Period 4: 1800-1848
Text reading: Chapters 8 – 10
Definition of democratic practices; expansion of the vote; market revolution; territorial and demographic growth; two-party system; Andrew Jackson; the role of the federal government in slavery and the economy
Period 5: 1844-1877
Text reading: Chapters 11-16
Tensions over slavery; reform movements; imperialism; women and nonwhites; public education; Mexican War; Civil War and Reconstruction
Text reading: Chapters 8 – 10
Definition of democratic practices; expansion of the vote; market revolution; territorial and demographic growth; two-party system; Andrew Jackson; the role of the federal government in slavery and the economy
Period 5: 1844-1877
Text reading: Chapters 11-16
Tensions over slavery; reform movements; imperialism; women and nonwhites; public education; Mexican War; Civil War and Reconstruction