Today

1
Todays goal(s) and how it relates to your class
goal.
2
Rise of the United States

• Liberal Democracy
• Right to vote most liberal in world
• African-Americans vote in 1866
• Women vote in 1919
• Still a sense of inequality - attitude

3
Rise of the United States

• Alexis de Tocqueville
• Democracy in America (1835)
• America is a land of limitless opportunity
  allowing for democracy
• Role of religion in America

4
Rise of the United States

• GOAL CHECKUP
• How well have I worked to achieve my goal for
  todays class?
• What can I do for the remainder of the period to
  reach my goal(s) for today?

5
Rise of the United States

• American Nationalism
• Monroe Doctrine
• Expansion Mexican War
• Expansion Indian pacification
• Manifest Destiny

6
Rise of the United States

• OSullivan Reading
• What is meant by Manifest Destiny? You may need
  to use outside source.
• Cite one example of the author appealing to
  American nationalism.
• If the author is correct, what is the future of
  the United States?