Education Resources

North Carolina Museum of History

Home search by: Type - Topic - Curriculum - Advanced

Advanced Search

magnifier icon

Resource Details

MUSEUM RESOURCE

A New Government Allows Reforms

cost
  
resource type
  
link
free Tar Heel Junior Historian Article iconOnline icon Click here to download resource
Tar Heel Junior Historian Article, Online

description

After the mid-1830s, the major parties in antebellum North Carolina became the Whig Party and the Democratic Party. Whigs came into power in North Carolina after the state’s Constitutional Convention of 1835. Whigs favored internal improvements and diversifying the economy while Democrats argued for limited government involvement in most matters. This article originally appeared in the Fall 1996 Tar Heel Junior Historian Magazine.

Available now at: http://www.ncmuseumofhistory.org/collateral/articles/F96.a.new.government.allows.reforms.pdf

how to get it

Click the link above to download the resource now.

The articles in this searchable database are available through Adobe Acrobat (PDF format). Click here to download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.

topics
  
audiences

  • 19th Century
  • Antebellum
  • Government

family audience iconadult audience iconeducator audience icon

Family, Adults, Educators

Grades 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, High School, College

NC school curriculum goals
about curriculum goals

Grade: 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th
English/Language Arts 1, 2, 3, 4 1, 3, 2, 4 2, 5, 4 2, 4, 5 5, 4, 2 5, 4, 2 5 5
Information Skills 1, 3, 2 3, 1, 2 1, 2, 3 3, 2, 1 1, 2, 3 3, 2, 1 2, 3, 1, 2 1, 2, 3 1, 3, 2
Social Studies 4 3

additional keywords

Whigs Democrats