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The USS Constitution was a bright spot at the beginning of the War of 1812. The American army was not prepared for war with a major power like the British.



==President Monroe and Secretary of State Adams managed to advance American interests during the Era of Good Feelings from 1817 to 1825. They were able to redraw the borders of the United States without involving the country in war. Read the document, President Monroe and his success, and answer the questions the go with the reading.== Open the document below and fill in the required information from Page 243 of the textbook.

=The Missouri Compromise of 1820=

==The Missouri Compromise was an example of the emerging //sectionalism// of the United States. The issue of slavery had been contentious since the founding of the country and as the nation grew it had to try to come to some understanding of what a national policy would be towards the "involuntary servitude" of a large portion of the people living in the South. The map in the document below indicates this sectional divide.==

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=Plantations and slavery in the South=

**Get the GIST. Open the document below which discusses slavery and do the following:**
1. Highlight unfamiliar words or words that you do not know the meaning of;

2. Write one sentence to the right of each paragraph that summarizes the information in that paragraph;

3. Write a summary of the entire reading using only 15 words or less.



=Immigration, Nativism and the Irish=







=Slavery and the lead up to the Civil War= Complete the vocabulary on the worksheet under the illustration below.



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