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LEARNING OBJECTIVE
Unit 4: Learning Objective A
Explain the context in which
the republic developed from
1800 to 1848.
PREVIEW: UNIT 4 KEY CONCEPTS
KC-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.
KC-4.1.I
The nation’s transition to a more participatory
democracy was achieved by expanding
suffrage from a system based on property
ownership to one based on voting by all adult
white men, and it was accompanied by the
growth of political parties.
KC-4.1.II
While Americans embraced a new national
culture, various groups developed
distinctive cultures of their own.
KC-4.1.III
Increasing numbers of Americans, many
inspired by new religious and intellectual
movements, worked primarily outside
of government institutions to advance
their ideals.
KC-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.
KC-4.2.I
New transportation systems and
technologies dramatically expanded
manufacturing and agricultural production.
KC-4.2.II
The changes caused by the market
revolution had significant effects on U.S.
society, workers’ lives, and gender and
family relations.
KC-4.2.III
Economic development shaped settlement
and trade patterns, helping to unify the
nation while also encouraging the growth of
different regions.
KC-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.
KC-4.3.I
Struggling to create an independent global
presence, the United States sought to claim
territory throughout the North American
continent and promote foreign trade.
KC-4.3.II
The United States’ acquisition of lands in
the West gave rise to contests over the
extension of slavery into new territories.
THEMATIC FOCUS
Politics and Power PCE
Debates fostered by social and political groups about the role of government in
American social, political, and economic life shape government policy, institutions,
political parties, and the rights of citizens.
LEARNING OBJECTIVE
Unit 4: Learning Objective B
Explain the causes and
effects of policy debates in
the early republic.
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS
KC-4.1.I.A
In the early 1800s, national political parties
continued to debate issues such as the
tariff, powers of the federal government, and
relations with European powers.
KC-4.1.I.B
Supreme Court decisions established the
primacy of the judiciary in determining the
meaning of the Constitution and asserted that
federal laws took precedence over state laws.
KC-4.3.I.A.i
Following the Louisiana Purchase, the U.S.
government sought influence and control over
North America through a variety of means,
including exploration and diplomatic efforts.
THEMATIC FOCUS
Politics and Power PCE
Debates fostered by social and political groups about the role of government in
American social, political, and economic life shape government policy, institutions,
political parties, and the rights of citizens.
LEARNING OBJECTIVE
Unit 4: Learning Objective C
Explain how different
regional interests affected
debates about the role of the
federal government in the
early republic.
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS
KC-4.1.I.D
Regional interests often trumped national
concerns as the basis for many political leaders’
positions on slavery and economic policy.
KC-4.2.III.D
Plans to further unify the U.S. economy, such as
the American System, generated debates over
whether such policies would benefit agriculture
or industry, potentially favoring different
sections of the country.
KC-4.3.II.C
Congressional attempts at political
compromise, such as the Missouri
Compromise, only temporarily stemmed
growing tensions between opponents and
defenders of slavery
THEMATIC FOCUS
America in the World WOR
Diplomatic, economic, cultural, and military interactions between empires, nations,
and peoples shape the development of America and America’s increasingly
important role in the world.
LEARNING OBJECTIVE
Unit 4: Learning Objective D
Explain how and why
American foreign policy
developed and expanded
over time.
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS
KC-4.3.I
Struggling to create an independent global
presence, the United States sought to claim
territory throughout the North American
continent and promote foreign trade.
KC-4.3.I.A.ii
The U.S. government sought influence and
control over the Western Hemisphere through
a variety of means, including military actions,
American Indian removal, and diplomatic
efforts such as the Monroe Doctrine.
THEMATIC FOCUS
Work, Exchange, and Technology WXT
The interplay between markets, private enterprise, labor, technology, and
government policy shape the American economy. In turn, economic activity shapes
society and government policy and drives technological innovation.
LEARNING OBJECTIVE
Unit 4: Learning Objective E
Explain the causes and
effects of the innovations in
technology, agriculture, and
commerce over time.
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS
KC-4.2.I.A
Entrepreneurs helped to create a market
revolution in production and commerce, in
which market relationships between producers
and consumers came to prevail as the
manufacture of goods became more organized.
KC-4.2.I.B
Innovations including textile machinery, steam
engines, interchangeable parts, the telegraph,
and agricultural inventions increased the
efficiency of production methods.
KC-4.2.I.C
Legislation and judicial systems supported the
development of roads, canals, and railroads,
which extended and enlarged markets and
helped foster regional interdependence.
Transportation networks linked the North and
Midwest more closely than they linked regions
in the South.
KC-4.2.III.B
Increasing Southern cotton production and
the related growth of Northern manufacturing,
banking, and shipping industries promoted
the development of national and international
commercial ties.
THEMATIC FOCUS
Social Structures SOC
Social categories, roles, and practices are created, maintained, challenged, and
transformed throughout American history, shaping government policy, economic
systems, culture, and the lives of citizens.
LEARNING OBJECTIVE
Unit 4: Learning Objective F
Explain how and why
innovation in technology,
agriculture, and commerce
affected various segments of
American society over time.
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS
KC-4.2.III.A
Large numbers of international migrants moved
to industrializing Northern cities, while many
Americans moved west of the Appalachians,
developing thriving new communities along the
Ohio and Mississippi rivers.
KC-4.2.II.B
The growth of manufacturing drove a
significant increase in prosperity and standards
of living for some; this led to the emergence of
a larger middle class and a small but wealthy
business elite, but also to a large and growing
population of laboring poor.
KC-4.2.II.A
Increasing numbers of Americans, especially
women and men working in factories, no longer
relied on semi-subsistence agriculture; instead
they supported themselves producing goods
for distant markets.
KC-4.2.II.C
Gender and family roles changed in response
to the market revolution, particularly with
the growth of definitions of domestic ideals
that emphasized the separation of public and
private spheres.
THEMATIC FOCUS
Politics and Power PCE
Debates fostered by social and political groups about the role of government in
American social, political, and economic life shape government policy, institutions,
political parties, and the rights of citizens.
LEARNING OBJECTIVE
Unit 4: Learning Objective G
Explain the causes and
effects of the expansion of
participatory democracy
from 1800 to 1848.
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS
KC-4.1.I
The nation’s transition to a more participatory
democracy was achieved by expanding
suffrage from a system based on property
ownership to one based on voting by all adult
white men, and it was accompanied by the
growth of political parties.
THEMATIC FOCUS
Politics and Power PCE
Debates fostered by social and political groups about the role of government in
American social, political, and economic life shape government policy, institutions,
political parties, and the rights of citizens.
LEARNING OBJECTIVE
Unit 4: Learning Objective H
Explain the causes and
effects of continuing policy
debates about the role of
the federal government from
1800 to 1848.
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS
KC-4.1.I.C
By the 1820s and 1830s, new political parties
arose—the Democrats, led by Andrew
Jackson, and the Whigs, led by Henry Clay—
that disagreed about the role and powers of
the federal government and issues such as
the national bank, tariffs, and federally funded
internal improvements.
KC-4.3.I.B
Frontier settlers tended to champion expansion
efforts, while American Indian resistance led to a
sequence of wars and federal efforts to control
and relocate American Indian populations.
THEMATIC FOCUS
American and Regional Culture ARC
Creative expression, demographic change, philosophy, religious beliefs, scientific
ideas, social mores, and technology shape national, regional, and group cultures in
America, and these varying cultures often play a role in shaping government policy
and developing economic systems.
LEARNING OBJECTIVE
Unit 4: Learning Objective I
Explain how and why a new
national culture developed
from 1800 to 1848.
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS
KC-4.1.II.B
A new national culture emerged that combined
American elements, European influences, and
regional cultural sensibilities.
KC-4.1.II.C
Liberal social ideas from abroad and Romantic
beliefs in human perfectibility influenced
literature, art, philosophy, and architecture.
THEMATIC FOCUS
American and Regional Culture ARC
Creative expression, demographic change, philosophy, religious beliefs, scientific
ideas, social mores, and technology shape national, regional, and group cultures in
America, and these varying cultures often play a role in shaping government policy
and developing economic systems.
LEARNING OBJECTIVE
Unit 4: Learning Objective J
Explain the causes of the
Second Great Awakening.
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS
KC-4.1.II.A.i
The rise of democratic and individualistic
beliefs, a response to rationalism, and changes
to society caused by the market revolution,
along with greater social and geographical
mobility, contributed to a Second Great
Awakening among Protestants.
THEMATIC FOCUS
American and Regional Culture ARC
Creative expression, demographic change, philosophy, religious beliefs, scientific
ideas, social mores, and technology shape national, regional, and group cultures in
America, and these varying cultures often play a role in shaping government policy
and developing economic systems.
LEARNING OBJECTIVE
Unit 4: Learning Objective K
Explain how and why
various reform movements
developed and expanded
from 1800 to 1848.
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS
KC-4.1.II.A.ii
The rise of democratic and individualistic beliefs,
a response to rationalism, and changes to
society caused by the market revolution, along
with greater social and geographical mobility,
contributed to a Second Great Awakening
among Protestants that influenced moral and
social reforms and inspired utopian and other
religious movements.
KC-4.1.III.A
Americans formed new voluntary organizations
that aimed to change individual behaviors and
improve society through temperance and other
reform efforts.
KC-4.1.III.B.i
Abolitionist and antislavery movements gradually
achieved emancipation in the North, contributing
to the growth of the free African American
population, even as many state governments
restricted African Americans’ rights.
KC-4.3.II.B.i
Antislavery movements increased in the North.
KC-4.1.III.C
A women’s rights movement sought to
create greater equality and opportunities for
women, expressing its ideals at the Seneca
Falls Convention. Over time, arguments
emerged over whether to narrow the goals to
white women.
THEMATIC FOCUS
Social Structures SOC
Social categories, roles, and practices are created, maintained, challenged, and
transformed throughout American history, shaping government policy, economic
systems, culture, and the lives of citizens.
LEARNING OBJECTIVE
Unit 4: Learning Objective L
Explain the continuities and
changes in the experience of
African Americans from 1800
to 1848.
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS
KC-4.1.III.B.ii
Antislavery efforts in the South were largely
limited to unsuccessful rebellions by enslaved
people.
KC-4.1.II.D
Enslaved blacks and free African Americans
created communities and strategies to protect
their dignity and family structures, and they
joined political efforts aimed at changing
their status.
THEMATIC FOCUS
Geography and the Environment GEO
Geographic and environmental factors, including competition over and debates
about natural resources, shape the development of America and foster regional
diversity. The development of America impacts the environment and reshapes
geography, which leads to debates about environmental and geographic issues.
LEARNING OBJECTIVE
Unit 4: Learning Objective M
Explain how geographic
and environmental factors
shaped the development of
the South from 1800 to 1848.
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS
KC-4.3.II.B.ii
In the South, although the majority of
Southerners owned no enslaved persons, most
leaders argued that slavery was part of the
Southern way of life.
KC-4.2.III.C
Southern business leaders continued to rely
on the production and export of traditional
agricultural staples, contributing to the growth
of a distinctive Southern regional identity.
KC-4.3.II.A
As overcultivation depleted arable land in the
Southeast, slaveholders began relocating their
plantations to more fertile lands west of the
Appalachians, where the institution of slavery
continued to grow.
LEARNING OBJECTIVE
Unit 4: Learning Objective N
Explain the extent to which
politics, economics, and
foreign policy promoted the
development of American
identity from 1800 to 1848.
REVIEW: UNIT 4 KEY CONCEPTS
KC-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.
KC-4.1.I
The nation’s transition to a more participatory
democracy was achieved by expanding
suffrage from a system based on property
ownership to one based on voting by all adult
white men, and it was accompanied by the
growth of political parties.
KC-4.1.II
While Americans embraced a new national
culture, various groups developed
distinctive cultures of their own.
KC-4.1.III
Increasing numbers of Americans, many
inspired by new religious and intellectual
movements, worked primarily outside
of government institutions to advance
their ideals.
KC-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.
KC-4.2.I
New transportation systems and
technologies dramatically expanded
manufacturing and agricultural production.
KC-4.2.II
The changes caused by the market
revolution had significant effects on U.S.
society, workers’ lives, and gender and
family relations.
KC-4.2.III
Economic development shaped settlement
and trade patterns, helping to unify the
nation while also encouraging the growth of
different regions.
KC-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.
KC-4.3.I
Struggling to create an independent global
presence, the United States sought to claim
territory throughout the North American
continent and promote foreign trade.
KC-4.3.II
The United States’ acquisition of lands in
the West gave rise to contests over the
extension of slavery into new territories.