Unit+IV+-+Antebellum+America,+1824-1850

The following will be covered in this unit:

A. Federal authority and its opponents: judicial federalism, the Bank War, tariff controversy, and states' rights debates B. The emergence of the second party system C. Jacksonian democracy
 * The Transformation of Politics in Antebellum America**

A. The transportation revolution and the creation of a national market economy B. Immigration and nativist reaction C. The beginnings of industrialization and changes in social and class structure D. Planters, yeoman farmers, and slaves in the cotton South
 * The Transformation of Economy and Society in Antebellum America**

A. Religious revivals B. Reform movements C. The rise of feminism D. Transcendentalism and utopian communities E. American Renaissance: literacy and artistic expressions
 * Reform and Culture in Antebellum America**

A. Forced removal of Native Americans to the trans-Mississippi West B. Westward migration and cultural interactions C. Territorial acquisitions D. The Mexican War, 1846-1848
 * Territorial Expansion and Manifest Destiny**

Antebellum America Unit Outline:



The Second Party System -

Andrew Jackson and the Bank of the United States -

Tariff policy and nullification -

Manifest Destiny -

The Texas Revolution (1835-36) -

The Compromise of 1850 -