Unit V: Westward Expansion & Sectionalism  

Unit Description: As the nation expanded from sea to shining sea, and exerted itself further on the global stage, growing sectional tensions - especially over slavery, the balance between states rights and federal power, and economic governance - resulted in political and constitutional crises. These ultimately culminated in the United States Civil War.

Power Points 

Lincoln Douglas Debates

Bleeding Kansas and John Brown

Texts

A People's History of the U.S. by Howard Zinn
Chapter 8: We Take Nothing by Conquest, Thank God

Unit Essential Questions

• How did territorial expansion impact economic growth in America between 1800 and 1865?
• Why did feelings of sectionalism arise in America between 1800 - 1865?
• What were the causes and effects of the Civil War?

Classwork 

Attempts at Compromise Document Analysis

Mexican-American War Document Analysis Assignment

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Westward Expansion Timeline & Summary Project

Lincoln-Douglas Debate Assignment

Homework 

Chapter 3 Section 3: Manifest Destiny Questions 1-5 on pg 138

Chapter 3 Section 5: Reforming American Society Questions 1-

Videos 

Territorial Expansion of the U.S.

The Missouri Compromise

The Compromise of 1850

Lincoln Douglas Debate

Kansas-Nebraska Act & Sectionalism

Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)