Week of April 7-10, 2015

Road to Civil War

Causes:

Sectionalism

-Daniel Webster

-Henry Clay

-John C. Calhoun

Slavery 

-Missouri Compromise of 1820

-Compromise of 1850

-Kansas and Nebraska 1854

State's Rights

Bleeding Kansas

Dred Scott vs. Sandford

Election of 1860

December 20th 1860

Week of March 30-April 1, 2015

Monday-Review Westward Expansion 

Begin: Age of Reform 

Tuesday-Reading STAAR

Wednesday-Continue with Age of Reform 

2nd Great Awakening 

Temperance movement 

Education Reform

Prison Reform

Thursday-Abolotionist Movement 

Women's Rights Movement Review 

Friday-Exam introduce causes of Civil War a.k.a the breakup 

Week of March 23-27,2015

8th Grade U.S. History

The Age of Jackson

-Election of 1824

-6th President John Q. Adams

  **Corrupt Bargain** 

       -Henry Clay

-Election of 1828

-7th President Andrew Jackson

 *democracy expands

 *Spoils System

 *Nullification Crisis

  -John C. Calhoun 

  -Tariff of 1828

 *Indian Removal Act 

 *Worcester vs. Georgia

 **Trail of Tears**

 *Jackson Vetoes 2nd Bank of the U.S.

Westward Expansion/Manifest Destiny

Roots of Manifest Destiny

James K. Polk- 3 promises

Texas Annexation

Oregon Treaty

Mexican Cession

Gadsden Purchase

Week of March 16-20, 2015

Industrial Revolution

-free enterprise

-cottage industry

**Efficient Production**

-factorization 

-urbanization 

-Samuel Slater

-Slater's Mill

-Lowell's Mill

-Interchangeable Parts

  Eli Whitney

-Steam Powered Engine 

-Inventions in Agriculture 

   •cotton gin 

   •mechanical reaper 

   •steel plow 

Developments in transportation 

-steamboat 

-Erie canal 

-railroad 

-national road 

Communications 

-the telegraph 

Week of March 2-6, 2015

A New Nation continues with Thomas Jefferson 3rd President

Marbury vs. Madison- Why it matters...

1803 Louisiana Purchase

Lewis and Clark Expedition

4th President James Madison 1809-1817 

5th President James Monroe 1817-1824

"Era of good feelings"

Week of February 23-27, 2015

A New Nation

1789-1824

Washington-Monroe

Washington's Presidency

-Precedents

-Cabinet

Hamilton's Financial Plan

 *Pay off debt

 *Create National Bank

 *Industrial Economy/Protective Tariffs

 *Federal Taxes

Hamilton vs. Jefferson=Political Parties

Whiskey Rebellion

Farewell Address

Civic Virtue

Election of 1796 

Federalists vs. Democratic-Republican 

Adams       vs. Jefferson

2nd President John Adams 1797-1800 

XYZ Affair

Alien and Sedition Acts

"midnight judges"

Election of 1800 aka "Revolution of 1800"

3rd President Thomas Jefferson

Marbury vs. Madison

1803 Louisiana Purchase

-Lewis and Clark Expedition

4th President James Madison 1809-1817

-impressment of U.S. Sailors

-supplying native americans

WAR OF 1812 a.k.a "Mr. Madison's War"

5th President James Monroe 1817-1825

"Era of Good Feelings"

Monroe Doctrine

Week of February 16-20, 2015

8th Grade US History

Monday: REVIEW 2nd District Benchmark 

Tuesday: Social Studies DBM #2

Wednesday: Science DBM #2

Thursday: Lecture: A New Nation: Presidents from Washington to Monroe.

Friday: Lecture: A New Nation "       "        "

 

STUDY STUDY STUDY!!!! The end of the year is so near we need to stay FOCUSED on our GOAL....SUCCESS SUCCESS SUCCESS which can only be achieved through hard work and dedication!!!!