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What causes a
society to grow?
The New Nation
Unit 5 The New
Nation
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Lesson 1
Planning a Government
Lesson 2
United States Constitution
Lesson 3
The Louisiana Purchase
Lesson 4
The War of 1812
Lesson 5
The Industrial Revolution
Lesson 6
The Age of Andrew Jackson
Lesson 7
Texas and the War with
Mexico
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Lesson 1
Vocabulary
arsenal
legislature
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Planning a New
Government
Articles of
Confederation
Reading Skill
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What problems
did the
government face
after the
Revolution?
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Planning a New Government
What were the Articles of
Confederation and why did they fail?
They were the first plan of
government for the U.S.
They failed because each state was
independent.
printed their own money
passed their own trade laws.
What was the importance of the
Northwest Ordinance?
It said that an area became a territory
when its population reached 5,000.
A territory could apply for statehood
when the population reached 60,000.
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Planning a New Government
Why was Shays’s Rebellion
important?
It showed the Articles of
Confederation had failed.
The new government could
not protect farmers from
losing their lands.
It also could not afford to
send troops to stop the
uprising.
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Planning a New Government
The Virginia Plan
Proposed by James Madison
Create a national legislature with two
houses:
One elected by citizens based on
a state’s population
One composed of members
chosen by the first house
The Great Compromise
Proposed by Roger Sherman
A legislature with a House of
Representatives based on a state’s
population
A Senate with two senators from each
state
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Planning a New Government
What was the Three-Fifths
Compromise and why was it
proposed?
It was an agreement among the
delegates that every five enslaved
people counted as three free people.
The slave states would not gain too
much voting power in the legislature.
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Lesson 2
Vocabulary
United States
Constitution
federal system
Supreme Court
ratify
bill of rights
amendment
Reading Skill
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What are important
points to remember
about the
Constitution?
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United States Constitution
First three articles explain how the U.S. government
is organized.
Article 1 – establishes a legislature called Congress
made up of a Senate and a House of
Representatives
power to make laws
Article 2 – creates the office of the President
leader of the executive branch
power to enforce laws
Article 3 – establishes a Supreme Court
highest court in the land
power to decide whether any law works against the
Constitution
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United States Constitution
What is the Bill of Rights?
It is a statement of rights guaranteed by the government to the
people.
Consists of ten amendments written by James Madison
After addition of Bill of Rights, all original thirteen states ratified the
Constitution.
U.S. Constitution has 17 additional amendments.
Amendments must be approved by two-thirds of the House and
Senate and then by three-fourths of the states.
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United States Constitution
System of Checks and Balances
The system of keeping one branch from gaining too much power
Legislative branch:
checks between the two houses
House of Representatives and Senate must agree.
Executive branch:
President must sign a law
power to veto
Congress can override
Judicial branch
Supreme Court has power to declare a law unconstitutional.
judicial review
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Lesson 3
pioneer
impressment
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The Louisiana Purchase
Vocabulary
Reading Skill
Review
How did the United
States expand
across North
America?
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The Louisiana Purchase
What were the effects of
the Louisiana Purchase?
Jefferson doubled the size
of the U.S. for pennies an
acre.
Americans gained access
to a major port.
The land had abundant
natural resources.
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Lesson 4
War Hawks
Era of Good
Feelings
Monroe Doctrine
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The War of 1812
Vocabulary
Adams-Onís
Treaty
Review
How did the
War of 1812
affect
Americans?
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The War of 1812
Why did the War Hawks want war with Great Britain?
Believed that they could conquer Canada and take control of whole
continent
Angry that British had helped Native Americans
Wanted to protect American sailors from British impressment
Why did the British burn
Washington, D.C.?
The British wanted to
punish Americans for
burning York.
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The War of 1812
What was the Monroe Doctrine?
The U.S. would not give Europeans the power to establish new
colonies in the Americas.
The U.S. would not interfere with existing colonies in the Americas
or with European affairs.
Why did the U.S. want to
prevent new European
colonies in the Americas?
The U.S. wanted to be
free from European
influence.
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Lesson 5
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Reading Skill
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The Industrial Revolution
Vocabulary
Industrial
Revolution
cotton gin
interchangeable
part
reaper
steam engine
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How did the
Industrial
Revolution change
people’s lives?
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The Industrial Revolution
What was the Industrial Revolution?
It was a time when new machines and new ideas changed the way
people worked, traveled, and lived.
Cotton gin
Power looms in textile mills
Interchangeable parts
Mechanical plow and reaper
Steam Engine
Erie Canal
The Iron Horse
Write About It!
Explain how the Erie Canal helped New York grow.
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Lesson 6
Vocabulary
Trail of Tears
manifest destiny
wagon train
discrimination
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The Age of Andrew
Jackson
Union
Reading Skill
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How did the United
States change
during Andrew
Jackson’s term?
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The Age of Andrew Jackson
Why did people move west?
Start new lives
Find open land
Become wealthy
Forced to move away
The Indian Removal Act of 1831
Native Americans had to move
Indian Territory
Army forced Cherokee to march
800 miles
Trail of Tears
Oregon Fever
Manifest Destiny
wagon trains
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The Age of Andrew Jackson
Use clues from the text to make conclusions about the treatment of the
Cherokee people.
Text Clues
Conclusion
The Cherokee’s right to their
land was guaranteed by treaty.
Jackson ignored a court ruling
that the Cherokee should stay
in Georgia.
About 4,000 Cherokee died on
the Trail of Tears.
Forcing the Cherokee to
move was unjust and
illegal.
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Lesson 7
Vocabulary
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Gold Rush
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Texas and the War
with Mexico
Treaty of
Guadalupe
Hidalgo
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How did conflicts with
Mexico change the
United States?
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Texas and the War with Mexico
Trouble in Texas
By 1835, 25,000 Americans settled
in Mexico.
Disliked Mexican laws
Texans attacked San Antonio.
Took control of the Alamo
Santa Anna, leader of Mexico,
recaptured the Alamo.
All Americans killed.
General Sam Houston defeated
Santa Anna.
“Remember the Alamo!”
Write About It!
Explain why both the United States and Mexico claimed Texas.
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Texas and the War with Mexico
Use clues from the text to make conclusions about the Mexican War.
Text Clues
Mexico wanted to keep its western
territories.
President Polk tried to buy land from
Mexico.
After President Polk sent troops to the
Rio Grande, fighting broke out.
When Texas became a state, Mexico still
considered it part of its territory.
After the war, the United States
purchased most of its western states from
Mexico.
The war cost over 60,000 lives.
Conclusions
Possible Conclusions:
The United States was the
aggressor in the war.
The Mexican War helped
the U.S. grow at a great
cost.
The U.S. was becoming a
powerful nation.
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Texas and the War with Mexico
The California Gold Rush
1848: James Marshall discovered
gold in California.
Thousands of miners prospected
for gold.
So many people came searching
for wealth, that it became known
as the “Gold Rush.”
1849: more than 80,000 people.
“Forty-niners”
1850: California became 31st
state.
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What are the three branches of government and what does each
branch do?
Executive branch – enforces laws
Legislative branch – makes laws
Judicial branch – decides if laws are constitutional
What is the Bill of Rights?
The Bill of Rights is a statement of rights guaranteed by the government
to the people.
Why is there a system of checks and balances under the Constitution?
Checks and balances keep any one branch from gaining too much
power.
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What were some important inventions during the Industrial Revolution?
Cotton Gin – removed seed from cotton and made cotton the most
important cash crop in the South
Power loom – made the process of cloth making much faster and large
textile mills employed many people
Interchangeable parts – pieces made in standard sizes meant products
could be made faster and at a lower cost
Mechanical plow and reaper – made farming easier and fewer farmers
were needed
Steam engine – produced more power than horses and could pull
heavier loads
Erie Canal – connected Lake Erie to the Hudson River with a series of
locks to raise and lower the water level
Iron Horse – railroads became the main form of transportation
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What is manifest destiny?
Manifest destiny is the belief that the United States had a right to
expand its borders and claim new lands.
What was the Trail of Tears?
The Trail of Tears was the 800-mile westward march of the Cherokee
people to the Indian Territory; 4,000 people died along the way.
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