Period 4: 1800 - 1848

APUSH: Key Concept 4.1.III

Mr. Harding
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SWBAT identify &

analyze content from
APUSH Key concept
4.1: The United
States began to
develop a modern
democracy and
celebrated a new
national culture,
while Americans
sought to define the
nation's democratic
ideals and change
their society and
institutions to match
them.
EQ: How did the
relationship between
the federal and state
governments change
during this time?
Given an exit card,
100% of SW - Write
a SEEC paragraph:
Relationship between
federal / state govs

The New Curriculum

(Review) Key Concept 4.1 The United States
began to develop a modern democracy and celebrated
a new national culture, while Americans sought to
define the nation's democratic ideals and change their
society and institutions to match them.
Big ideas:
o How did the relationship between the federal
and state governments change during this time?
o How did various reform movements change
society?
o How did slaves adapt to their circumstances and
create a new culture?

SWBAT identify &

analyze content from
APUSH Key concept
4.1: The United
States began to
develop a modern
democracy and
celebrated a new
national culture,
while Americans
sought to define the
nation's democratic
ideals and change
their society and
institutions to match
them.
EQ: How did the
relationship between
the federal and state
governments change
during this time?
Given an exit card,
100% of SW - Write
a SEEC paragraph:
Relationship between
federal / state govs

Key Concept 4.1 III

A. Organizations that
attempted to improve
society and individual
behavior
o American Temperance Society:
Co-founded by Lyman
Beecher (Harriet BeecherStowes father)
Created 1,000s of chapters
throughout the US
Aligned with the abolitionist
movement
o Dorothea Dix sought to improve
treatment for the mentally ill
o Horace Mann Father of
Education
o Shakers - practiced celibacy,;
believed in sexual equality

SWBAT identify &

analyze content from
APUSH Key concept
4.1: The United
States began to
develop a modern
democracy and
celebrated a new
national culture,
while Americans
sought to define the
nation's democratic
ideals and change
their society and
institutions to match
them.
EQ: How did the
relationship between
the federal and state
governments change
during this time?
Given an exit card,
100% of SW - Write
a SEEC paragraph:
Relationship between
federal / state govs

Key Concept 4.1 III

B. Abolitionist
and Anti-Slavery
Movements
o Achieved success in
the North many
northern states
gradually emancipated
slaves
o Was an increasing
number of free African
Americans in the North
AND the South:
Eventually, many
states made it
illegal for slave
owner to manumit
(free) their slaves

SWBAT identify &

analyze content from
APUSH Key concept
4.1: The United
States began to
develop a modern
democracy and
celebrated a new
national culture,
while Americans
sought to define the
nation's democratic
ideals and change
their society and
institutions to match
them.
EQ: How did the
relationship between
the federal and state
governments change
during this time?
Given an exit card,
100% of SW - Write
a SEEC paragraph:
Relationship between
federal / state govs

Key Concept 4.1 III

(B Continued)
Antislavery in the South:
o Gag-order prohibited the
introduction of abolitionist bills
in the House of Reps
o Unsuccessful rebellions in the
South:
Denmark Vesey (1820):
largest planned rebellion,
never materialized
o Vesey and followers
were hanged -> more
strict slave laws
Nat Turners Rebellion
(1831):
o Rebellion in VA, freed
slaves and killed whites
on plantations
o 100s of blacks killed in
retaliation (some of
which had nothing to do
with rebellion)

SWBAT identify &

analyze content from
APUSH Key concept
4.1: The United
States began to
develop a modern
democracy and
celebrated a new
national culture,
while Americans
sought to define the
nation's democratic
ideals and change
their society and
institutions to match
them.
EQ: How did the
relationship between
the federal and state
governments change
during this time?
Given an exit card,
100% of SW - Write
a SEEC paragraph:
Relationship between
federal / state govs

Key Concept 4.1 III

(B Continued) Antislavery in
the South:
o Gag-order prohibited the introduction
of abolitionist bills in the House of Reps
o Unsuccessful rebellions in the South:
Denmark Vesey (1820): largest
planned rebellion, never materialized
o Vesey and followers were
hanged -> more strict slave laws
Nat Turners Rebellion (1831):
o Rebellion in VA, freed slaves and
killed whites on plantations
o 100s of blacks killed in
retaliation (some of which had
nothing to do with rebellion)
o Coincided at the same year as
William Lloyd Garrisons The
Liberator
Called for the immediate
and uncompensated end to
slavery

SWBAT identify &

analyze content from
APUSH Key concept
4.1: The United
States began to
develop a modern
democracy and
celebrated a new
national culture,
while Americans
sought to define the
nation's democratic
ideals and change
their society and
institutions to match
them.
EQ: How did the
relationship between
the federal and state
governments change
during this time?
Given an exit card,
100% of SW - Write
a SEEC paragraph:
Relationship between
federal / state govs

Key Concept 4.1 III

C. Womens
Rights
Movement:
o Often connected to
the abolitionist
movement
o Hoped to achieve
greater equality
o Seneca Falls
Convention: womens
rights convention in
NY - Elizabeth Cady
Stanton and Lucretia
Mott
Attended by
Frederick
Douglass

Test Tips
Multiple-Choice and Short Answer
Questions:
o Examples of court cases that increased the power of the
federal government
o Characteristics of political parties
o Organizations and individuals that sought to improve
society
o Ways slaves resisted their condition

Essay Questions:
o Issues that led to the creation of political parties
o Impact of the 2nd Great Awakening on American society