Slavery, immigration, and sectional tensions to 1848

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Explain how the cotton gin, global demand for cotton, and territorial expansion strengthened the institution of slavery and the southern plantation economy.
Analyze the domestic slave trade and the ways slavery shaped southern society, politics, and regional identity.
Explain the diverse ways enslaved African Americans resisted slavery, preserved family and culture, and adapted to life under bondage.

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Evaluate how nativism and anti-immigrant sentiment developed in response to demographic and religious change.

Analyze how the expansion of slavery and regional economic differences increased sectional tensions in the years leading up to 1848, including debates connected to western lands and the Mexican Cession.

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