The Age of Jackson & Westward Expansion (Reading Through History)

“The Age of Jackson & Westward Expansion” is brought to you by Reading Through History. This is a collaborative effort of two classroom teachers with a combined forty years of teaching experience at the secondary level. It includes 197 pages of student activities related to the significant events and major figures throughout this important era of American history from the election of 1824 and the emergence of Andrew Jackson up through the Mexican-American War. The workbook features forty-three lessons and includes an answer key for each activity. This is the go-to resource for any U.S. history teacher, World History teacher, or homeschooling parent in need of information or student activities related to the Age of Jackson or topics connected to the westward expansion of the nation. This resource manual is sure to be a perfect fit for any classroom, from 5th grade through seniors. There are 43 reading lessons in all, and each has several pages of student activities to accompany the reading, including multiple choice questions, guided reading activities, vocabulary exercises, and student response essay questions. Topics include the elections of 1824 & 1828, the Nullification Crisis, Indian Removal, Manifest Destiny, the Oregon Trail, the Donner Party, the Mormon Trail, the California Gold Rush, the Texas Revolution, the Mexican-American War, the Pony Express, telegraphs, the impact of railroads, the construction of the transcontinental railroad, and much more! This volume also includes biography lessons about presidents Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, and James K. Polk as well as additional biographies for Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, and John C. Calhoun!