Today's Agenda

Content Standards:
Students will analyze how history is a series of connected events shaped by multiple cause and effect relationships, tying past to present.
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Learning Target:
I can describe the economic changes that took place in the United States from 1790 to 1860, & I can analyze their effects on the nation. 

Critical Vocabulary: “Black Forties,” Political Machines, “Tammany Hall,” “Know-Nothing” Party, Samuel Slater, Eli Whitney, Charles Goodyear, Samuel Morse, Elias Howe, Lowell Mills, Commonwealth v. Hunt, Preemption Act of 1830, Homestead Act, John Deere, Cyrus McCormick, “National Road,” Robert Fulton, Governor DeWitt Clinton, Erie Canal, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Clipper Ship, Pony Express

Today's Agenda:

1. Background Question: Create Trading Cards for Samuel Slater and Eli Whitney.
2. Citizenship Question: When must all men register for the Selective Service? 
   A. at birth 
   B. at age 16 
   C. at age 18 
   D. men no longer have to register
3. Guided Instruction: The Market Revolution
4. Collaborative Learning: The Market Revolution Document Study
5. ​Reflection Question: How did the factory system impact the role of women in American society?

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Homework: The Market Revolution Reading
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