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    • Period 3 1754–1800
    • Period 4 1800–1848
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Period 5

1844-1877

Overview

5.1 The United States became more connected with the world as it pursued an expansionist foreign policy in the Western Hemisphere and emerged as the destination for many migrants from other countries.
  • I. Enthusiasm for U.S. territorial expansion, fueled by economic and national security interest and supported by claims of racial and cultural superiority, resulted in war, opening new markets, acquisition of of new territory, and increased ideological conflicts.
  • II. Westward expansion, migration to and within the United States, and the end of slavery reshaped North American boundaries and caused conflicts over American cultural identities, citizenship, and the question of extending and protecting rights for various groups of U.S. inhabitants.
  • 5.2. Intensified by expansion and deepening regional divisions, debates over slavery and other economic, cultural, and political issues led the nation into civil war.
    • I. The institution of slavery and its attendant ideological debates, along with regional economic and demographic changes, territorial expansion in the 1840's and 1850's, and cultural differences between the North and the South, all intensified sectionalism.
    • II. Repeated attempts at political compromise failed to calm tensions over slavery and often made sectional tensions worse, breaking down trust between sectional leaders and culminating in the bitter election of 1860, followed by the secession of the southern states.
  • 5.3. The Union victory in the Civil War and the contested Reconstruction of the South settled the issues of slavery and secession, but left unresolved many questions about the power of the federal government and citizenship rights.
    • I. The North's great manpower and industrial resources, its leadership, and the decision for emancipation eventually led to the union victory over the Confederacy in the devastating Civil War.
    • II. The Civil War and Reconstruction altered power relationships between the states and the federal government and among the executive, legislative and judicial branches, ending slavery and the notion of a divisible union but leaving unresolved questions of relative power and largely unchanged social and economic patterns.
    • III. The constitutional changes of the Reconstruction period embodied a Northern idea of American identity and national purpose and led to conflicts over new definitions of citizenship, particularly regarding the rights of African Americans, women, and other minorities.

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For questions regarding page 229. Go back to Period 4 and look at Chapter 11.

Sectionalism and War

The Age of Slavery

Manifest Destiny and Wars of Expansion

The Civil War

Clips from Ken Burns The Civil War

Primary Sources

What did the War mean to those who enlisted?
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Break Assignment

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Civil War Webquest
  • Home Page
  • A.P. United States History
    • Course Description
    • Summer Assignment 2017
    • APUSH BLOG period 5/6
    • APUSH BLOG period 7/8
    • Period 1 1491-1607
    • Period 2 1607–1754
    • Period 3 1754–1800
    • Period 4 1800–1848
    • Period 5 1844-1877
    • Period 6 1865–1898
    • Period 7 1890-1945
    • Period 8 1945-1980
    • Period 9 1945-Present
    • Exam Review
  • A.P. European History
    • Course Description
    • Summer Assignment 2017
    • APEURO BLOG
    • Period 1: 1450-1648
    • Period 2: 1648-1815
    • Period 3: 1815-1914
    • Period 4: 1914-Present
    • AP Exam Review
  • US HISTORY II HONORS
    • Introduction to course
    • Summer Assignment 2017
    • World War I
    • 1920s
    • Great Depression and New Deal
    • World War II
  • Ethics and Philosophy
    • Introduction
  • Western Civilization I
    • Class blog
    • Introduction
    • Early Civilizations
    • The Greeks
    • The Romans
    • The Middle Ages
    • Renaissance and Reformation
    • Modern Europe
  • Sociology
    • Syllabus
    • Sociology Blog
    • Unit I: The Sociological Imagination
    • Culture
    • Socialization and Crime and Deviance
    • Crime and Deviance
  • More About Ms. Krall
  • All about A.P.
  • Pictures of my travels