Sectionalism, Slavery, and Growth of the Republic
ETHS Content Essays, Primary Sources, and Student Activities
Elihu Embree Teacher Packet
Key Words: Elihu Embree, The Emancipator, abolition, manumission
Francis Wright and Nashoba and Virginia Hill and Free Hill Teacher Packet
Key Words: Francis Wright, Nashoba, Virginia Hill, Free Hill, abolition
Houston, Crockett and the War for Texas' Independance Teacher Packet
Key Words: Sam Houston, Davy Crockett, Texas, Alamo, San Jacinto
Indian Removal and the Trail of Tears Teacher Packet
Key Words: John Ross. Major Ridge, Andrew Jackson, Worchester v. Georgia, Trail of Tears
James K. Polk Teacher Packet
Key Words: James K. Polk, dark horse candidate, Oregon, Texas, Manifest Destiny, Mexican War
John Ross Teacher Packet
Key Words: John Ross, Principal Chief, Indian Removal, Trail of Tears
Memphis as the Cotton Capital of the South Teacher Packet
Key Words: Memphis, cotton, Mississippi River
Key Words: Sequoyah, syllabary, Cherokee Phoenix, talking leaves
Key Words: 1796 Constitution, 1834 Constitution, 1870 Constiution, Tennessee government, state capital
Tennessee's Economy in the 19th Century
Key Words: agriculture, industry, slavery, steamboats, toll roads, railroads
Tennessee Politics in the 1830s and 1840s
Key Words: John Bell, Newton Cannon, William Caroll, Ephraim Foster, James C. Jones, Hugh Lawson White, Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk.