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Unit Four: A New Republic & Westward Expansion

Chapters 8-12

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
Social Studies
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
Social Studies

How did the United States Government develop to accommodate the changing needs of the growing country?  What decisions were made as the country grew?  In what ways was the United States a hero as well as a villain?

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS
Language Arts

How do I closely read primary and secondary sources to gather information, analyze historical events, and form an opinion?  How do I publish my views about the United States (historically and in modern day) in the form of a poem? 

Activities

Projects

Reading/Writing

Louisiana Purchase

Socratic Seminar

Missouri Compromise

Election of 1828

Indian Removal Act & Trail of Tears

Oregon Trail & Manifest Destiny

Texas Independence

California Gold Rush

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