northwest? The Northeast was more industrial than in the Northwest where there was more agriculture. Explain the historical significance of Commonwealth v. Hunt . Consider broad context. Commonwealth v. Hunt provided labor unions that, at the time, weren’t widely respected, but would later become very important.