Unit 8- Growth: Age of Jackson- Standards Rubric
Concepts: Growth and Democracy
Enduring Understandings (Big Ideas):
 Societies resolve conflicts through legal procedures, force, and/or compromise.
 People tend to justify their actions based on ideals and principles.
Essential Questions:
 How well did Andrew Jackson promote democracy? Is the Age of Jackson positive or negative
for equality in America?
 How did old issues take a new shape in the conflict over the National Bank?
 Should the states have the right to ignore the laws of the national government?
 How did the Nullification Crisis illustrate the debate over states’ rights?
Academic Vocabulary:
 Nullification
Language of Instruction:
 State’s rights
Student Friendly Standards
 1A – I can identify the Age of Jackson.
 1B – I can put events in chronological order.
 5B – I can summarize arguments about the economy.
 5C – I can explain how political parties were created in the U.S.
 5F – I can explain how Andrew Jackson’s election changed who gets to vote.
 5G – I can analyze the reasons that the U.S. Government had for removing American Indians.
 7A – I can analyze how tariffs affected different regions of the U.S. before the Civil War.
 7D – I can identify and compare the effects of compromises before the Civil War, and the
people who made them.
 17B – I can explain the different interpretations of the Constitution concerning states’ rights.
 23C – I can identify ways conflicts with people from different backgrounds were resolved.
Unit 8: GROWTH: Age of Jackson 2013-14
Unit 8- Growth: Age of Jackson- Standards Rubric
Concepts: Growth and Democracy
The student will:
History Strands
and be able to:
identify the major eras and events in U.S. history through 1877,
including… the Age of Jackson [and] westward expansion… and
understand traditional
historical points of reference in describe their causes and effects (8.1A)
U.S. history through 1877
apply absolute and relative chronology through the sequencing of
significant individuals, events, and time periods (8.1B)
summarize arguments regarding protective tariffs, taxation, and the
banking system (8.5B)
understand the challenges
confronted by the government
and its leaders in the early
years of the republic and the
Age of Jackson
understand how political,
economic, and social factors
led to the growth of
sectionalism and the Civil War
explain the origin and development of American political parties
(8.5C)
explain the impact of the election of Andrew Jackson, including
expanded suffrage (8.5F)
analyze the reasons for the removal and resettlement of Cherokee
Indians during the Jacksonian era, including the Indian Removal
Act, Worcester v. Georgia, and the Trail of Tears (8.5G)
analyze the impact of tariff policies on sections of the United States
before the Civil War (8.7A)
identify the provisions and compare the effects of congressional
conflicts and compromises prior to the Civil War, including the
roles of John Quincy Adams, John C. Calhoun, Henry Clay, and
Daniel Webster (8.7D)
The student will:
Government Strands
and be able to:
understand the dynamic nature of the powers
of the national government and state
governments in a federal system
The student will:
Culture Strands
and be able to:
understand the relationship between and
among people from various groups, including
racial, ethnic, and religious groups, including
racial, ethnic, and religious groups, during
the…19th centur[y]
Unit 8: GROWTH: Age of Jackson 2013-14
explain constitutional issues arising over the issue
of states' rights, including the Nullification Crisis…
(8.17B)
identify ways conflicts between people from
various racial, ethnic, and religious groups were
resolved (8.23C)