Crossroads: Middle School Curriculum

Crossroads:
Middle School Curriculum

Unit V: The Ambiguous Democracy, 1800-1848

Question 1: How did the role of the United States in the world change between 1783 and 1823?

Resource 1: United States Foreign Policy Worksheet
Resource 2: United States Foreign Relations Worksheet

Question 2: How did individuals and states challenge the power of the federal government in the young nation?

Resource 1: Student Resource A: Challenges to the Federal Government
Resource 2: Student Resource B: Challenges to the Federal Government
Resource 3: Student Resource C: Challenges to the Federal Government
Resource 4: Student Resource D: Challenges to the Federal Government
Resource 5: Student Resource E: Challenges to the Federal Government
Resource 6: Challenges to the Federal Government: Student Worksheet
Resource 7: Challenges to the Federal Government: Suggested Answers
Resource 8: Challenges to the Federal Government: Concluding Activity

Question 3: In what ways were the North, South, and West different in the early 1800s?

Resource1: Features of the Young Nation: Student worksheet
Resource 2: Differences within the Young Nation: Student Worksheet
Resource 3: Differences within the Young Nation: Concluding Activity
Resource 4: Differences within the Young Nation: Assessment Criteria

Question 4: Did Andrew Jackson's expansion of presidential power benefit or harm the American people?

Resource 1: Student Reading A: Rotation of Government Offices
Resource 2: Student Reading B: Indian Policy
Resource 3: Concluding Activity: Andrew Jackson
Resource 4: Andrew Jackson: Assessment Criteria

Question 5: When, why and how were new territories added to the United States between 1800 and 1853?

Resource 1: Territories Added: Student Worksheet
Resource 2: "Territories Added: 1790-1840": Map Directions
Resource 2a"Territories Added: 1790-1840": Map
Resource 3: Assessment Criteria: "Territories Added: 1790-1840" Map
Resource 4: "Territories Added: 1840-1860": Map Directions
Resource 4a: "Territories Added: 1840-1860": Map
Resource 5: Assessment Criteria: "Territories Added: 1840-1860" Map

Question 6: What were the goals and outcomes of the reform movements that took place between 1800 and 1848?

Resource 1: Reform Movement: Student Guide
Resource 2: Reform Movement: Student Collage

Question 7: Was the United States a true democracy between 1800 and 1848?

Resource 1: Jefferson's View of Democracy: Student Worksheet
Resource 2: Concluding Activity: True Democracy Essay
Resource 3: Assessment Criteria: True Democracy Essay

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