Directions: Click on the map below to access a PBS website that details the expedition of Lewis and Clark. Once you have loaded the webpage, click on the numbers of the map to discover facts and details from each waypoint on the expedition.

1. Choose ten (10) dots or waypoints on the map below and read the excerpt from the journal or documents.
2. Then record two interesting details on this worksheet: | MS Word | PDF |
3. You do not need to fill in all 20 boxes on the worksheet.

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Directions:

1. Watch this short video:
   

2. Examine this interactive map of the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and become familiar with the location of the free states, the slave states, the regions identified as U.S. territories, the regions identified as not belonging to the U.S., and the 36º30' line.

3. Now use what you learned from the map and the background essay on this page to complete this chart of changes brought about by the Missouri Compromise. | MS Word | PDF |

The Economic Divide between North and South

This section will help to deepen your understanding of the basic commercial differences between the industrial North and the agricultural South. The South, especially South Carolina, was sorely aggravated by the imposition of the tariffs of 1828 and 1832, causing them to resort to the threat of nullification and secession. In this activity, you will read primary sources and analyze graphs and a map.

Use the links below to answer the five questions on this worksheet: | MS Word | PDF |

• The tariffs of 1828 and 1832.
• Map of Slave Crops in the American South
• Charts showing Occupational Distribution, 1820-1860

After completing the worksheet you should be able to see that the manufacturers of the North were occupying a greater part of the overall U.S. economy, and the southern agricultural economy was growing increasingly dependent on one crop—cotton.

The Philosophic Divide Separating South Carolina from the Federal Government

When Congress enacted the Tariff of 1832, which lowered the tariff but not substantially, the legislature of South Carolina responded by calling a special convention. They issued what was called the "South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification." President Jackson responded three weeks later with a "Proclamation Regarding Nullification."

Read the South Carolina Ordinance of Nullification and excerpts from Jackson's Proclamation Regarding Nullification. Then answer the questions that correspond to each document on this worksheet: | PDF | MS Word |

In the third column of the worksheet—the one labeled "Citation"— indicate where in the documents you found the evidence that allowed them to answer each question.