Chapter 12 Growth & Expansion Expectations of the Student Identify the foreign policy of president Monroe Identify major eras and events in U.S. history–sectionalism—describe its causes and effects Compare places and regions of the U.S. in terms of physical and human characteristics Identify factors that brought about rapid industrialization and urbanization Explain the effects of technological and scientific innovations Analyze the impact on transportation and communication systems on growth, development, and urbanization Guiding Questions What effect did the Monroe Doctrine have on U.S. foreign policy? How did free enterprise affect the coming of the industrial revolution? How did new technologies effect transportation, communication, industrial output, and agriculture? What role did the Supreme Court play in the growing power of the federal government? How did differences in economic activity increase sectionalism? How were slaves affected by the growth of cotton production in the South? Essential Vocabulary Significant Events cotton gin interchangeable parts free enterprise mechanical reaper American System steel plow sectionalism patent factory system Lowell mills Industrial Revolution Missouri Compromise (1820) McCullough v. Maryland (1819) Gibbons v. Ogden (1824) urbanization Erie Canal Monroe Doctrine interstate commerce Adams-Onís Treaty Essential People Henry Clay James Monroe John Marshall Eli Whitney Robert Fulton John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson John C. Calhoun Cyrus McCormick Dates to Remember (Assignment dates are subject to change) John Deere GPERSIA Vocab (2 pics)—Monday 1/25 Francis C. Lowell Industrial Revolution—Wednesday 01/27 Geography QUIZ #3—Thursday 01/28 Ch. 12 People—Friday 01/29 Sectionalism & Nationalism—Monday 2/01 Open Note QUIZ #5– Wednesday 2/03 Chapter 12 & 15 TEST—Wednesday 02/10 Daniel Boone Samuel Slater
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