Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- The influence of improved transportation systems on economic nationalism during the Era of Good Feelings.
- The importance of Henry Clay's American System on the economics of this time period.
- Causes and effects of the growth of slavery and the corresponding emergence of the plantation system.
- Causes and effects of the beginning of industrialism in the Northeast.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Use primary sources to analyze the dynamics of economic nationalism during the Era of Good Feelings.
- Use maps to identify and trace internal improvements that were made during the Era of Good Feelings as a result of Henry Clay's American System.
- Analyze primary resources to understand the causes for the growth of slavery and the corresponding emergence of the plantation system.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- Economic nationalism during the years of the "Era of Good Feelings" corresponded to an increase in sectionalism in the United States.
Vocabulary
- dynamics
- emergence
- nationalism
