INSTRUCTIONS
COMPETENCIES
: The Early Republic and the American Civil War
The graduate analyzes the challenges of partisan politics and sectionalism in the Early Republic and Civil War eras.
INTRODUCTION
The adoption of the Constitution in 1787 established a strong federal government for the United States and codified the principles of a country that balanced the interests of divergent political, social, religious, and economic groups. The logistical necessities of organizing these interests on a federal level contributed to the establishment of national political parties during George Washington’s first term in office. Though President Washington warned of the dangers of factionalism in his farewell address, the advantages these organizations possessed for achieving their policy goals made parties an integral part of the political system. During the first half of the nineteenth century, the United States experienced a period of tremendous territorial expansion. The challenges resulting from the spread of political and social institutions—most notably, slavery
—across the continent deepened sectional divisions into a national crisis by the 1850s. The Civil War was the bloodiest conflict in American history, and the war and its aftermath profoundly altered the political, social, and economic characteristics of the United States.
In this assessment, you will explain the characteristics of the First Party System in the United States and its legislative consequences. You will also examine the growth of the sectional divisions in the United States during the nineteenth century leading up to the outbreak of the Civil War.
REQUIREMENTS![]()
Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. An originality report is provided when you submit your task that can be used as a guide.
You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.
- Explain (suggested length of 2–3 paragraphs) the reasons for the rise of partisan politics in the Early Republic (i.e., major conflicts and concerns, development of the First Party System).
- Discuss the development of the Second Party System (suggested length of 2–3 paragraphs) by doing the following:
- Compare the platforms of the Whig and Democratic parties.
Note: You may include both similarities and differences of the two parties.
- Describe the leaders and constituents that defined each party.
- Explain how the Second Party System contributed to increased democratization of Americanpolitics.
- Discuss the major movements and events that led to the Civil War (suggested length of 2–3 paragraphs) by doing the following:
- Explain the pro-slavery and abolitionist arguments of the antebellum period.
- Describe the role of westward expansion in increasing sectional tensions.
- Evaluate how three major events (e.g., significant legislation, territorial conflicts, court cases, political debates) contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War.
- Provide acknowledgement of source information, using in-text citations and references, forquoted, paraphrased, or summarized content.
- Include the following information when providing source references:
- author
- date
- title
- location of information (e.g., publisher, journal, or website URL)
- Include the following information when providing source references:
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RUBRIC![]()
ARTICULATION OF RESPONSE (CLARITY, ORGANIZATION, MECHANICS):
NOT EVIDENT APPROACHING
The candidate provides un- COMPETENCE
satisfactory articulation of The candidate provides
response. weak articulation of response.
A:RISE OF PARTISAN POLITICS
NOT EVIDENT APPROACHING
The candidate does not pro- COMPETENCE
vide a logical explanation of The candidate provides a the reasons for the rise of logical explanation, with inpartisan politics in the Early sufficient detail, of the rea-
Republic. sons for the rise of partisan politics in the Early Republic.
B1:COMPARISON OF WHIG AND DEMOCRATIC PARTIES
NOT EVIDENT APPROACHING
The candidate does not pro- COMPETENCE vide an appropriate compari- The candidate provides an son of the platforms of the appropriate comparison, Whig and Democratic with insufficient detail, of parties. the platforms of the Whig and Democratic parties.
B2:LEADERS AND CONSTITUENTS
NOT EVIDENT APPROACHING
The candidate does not pro- COMPETENCE vide an appropriate descrip- The candidate provides an tion of the leaders and con- appropriate description,
stituents that defined each with insufficient detail, of
party. the leaders and constituents
that defined each party.
COMPETENT
The candidate provides adequate articulation of response.
COMPETENT
The candidate provides a logical explanation, with sufficient detail, of the reasons for the rise of partisan politics in the Early Republic.
COMPETENT
The candidate provides an appropriate comparison, with sufficient detail, of the platforms of the Whig and Democratic parties
COMPETENT
The candidate provides an appropriate description, with sufficient detail, of the leaders and constituents that defined each party.
B3:INCREASED DEMOCRATIZATION OF AMERICAN POLITICS
NOT EVIDENT APPROACHING
The candidate does not pro- COMPETENCE
vide a logical explanation of The candidate provides a how the Second Party Sys- logical explanation, with intem contributed to in- sufficient detail, of how the creased democratization of Second Party System con-
American Politics. tributed to increased de-
mocratization of American Politics.
C1:PRO-SLAVERY AND ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENTS
NOT EVIDENT APPROACHING
The candidate does not pro- COMPETENCE
vide a logical explanation of The candidate provides a the pro-slavery and aboli- logical explanation, with intionist arguments of the an- sufficient support, of the
tebellum period. pro-slavery and abolitionist
arguments of the antebellum period.
C2:ROLE OF WESTWARD EXPANSION
NOT EVIDENT APPROACHING
The candidate does not pro- COMPETENCE vide an accurate description The candidate provides an of the role of westward ex- accurate description, with
pansion in increasing sec- insufficient support, of the
tional tensions. role of westward expansion
in increasing sectional tensions.
C3:THREE MAJOR EVENTS
NOT EVIDENT APPROACHING
The candidate does not pro- COMPETENCE vide a logical evaluation of The candidate provides a how three major events con- logical evaluation, with inCOMPETENT
The candidate provides a logical explanation, with sufficient detail, of how the Second Party System contributed to increased democratization of American Politics.
COMPETENT
The candidate provides a logical explanation, with sufficient support, of the pro-slavery and abolitionist arguments of the antebellum period.
COMPETENT
The candidate provides an accurate description, with sufficient support, of the role of westward expansion in increasing sectional tensions.
COMPETENT
The candidate provides a logical evaluation, with sufficient support, of how three major
tributed to the outbreak of the Civil War.
D:SOURCE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
NOT EVIDENT
There is evidence of quoted, paraphrased, or summarized content without acknowledgement of source information in in-text citations and references.
D1:SOURCE INFORMATION
sufficient support, of how three major events contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The candidate provides insufficient acknowledgement of source information, using in-text citations and references, for quoted, paraphrased, and summarized content.
events contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War.
COMPETENT
The candidate provides sufficient acknowledgement of source information, using intext citations and references, for all quoted, paraphrased, and summarized content.
NOT EVIDENT
The candidate does not include the given points when providing source references.
APPROACHING COMPETENCE
The candidate includes the given points, with incomplete or inaccurate information, when providing source references.
COMPETENT
The candidate includes the given points, with accurate and complete information, when providing source references.
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