Jacksonian Democracy Through Reconstruction

APUSH Unit 3 The Union in peril Jacksonian Democracy through Reconstruction

Based on material presented in class and in the text, the Advanced Placement United States History student will….

1…create a collage with the following items: a) a primary document article or cartoon with Anti-Irish or Anti-German propaganda b) map and create an identifying key for the following items: California trail, Santa Fe Trail, Mormon Trail, Oregon Trail, Erie Canal, Cumberland (or National) Road, areas of westward settlement for German and Irish immigrants by 1860, American railroad system by 1860, areas of concentration for the tobacco, cotton, textiles, oil, silver, gold, iron, lumber and timber, dairy cattle, ranch cattle, rice and sugar industries by 1860, as well as the concentration of slaves by 1860 c) pictures and captions of three important inventions d) pictures and captions of two innovations in transportation e) pictures and captions of two textile mills / factories from the period 1790-1860.

2...analyze the political cartoon King Andrew I and give five (5) reasons that explain why the cartoonist might have felt it necessary to characterize President Andrew Jackson in this way.

3...group chronology challenge, put the fourteen (14) events of the Mexican War in their proper order.

4...list and describe the five (5) terms of the Compromise of 1850.

5…explain the significance of each of the following eight (8) terms to the building American crisis during the Antebellum period: Free Soil Movement, Kansas- Nebraska Act 1854, Dred Scott v. Sanford, Lincoln-Douglass Debates, John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry, the Underground Railroad, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Charles Sumner/ Preston Brooks quarrel.

6…identify the primary candidates and the party platform for the candidates for the following two (2) elections: 1856, 1860.

7…create a war map detailing ten (10) major battles from First Bull Run to Appomattox Courthouse, the significant movements of both Confederate and Union forces and a key with annotations that reference the engagements chosen.

8…give important details of the three plans for Reconstruction (Lincoln, Johnson, and Congressional).

Project: Civil war simulation Over the course of four days the two sides will battle for domination of Northwest School of the Arts. Not only do the winners have eternal bragging rights but will be allowed to work in pairs for the next AP test. The simulation teaches valuable lessons about the actuality of war. Players must rely on one another, determine safe paths of travel, understand their enemy acutely and develop plans of attack. Gathering, keeping, winning and distributing rations is essential to survival. The rules are as follows:

Objective: The winning class will have to accumulate the highest point total.

How do you score?

1. Each player is given four index cards representing provisions and an armband which represents your life.

 Rifle (15 points), Shoes (10pts.), Clothing (8 pts.), Food (5 pts.), Sword (generals only…20 pts.)

 Armband is worth 20 points with a kill.

2. Each player will have an index card on which they have placed multiple questions related to the civil war period…must all be approved by me!!!. When on home territory soldiers may ask an opponent a question and vice versa…neutral territory allows both to ask questions. Keep in mind that the territories switch half way through the week.

3. When players have “engaged” as mentioned in number 2 the exchange of points is simple. If you are asked a question and get it wrong you must give up a provision…if you have no provisions you must surrender your life and you are no longer in the game. If you are asked a question and get it right you must be given a provision…same circumstance applies as above.

4. You may engage a person only once during time between classes or before and after school…you may ask more than one person one question if you have time. Students are not allowed to be late, run away, or any other sort of deception but let me caution you that this will happen. It is then important for all soldiers to document what has happened in this war by reporting to their generals. The war ends at Appomattox Courthouse and it is at this juncture that grievances are aired and settled.

5. Cheating, as usual, can be very easy but it ruins the experience for everyone involved. If you study your material and communicate properly there is no reason to cheat; therefore, if you are unprepared please be responsible enough to take your just desserts.

6. The territories will be explained and distributed in class as will armbands and index cards. (the campus is divided into home and foreign areas…on home territory you ask the questions!!!). 7. The list of ranks will also be posted on my door. Generals have full command of their troops and are responsible for documenting grievances, distributing rations, and communicating with other units.

8. Don’t forget…there are spies among you……Teachers!!!