NEW NATION & MANIFEST DESTINY INFO
Check out the links below for more information...it might spark some ideas for additional credit pieces in your history packets. Be sure to look at the AC suggestions/questions for the New Nation and Manifest Destiny unit.
EVENTS & PLACES
- XYZ Affair and North Carolina History
- National Park Service site about the Whiskey Rebellion
- A guide to the War of 1812 at the Library of Congress
- A multimedia overview of the Treaty of Ghent at the Library of Congress
- The text of the "Tariff of Abominations" from 1828 that caused the Nullification Crisis (pg.270-275)
- Lyrics and backstory to the song "The Battle of New Orleans"
- Information about the history of the National Road from the National Road Association of Illinois
- Seward's Folly - a former student's summer school project based on her History Day topic
- Image of festivities at the celebration for the annexation of Hawaii
- Folsom History Museum site
- Article about the history of Humboldt County
PEOPLE
- Who was Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna?
- Who was Andrew Jackson (a.k.a., Little Andy Hardcore)?
- And what about his wife, Rachel?
- And why is there a marathon named after him?
- And a hotel?
- And why is this hater of the National Bank on the $20 bill???
- And what are the Waxhaws?
- And why would anyone want to assassinate him?
- Jedediah Smith's exploration routes in the West
- "Storm in a shot glass as advert redraws map of Americas" article
- President James K. Polk State Historic Site
ELECTIONS & POLITICAL PARTIES
- National Park Service site about Charles Pinckney, Adams's running-mate in the election of 1800
- Timeline of the development (and cross-pollination) of American political parties from 1897 to 2003--click on the image to view a zoomable version
- Copernicus Election Watch's detailed timeline of the multi-party system in the U.S.--scroll down to "Want to know more?" for other AC ideas
- AP U.S. History teacher's timeline of political parties
EARLY AMERICAN MUSIC, ART, & LITERATURE
- Lyrics to "America" by Rev. Samuel F. Smith (1831) AKA "My Country Tis of Thee"
- The Smithsonian Institution houses the remnants of the flag that flew over Ft. McHenry during the War of 1812
- Visit Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine
- Words to "The Star-Spangled Banner" by Francis Scott Key
- View the sheet music to "The Star-Spangled Banner" from 1815 (click on the image to see more once you're there)
- Lyrics to the minstrel show song "Jump Jim Crow"
- The history of the Jim Crow character and music
- The text of Jump Jim Crow: Lost Plays, Lyrics, and Street Prose of the First Atlantic Popular Culture (Use Google Books to read this!)
- A history of the Hudson River artists
- Albany Institute of History and Art website (in upstate New York)
- Visit Cedar Grove, the Thomas Cole National Historic Site
- Edgar Allan Poe was a much-respected and world-renowned writer