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History 2010, 2d Unit

 General Topics 

• 1. The "Era of Good Feelings"
• 2. The development of railroads, industrialism, and urbanization
• 3. The "Old South"
• 4. Criticisms and defenses of the slavery system
• 5.  The re-emergence of political parties
• 6. The nullification controversy of 1832-1833
• 7. The "Bank War"
• 8. The nature of Jacksonian democracy
• 9. The nature and development of reform systems
• 10. "Manifest Destiny" and war with Mexico
• 11. Intensifying hostilities between the sections
• 12. Civil War
• 13. Reconstruction

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