Chapter 7 – Homework Primer
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Chapter 7.1 Regional Economies Create Differences Pages 212 - 218
TERMS AND NAMES (define/explain): Eli Whitney, interchangeable parts, mass
production, Industrial Revolution, cotton gin, Henry Clay, American System,
National Road, Erie Canal, Tariff of 1816
As you define/explain/respond do so based on the time period you are
reading about because names, events, etc. will/may show up in other times periods in
history.
READING OBJECTIVES/FOCUS of the Chapter Section:
1. Describe the effects of the Industrial Revolution on the United States.
2. Explain how two different economic systems developed in the North and South.
3. Summarize the American System, a plan devised to unite the country.
SIDE QUESTIONS AND SKILLBUILDERS:
4. What effects did the Embargo Act of 1807 and the war of 1812 have on
Americans involved in shipping and foreign trade?
5. How did manufacturing develop in New England?
6. Why was slavery abolished in the North?
7 . How were the agricultural systems of the North and South different?
8. Science & Technology – Skillbuilder pg 216 Qs 1 & 2
9. What was the intention of the American System?
10. Geography Skillbuilder – pg 217 Qs 1 & 2
Critical Thinking:
Pg. 218 - question #3. Evaluating Decisions. Answer/explain support (show evidence) of your choice.
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Chapter 7.2 Nationalism at Center State
Pgs. 219 - 223
TERMS AND NAMES (define/explain): McCulloch v Maryland, John Quincy
Adams, nationalism, Adams-Onis Treaty, Monroe Doctrine, Missouri Compromise
As you define/explain/respond do so based on the time period you are
reading about because names, events, etc. will/may show up in other times periods in
history.
READING OBJECTIVES/FOCUS of the Chapter Section:
1. Discuss how the federal government asserted its jurisdiction over state
governments.
2. Explain how foreign affairs were guided by national self-interest.
3. Summarize the issues that divided the country as the United States expanded
its borders.
SIDE QUESTIONS AND SKILLBUILDERS:
4. In what ways did the Supreme Court boost federal power?
5. How did the foreign policies of John Quincy Adams and James Monroe serve
national interests?
6. Geography Skillbuilder – pg 221 Qs 1 & 2
7. Geography Skillbuilder – pg 223 Qs 1 & 2
Critical Thinking:
Pg 223 Question #3 Analyzing Issues. Answer/explain (show evidence) of
your choice.
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Chapter 7.3 The Age of Jackson
Pgs. 224 - 229
TERMS AND NAMES (define/explain): Andrew Jackson, Democratic-Republican
Party, spoils system, Indian Removal Act, Trail of Tears
As you define/explain/respond do so based on the time period you are
reading about because names, events, etc. will/may show up in other times periods in
history.
READING OBJECTIVES/FOCUS of the Chapter Section:
1. Describe the tension between Adams and Jackson; describe the expansion of
suffrage.
2. Explain Jackson’s spoils system and his appeal to the common citizen.
3. Summarize the effects of the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
SIDE QUESTIONS AND SKILLBUILDERS:
4. How might reducing property requirements for voting affect political
campaigns?
5. What is the spoils system?
6. Geography Skillbuilder – pg 227 Qs 1 & 2
7. Why did Jackson think that Native Americans should be moved west of the
Mississippi?
8. How did the Cherokee react to the Indian Removal Act?
Critical Thinking:
Pg 229 - question #3. Analyzing Issues. Answer/explain (show evidence) of your choice.
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Chapter 7.4 States’ Rights and the National Bank Pgs 230 - 235
TERMS AND NAMES (define/explain): Daniel Webster, John C. Calhoun, Tariff
of Abominations, Bank of the United States, Whig Party, Martin Van Buren, panic
of 1837, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler
As you define/explain/respond do so based on the time period you are
reading about because names, events, etc. will/may show up in other times periods in
history.
READING OBJECTIVES/FOCUS of the Chapter Section:
1. Explain how the protective tariff laws raised the issue of states’ rights.
2. Summarize how Jackson destroyed the Bank of the United States.
3. Identify some of Jackson’s economic policies and their impact on his successor.
SIDE QUESTIONS AND SKILLBUILDERS:
4. What was Calhoun’s nullification theory?
5. What were Jackson’s and Calhoun’s differing opinions on states’ rights versus
federal authority?
6. What were some of Jackson’s reasons for opposing the Second Bank of the
United States?
7. Analyzing Political Cartoons – Skillbuilder pg 233 Qs 1 & 2
8. Why was this a good time for the formation of the Whig Party?
9. How did Jackson’s actions hurt the nation’s economy?
Critical Thinking:
Pg 235 - question #3. Evaluating. Answer/explain evidence) of your choice.
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