Territorial Expansion & Sectional Conflicts 1820-1860

PART A: (Effective Use of Glogster, Piktochart or other creative platform will

result in 10 EXTRA CREDIT points)
During the 1850s, the United States looked to expand its power outside its
territorial boundaries. Explain how each of the following contributed to
efforts of expansionism and include portrait, map or other appropriate visual
to accompany the relevant information
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

David Wilmot
William Walker
Townsend Harris
Commodore Matthew C. Perry
filibustering expeditions
Ostend Manifesto

To be done individually and HANDWRITTEN:

Explain the justifications for the
aggressive expansion efforts of Manifest Destiny. What factor promotes
continental expansion in the 1830-1850s
PART B: (Effective Use of Glogster, Piktochart or other creative platform will
result in 10 EXTRA CREDIT points)
The 1850s saw numerous developments in the sectional conflict between the
North and South. Two of the main conflicts were the Compromise of 1850
and the Kansas-Nebraska Bill. Create a chart in which you examine each of
these conflicts:
The Compromise of 1850

The Kansas-Nebraska Bill

-at least 5 bullets of information

include relevant information like opposing
views, who held those views & the PEGS
implications

-at least 5 bullets of information

include relevant information like opposing
views, who held those views & the PEGS
implications

P-olitical
E-conomical
G-eographical
S-ocial

P-olitical
E-conomical
G-eographical
S-ocial

To be done individually and HANDWRITTEN:

Once you have completed your
T-chart, write a paragraph in which you discuss which of the two
events/decision would have been most upsetting to the North (and why) and
which of these would have been more upsetting to the South (and why).

DUE BY SUNDAY, Dec. 6th by Midnight