Period 5: 1844 1877

APUSH Concept 5.1.II

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analyze content
from APUSH Key
concept 5.1
Key Concept 5.1
The United States
became more
connected with the
world, pursued an
expansionist
foreign policy in
the Western
Hemisphere, and
emerged as the
destination fro
many migrants
from other
countries.
EQ: What were the
social , economic,
and political
impacts of
expansionist foreign
policy?
Given an exit card,

Key Concept 5.1 II

Quick Write / Warm-up
What role do push / pull factors have in
the migration of people from one region
of the country/world to another? (Be
specific concerning push and pull
factors).
How does religious persecution fit into
this?

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analyze content
from APUSH Key
concept 5.1
Key Concept 5.1
The United States
became more
connected with the
world, pursued an
expansionist
foreign policy in
the Western
Hemisphere, and
emerged as the
destination fro
many migrants
from other
countries.
EQ: What were the
social , economic,
and political
impacts of
expansionist foreign
policy?
Given an exit card,

The New Curriculum

Key Concept 5.1 The United States
became more connected with the
world, pursued an expansionist foreign
policy in the Western Hemisphere, and
emerged as the destination fro many
migrants from other countries.
Big ideas:
What were the social, economic and
political impacts of Manifest Destiny and
westward expansion?
What were reasons for, and goals of the
nativist movement that emerged during
this time?

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analyze content
from APUSH Key
concept 5.1

Key Concept 5.1 II

Key Concept 5.1

The United States
became more
connected with the
world, pursued an
expansionist
foreign policy in
the Western
Hemisphere, and
emerged as the
destination fro
many migrants
from other
countries.
EQ: What were the
social , economic,
and political
impacts of
expansionist foreign
policy?
Given an exit card,

In the 1840s and 1850s, Americans

continued to debate questions about
rights and citizenship for various groups of
U.S. inhabitants.

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analyze content
from APUSH Key
concept 5.1

Key Concept 5.1 II

A. Increased immigration prior
to the Civil War (From Europe
and Asia):

Key Concept 5.1

The United States
became more
connected with the
world, pursued an
expansionist
foreign policy in
the Western
Hemisphere, and
emerged as the
destination fro
many migrants
from other
countries.
EQ: What were the
social , economic,
and political
impacts of
expansionist foreign
policy?
Given an exit card,

European Immigration
Irish tended to settle in cities (Northeast; mostly
catholic)
Would work for lower wages -> resentment by
American-born workers

Germans settled on the Frontier Midwest /

farmers
Old Immigration: Northern and Western Europe
(Irish and Germans)
Many children attended parochial schools (small,
private, religious)
Settled in communities together and often kept their
religions, languages, and customs

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analyze content
from APUSH Key
concept 5.1
Key Concept 5.1
The United States
became more
connected with the
world, pursued an
expansionist
foreign policy in
the Western
Hemisphere, and
emerged as the
destination fro
many migrants
from other
countries.
EQ: What were the
social , economic,
and political
impacts of
expansionist foreign
policy?
Given an exit card,

Key Concept 5.1 II

A) Continued
Asian Immigrants:
Chinese immigrants settled on the West
Coast in the 1850s
Worked in gold mines, factories, and
farming
Later, the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)
forbid Chinese immigration
Both immigrants (European and Asian) settled in
ethnic communities and preserved their own
cultures
Ethnic Enclaves (Chinatown, Little Italy, etc.)

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analyze content
from APUSH Key
concept 5.1
Key Concept 5.1
The United States
became more
connected with the
world, pursued an
expansionist
foreign policy in
the Western
Hemisphere, and
emerged as the
destination fro
many migrants
from other
countries.
EQ: What were the
social , economic,
and political
impacts of
expansionist foreign
policy?
Given an exit card,

Key Concept 5.1 II

SWBAT identify &

analyze content
from APUSH Key
concept 5.1
Key Concept 5.1
The United States
became more
connected with the
world, pursued an
expansionist
foreign policy in
the Western
Hemisphere, and
emerged as the
destination fro
many migrants
from other
countries.
EQ: What were the
social , economic,
and political
impacts of
expansionist foreign
policy?
Given an exit card,

Key Concept 5.1 II

B) Emergence of Nativism
Nativism dislike/hatred of foreigners, sought to
stop immigration
Anti-Catholic
Sought to limit immigrants political power

Know-Nothing Party became a popular

political party, anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic;
goal to limit power and influence of immigrants
Many Americans resented the Irish and Germans
because they tended to vote Democratic

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analyze content
from APUSH Key
concept 5.1
Key Concept 5.1
The United States
became more
connected with the
world, pursued an
expansionist
foreign policy in
the Western
Hemisphere, and
emerged as the
destination fro
many migrants
from other
countries.
EQ: What were the
social , economic,
and political
impacts of
expansionist foreign
policy?
Given an exit card,

Key Concept 5.1 II

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analyze content
from APUSH Key
concept 5.1

Key Concept 5.1, II

C) Conflicts with Mexican

Key Concept 5.1
The United States Americans and Natives:
became more
Sand Creek Massacre
connected with the
world, pursued an
(1864)
expansionist
CO militia attacked
foreign policy in
the Western
Cheyenne Indians,
Hemisphere, and
killed over 100, mostly
emerged as the
women and children
destination fro
many migrants
Little Big Horn (Custers
from other
Last Stand) - Natives
countries.
EQ: What were the
social , economic,
and political
impacts of
expansionist foreign
policy?
Given an exit card,

attacked and killed

Custer and his men

US sought to assimilate
many Natives with the
expectation they would
adopt white ways

SWBAT identify &

analyze content
from APUSH Key
concept 5.1
Key Concept 5.1
The United States
became more
connected with the
world, pursued an
expansionist
foreign policy in
the Western
Hemisphere, and
emerged as the
destination fro
many migrants
from other
countries.
EQ: What were the
social , economic,
and political
impacts of
expansionist foreign
policy?
Given an exit card,

Key Concept 5.1 II

Task Marking up the Text
Materials:
The Roots of American Economic Growth:
Immigration Begins
AVID Sheet: Writing and Drawing in the
Margins
Directions:
Apply Avid Annotation to Immigration
Begins
Silent Annotation activity:
Annotation of Peer work

Test Tips
Multiple-Choice and Short Answer:
Reasons for Manifest Destiny
Impacts of Mexican-American War on slavery
Ways the US encouraged westward expansion
Nativism - causes and examples
Essays:
How westward expansion led to tensions over
slavery
Comparing experiences of immigrants with other
time period