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STEP 3: PUT IT ALL TOGETHER

CHAPTER 12 STUDY GUIDE

PUT IT ALL TOGETHER

Now, take a step back and try to explain the big picture. Remember to use specific examples from the chapter in your answers.

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND WESTWARD EXPANSION What were the social consequences of American industrial development in the first half of the nineteenth century? What role did American nationalism and economic opportunity play in promoting westward expansion?	THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR Where was support for war with Mexico strongest? Where was there the least support? Why? How did victory in the Mexican-American War contribute to rising tensions over slavery?
REFORM What common concerns linked the reform movements of the 1840s and 1850s? What role did women play in reform movements in the decades before the Civil War?	LOOKING BACKWARD, LOOKING AHEAD How had America’s economy and society changed between 1800 and 1860? How did American expansion and industrial development contribute to the sectional conflicts that culminated in the Civil War?

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