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APUSH - Period 5: Antebellum Politics & Reform

apush - period 5: antebellum politics & reform

originally streamed in 2018 with Tom RicheyTeacher

Learn about Antebellum Politics and the political tensions that shaped America before the Civil War. This APUSH review walks you through key political developments from 1820-1860, including the Second Party System, slavery debates, and the sectional ...more

curriculum note

This video is titled 'Period 5' but the majority of its content (Market Revolution, Second Great Awakening, reform movements, Jacksonian Democracy, Bank War) belongs to Unit 4 (1800–1848) in the current course structure. Only the closing discussion of sectional conflict and the free soil movement transitions into Unit 5 (1848–1877).

covered in this stream

units

Unit 4 – American Expansion, 1800–1848 Unit 5 – Civil War and Reconstruction, 1848–1877

topics

4.5 Market Revolution 4.6 Market Revolution 4.2 The Rise of Political Parties and the Era of Jefferson 4.3 Politics and Regional Interests 4.7 Expanding Democracy 4.8 Jackson and Federal Power 4.10 The Second Great Awakening 4.11 An Age of Reform 4.12 African Americans in the Early Republic 4.13 The Society of the South in the Early Republic 5.5 Sectional Conflict

timestamps

0:00
Market Revolution Overview
1:02
New Technologies Emerge
2:05
Steamboats and Transportation
2:38
Cotton Gin Impact
3:09
Rise of Market Capitalism
4:42
Self-Made Man Emphasis
5:45
Henry Clay's American System
7:19
Antebellum Reform Movements
7:50
Second Great Awakening
10:29
Abolitionism and Temperance
12:37
Women's Rights Movement
13:43
Temperance Movement Details
16:20
Seneca Falls Convention
17:54
Public Education Reform
19:31
Jackson's Democratic Intentions
23:11
Slavery Viewpoints Evolution
25:47
Cotton Gin's Role
29:25
Party System Transition
30:30
Era of Good Feelings
33:38
Romantic Era Significance
35:41
Bank War Explanation
40:20
Decade of Crisis Analysis
42:56
Kitchen Cabinet Advisors
47:35
Know Nothing Party
51:16
European Cultural Influence

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