High School 11/5, Expansion

Expansion (1815-1860)

For your timeline:

1818 - Era of Good Feelings
1760--1820/1840 - First Industrial Revolution
1820 - Missouri Compromise
1823 - Monroe Doctrine
1828 - Revolution of 1828 :)
1831 - Nat Turner Rebellion
1837 - Panic of 1837
1845 - Manifest Destiny


Preparation for next week:

Read about "Manifest Destiny."
Here are some links for your research:

http://www.history.com/topics/manifest-destiny

http://www.ushistory.org/us/29.asp

 

What would you say were the driving forces behind this ideology?  How does "Manifest Destiny" relate to America's westward expansion?  Does it still exist in America today?  Does it still exist in the world?  If so, where?

Write a one-page report on the origins (your opinion) of manifest destiny and its effect on American Expansion as well as how it could still be a driving force in the world today...

QUOTE by Nat Turner:

"Having soon discovered to be great, I must appear so, and therefore studiously avoided mixing in society, and wrapped myself in mystery, devoting my time to fasting and prayer." ~Nat Turner

Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/n/nat_turner.html#OpboF7fB2zwy487b.99

http://www.biography.com/#!/people/nat-turner-9512211#synopsis

http://www.theroot.com/articles/history/2014/02/best_black_history_quotes_nat_turner_on_freedom.html

(Just for fun...)
POETRY

Follow the links below to find your favorite quote by each of these renouned scholars and poets of this time period and bring to class to share. 

Longfellow

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/h/henry_wadsworth_longfello.html

Whitman

http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/w/walt_whitman.html