Unit 5 Learning Targets
- I can explain the impact the elections of 1824 and 1828 had on American politics.
- I can explain the evolution of American political parties from 1824-1848.
- I can analyze the effect of Jacksonian Democracy on the American political system.
- I can explain how different regions of the U.S. viewed the use of protective tariffs.
- I can explain how the Nullification Crisis involved the theories of nullification and states' rights.
- I can explain Andrew Jackson's justifications for closing the Second Bank of the U.S. and its effects on the American economy.
- I can analyze the reasons for the removal and resettlement of Cherokee Indians during the Jacksonian Era.
- I can explain the causes and effects of Manifest Destiny.
- I can describe how specific areas of land were acquired to form the U.S.
- I can locate land acquisitions of the U.S. on a map.
- I can explain how different regions of the U.S. viewed westward expansion.
- I can explain the causes and effects of the U.S.-Mexican War.