Unit 3: The Growing Nation

Assignment 1: Preview Reflection Blog Post: Growing Up

How can growing up be both exciting and painful?

Well growing can be both painful and exciting depending on were u grow up and the situation u grow up in. it can be exciting if your a rich kid and u always get what u want. meaning u never worried about a thing especially money. If u grow up in a lower class family u struggle more through life. u have to worry about having a meal and a place to stay. if u grow u in middle class is a little easier there is less to worry about but u will always have problem to deal with like any other kid growing up. it also depend on the country u live in like in the U.S. is alot easies not as painful as being in a poor country. its exciting cause u get to experience alot. You will get your first girlfriend also learn all about life and what u need to become a good or bad person in the community.

Assignment 4: The Growing Nation- Top 10 Lists
Using this list of 55 topics from this period in U.S. History, it is your job to create two Top 10 Lists. You will have to do some research into these items to help form quality lists. One list will include the Top 10 Most Exciting Topics from this period of U.S. History. The second list will include the Top 10 Most Painful Topics from this period of U.S. History.

Each list should include the following:

10 Topics- numbered in order of extremes- 1 being the greatest

Include the year(s) for each topic

Include at least one sentence for each topic describing why that topic holds a place in that Top 10 list- How was it exciting? How was it painful?

Top 10 Most Exiting Topics


1. Louisiana purchase (1803)

The Louisiana Purchase was an exciting moment because when it was bought it doubles the size of the United States.

2. Mexico session (1848)

The session was exciting for the United States because the United States gain a few states like California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona from the Mexicans.

3. Lewis and Clark Expedition (1812)

This was and exciting moment because Lewis and Clark explore the land that was gained from the Louisiana Purchase which lead to Americans moving West.

4. Congress prohibits Importing of slaves (1808)

This was exciting because no new African slaves could be brought to the U.S. as slaves, and it was the first actions taken to end slavery.


5. Federal Government offers land at $1.25 an acre (1820)

This was exciting because people could buy land at a good price to make their own and eventually make profits from it.

6. Monroe Doctrine (1823)

This was exciting because the Europeans would not be able establish any new colonies in the Western Hemisphere. This lead to the U.S. becoming a major world power.

7. Missouri Compromise (1821)

This was exciting because it prohibited slaves in certain parts of the U.S., and it helped keep the U.S. out of a Civil War for decades.

8. California Gold Rush (1849)

It was exciting because gold was discovered in the west which made some greedy people move to the west to farm it. It spurred westward migration.

9. Eli Whitney invent cotton gin (1793)

It was exciting because it made farming cotton so much easier and less expensive.

10. Library of congress Founded. (1800)

It stored the knowledge and books that the U.S. used for anything which was the biggest library at the time which made it exiting.

Top 10 Most Painful Topics


1. War of 1812 (1812)

A war fought between Great Britain and the U.S. at the time. It was painful because a lot of British and U.S. soldiers died in it.

2. Cherokee “Trail of tears” (1838)

It was a painful experience for the natives because they were being relocated and a lot of them died along the way.

3. Mexican war (1845-1847)

A big war fought between the U.S. and Mexico that was painful to the Mexicans because a lot of them died and the U.S. won their land.

4. Fugitive Slave act (1793)

It was painful to the runaway slaves because they were going to get sent back to slavery.

5. Second Seminole war (Florida) (1834)

It was painful to the Natives because a lot of them died at the time fighting the U.S., and it cost a lot of money to the U.S.

6. First Seminole war (1817-1818)

It was the war before the second Seminole war and also a lot of Indians suffered during this war.

7. Indian territory Founded (1834)

It was painful to the Indians because their land was taken from then again and they had to relocate once more to the Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River.

8. Alien and sedition act (1798)

This was an act passed that said that anyone claimed to be a terrorist would have their natural rights taken away and be punish in any kind of way.

9. Andrew Jackson introduces spoil system (1829)

This was painful to the people that didn’t support Andrew Jackson because it made it harder to get government jobs because his supporters would have been given the jobs.

10. Indian removal act (1830)

Was an act that forced the Indians off their land in which they did not have a choice and had to leave their land and cultu