Syllabus for A.P. U.S. History Course Outline Mr. Cooper 2014-15 Text Book is Alan Brinkley’s American History (n) denotes primary source readings in class. 1Sept: Exploration and Meeting of Cultures Chapter 1 Meeting of Cultures p 3-37 Chapter 2 English transplantations p 37-75 Letter of Columbus to Luis de Santangel(n) 2Sept.: Colonization/British Transplantation Chapter 2 p 37-75 States game Jamestown investigation Chapter 3 Society and Culture in Provincial America p 75-117 3Sept: Chapter 3, p 75-117 Enlightenment notes Sinners in the hands of an angry god(n) Test 1 M/C #1 4Sept : DBQ Essay #1 Empire Under Strain Chapter 4 Empire Under Strain p 117-151 From a Farmer in Penn(n) 5Oct: The American Revolution Chapter 5 The American Revolution p 151-193 Declaration and Resolves(n) The Constitution and the New Republic Chapter 6 The Constitution and the New Republic p 193-221 6Oct: Chapter 6 M/C Test #2 DBQ Essay #2 7Oct: Jeffersonian Era Chapter 7 Jeffersonian Era p 221-265 Indians reading assignment Chapter 8 Varieties of American Nationalism p 265-291 8Oct: Jacksonian America Chapter 8 Monroe Doctrine(n) Chapter 9 Jacksonian America p 291-325 9Oct-Nov : Chapter 9 M/C Test # 3 10Nov: Essay Test # 3 America’s Economic Revolution Chapter 10 America’s Economic Revolution p 325-371 11Nov: Chapter 10 Group work Chapter 11 Cotton Slavery and the old south Daniel Webster pleads for Union(n) Senator Robert Hayne advocates Nullification(n) 12Nov: Chapter 11 Group Work Chapter 12 Ante bellum Culture and Reform p 399-429 Declaration of Sentiments(n) Zinn Ch 9 reading 13Nov-Dec : Chapter 12 Group Work George Fitzhugh, The Blessings of Slavery(n) William Lloyd Garrison from the Liberator(n) 14Dec: Impending Crisis Chapter 13: Impending Crisis M/C test #4 DBQ Essay Test # 4 15Dec: Civil War Chapter 14 Civil War p 467-507 Lincolns 2nd inaugural address(n) Incidents of the riot(n) Chapter 15 Reconstruction and the New South p 507-555 Exam The West Chapter 16 The Conquest of the Far West p 555-595 Red Cloud’s Washington Speech 1870(n) 16Dec: Chapter 14, 15, 16 A Century of Dishonor(n) 17Jan: Chapter 14, 15, 16 M/C Test #5 Essay Test # 5 18Jan: Industrial Supremacy Chapter 17 Industrial Supremacy p 595-625 Andrew Carnegie from the Gospel of Wealth(n) Chapter 18 Age of the City p 625-663 Significance of the Frontier in American History(n) Jan: Final Semester Exams 19Jan: Chapter 18 Atlanta Exposition Address(n) Response to BTW, by W.E.B.DuBois(n) M/C Test #6 No Essay 20Jan-Feb: Populism Chapter 19 From Stalemate to Crisis p 663-691 Imperial Republic Chapter 20 Imperial Republic p 691-717 The Rise of Progressivism Chapter 21 The Rise of Progressivism p 717-749 Plessy v. Ferguson(n) 21Feb: Chapter 21 Chapter 22 The Battle for National Reform The New Nationalism(n) 22Feb: p 749-775 M/C Test #7 DBQ Essay test #7 Presidents Test Group Work 23Feb March: America and the Great War Chapter 23 America and the Great War p 775-809 Zimmermann Telegram(n) The New Era Chapter 24 The New Era p 809-841 24March: Chapter 24 Presidents test M/C Test #8 Essay Test # 8 Group Work 25March : The Great Depression Chapter 25 The Great Depression p 841-875 FDR’s 1st Inaugural Address(n) audio http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/fdrfirstinaugural.html Chapter 26 The New Deal p 875-907 26March : The New Deal Chapter 26 The New Deal p 875-907 Chapter 27 The Global Crisis p 907-931 M/C Test #9 World War Two Chapter 28 America in a World War p 931-963 The Cold War and the 1950’s Chapter 29 The Cold War p 963-993 The Truman Doctrine (n) audio http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/harrystrumantrumandoctrine.h tml Marshall Plan(n) Joseph R. McCarthy in Wheeling West Virginia(n) Truman response in interview from Key West(n) Chapter 29 Chapter 30 The Affluent society 993-1031 The Ordeal of Liberalism 1960’s Chapter 31 The ordeal of Liberalism p 1031-1067 JFK Inaugural Speech(n) Audio http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/johnfkennedyinaugural.htm 27March: 28April: 29April: 30April: 31 May - May: Chapter 31 The ordeal of Liberalism Sharon Statement(n) Port Huron Statement(n) p 1031-1067 The Crisis of Authority- 1970’s Chapter 32 The Crisis of Authority p 1067-1105 Tonkin Gulf Crisis(n) Impeachment Resolution 1974(n) The Age of limits 1980’s to the present Chapter 33 The Age of limits p 1105-1127 1982 Speech to the House of Commons(n) Practice Test Chapter 34 Modern Times p 1127- 1159 Review, Practice Test AP Test May Final Assessment Projects Due June