Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- Political, social, and economic events between 1803 and 1860 that led to the expansion of the territory of the United States (the War of 1812, the Indian Removal Act, the Texas-Mexican War, the Mexican-American War, the Gold Rush of 1849, among others).
- The role of the Louisiana Purchase and explorations of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark for their impact on Westward Expansion.
- The purpose of the Monroe Doctrine.
- Alabama's role in the expansion movement in the United States, (the Battle of Horseshoe Bend and the Trail of Tears, among others).
- The impact of technological developments on United States' expansion (steamboat, steam locomotive, telegraph, barbed wire, among others).
Skills
Students are able to:
- Locate journeys, territories, and political boundaries on a physical and political maps.
- Sequence historical events.
- Explain the role of individuals in historical time periods.
- Compare and contrast technological.
- Determine causes and effects of events and technological developments between 1803-1860.
- Analyze primary sources.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- Political, social, and economic events led to the expansion of the United States and contributed to the development of new technologies and the creation of new states while also setting the stage for future conflict within the nation.
Vocabulary
- political
- expansion
- Indian Removal Act
- Texas-Mexican War
- Mexican-American War
- Gold Rush
- technological developments
- locomotive
- telegraph
- barbed wire
