Advanced Placement – United States History
The Advanced Placement (AP) - United States History survey course is designed to
provide students with the analytical skills and factual knowledge necessary to deal
critically with the problems and materials in U.S. History. The program prepares
students for intermediate and advanced college courses by making demands upon them
equivalent to those made by full-year introductory college courses. Students will learn to
assess historical materials – their relevance to a given interpretive problem, reliability,
and importance – and to weigh the evidence and interpretations presented in historical
scholarship. The AP - U.S. History survey course will develop the skills necessary to
arrive at conclusions on the basis of an informed judgment and to present reasons and
evidence clearly and persuasively in essay format. [CR 6]
Course Objectives
Students will:
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master a broad body of historical knowledge
demonstrate an understanding of historical chronology
use historical data to support an argument or position
differentiate between historiographical schools of thought
interpret and apply data from original documents, including cartoons, graphs,
letters, etc.
effectively use analytical skills of evaluation, cause and effect, compare and
contrast
work effectively with others to produce products and solve problems
prepare for and successfully pass the AP – U.S. History Exam
Course Textbook
David M. Kennedy, Lizabeth Cohen, and Thomas A. Bailey. The American Pageant:
A History of the Republic. 10th ed. (New York: Houghton Mifflin Company,
2002).
Additional Readings
David M. Kennedy and Thomas A. Bailey. The American Spirit: United States History
as Seen by Contemporaries. 8th ed. Volumes I & II. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin
Company, 2002).
Charles M. Dollar and Gary W. Reichard. American Issues: A Documentary Reader.
(New York: Glencoe McGraw-Hill, 2002).
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. http://www.archives.gov
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Teaching With Documents: Using Primary Sources From the National Archives.
(Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration and
National Council for the Social Studies, 1989).
Digital History: using new technologies to enhance teaching and research.
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu
Discover Education: unitedstreaming. http://www.unitedstreaming.com
Julia Hargrove. The Primary Source: Historical Documents. Volumes One, Two, Three,
Four, Five, Six, & Seven. (Logan, Iowa: Perfection Learning Corporation, 1987).
Various articles and handouts.
Course Purpose
The AP – U.S. History survey course is a demanding introduction to American history
and culture that assumes a high level of interest and competence. Because this course is
similar to a first-year college course, students must expect that the workload will be
heavier than most regular high school history courses. The analytical thinking, writing,
and reading skills those students develop in the AP – U.S. History survey course will
equip them for college and lifelong learning.
In order to succeed, students need both to be motivated to study and to be able to keep up
with the demands of a college-level course. By taking the AP Exam, at the end of the
course, students have the opportunity to demonstrate that they have, indeed, learned
college-level material and are prepared to enter advanced college courses.
Organization
The AP – U.S. History survey course integrates political, social, economic, cultural,
diplomatic, and intellectual history in order to convey the experiences of particular
groups within the broader perspective of the American past. At the same time, it
connects events and issues from the past to the concerns of the present. History shows
Americans continuously adapting to new developments as they shape the world in which
they live. Often, ordinary Americans from a diverse range of backgrounds are thrust into
extraordinary circumstances and the result is an exciting study in the “American
Experiment”. As students study this long-term process, they will also encounter the
unexpected – unique events, unintended outcomes, and singular individuals. The AP –
U.S. History survey course prepares students to become “students of history” by
including the following points of emphasis:
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chronological organization
geographical literacy
point of view
political dynamics
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economic patterns
social and cultural trends
intellectual developments
influences on the arts
Hence, this course is designed to provide a college-level experience and preparation for
the AP Exam in May 2011 (cost to be announced annually). An emphasis is placed on
interpreting documents, mastering a significant number of factual information, and
writing critical essays. This course will fulfill the United States history graduation
requirement.
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The course will emphasize a series of key themes throughout the year. These themes
have been determined by the College Board as essential to a comprehensive study of
United States history. The themes will include discussions of American diversity, the
development of a unique American identity, the evolution of American culture,
demographic changes over the course of America’s history, economic trends and
transformations, environmental issues, the development of political institutions and the
components of citizenship, social reform movements, the role of religion in the making in
the United States and its impact in a multicultural society, the history of slavery and its
legacies in the hemisphere, war and diplomacy, and finally, the place of the United States
in an increasingly global arena. The course will trace these themes throughout the year,
emphasizing the ways in which they are interconnected and examining the ways in which
each helps to shape the changes over time that are so important to understanding United
States history.
Writing Component
All students will respond to Data Based Questions (DBQ’s) and free response essay
questions that demonstrate their ability to analyze and interpret primary sources
(documents) and key themes within U.S. History. These essays will prepare students for
the essay section(s) of the AP – U.S. History Exam. Essays will be given in class, while
timed, and in take-home format.
Course Expectations and Evaluations
Requirements for good standing in this course:
READ! – There is no substitute!
Prepare for class.
READ!!
Avoid absences.
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Take reading/discussion notes.
READ!!
Participate in class.
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Join a study group.
READ!! – There is NO SUBSTITUTE!!
Binder
All students are expected to maintain a 1 ½” to 3” three-ring binder which serves as a
valuable tool in preparing for quizzes, major exams, and the AP Exam. The binder is
considered an important component of this course and serves as a measure of student
responsibility. All students are expected to maintain a well organized binder at all times
in anticipation of random binder checks.
Binder contents must be organized by five dividers:
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Reading Notes
Discussion/Class Notes
Classwork/Homework
Reading Quizzes/Exams
Miscellaneous (Articles, Maps, Charts, Graphs, Warm ups, etc.)
National Exam
In May of 2011, the College Board will offer the AP – U.S. History examination. The
three hour exam will determine a student’s eligibility for college credit. Preceding the
exam, I will arrange after school study/review sessions and will make myself available as
a resource. Preparation for the exam, however, is the student’s responsibility! I
strongly encourage participation in the group study/review sessions. I will assist these
groups as they prepare to take the AP – U.S. History examination.
Evaluations/Grades
In averaging the 9 Week/Quarter grades, the following weighting procedure will be
utilized:
50 % - Daily Work: Classwork, Homework, and Reading Quizzes
25 % - Exam Grades: At least three major exams will be given each 9 Week/Quarter
period that will include objective, document-based, and/or freeresponse essay questions, binder check, and a U.S. history related
research paper project.
25 % - Comprehensive Final 9 Week/Quarter Examination
Fall Term
The following readings must be completed by the beginning of the week during which
they will be discussed. Reading quiz/examination dates may be rearranged, but all
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changes will be announced in advance. Each unit also utilizes discussions of and writing
about related historiography: how interpretations of events have changed over time, how
the issues of one time period have had an impact on the experiences and decisions of
subsequent generations, and how such reevaluations of the past continue to shape the way
historians see the world today. These discussions are woven throughout the course, but
several are explicitly presented below. [CR 6]
Quarter 1: Founding of the New Nation / Building the New Nation
August 2nd – August 6th
Topic: New Beginnings 33,000 BC – AD 1769
Chapter 1
Early American Explorations, Initial Slavery, Pre-Columbian Civilization,
European Claims and Economic Activities
Kennedy, Thirty Very Judicial Propositions (1552), Volume I, pp. 4-6 [CR 7]
Kennedy, The Spanish Conquistadores, pp. 14-15
Free response essay on the Colombian Exchange in writing composition book
Topic: The Planting of English America 1500 – 1733
Chapter 2
The Founding and Settling of the Chesapeake, Caribbean colonies, and the
British System of Mercantilism
Kennedy, The Starving Time (1609), Volume I, pp. 32-33 [CR 7]
Kennedy, The Iroquois, pp. 36-37
Writing Workshop centers on the free response essay and Cornell Note Taking
System
Week of August 2nd - August 6th
Topic: Settling the Northern Colonies 1619 – 1700
Chapter 3
The Founding and Settling of the Northern Colonies, Middle Colonies, Colonial
Practices and Politics, Great Britain’s Role, and Religious Nonconformity
Kennedy, John Cotton Describes New England’s “Theocracy” (1636), Volume I,
pp. 46-49
Kennedy, Anne Hutchinson Is Banished (1637), Volume I, pp. 49-50
Kennedy, John Winthrop’s Concept of Liberty (1645), Volume I, pp. 50-51
Kennedy, Puritan Mistreatment of Quakers (1660), Volume I, pp. 51-52 [CR 7]
Kennedy, The English, pp. 46-47
Kennedy, Varying Viewpoints: Europeanizing America or Americanizing
Europe?, pp. 61 [CR 6]
Formal Assessment: Exam incorporates AP formatted multiple choice questions
and free response essay
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Week of August 9th - August 13th
Topic: American Life in the Seventeenth Century 1607 – 1692 Chapter 4
Agriculture in the Colonies, Colonial Ways of Life, Lives of African Americans,
Bacon’s Rebellion, New England and Witch Hysteria [CR 2]
Kennedy, The Salem Witchcraft Hysteria (1692), Volume I, pp. 85-86 [CR 7]
Kennedy, From African to African-American, pp. 68-69
Topic: Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution 1700 – 1775 Chapter 5
Population, Economic, Political, and Cultural (Great Awakening)
Transformations [CR 2]
Kennedy, Jonathan Edwards Paints the Horrors of Hell (1741), Volume I,
pp. 96-97 [CR 7]
Kennedy, The Scots-Irish, pp. 84-85
Kennedy, Varying Viewpoints: Colonial America: Communities of Conflict or
Consensus?, pp. 104-105 [CR 6]
Writing Workshop integrates DBQ over the Chesapeake and New England
Colonies [CR 8]
Primary source reading packets in Jigsaw method, free response essay on the
Great Awakening in Composition book
Week of August 9th – August 13th
Topic: Duel for North America 1608 – 1763
Chapter 6
Europe’s Wars and the Colonies, causes and effects of the French and Indian
War, Proclamation Act 1763
Kennedy, Pontiac Rallies His Warriors (1763), Volume I, pp. 120-121
Kennedy, The Proclamation of 1763, Volume I, pp. 121-124 [CR 7]
Kennedy, The French, pp. 112-113
Formal Assessment: Exam incorporates AP formatted multiple choice questions
and free response essay
Week of August 9th - August 13th
Topic: Road to Revolution 1763-1775
Chapter 7
Origins of the Revolution, Mercantilist Policies, Diplomatic ruin, and Lexington
and Concord
Kennedy, Benjamin Franklin Testifies Against the Stamp Act (1766), Volume I,
pp. 133-135
Kennedy, Philadelphia Threatens Tea Men (1773), Volume I, pp. 135-136
Kennedy, Adam Smith Criticizes Empire (1776), Volume I, pp. 139-140
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Kennedy, Patrick Henry Demands Boldness (1775), Volume I, pp. 145-146
Kennedy, Conflicting Versions of the Outbreak (1775), Volume I, pp. 147
[CR 7]
Kennedy, Varying Viewpoints: Whose Revolution?, pp. 136-137 [CR 6]
Recognizing Bias in various primary sources, free response essay Tories v. Whigs
Week of August 16th – August 20th
Topic: America Secedes from the Empire 1775 – 1783
Chapter 8
The American Revolution, The war at home, Role of women, Impact on slavery
Hargrove, Common Sense (1776), Volume Two, pp. 19-29
Kennedy, Thomas Paine Talks Common Sense (1776), Volume I, pp. 154-156
Kennedy, Richard Henry Lee’s Resolution of Independence (1776), Volume I,
pp. 156-157
Hargrove, Declaration of Independence (1776), Volume Two, pp. 29-36
Kennedy, Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence (1776), Volume I,
pp. 157-160 [CR 7]
Kennedy, The Loyalists, 150-151
Comprehensive review of ongoing concepts, writing techniques, AP formatted
multiple choice questions
Formal Assessment: Exam incorporates AP formatted multiple choice questions
and free response essay
Week of August 23rd – August 27th
Topic: Confederation and the Constitution 1776 – 1790
Chapter 9
The Articles of Confederation, United States Constitution, Disbursement of
Territorial acquisition, Religion and Slavery in Politics [CR 1]
Hargrove, Articles of Confederation (1781), Volume Two, pp. 45-60
Kennedy, An Anti-Federalist Demands Deliberation (1787), Volume I,
pp. 183-185
Hargrove, The Federalist, no. 10 (1787), Volume Two, pp. 80-88
Kennedy, James Madison Defends the New Constitution (1787), Volume I,
pp. 185-187 [CR 7]
Kennedy, Varying Viewpoints: The Constitution: Revolutionary or
Counterrevolutionary?, pp. 180-181 [CR 6]
Cornell note taking on respective chapter
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Week of August 30th - September 3rd
Topic: Launching the New Ship of State 1789-1800
Chapter 10
Creation of executive power, Politics and economics, Creation of National Bank,
French revolution and diplomacy
Hargrove, U.S. Constitution (1787), Volume Two, pp. 88-114
Hargrove, Farewell Address by George Washington (1796), Volume Six,
pp. 14-33
Kennedy, Alexander Hamilton Versus Thomas Jefferson on Popular Rule
(1780s-1820s), Volume I, pp. 190-192
Kennedy, The Clash over States’Rights (1780s-1820s), Volume I, pp. 192-193
Kennedy, Jefferson Versus Hamilton on the Bank (1791), Volume I, pp. 199-200
[CR 7]
Begin chronologies over respective chapter with emphasis on analysis and
evaluation of content for future assessments, supplemental power point
presentations
Week of September 6th - September 10th
Topic: The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic
1800-1812
Chapter 11
Marshall Court, “Revolution of 1800”, Diplomacy under Jefferson and Madison,
Westward expansion
Kennedy, Marshall Asserts the Supremacy of the Constitution (1803), Volume I,
pp. 219-220
Kennedy, Jefferson Stretches the Constitution to Buy Louisiana (1803), Volume I,
pp. 222-223
Kennedy, A Federalist (Phillip Barton Key) Attacks the Embargo (1808),
Volume I, pp. 230-231
Kennedy, A Jeffersonian (W. B. Giles) Upholds the Embargo (1808), Volume I,
pp. 232-233 [CR 7]
Continue chronologies with power point presentations, Jigsaw Method covering
first three presidents
Week of September 13th – September 17th
Topic: The Second War of Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism, 1812 –
1824
Chapter 12
War of 1812, American System, Era of Good Feelings, Expansion, New National
Identity
Hargrove, Monroe Doctrine (1823), Volume Three, pp. 1-6
Kennedy, Tecumseh Challenges William Henry Harrison (1810), Volume I,
pp. 235-236
Kennedy, Representative Felix Grundy Demands War (1811), Volume I,
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pp. 236-238
Kennedy, President James Madison’s Fateful War Message (1812), Volume I,
pp. 240-241
Kennedy, Representative John Taylor Reviles Slavery (1819), Volume I,
pp. 248-250 [CR 7]
Kennedy, Settlers of the Old Northwest, pp. 248-249
Week of September 20th – September 24th
Topic: The Rise of Mass Democracy, 1824 –1840
Chapter 13
Age of Jackson and Jacksonian democracy, the common man, Whigs, American
Indian policies, Texas Revolution, issue of slavery and sectionalism [CR 1]
Kennedy, A Disgusting Spirit of Equality (1807), Volume I, pp. 260-261
Kennedy, A Plea for Nonproperty Suffrage (1841), Volume I, pp. 261-262
Kennedy, Senator Robert Hayne Advocates Nullification (1830), Volume I,
pp. 271-272
Kennedy, South Carolina Threatens Secession (1832), Volume I, pp. 273-274
Kennedy, Cartooning the Banking Crisis (1833, 1837), Volume I, pp. 279-280
Kennedy, Jackson Endorses the Indian Removal (1829), Volume I, pp. 281-282
[CR 7]
Kennedy, Mexican or Texican?, pp. 278-279
Kennedy, Varying Viewpoints: What was Jacksonian Democracy?, pp. 285-286
[CR 6]
September 27th – October 1st
Comprehensive review of ongoing concepts, writing techniques, AP formatted
multiple choice questions
Formal Assessment: Exam incorporates AP formatted multiple choice questions
and free response essay, continuing chronologies with power point presentations
End of 1st Quarter
Quarter 2: Building the New Nation / Testing the New Nation
Week of October 18th – October 22nd
Topic: Forging the National Economy, 1790-1860
Chapter 14
Market economy, immigration and nativism, factory systems, working women,
transportation revolution [CR 4]
Kennedy, Wage Slavery in New England (1832), Volume I, pp. 288-289
Kennedy, The Abuse of Female Workers (1836), Volume I, pp. 290-291
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Kennedy, The Coming of the Irish (1836), Volume I, pp. 296-297
Kennedy, A Southerner Defends the Catholics (1854), Volume I, pp. 298-300
Kennedy, The Impact of the Erie Canal (1853), Volume I, pp. 307-308
Kennedy, Railroads Link East and West (1849), Volume I, pp. 310-311 [CR 7]
Kennedy, The Irish, pp. 294-295
DBQ on the Age of Jackson [CR 8]
Topic: The Ferment of Reform and Culture, 1790-1860
Chapter 15
Reform movements, women in reforms, the Second Great Awakening, national
culture, educational and scientific advances, American literary scene
Kennedy, Joseph Smith Has a Vision (1820), Volume I, pp. 315-317
Kennedy, Dorothea Dix Succors the Insane (1843), Volume I, pp. 320-321
Kennedy, The Seneca Falls Manifesto (1848), Volume I, pp. 324-328
Kennedy, Henry David Thoreau Praises Spiritual Wealth (1845), Volume I,
pp. 336-337
Kennedy, Alexis de Tocqueville Predicts the Indians’ Future (1835), Volume I,
pp. 339-342 [CR 7]
Kennedy, The Oneida Community, pp. 336-337
Kennedy, Varying Viewpoints: Reform: Who? What? How? And Why?,
pp. 346-347 [CR 6]
Jigsaw activity surrounding reformist movements
Week of October 25th – October 29th
Topic: South and the Slavery Controversy, 1793-1860
Chapter 16
Antebellum southern society, cotton and the plantation system, abolitionism
Kennedy, A Former Slave Exposes Slavery (1850), Volume I, pp. 352-354
Kennedy, Cohabitation in the Cabins (c. 1834), Volume I, pp. 355-356
Kennedy, A Slave Woman’s Tale, Volume I, pp. 358-360
Kennedy, The Sundering of Families (1874), Volume I, pp. 361-362
Kennedy, William Lloyd Garrison Launches The Liberator (1831),
Volume I, pp. 368-369 [CR 7]
Kennedy, Varying Viewpoints: What was the true nature of slavery?,
pp. 368-369 [CR 6]
Formal Assessment: Exam incorporates AP formatted multiple choice questions
and free response essay
Week of October 25th – October 29th
Topic: Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy, 1841-1848
Chapter 17
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Polk presidency and Expansion, the war with Mexico, and Manifest Destiny and
effects
Kennedy, Senator George McDuffie Belittles Oregon (1843), Volume I,
pp. 380-383
Kennedy, Charles Sumner Assails the Texas Grab (1847), Volume I, pp. 386-387
Kennedy, President James Polk Justifies the Texas Coup (1845), Volume I,
pp. 387-388
Kennedy, Massachusetts Voices Condemnation (1847), Volume I, pp. 392-394
Kennedy, Polk Submits the Trist Treaty (1848), Volume I, pp. 395
Kennedy, Mexico Remembers the Despoilers (1935), Volume I, pp. 398-399
[CR 7]
Kennedy, The Californios, pp. 386-387
Week of November 1st – November 5th
Topic: Renewing the Sectional Struggle, 1848-1854
Chapter 18
California annexation, the Compromise of 1850, continued Expansionism, and the
Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
Kennedy, David Wilmot Appeals for Free Soil (1847), Volume I, pp. 400-401
Kennedy, Southerners Threaten Secession (1849), Volume I, pp. 402
Kennedy, John Calhoun Demands Southern Rights (1850), Volume I, pp. 403-404
Kennedy, Stephen Douglas’s Popular-Sovereignty Plea ( 1854), Volume I,
pp. 411-412 [CR 7]
Week of November 8th – November 12th
Topic: Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854-1861
Chapter 19
Abolitionism spreads North, the Dred Scott case of 1857, the Lincoln-Douglas
Debates, John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry in 1859, and Secession
Kennedy, Charles Sumner Assails the Slavocracy (1856), Volume I, pp. 422-424
Kennedy, The Pro-Southern Court Speaks (1857), Volume I, pp. 425-426
Kennedy, The Richmond Enquirer Is Outraged (1859), Volume I, pp. 430-431
Kennedy, Lincoln Disowns Brown (1860), Volume I, pp. 433-434 [CR 7]
Kennedy, Varying Viewpoints: The Civil War: Repressible or Irrepressible?,
pp. 432-433 [CR 6]
Formal Assessment: Exam incorporates AP formatted multiple choice questions
and free response essay
Week of November 15th – November 19th
Topic: Girding for War: The North and the South, 1861-1865
Chapter 20
Fort Sumter attacked, Lincoln and Civil Liberties, the economic ramifications of
war, the Women’s Legacy, and the Fate of the South
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Hargrove, The Gettysburg Address (1863), Volume Six, pp. 97-111
Kennedy, Fort Sumter Inflames the North (1861), Volume I, pp. 438-439
Kennedy, Fort Sumter Inspirits the South (1861), Volume I, pp. 439-440
Kennedy, The Pinch of the Blockade (1861-1865), Volume I, pp. 448-449
Kennedy, The War to End Slavery (1865), Volume I, pp. 453-455 [CR 7]
Week of November 29th - December 3rd
Topic: The Furnace of Civil War, 1861- 1865
Chapter 21
The Union wages Total War, the Battle of Antietam, the Emancipation
Proclamation of 1863, Gettysburg, Appomattox, Lincoln’s Assassination, and the
Civil War’s Legacy
Kennedy, Abraham Lincoln Answers Horace Greeley’s Prayer (1862), Volume I,
pp. 461-462
Kennedy, Lincoln Expresses Misgivings (1862), Volume I, pp. 465-467
Kennedy, A Report from Antietam (1862), Volume I, pp. 473-474
Kennedy, The Hell of Andersonville Prison (1864), Volume I, pp. 474-476 [CR 7]
Kennedy, Varying Viewpoints: What were the consequences of the Civil War?,
pp. 476 [CR 6]
Week of December 6th – December 10th
Comprehensive review of ongoing concepts, writing techniques, AP formatted
multiple choice questions
December 13th – 16th
Formal Assessment: Exam incorporates AP formatted multiple choice questions
and free response essay
End of 2nd Quarter:
End of First Semester
Spring Term
The following readings must be completed by the beginning of the week during which
they will be discussed. Reading quiz/examination dates may be rearranged, but all
changes will be announced in advance. Each unit also utilizes discussions of and writing
about related historiography: how interpretations of events have changed over time, how
the issues of one time period have had an impact on the experiences and decisions of
subsequent generations, and how such reevaluations of the past continue to shape the way
historians see the world today. These discussions are woven throughout the course, but
several are explicitly presented below. [CR 6]
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Quarter 3: Testing the New Nation / Forging an Industrial Society
Week of January 3rd – January 7th
Topic: The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877
Chapter 22
The defeated South, the freed slaves, Andrew Johnson’s Reconstruction,
Moderate and Radical Republicans, Congressional Reconstruction, Military
Reconstruction, the Ku Klux Klan, the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, and the
Legacy of Reconstruction
Kennedy, The Former Slaves Confront Freedom (1901), Volume II, pp. 4-6
Kennedy, Emancipation Violence in Texas (c. 1865), Volume II, pp. 7
Kennedy, The Radical Republicans Take a Hard Line (1866), Volume II,
pp. 10-11
Kennedy, The Controversy over the Fifteenth Amendment (1866, 1870), Volume
II, pp. 14-15
Kennedy, W.E.B. Du Bois Justifies Black Legislators (1910), Volume II,
pp. 21-22
Kennedy, Alfred Richardson Testifies about Reconstruction-Era Georgia (1871),
Volume II, pp. 24-27 [CR 7]
Kennedy, Varying Viewpoints: How radical was reconstruction?, pp. 498-499
[CR 6]
DBQ on Reconstruction [CR 8]
Week of January 10th – January 14th
Topic: Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age, 1869-1896
Chapter 23
The Compromise of 1877, the End of Reconstruction, Civil-Service Reform, and
Populism
Hargrove, Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), Volume Five, pp. 75-86
Kennedy, Booker T. Washington Portrays the Plight of Black Tenant Farmers
(1889), Volume II, pp. 48-49
Kennedy, A Southern Woman Reflects on the Jim Crow System (1902),
Volume II, pp. 49-54 [CR 7]
Kennedy, The Chinese, pp. 512-513
Kennedy, Varying Viewpoints: The Populists: Radicals or Reactionaries?,
pp. 527 [CR 6]
Topic: Industry Comes of Age, 1865-1900
Chapter 24
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The Railroad Boom, Speculators and Financiers, Early Government Regulation,
and the Rise of Trade Unions [CR 4]
Kennedy, Andrew Carnegie’s Gospel of Wealth (1889), Volume II, pp. 72-74
Kennedy, The Knights of Labor Champion Reform (1887), Volume II, pp. 90-91
Kennedy, Capital Versus Labor (1871), Volume II, pp. 93-95
Kennedy, Upton Sinclair Describes the Chicago Stockyards (1906), Volume II,
pp. 95-96 [CR 7]
Kennedy, The Knights of Labor, pp. 552-553
Kennedy, Varying Viewpoints: Industrialization: Boon or Blight?, pp. 555-556
[CR 6]
Week of January 17th – January 21st
Topic: America Moves to the City, 1865-1900
Chapter 25
The Rise of the City, Settlement Houses, Women’s Employment and Morality,
Nativists and Immigration Restriction, and Booker T. Washington and W.E.B.
DuBois [CR 2]
Hargrove, Morrill Act (1862), Volume Three, pp. 20-24
Kennedy, Jacob Riis Goes Slumming (1890), Volume II, pp. 104-106
Kennedy, Four Views of the Statue of Liberty (1881, 1885, 1886), Volume II,
pp. 110-114
Kennedy, The Shock of Darwinism (1896), Volume II, pp. 115-116
Kennedy, Jane Addams Demands the Vote for Women (1910), Volume II,
pp. 127-130 [CR 7]
Kennedy, The Italians, pp. 566-567
Topic: The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1896
Chapter 26
The conquest of the Indians, The mining and cattle frontiers, Free lands and fraud,
The industrialization of agriculture, Farmers protest, The Pullman Strike, 1894,
Bryan vs McKinley, 1896
Hargrove, “Cross of Gold” Speech, by William Jennings Bryan (1896), Volume
Seven, pp. 1-12
Kennedy, Harper’s Weekly Decries the Battle of Little Big Horn (1876),
Volume II, pp. 135-137
Kennedy, Chief Joseph’s Lament (1879), Volume II, pp. 139-141
Kennedy, A Populist Condemns George Pullman (1894), Volume II, pp. 164-165
[CR 7]
Kennedy, The Plains Indians, pp. 598-599
Kennedy, Varying Viewpoints: Was the West Really “Won”?, pp. 622 [CR 6]
Formal Assessment: Exam incorporates AP formatted multiple choice questions
and free response essay
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Week of January 24th – January 28th
Topic: The Path of Empire 1890-1899
Chapter 27
America expansionism, Cleveland and the Venezuelan dispute 1895-1896,
The Spanish-American War 1898, Invasion of Cuba [CR 3]
Hargrove, War Message, by William McKinley (1898), Volume Seven, pp. 12-24
Kennedy, Joseph Pulitzer Demands Intervention (1897), Volume II, pp. 174-175
Kennedy, Professor William Sumner Spurns Empire (1898), Volume II, pp. 182-183
[CR 7]
Kennedy, The Puerto Ricans, pp. 640-641
Week of January 31st - February 4th
Topic: America on the World Stage 1899-1909
Chapter 28
Open Door notes 1899 & 1900, TR becomes President 1901, Panama Canal, Roosevelt
Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
Kennedy, John Hay Twists Colombia’s Arm (1903), Volume II, pp. 191
Kennedy, Roosevelt Launches a Corollary (1904), Volume II, pp. 194-195
Kennedy, A Latin American Protests (1943), Volume II, pp. 195-196
Kennedy, Japan Resents Discrimination (1906), Volume II, pp. 198
Kennedy, The Gentlemen’s Agreement (1908), Volume II, pp. 198-199 [CR 7]
Kennedy, The Filipinos, pp. 650-651
Kennedy, Varying Viewpoints: Why did America become a world power?, pp. 662-663
[CR 6]
Formal Assessment: Exam incorporates AP formatted multiple choice questions and
free response essay
Week of February 7th - February 11th
Topic: Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt 1901-1912
Chapter 29
Campaigning against Social Injustice, Politics of Progressivism, Women battle for the
Vote, Roosevelt, Labor and Trusts, Trouble Presidency of William Howard Taft [CR 1]
Kennedy, Exposing the Meat Packers (1906), Volume II, pp. 200-201
Kennedy, Child Labor in the Coal Mines (1906), Volume II, pp. 209-211
Kennedy, The Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire Claims 146 Lives (1911),
Volume II, pp. 212-214 [CR 7]
Kennedy, The Environmentalists, pp. 678-679
Week of February 7th – February 11th
Topic: Wilsonian Progressivism at Home and Abroad 1912-1916
Chapter 30
Election of 1912, Wilson, Tariffs, The banks, Trusts, Reelection of Wilson 1916
[CR 1]
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Kennedy, Theodore Roosevelt Proposes Government Regulation (1912),
Volume II, pp. 231-233
Kennedy, Louis Brandeis Indicts Interlocking Directorates (1914),
Volume II, pp. 235-236
Kennedy, Wilson Asks for War on General Huerta (1914), Volume II,
pp. 239-241 [CR 7]
Kennedy, Varying Viewpoints: Who were the Progressives?, pp. 704 [CR 6]
Week of February 14th - February 18th
Topic: The War to End War 1917-1918
Chapter 31
Wilsonian Idealism and the Fourteen Points, Propaganda and Civil Liberties, Workers,
Blacks, and women on the Home Front, American Expeditionary Forces fights in
France, peacemaking at Paris, Senate rejects the Versailles Treaty
Kennedy, Robert La Follette Demands His Rights (1917), Volume II, pp. 253-255
Kennedy, George Creel Spreads Fear Propaganda (c. 1918), Volume II, pp. 256-257
Kennedy, General John Pershing Defines American Fighting Tactics (1917-1918),
Volume II, pp. 262-265 [CR 7]
Kennedy, Varying Viewpoints: Woodrow Wilson: Realist or Idealist?, pp. 726-727
[CR 6]
Activity: Recognizing Bias in various primary sources
Week of February 21st - February 25th
Topic: American Life in the Roaring Twenties 1919-1929
Chapter 32
The “Red Scare”, Immigration restriction, Prohibition and gangsterism, The Scopes
Trail, The emergence of a mass-consumption economy, economic boom
Kennedy, Bartolomeo Vanzetti Condemns Judge Thayer (1927), Volume II,
pp. 275-277
Kennedy, Tar-Bucket Terror in Texas (1921), Volume II, pp. 278-279
Kennedy, Margaret Sanger Campaigns for Birth Control (1920), Volume II,
pp. 284-286 [CR 7]
Kennedy, The Poles, pp. 734-735
Primary source reading packets in Jigsaw method, free response essay on jazz
in composition book
Topic: The Politics of Boom and Bust 1920-1932
Chapter 33
Republicans return to power, Disarmament and isolation, The Harding Scandals, Calvin
Coolidge’s Foreign policies, Herbert Hoover, cautious progressive, Hoover and the
Great Depression, “Good Neighbors” in Latin America [CR 4]
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Kennedy, Rumbles of Revolution (1932), Volume II, pp. 299-300
Kennedy, Hoover Defends His Record (1932), Volume II, pp. 306-307
Kennedy, Roosevelt Indicts Hoover (1932), Volume II, pp. 307-308 [CR 7]
Week of February 28th – March 4th
Topic: The Great Depression and the New Deal
Chapter 34
Franklin D. Roosevelt, The Hundred Days Congress – 1933, National Recovery
Administration – 1933-35, Agricultural Adjustment Administration – 1933-36,
Tennessee Valley Authority, Social Security Act – 1935, Gains in organized labor,
Election of 1836 & “Roosevelt coalition”, Supreme Court fight – 1937, New Deal
assessed
Dollar, Launching the New Deal (1933), pp. 360-362
Dollar, The Depression and the New Deal: Measures of Recovery, pp. 365-366
Dollar, Documenting Poverty in the Depression (Photograph), pp. 366-367
Kennedy, Cesar Chavez Gets Tractored off the Land (1936), Volume II,
pp. 309-310
Kennedy, Franklin Roosevelt Creates the Tennessee Valley Authority (1933),
Volume II, pp. 331-332
Kennedy, Roosevelt Dedicates Boulder (Hoover) Dam (1935), Volume II,
pp. 334-336 [CR 7]
Kennedy, The Dust Bowl Migrants, pp. 792-793
Kennedy, Varying Viewpoints: How radical was the New Deal?, pp. 805 [CR 6]
DBQ on the Great Depression [CR 8]
March 7th – March 11th
Comprehensive review of ongoing concepts, writing techniques, AP formatted multiple
choice questions
Formal Assessment: Exam incorporates AP formatted multiple choice questions and free
response essay
Quarter 4:
Struggling for Justice at Home and Abroad / Making Modern America
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Week of March 28th – April 1st
Topic: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow of War / America in World War II,
1933-1945
Chapter 35 & 36
Roosevelt’s early foreign policies, German & Japanese aggression, Neutrality
Acts – 1935-39, destroyer-bases deal with Britain – 1940, Lend-Lease Act –
1941, Atlantic Charter – 1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor – December 7,
1941, Japanese-American internment, war ends New Deal, Mobilizing the
economy, Women in wartime, War’s effect on African-Americans, NativeAmericans, & Mexican-Americans, Economic and social impact of war, Turning
Japanese tide in the Pacific, Campaigns in North Africa (1942) & Italy (1943),
“D-Day” – 1944, Germany surrenders – May 1945, atomic bombing of Hiroshima
& Nagasaki – August 1945 [CR 3]
Dollar, Labor Debates the “No Strike Pledge”, pp. 397-399
Dollar, Race Relations during the War (secondary source), pp. 404-407
Dollar, Women and Wartime Mobilization (secondary source), pp. 407-409
Dollar, Japanese-American Relocation, pp. 402-404
Dollar, “To Fight for Freedom”, 386-388
Dollar, Truman’s Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb, pp. 391-399
Kennedy, War Warnings from Washington (1941), Volume II, pp. 363-364
Kennedy, Franklin Roosevelt Awaits the Blow (1941), Volume II, pp. 366-367
[CR 7]
Kennedy, Refugees from the Holocaust, pp. 814-815
Kennedy, The Japanese, pp. 830-831
Kennedy, Varying Viewpoints: World War II: Triumph or Tragedy?, pp. 855
[CR 6]
Formal Assessment: Exam incorporates AP formatted multiple choice questions
and free response essay
Week of April 4th – April 8th
Topic: The Cold War Begins / The Eisenhower Era 1945-1960 Chapter 37 & 38
Postwar prosperity, rise of the “Sunbelt”, rush to the suburbs, postwar baby boom,
Harry S. Truman as president, Yalta Conference – February 1945, Origins of the
Cold War, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, United Nations,
containment doctrine, Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, NATO, Anti-communism
at home, Korean War – 1950, election of Dwight D. Eisenhower – 1952,
McCarthyism, desegregating the South, Brown v. Board of Education – 1954,
seeds of civil rights revolution, Martin Luther King, Jr., Eisenhower
Republicanism, Suez Canal crisis – 1956, space race with the Soviet Union, John
F. Kennedy defeats Richard Nixon – 1960, changing economic roles for men and
women, flowering of consumer culture – 1950s, postwar literature [CR 2]
Dollar, American Commitment to Cold War, pp. 415-417
Dollar, The Military Industrial Complex, pp. 425-427
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Hargrove, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954), Volume Five,
pp. 103-113
Dollar, Desegregation and the Southern Reaction, pp. 435-437
Dollar, Feminism in Postwar America (secondary source), pp.442-443
Dollar, A Strategy for the Civil Rights Revolution, pp. 444-445
Hargrove, “I Have a Dream”, by Martin Luther King, Jr. (1963), Volume Seven,
pp. 128-136
Kennedy, George Kennan Proposes Containment (1946), Volume II, pp. 409-412
Kennedy, Senator Joseph McCarthy Blasts “Traitors” (1952), Volume II,
pp. 423-425
Kennedy, Eisenhower Sends Federal Troops (1957), Volume II, pp. 448-450
[CR 7]
Kennedy, The Suburbanites, pp. 868-869
Kennedy, The Great African-American Migration, pp. 892-893
Kennedy, Varying Viewpoints: Who was to blame for the Cold War?, pp. 886
[CR 6]
Topic: The Stormy Sixties 1960-1968
Chapter 39
The Kennedy Spirit, Bay of Pigs Invasion – 1961, missile crisis in Cuba – 1962,
struggle for civil rights, Kennedy assassinated – November, 22, 1963, Lyndon
Baines Johnson and the “Great Society”, civil rights revolution explodes, the
Vietnam disaster, election of Richard Nixon – 1968, cultural upheavals – 1960s
Dollar, Challenge and Response: The Gulf of Tonkin, pp. 448-450
Hargrove, Tonkin Gulf Resolution (1964), Volume Four, pp. 61-65
Dollar, The War Powers Act: A President’s View, pp. 456-458
Dollar, Black Power, pp. 458-460
Kennedy, President Kennedy Proclaims a “Quarantine” (1962), Volume II,
pp. 467-468
Kennedy, Kennedy Advances a Solution (1962), Volume II, pp. 470
Kennedy, Riders for Freedom (1961), Volume II, pp. 481-485
Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr., Writes from a Birmingham Jail (1963),
Volume II, pp. 485-487
Kennedy, Secretary McNamara Opposes Further Escalation (1966), Volume II,
pp. 499-502
Kennedy, The Soldier’s War (1966), Volume II, pp. 502-503 [CR 7]
Kennedy, Varying Viewpoints: The Sixties: Constructive or Destructive?,
pp. 944-945 [CR 6]
Week of April 11th - April 15th
Topic: The Stalemated Seventies 1968-1980
Chapter 40
End of postwar economic boom, Nixon and the Vietnam War, new policies
toward China and the Soviet Union, Nixon and the Supreme Court, Nixon’s
domestic program, Nixon trounces McGovern – 1972, the Watergate scandal,
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Israelis, Arabs, and oil, Nixon resigns, the Ford interlude, election of Jimmy
Carter – 1976, Carter’s successes in Panama and the Middle East, energy crisis
and inflation, Iranian hostage humiliation
Hargrove, The Watergate Crisis (1973), Volume Four, pp. 87-95
Dollar, The End of Watergate: Pardoning Nixon, pp. 460-462
Dollar, Energy Crisis and Environmental Issues, pp. 469-471
Dollar, Implementing Equality: Affirmative Action, pp. 472-474
Kennedy, The President Defends His Incursion (1970), Volume II, pp. 514-516
Kennedy, Nixon’s Address to the Nation (1973), Volume II, pp. 524-526
Kennedy, The First Article of Impeachment (1974), Volume II, pp. 534-536
Kennedy, The National Organization for Women Proclaims the Rebirth of
Feminism (1966), Volume II, pp. 544-546
[CR 7]
Kennedy, The Vietnamese, pp. 964-965
Kennedy, The Feminists, pp. 968-969
Formal Assessment: Exam incorporates AP formatted multiple choice questions
and free response essay
Week of April 18th - April 22nd
Topic: The Resurgence of Conservatism 1980-2000
Chapter 41
The “New Right” and Reagan’s election - 1980, budget battles and tax cuts,
Reagan and the Soviets, Mikhail Gorbachev and Reagan thawing the Cold War,
Iran-Contra scandal, Reagan’s economic legacy, Reagan and the “social issues”,
election of George Bush – 1988, end of the Cold War, Persian Gulf War – 1991,
Bush’s battles at home, election of Bill Clinton – 1992, Republicans win control
of Congress – 1994 – reelection of Clinton – 1996, Clinton’s foreign policy,
Clinton impeachment trial, 2000 election [CR 1]
Dollar, Dilemmas of the Lone Superpower, pp. 483-485
Dollar, Conserving the Environment: Global Climate Change, pp. 486-487
Dollar, The United States and the “New Terrorism”, pp. 490-492
Kennedy, The Supply-Side Gospel (1984), Volume II, pp. 558-560
Kennedy, President Reagan Asks for a Tax Cut (1981), Volume II, pp. 560-563
Kennedy, Reagan Sees Red in Nicaragua (1986), Volume II, pp. 565-570
Kennedy, An Editor Analyzes the Iran-Contra Affair (1987), Volume II,
pp. 573-576
Kennedy, Four Views on the End of the Cold War (1994), Volume II,
pp. 576-582
Kennedy, Editor Irving Kristol Defines Neoconservatism, Volume II, pp. 588-590
[CR 7]
Kennedy, Varying Viewpoints: Where did modern conservatism come from?,
pp. 1013 [CR 6]
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April 25th – April 29th
Topic: The American People Face a New Century
Chapter 42
The past and the future, “postindustrial” economy, widening inequality, feminist
revolution, transformation of the family, the newest immigrants, cities and
suburbs, minorities in modern America, American culture at century’s end, the
American prospect [CR 2]
Dollar, The Role of the Supreme Court in Resolving Political Controversy – Bush
v. Gore, pp.495-497
Dollar, Changing Views on Immigration, pp. 497-500
Kennedy, The Latinos, pp. 1026-1027
Kennedy, Nannerl Keohane Analyzes the “Glass Ceiling” (1991), Volume II,
pp. 609-611
Kennedy, Immigrants and the Law (1995), Volume II, pp. 635-637
Kennedy, The Controversy over Bilingual Education (1995), Volume II,
pp. 637-640 [CR 7]
May 2nd – May 6th
Topic: AP U.S. History Review
Review Book
Peterson’s AP U.S. History
Comprehensive review of ongoing concepts, writing techniques, AP formatted multiple
choice questions
Formal Assessment: Exam incorporates AP formatted multiple choice questions
and free response essay
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