Course Title: The United States and the Global World to 1900
Primary Text: The American Journey – The Early Years by Joyce Appleby, et al. (2009)
Unit 1: Two Worlds Meet
(Chapters 1-4)
Big Ideas:
Standards:
Grade: 9
8.1 Historical Analysis and Skills Development
 Compare patterns of continuity and change over time, applying context of events.
 Compare the interpretation of historical events and sources, considering the use of fact versus opinion, multiple perspective, and cause and effect relationships.
 Construct research on a historical topic using a thesis statement and demonstrate use of appropriate primary and secondary sources.
8.3 United States History
 Compare the role groups and individuals played in the social, political, cultural and economic development of the U.S.
 Compare the impact of historical documents, artifacts, and places which are critical to the
U.S.
8.4. World History
 Compare the role groups and individuals played in social, political, cultural and economic
 development throughout world history.
Contrast the importance of historical documents, artifacts, and sites that are critical to
 world history
Analyze how continuity and change have impacted world history
7.3.9.A Explain the human characteristics of places and regions using the following criteria:
 Population
 Culture
 Settlement
 Economic activities
 Political activities
7.4.9,A - Compare and contrast the effect of the physical systems on people across regions of the
United States
6.4.9.B. - Explain how trade contributes to economic interdependence.
Essential
Questions:
How did earth’s natural environment shape the identity of the first Native Americans?
How did agriculture change the way of life for early Americans and lead to the development of civilizations?
How did technological developments during the 1400s result in intended as well as unintended consequences, such as the development of an increasingly connected global economy and globalization’s impact on the Americas?
How did religious and economic rivalries in Europe during the 1500s lead to the development of an increasingly connected world?

Core Content:
How did Europeans’ desire to control scarce & limited resources through colonialism lead to an increasingly connected global economy?
What role did religious beliefs play in the development of the colonial American identity?
How did geography affect the economic and social development of the three colonial regions and the formation of a distinct American culture?
In what ways was an American culture developing during the colonial period?
1. The way of life of the first Americans was related to their environment.
Archaeology
Artifact
Ice Age
Beringia
Hunter-gatherer
Nomad
Migration
2. The way of life of the early Indian civilizations was related to their environment.
Maize
Culture
Agriculture
Agricultural Revolution
Olmec
Maya
Theocracy
Hieroglyphics
Civilization
Aztecs
Inca
3. The way of life of the Native American cultures of the North was related to their environment.
Mound Builders
Inuit
Igloo
Channel
Pueblos
Tepee
Iroquois
Clan
Federation
1. Technological advancements during the 1400s resulted in both intended and unintended consequences, including the development of an increasingly connected global economy.
Globalization
Economy
Crusades
Marco Polo
Renaissance
Classical
Technology
Astrolabe

Compass
Caravel
Henry the Navigator
Bartholomew Dias
Cape of Good Hope
Vasco da Gama
Ferdinand & Isabella
1492
2. European nations competed for access to the Americas in order to support the economic system of mercantilism.
Christopher Columbus
Nina, Pinta, & Santa Maria
Amerigo Vespucci
Hernan Cortes
Conquistador
Montezuma
Encomienda
Francisco Pizarro
Mercantilism
Favorable balance of trade
Northwest Passage
Columbian Exchange
3. The religious rivalries caused by the Protestant Reformation spread to the Americas.
Martin Luther
Ferdinand & Isabella
Protestant Reformation
Henry VIII
1. Europeans sought to control scarce & limited resources through colonialism, which led to an increasingly connected global economy.
Colonialism
Scare/Limited Resources
Sir Francis Drake
Spanish Armada
Charter
Joint-stock company
Pocahontas
Jamestown, Virginia
2. Religious beliefs, especially those of the Separatists, Puritans, Quakers, and Catholics played an influential role in the development of the colonial American identity.
Dissent
Puritans
Separatists
Pilgrims
Mayflower
Mayflower Compact
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
William Penn
Quakers
Pacifist
Proprietary colony
Indentured servant

Teacher-
Suggested
Activities
1. Earth’s natural environment impacted the colonists and contributed to the development of distinct regions, which were characterized by differing economies, systems of labor, forms of government, and lifestyles.
Subsistence farming
Triangular trade
Middle Passage
Cash crop
Tidewater
Backcountry
Slave code
Export
Import
Navigation Acts
Charter colonies
Proprietary colonies
Royal colonies
2. An American culture, influenced by religion and education, began to develop in the colonies.
Great Awakening
Enlightenment
Benjamin Franklin
1. Introduction to American Cultural Identity: Article: “Body Ritual among the Nacirema” by
Horace Miner (read to understand point of view and culture).
2. Introduction to American Cultural Identity: Examine student & American identity by plotting stars on a heritage map.
3. Discuss the characteristics of a civilization and identify such characteristics in Native American civilizations as well as in the present-day United States. (History Alive)
4. Present-Day Connection: What is the relationship between earth’s natural environment and human beings in the present-day? How does our environment impact us? How do we impact our environment?
5. Learn how to take notes in history
6. Learn how to read historical text
7. Understand historical time
8. Book Excerpt, 2012 on Mayan Calendar
1. Student-Created Podcast: “Who Really Discovered the Americas?”
2. Causes of European Exploration: The 4 “Gs” (God, Gold, Glory, Gadgets)
3. Mapping the routes of early explorers (e.g. using GoogleEarth)
4. Supplemental Reading: “The Spanish Conquest” from America: A Concise History (Skill Practice:
Marking the text to identify sequential ideas)
5. Supplemental Reading: “Columbus, the Indians, & Human Progress” from Howard Zinn’s A
People’s History of the Unites States (Skill Practice: Identify the author’s argument & construct a thesis)
6. Columbian Exchange Activity
7. Activity: Exports vs. Imports
8. Activity: Mercantilism
9. National Geographic’s Human Footprint: Scene 13: Transportation (understand globalization)
10. Present-Day Connection: How does today’s technology result in both intended and unintended consequences?
11. Supplemental Article: “It’s a Flat World, After All” by Thomas L. Friedman
12. Teacher source for understanding globalization & accompanying student
Globalization from the National Council on Economic Education
Focus

Assessment:
1. Table: Compare and contrast the three colonial regions, including New England, Middle, and
Southern, and the reasons why they developed.
2. Colonial America Map
3. Disney’s Pocahontas: Fact or Fiction
4. Document-Based-Question: Why did the New England and Southern Colonies develop into two distinct regions?
5. Document-Based-Question: How did economics, gender, and religion contribute to the Salem witchcraft hysteria?
6. Create a Colony
1. Document-Based-Question: Why did the New England and Southern Colonies develop into two distinct regions?
2. Graphic Organizer: Differences between Charter, Proprietary, & Royal Colonies
3. Create a Pennsylvania Almanac

Big Ideas:
Standards:
Essential
Questions:
Unit 2: Creating a Nation
(Chapters 5-7)
8.1.9A - Compare patterns of continuity and change over time, applying context of events
8.1.9.B - Compare the interpretation of historical events and sources, considering the use of fact versus opinion, multiple perspectives, and cause and effect relationships.
8.1.9.C - Construct research on a historical topic using a thesis statement and demonstrate use of appropriate primary and secondary sources.
8.3.9A – Compare the roles individuals played in the economic, social, cultural and political development of the United States
8.3.9B – Compare the impact of historical documents, artifacts and places which are critical to the
US.
8.3.9C – Analyze how continuity and change have impacted the United States:
- Politics and government.
8.3.9.D - Interpret how conflict and cooperation among groups and organizations have impacted the growth and development of the U.S.
- Military Conflict
8.4.9.A - Compare the role groups and individuals played in the social, political, cultural, and economic development throughout world history.
8.4.9.C - Analyze how continuity and change have impacted world history.
- Politics and Government
8.4.9.D - Analyze how conflict and cooperation among groups and organizations have influenced the history and development of the world.
7.3.9A – Explain the human characteristics of a place or region using the following criteria:
- Culture
- Political Activities
How did the French and Indian War foster both globalization and also a stronger American identity?
How did British Policy toward the colonies help create an American Identity and lead to the
American Revolution?
What role did foreign involvement play in the American Victory in the Revolutionary War?
What was the global impact of the American Revolution?
How did British political tradition influence the development of the US Government and
Constitution?
What are the key features of the United States Constitution?

Core Content:
1. The French and Indian War fostered globalization and a stronger American identity as the conflict between Great Britain and France over control of world trade spread to Europe as the
Seven Years War and Great Britain’s victory prompted calls from American colonists for equality.
a. Ohio River Valley
b. William Pitt
c. James Wolfe
d. Jeffrey Amherst
e. Treaty of Paris
f. Pontiac’s War
g. Iroquois Confederacy
h. Militia
i. George Washington
j. Albany Plan of Union
k. Alliance
l. General Edward Braddock
2. The British developed a policy to raise revenue from the colonies to pay for the French and
Indian War.
a. Proclamation of 1763
b.. Stamp Act
c. Parliament
d. Boston Massacre
e. Sons of liberty
f. Tea Act
g. Coercive Acts
h. George III
i. Edmund Burke
j. Whigs in Parliament
3. Americans reacted to British Policy by developing a united political culture.
a. Stamp Act Congress
b. Committees of Correspondence
c. Sons of Liberty
d. No Taxation without Representation
e. Continental Congress
f. Lexington and Concord
g. Patrick Henry
h. George Washington
i. Samuel Adams
f. Boston Massacre
4. Americans chose independence due to the development of a new cultural and political identity based on British traditions.
a. Second Continental Congress
b. Common Sense
c. The Declaration of Independence
d. Natural Rights
e. self-government
f. limited government
g. John Locke
1. Americans faced serious challenges at the start of the Revolution.
a. Loyalists
b. Hessians
c. recruitment
d. building a military
e. William Howe
f. Benedict Arnold

Teacher-
Suggested
Activities
g. Nathan Hale
h. New York Campaign
i. British v. American advantages
2. France and Spain joined the United States in order to oppose their rival, the British.
a. Battle of Saratoga
b. Benjamin Franklin
c. Friedrich von Steuben
d. Marquis de Lafayette
e. Juan de Miralles
f. financial aid
g. Spanish assistance in the South
3. Foreign assistance led to an American Victory .
a. Battle of Yorktown
b. French Navy
c. Guerilla War
d. Washington’s Resignation (so not to become king)
4. The American Revolution influenced democratic revolutions around the world.
a. French Revolution
b. Haitian Revolution
c. Toussant-Louverture
1. The United States Constitution is based on British philosophy, tradition and American ideals of self – government.
a. state constitutions
b. Articles of Confederation
c. Shay’s Rebellion
d. Annapolis Convention
e. Philadelphia (Constitutional) Convention
f. Great Compromise
g. 3/5 Compromise
h. Commerce Compromise
i. Magna Charta
j. English Bill of Rights
k. The Spirit of Law
l. John Locke
m. Baron de Montesquieu
n. Federal System
o. Separation of Power
p. Checks and Balances
q. Bill of Rights
r. ratification
s. Federalists
t. Anti-Federalists
u. state/ law of nature
v. natural rights
w. social contract
x. democracy
1. History Scene Investigation: The Boston Massacre
( http://web.wm.edu/hsi/cases/boston/boston_student.html
)
- Use primary and secondary sources to evaluate British and American views of the event trial and time period.
- John Adams, episode 1, courtroom scene.
2. Analysis of Common Sense by Thomas Paine – evaluate Paine’s view of “American Identity” in the document.

Assessment:
- Section Transparency excerpt in text materials.
3. Analysis of Declaration of Independence – identifying text structure and references to British
Traditions.
- Identifying propaganda/bias in the document.
4. Analyze the first political cartoon, “Unite Or Die” by Ben Franklin (1754)
5. Plot important events from the French and Indian War an on-line timeline (e.g. Tiki-Toki)
6. Selected scenes from the PBS miniseries, “The War That Made America”
1. Reading Historical Fiction – Two Brothers of the Revolution. Read to understand the difference between British and American cultural identity.
2. Compare The Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen with the Declaration of
Independence.
3. Secondary Source Reading – Professor Douglas Egerton on the Haitian Revolution http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part3/3i3130.html
4. Crash Course in World History #30 [The Haitian Revolution ] (YouTube) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A_o-nU5s2U
5. Selected Scenes from The Patriot.
6. Article – Building an Army by John E. Ferling
1. Document Based Question – In what ways are American Founding Documents reminiscent of
British Documents? DBQ Set – 6 Documents.
Adaptation: Use Google Documents to produce and revise DBQ essays.
2. Historical Scene Investigation – Constitutional Convention http://web.wm.edu/hsi/cases/constitution/ constitution_student.html
3. Constitution Card Sort – Understanding the Text of the Constitution – History Alive
4. Re-writing the Bill of Rights – In pairs, read and re-write the Bill of Rights to develop understanding. Develop or find visuals that represent each amendment.
5. We The People: The Citizen and the Constitution – understanding the purpose of government and compromises of the Constitutional Convention.
6. US Census and Population Map.

Big Ideas:
Standards:
Essential
Questions:
Core Content:
Unit 3: Launching the Republic
(Chapters 8-10)
8.1.9A – Compare patterns of continuity and change over time, applying context of events
8.1.9.B: Compare the interpretation of historical events and sources, considering the use of fact versus opinion, multiple perspectives, and cause and effect relationships.
8.3.9A – Compare the roles individuals played in the economic, social, cultural and political development of the United States
8.3.9B – Compare the impact of historical documents, artifacts and places which are critical to the
US.
8.3.9C – Analyze how continuity and change have impacted the United States:
- Politics and government.
8.3.9.D: Interpret how conflict and cooperation among groups and organizations have impacted the growth and development of the U.S.
- Military Conflict
8.4.9.A: Compare the role groups and individuals played in the social, political, cultural, and economic development throughout world history.
8.4.9.C: Analyze how continuity and change have impacted world history.
- Industrial Revolution
8.4.9.D: Analyze how conflict and cooperation among groups and organizations have influenced the history and development of the world.
How did Americans develop a unique political system separate from the rest of the world?
Why did the first American Political Parties develop?
How did global events affect the development of the American political system and the growth of nationalism?
How did the power of the Federal government change in the early 1800s?
How did the Industrial Revolution affect the US and its interactions with the world?
1. America faced multiple domestic challenges following the American Revolution.
a. Washington’s Administration
b. Presidential Precedent
c. cabinet
d. Alexander Hamilton
e. Thomas Jefferson
f. Whiskey Rebellion

g. tariffs
h. national bank
i. implied powers
j. strict construction
k. loose construction
l. Native American Conflicts
2. America struggled to stay neutral in foreign conflicts.
a. French Revolution
b. French – British War
c. impressment
d. Jay’s Treaty
e. XYZ Affair
3. A two party system with opposite view points emerged.
a. Federalists
b. Democratic-Republicans
c. Alien and Sedition Acts
d. Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
e. states’ rights
1. The Republican party took power from the Federalists in the early 1800s.
a. Election of 1800
b. Marbury v. Madison
c. Judicial Review
d. Gibbons v. Ogden
e. McCulloch v. Maryland
f. Louisiana Purchase
g. “Northern Confederacy”
2. Americans faced challenges to their neutral shipping rights in the Atlantic.
a. Barbary Pirates
b. Tripoli
c. neutral rights
d. attack on the Chesapeake
e. Embargo Act
f. Non-Intercourse Act
g. impressment
h. Jefferson’s reaction to Haitian Revolution
3. Despite being unprepared ,the War of 1812 led to a strengthened national identity.
a. War Hawks
b. Henry Clay
c. John C. Calhoun
d. James Madison
e. Battle of New Orleans
f. Treaty of Ghent
g. nationalism
h . Hartford Convention
i. lasting peace with Great Britain
1. New technology, lack of labor, and limited government regulation caused the Industrial
Revolution which had lasting effects in the US.
a. New England Textiles
b. cotton gin
c. interchangeable parts
d. patent
e. factory system

Teacher-
Suggested
Activities
f. capitalism
g. free enterprise
h. urbanization
i. industry in Great Britain
j. Samuel Slater
k. Eli Whitney
2. New technology connected the West with the Northeast.
a. turnpikes
b. canals
c. Erie Canal
d. Robert Fulton
e. westward movement
3. Sectional differences emerge due to industrialization.
a. sectionalism
b. state sovereignty
c. internal improvements
d. tariffs/taxes
e. Missouri Compromise
f. American System
4. As a result of Industrialization and expansion, America defined its position in the World.
a. Rush-Bagot Treaty
b. Adams-Onis Treaty
c. Mexican Independence
d. Simon Bolivar
e. John Quincy Adams
f. Monroe Doctrine
g. Quadruple Alliance
1. Guided Reading of Washington’s Farewell Address – Survival Words for meaning, point of view and historical context.
2. Lecture with Graphic Organizer on the French Estate System leading to the French Revolution.
3. Video Segments from The French Revolution by the History Channel.
4. History Alive Foreign Relations Activity – Reading Text and creating a skit related to the XYZ
Affair – French/American Relations
5. Create a conversation (e.g. Blog) between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson that reflects the differences between the Federalists and Democratic-Republicans.
6. Inaugural Address Comparison between Washington and current President via World Cloud.
7. Table: Viewpoints held by Political Parties.
8. Comic Strip on new Political Parties.
1. Political Cartoon Analysis of Republican Era – Students evaluate cartoons and develop a theory about how America was interacting with the world.
2. Choices Activity – War of 1812
Students read a variety of primary and secondary sources. Small groups are assigned a position to defend about US involvement in the War of 1812. Whole class debate on the positions (See Choices series.)
Adaptation: Use social media to present and defend opinions.

Assessment:
3. Writing prompt: Did the Republicans live up to the strict principles of their party?
4. Perspective Writing- Lewis and Clark Great Journey West – Journal writing.
5. War of 1812 timeline.
6. Map Activity – acquisition of territory.
1. History and Economics Activity – Why did the Industrial Revolution begin in Great Britain and not other parts of Europe. Students evaluate factors that are positive and negative for economic development and apply them to data. Students then examine the American political and economic system to determine criteria for industrial development.
2. Article – Samuel Slater imports a revolution. Secondary source examining the British Industrial
System and how Samuel Slater was able to import it to America.
3. Students investigate Latin American independence movements and create a story board (power point, voice thread, podcast, poster, etc.) that includes causes, key events and American reaction.
4. Read excerpt from Monroe Doctrine (supplemental materials) and predict the policy’s potential effects on US – European relations and US – Latin American relations.
5. Read excerpts of Fever 1793 and examine the early effects of urbanization in the northeast.
Adaptation: Google Lit-Trip is available for the whole novel.
6. Taking Sides – The Monroe Doctrine.

Big Ideas:
Standards:
Essential
Questions:
Unit 4: Nationalism and Sectionalism
(Chapters 11-14)
8.1.9A – Compare patterns of continuity and change over time, applying context of events
8.1.9.B: Compare the interpretation of historical events and sources, considering the use of fact versus opinion, multiple perspectives, and cause and effect relationships.
8.3.9A – Compare the roles individuals played in the economic, social, cultural and political development of the United States
8.3.9B – Compare the impact of historical documents, artifacts and places which are critical to the
US.
8.3.9C – Analyze how continuity and change have impacted the United States:
- Politics and government.
8.3.9.D: Interpret how conflict and cooperation among groups and organizations have impacted the growth and development of the U.S.
- Military Conflict
8.4.9.A: Compare the role groups and individuals played in the social, political, cultural, and economic development throughout world history.
8.4.9.C: Analyze how continuity and change have impacted world history.
- Industrial Revolution
8.4.9.D: Analyze how conflict and cooperation among groups and organizations have influenced the history and development of the world.
7.3.9A – Explain the human characteristics of a place or region using the following criteria:
- Culture
- Political Activities
How did Andrew Jackson redefine the American Presidency?
How did Manifest Destiny result in acquisition of land, clash of cultures, and a strengthened
American Identity in the United States?
What were the major economic differences of the North and the South in the mid-1800s? What were the social and cultural effects on both regions?
How did immigration have an impact on cities, industry, and culture in the North?
How did Americans attempt to redefine the American Identity through social activism?

Core Content:
:
1. Jacksonian Democracy: Introduced more democratic institutional methods and caused conflict between the power of states and the federal government.
Presidential Elections of 1824 and 1828
The Corrupt Bargain
Presidency of John Quincy Adams
Jackson as President
Jackson’s Popularity among the “common man”
New Voting Rights
The Spoils System in American Politics
Electoral Changes
The Tariff Debate
The Nullification Crisis
2. Conflicts over Lands: Jackson used the power of the Presidency to remove Native Americans from the Southeast.
Moving Native Americans
Indian Removal Act
The Cherokee Nation
The Trail of Tears
Native American Resistance
3. Jackson and the Bank of the United States: President Jackson forced the National Bank to close, and economic problems split the Democratic Party.
War against the Bank
The Bank as an election Issue
The Election of 1832
The Panic of 1837
Whigs Take Power
The Log Cabin Campaign
Tyler’s Presidency
1. The Oregon Country: The US compromise with Great Britain over the Oregon Country ensured access to the Pacific Ocean, defined Northern boundary of the US at the 49 th parallel, and fulfilled the belief of Manifest Destiny.
2. Independence for Texas: After Americans in Mexican Texas refused to assimilate, war broke out, and Texas gained its independence from Mexico.
A Clash of Cultures
Land Grants in Texas
Growing Tensions between Americans and the Mexican government
Rivalry in the Northwest
The Adams-Onis Treaty
Mountain Men
Oregon and Manifest Destiny
The Oregon Trail
Manifest Destiny
“Fifty-Four Forty or Fight”
Attempt at a Reconciliation
The Struggle for Independence
The Battle of the Alamo
Texas Declares Independence
The Battle of San Jacinto
The Lone Star Republic
The Road to Statehood

3. War with Mexico: After failed attempts at diplomacy the US declared war on Mexico to acquire coveted lands and border areas of Mexico.
The New Mexico Territory
California’s Spanish Culture
War with Mexico
Conflict Begins
Polk’s War Plan
The Bear Flag Republic
The Capture of Mexico City
The United Sates Expands
4. California and Utah: Americans moved west in droves in search of gold and to escape religious persecution.
California Gold Rush
California’s Culture, Society, Economics, and Politics
A Religious Refuge in Utah
The First Mormons
A Haven in the Desert
1. The North’s Economy: The North’s Economy changed due to technology which improved
Industry, Infrastructure, and Agriculture.
Technology and Industry
Industrialization
Improved transportation
Locomotives
A Railway Network
Moving Goods and People
Faster Communication
Agriculture
Revolution in Agriculture
McCormick’s Reaper
2. The North’s People: British, German, Irish, and Chinese immigrants to the US brought new ideas with them from their former countries which resulted in discrimination.
Northern Factories
Working Conditions
Worker’s Attempt to Organize
African American Workers
Women Workers
The Rise of Cities
Increase in Urban Population
Immigration
The Impact of Immigration
Immigrants face Prejudice
The Know-Nothing Party
3. Southern Cotton Kingdom: The economy in the South remained largely agricultural as industry developed slowly .
Rise of the Cotton Kingdom
Changes in the South
Cotton Rules the Deep South
Industry in the South
Barriers to Industry
Southern Factories
Southern Transportation
4. The South’s People: African American culture in the South was a direct result of the combination to African traditions, the slave experience, and American influences.
Farms and Plantations
Small Farmers and the Rural Poor

Teacher-
Suggested
Activities
Assessment:
Plantations
Plantation Wives
Work on the Plantation
-Life Under Slavery
Family Life
African American Culture
African American Christianity
Slave Codes
Resistance to Slavery
Escaping Slavery
City Life and Education
Life in Southern Cities
Education
1. Religious leaders, Abolitionists, women’s groups, and transcendentalists adopted social reform efforts.
Social Reform
The Abolitionists
Early Efforts to End Slavery
The South Reacts
The Women’s Movement
Religion and Reform
The Religious Influence
Reforming Education
People with Special Needs
Cultural Trends
American Colonization Society
The Movement Changes
William Lloyd Garrison
The Grimke Sisters
African American Abolitionists
Frederick Douglass
Sojourner Truth
The Underground Railroad
Clashes over Abolitionism
Women and Reform
The Seneca Falls Convention
Growth of the Women’s Movement
Progress by Women
Education
Marriage and Family Laws
Breaking Barriers
-Will Americans have access to education?
-Will women have the right to vote?
-Will Americans be allowed to drink?
-Will America include freed slaves?
-What will the American family look like?
-Should Americans think for themselves?
-Should all Americans have the same rights?

Big Ideas:
Standards:
Essential
Questions:
Core Content:
Unit 5: The Civil War and Reconstruction
(Chapters 15-17)
8.1.9A – Compare patterns of continuity and change over time, applying context of events
8.1.9.B: Compare the interpretation of historical events and sources, considering the use of fact versus opinion, multiple perspectives, and cause and effect relationships.
8.3.9A – Compare the roles individuals played in the economic, social, cultural and political development of the United States
8.3.9B – Compare the impact of historical documents, artifacts and places which are critical to the
US.
8.3.9C – Analyze how continuity and change have impacted the United States:
- Politics and government.
8.3.9.D: Interpret how conflict and cooperation among groups and organizations have impacted the growth and development of the U.S.
- Military Conflict
8.4.9.A: Compare the role groups and individuals played in the social, political, cultural, and economic development throughout world history.
8.4.9.C: Analyze how continuity and change have impacted world history.
- Industrial Revolution
8.4.9.D: Analyze how conflict and cooperation among groups and organizations have influenced the history and development of the world.
7.3.9A – Explain the human characteristics of a place or region using the following criteria:
- Culture
- Political Activities
How did decisions made by Congress in the mid-1800s affect the growing national tension pertaining to the slavery issue?
What major events in the United States during the 1850s and Early 1860s ultimately led to
Southern Secession?
How did the Union and Confederacy try to gain support from foreign countries during the Civil
War?
What social, political, and economic changes resulted from the war?
How did the Civil War affect the American Identity for years to come?
1. Strong feelings of sectionalism across the United States coupled with failed attempts at
Compromises, the passing of unpopular laws, and violence breaking out in some new mid-western states caused the issue of slavery to become the driving wedge in separating the country.
-Slavery and the West
-The Missouri Compromise

-Sectionalism
-The Wilmot Proviso
-The Free-Soil Party
-The Compromise of 1850
-Secede
-Stephen A. Douglas
-A Nation Dividing
-The Fugitive Slave Act
-The Underground Railroad
-The Kansas-Nebraska Act
-Popular Sovereignty
-Bleeding Kansas
-John Brown
2. The formation of the Republican Party, Dred Scott Supreme Court Case decision, John Brown’s
Raid on Harper’s Ferry, and the election of Abraham Lincoln as President caused the Southern
States to begin seceding.
-The Republican Party
-James Buchanan
-The Election of 1856
-The Dred Scott Case
- The Supreme Court’s Decision
-Lincoln and Douglas Debates
-Raid on Harpers Ferry
-Secession and War
-The Election of 1860
-The Crittenden Compromise
-The Confederacy
-Confederate States of America
-Jefferson Davis
-Reactions to Secession
-Lincoln Takes Office
-Fort Sumter
1. Both the North and the South had specific strengths and weaknesses, yet neither held a specific advantage during the early stages of the war causing both sides to realize that the war was going to carry on for much longer than originally thought.
-Goals and Strategies
-Border states
-North and South Comparison
-Confederate Strategies
-Union Strategies
-Blockade
-Exporting
-Anaconda Plan
-First Battle of Bull Run
-War in the West
-War of the Ironclads
-Merrimack
-Monitor
-Battle of Shiloh
-Casualties
-New Orleans Falls
-War in the East
-Ulysses Grant
-Robert E Lee
-Invasion of the North
-Battle of Antietam
-The Emancipation Proclamation
-Frederick Douglass

2. The Civil War had great impacts on everyday American and Confederate society causing life at home, roles for woman, economics, and rights of citizens to change.
-Shortages in the South
-New Roles for Women
-Mary Edwards Walker
-Dorothea Dix
-Clara Barton
-Sally Tompkins
-Spies
-Prison camps and Field Hospitals
-Political and Economic Change
-Bread Riots
-Peace Democrats
-Copperheads
-Habeus Corpus
-Draft Laws
-The First Conscription
-Bounty
-Union Draft Law
-Economic Effects
-Greenbacks
-Inflation
-Economic Troubles for the South
-Southern Victories
-Battle of Fredericksburg
-Battle of Chancellorsville
-African Americans in the War
-54 th Massachusetts
-Battle of Gettysburg
-Cemetery Ridge
-Round Top
-Little Round Top
-Pickett’s Charge
-The Vicksburg Siege
-The Gettysburg Address
-The War’s Final Stages
-Union Strategy
-Grant in Charge
-War of Attrition
-The Wilderness Campaign
-The Petersburg Siege
-Sherman in Georgia
-Total War
-Sherman’s March to the Sea
-Farragut at Mobile Bay
-David Farragut
-Election of 1864
-The Fall of Richmond
-Surrender at Appomattox
-The Toll of War
3. The United States attempts to expand American’s Civil Rights.
- 13 th Amendment
-14 th Amendment
-15 th Amendment
- Ten Percent Plan
-Military Reconstruction Act
-Freedman’s Bureau
- Johnson’s Impeachment Trial

Teacher-
Suggested
Activities
Assessment:
- Redeemers
- Ku Klux Klan
- Jim Crow Laws
- Black Codes
- Segregation
- Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
- New South
- Sharecropping
1. Political Cartoon discussion showing the slavery crisis growing in the country
2. Analyzing History: The meaning of Supreme Court Justice Roger B. Taney’s ruling on the Dred
Scott Case. Why did slaveholders agree? What about it severely angered Abolitionists?
3. Timeline Skills Activity: Debate and Division in the 1850s
4. Relating then to now: What American Rights are debated about modern day? Do any of them carry the weight that slavery did during the 1850s in the United States? Why or why not?
5. Impact of the Raid on Harpers Ferry by John Brown: History Channel Video. Q/A Discussion afterwards.
6. Student developed Document Base Questions – justify the inclusion of sources. (Honors)
7. Compare Black Codes with Previous Slave Codes.
8. Analyze Sharecropper’s Contracts and Economic data from the time period. (Honors)