Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:

• Textbook: Chapter 9, 10 (section 10.4), 11 (section 11.5), 13
• Lesson
• 1 primary source that corresponds with your selected topic (noted in the topic instructions)
• Minimum of 2 scholarly sources (in addition to the textbook)

Optional Resources to Explore
Feel free to review the library guide for scholarly sources and videos at the following link:

• Link (website): History Library Guide https://library.chamberlain.edu/history 

Introduction
The purposes of each case study assignment include the following:

• To hone your abilities to research using scholarly sources
• To advance critical thinking and writing skills
• To compile a response to the prompts provided
• To explore a historical topic and make connections to change over time

Instructions
Pick one (1) of the following topics. Then, address the corresponding questions/prompts for your selected topic. Use at least one (1) documented example of the corresponding primary source in your writing.

Option 1: The American System, Transportation, and Communication
Read the following primary source:

• Link (website): Of Debates in Congress (Clay’s Debate of the American System in 1832) ( https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llrd&fileName=011/llrd011.db&recNum=132 Click on “Next Image” to see all pages of the debate: pp.258-262.)

Then, address the following:

• Describe the idea of Henry Clay’s “American System.”
• Based on Clay’s economic vision of America, analyze how the American System would build the American market and economy?
• Analyze the role of mechanization and communication in the American System.

Option 2: The Indian Removal Act of 1830
Read the following primary source:

• Link (website): Transcript of President Andrew Jackson’s Message to Congress ‘On Indian Removal’ (1830) Transcript of President Andrew Jackson’s Message to Congress ‘On Indian Removal’ (1830) 

Then, address the following:

• Evaluate the rationale that President Jackson used in the removal of the Native Americans from east of the Mississippi River. Did the removal have the intended impact?
• Identify the responsibilities given to the President under the Indian Removal Act of 1830.
• Compare Jackson’s actions toward Native Americans in the context of his First Inaugural Address with the path of events during the Trail of Tears.
• Determine if the removal of the Native Americans from east of the Mississippi River violate the principles found in the Declaration of Independence?

Option 3: The Abolitionist Movement
Read the following primary source:

• Link (website): Declaration of Sentiments of American Anti-Slavery Society (1833) https://www.loc.gov/resource/rbpe.11801100/?st=gallery (Click on arrows to view all images of the document. Click on plus and minus signs to enlarge or reduce size of images.)

Then, address the following:

• Assess if abolitionists were responsible reformers or irresponsible agitators?
• Explain how abolitionists upheld the Declaration of Independence as the foundation of antislavery and abolitionist thought.
• Assess the effect of the Gag Rule on the Abolitionist Movement.
• Analyze how the women’s rights movement would gain momentum from the antislavery movement.

Writing Requirements (APA format)

• Length: 2-3 pages (not including title page or references page)
• 1-inch margins
• Double spaced
• 12-point Times New Roman font
• Title page
• References page
• In-text citations that correspond with your end references

 References

Library of Congress. (n.d.-a). Declaration of sentiments of the American anti-slavery society. Adopted at the formation of said society, in Philadelphia, on the 4th day of December, 1833. New York. Published by the American anti-slavery society, 142 Nassau Street. William S. Retrieved from 

Library of Congress. (n.d.-b). Of debates in Congress (Clay’s debate of the American system in 1832). Retrieved from https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llrd&fileName=011/llrd011.db&recNum=132

Our Documents. (n.d.). Transcript of President Andrew Jackson’s message to Congress ‘On Indian removal’ (1830). Retrieved from https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=25&page=transcript