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Early Republic Expansion and Sectional Balance (1800–1820s)

5th Grade · Social Studies · US-MA-SS

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Analyze early 19th-century territorial acquisitions, Indigenous resistance, hemispheric foreign policy, and the emergence of sectional debates over slavery.

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us-maUSI.T2.3Massachusetts Social Studies Standards · 5th Grade

Analyze the causes and long and short term consequences of America’s westward expansion from 1800 to 1854 (e.g., the Louisiana Purchase, the War of 1812, growing diplomatic assertiveness after the Monroe Doctrine of 1823; the concept of Manifest Destiny and pan-Indian resistance, the establishment of slave states and free states in the West, the acquisition of Texas and the Southwestern territories as a consequence of the Mexican-American War in 1846–48, the California Gold Rush, and the rapid rise of Chinese immigration in California).