FIRST SEMESTER
TOPIC 1: Colonial America to 1763
1.
"Colonial America Before 1763"
This unit will be assigned during summer vacation. Students will be asked to
identify a number of concepts and take notes on the reading. A list of required
concepts will be supplied to each enrolled student. These concepts and
understanding will be discussed during the first week of school.
Topics for Discussion:. Life in the Chesapeake tobacco region; Indentured servants fill a need for labor; the spread of slavery; Southern society; families in New England; declining Puritan piety; the Salem witchcraft; daily life in the colonies; northern middle and southern colonies compared, French and English competition in the Ohio Valley, French and Indian War: causes and results.
An introduction to AP U.S. History. A previously released Part I will be used to diagnose areas of strengths and weaknesses.
American Pageant, Chapters 4-6, pp. 64-103
Historical causation: After the Fact: “The Visible and Invisible Worlds of Salem”, pp. 28-55. A discussion will center on the less evident causes of the witchcraft malaise in Puritan New England.
Document Exercise:
Caliguire and Leach, Handout, “The Three Colonial Sections: More Similar or More
Different”
Complete the outline and the map on pages 7-12
· Test on Colonial America
Topic Two: Founding the New Nation, 1763-1800.
1. "The Coming of the Revolution" 1763-1775
Topics for Discussion: Mercantilism; curse or blessing?; Stamp Act crisis; Townshend Acts; Boston Tea Party; “Intolerable Ants”; Continental Congress; Lexington and Concord; gathering clouds of war
American Pageant, Chapter 7,
pp. 121-140
Document Analysis: American Spirit, Chapter 8, “ America Secedes
from the Empire, 1775-1783, pp. 147-166. Read the documents and answer questions
2 and 4 on p. 166 in essay form.
2. "The Revolutionary War"1775-1783
Topics for Discussion: Early battles; The Declaration of Independence; American “republicanism”; Patriots and Loyalists; The role of the militia; The French alliance after Saratoga; Yorktown; The Peace of Paris
American Pageant, Chapter 8, pp. 142-162
Document Exercise: Caliguire and Leach, Handout, “The Declaration of
Independence as a Rhetorical Document.”
Free-Response Question Practice: Newman and Schmalbach, United States
History, Preparing for the AP U.S. History Examination,”Writing the Standard
Essay Questions,” pp. xix-xxvii,
· Test on Chapters 7-8 (Multiple choice and one essay)
3. "The Articles of Confederation and the New Constitution" 1776-1790
Topics for Discussion: New state constitutions; Economic troubles; The Articles of Confederation; Land ordinances; Shay’s Rebellion; The Constitutional Convention, 1787; “A bundle of compromises”; the fight over ratification.
American Pageant, Chapter 9,
pp. 166-187
Document Analysis: American Spirit, Chapter 9, “ The Confederation
and the Constitution,” pp. 167-187. Read the documents and answer questions 2
and 5 on p. 187.
Pay particular attention to excerpts from Madison’s famous paper No,.10 on page
184.)
4. "Launching the New Ship of State" 1789-1800
Topics for Discussion: Problems of the new republic; The Bill of Rights; the Washington presidency; Hamilton’s financial program; the Whiskey Rebellion; emergence of the two-party system; impact of the French Revolution; Jay’s Treaty; Washington’s farewell; presidency of John Adams; Alien and Sedition Acts; Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions; Federalists versus Republicans.
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American Pageant, Chapter 10, pp. 189-208
Document Exercise: Caliguire and Leach, Handout, “The Emerging National
Culture,” Use the evidence presented in the documents and pictures to contrast
fine arts of the colonial period with that of the early national period.
· Test on Chapters 9-10 with an Essay Question
Topic Three: Consolidating the American Nation-State, 1800-1860
1. "The Triumph and Travails of Jeffersonian Democracy" 1800-1812
Topics for Discussion: “Revolution of 1800”; Jeffersonian presidency; John Marshall and the Supreme Court; Barbary War; The Louisiana Purchase; the Embargo; Napoleon dupes Madison; the War Hawks in the West
American Pageant, Chapter 11,
pp. 210-231
Student research in the Internet: Brief character sketches of leading characters
during the Jeffersonian Era including Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Sacajawea,
Clay, and Tecumseh. Students will present their findings to the class.
Document Analysis: American Spirit Readings, “The Louisiana
Purchase,” pp. 221-236
Use questions 3 & 4 on p. 236 to analyze the documents.
2. "The War if 1812 and the Upsurge of Nationalism" 1812-1824
Topics for Discussion: The war on land and sea; Treaty of Ghent; the Hartford Convention; a new national identity emerges; the “American System”; the “era of Good Feelings”; westward expansion; Missouri Compromise; the Marshall Court; purchase of Florida; the Monroe Doctrine
American Pageant, Chapter 12,
pp. 233-254
Document Analysis: Look at the two pictures in The American Spirit
on pages 240-242. How do they show different attitudes towards the War of 1812?
Map Study: Wilson and Little, “Physical Growth of the United States”Teacher’s Manual for an Advanced Placement Course in U.S. History, Teaching Activity # 2 (Handout)
· Test on Chapters 11-12
3. "The Rise of Jacksonian Democracy" 1824-1830
Topics for Discussion: Emergence of the common man; the New Democracy; “corrupt bargain”; presidency of John Quincy Adams; “Tariff of Abominations”; the spoils system; Maysville Road veto; Webster-Hayne Debate.
Document Analysis:
American Pageant, Chapter 13, pp. 256-272
American Spirit, Chapter 13, “The Rise of Mass Democracy”, pp. 263-290
Use the documents in the reading to answer question number 1 on p. 290. Practice
referring to the documents specifically. Follow this procedure in each of the
next Spirit assignments.
Map Study: Wilson and Little, Teacher’s Manual for an Advanced Placement Course in U.S. History, “1824 Presidential Election,” Teaching Activity # 5
4. "Jacksonian Democracy at Floodtide 1830-1840
Topics for Discussion: Nullification crisis; Jackson’s war on the Bank of the U.S.; removal of the Indians; revolution in Texas; the emergence of the Whig party; Martin Van Buren in the White House; Panic of 1837; the Independent Treasury; William Henry Harrison and the log cabin campaign of 1840.
American Pageant, Chapter 14,
pp. 274-295
DBQ Practice: Newman and Schmalbach, United States History, Preparing
for the AP U.S. History Examination, “Writing the Document-Based Question,
pp. xxvii-xxx. Followed by a class discussion about the DBQ. Students are
instructed to read the documents and take notes on the question paper. They may
use the notes only in class to write their essay.
DBQ in class: “Jacksonian Democracy” (1990 DBQ)
· Test on Chapters 13-14
5. "Building the National Economy, 1790-1860
Topics for Discussion: The westward movement; economy and the environment; European immigration; Irish and Germans; nativism and assimilation; the coming of the factory system; the transportation revolution; the emergence of a continental economy; the clipper ships and pony express.
American Pageant, Chapter 15, pp. 297-32
Evidence analysis and interpretation: Caliguire and Leach, Handout, “ The End of Homespun: The Early Industrial Revolution.” After reading the documents and analyzing the graphs, students compile a list of factors leading to the early industrial revolution in the United States.
6."The Ferment of Reform and Culture" 1790-1860
Topics for Discussion: Religious revivals; the “Burned-Over District”; the Mormons move west; educational advances; roots of reform; cult of domesticity; utopian experiments; art and architecture; a national literature emerges.
American Pageant, Chapter 16,
pp. 329-355
Document Analysis: American Spirit, Chapter 15, “The Ferment of
Reform and Culture,” pp. 316-350, Using the documents, answer question number 4
on p. 350.
· Test on Chapters 15-16
TOPIC THREE: TESTING THE NEW NATION
1. "The South and the Slavery Controversy" 1793-1860
Topics for Discussion: The “Cotton Kingdom”; social system in the South; the plantation system; the “peculiar institution”; the abolitionist crusade; Southern response; the Abolitionist movement.
American Pageant, Chapter 17,
pp. 360-378
Class Debate and Role Playing: Is slavery an intolerable
institution? Students are given a handout which presents opposing views of
slavery. (Piehl, Mel, “Instructors Resource Guide for American Pageant”
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1998.)
2. "Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy" 1841-1848
Topics for Discussion: the presidency of John Tyler; Webster-Ashburton Treaty; the annexation of Texas; Oregon and California; Polk the expansionist; War with Mexico
American Pageant, Chapter 18,
pp. 380-399
Document Analysis: American Spirit Readings, Chapter 17,
“Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy, pp. 380-399. Using the documents, answer
questions 4 and 5.
Evidence analysis and interpretation: Caliguire and Leach, Handout:
“Enlarging the National State.” After completing the handouts write a
one-sentence thematic statement to explain the overall significance to the
nation of westward expansion.
· Test on Chapters 17-18
3. "Renewing the Sectional Struggle" 1848-1854
Topics for Discussion: the renewal of sectionalism; “popular sovereignty”; California statehood; Compromise of 1850; inflammatory Fugitive Slave Law; President Pierce and expansion; Kansas-Nebraska Act.
· American Pageant, Chapter 19, pp. 400-41
Evidence analysis and interpretation: Caliguire and Leach, Handout:
“Sectionalism: A Clash of Interests and Ideals.” After completing the sectional
framework for the Antebellum Period, students will complete the chart detailing
contrasting views of the typical individuals shown in the excrcise.
4. " Drifting Towards Disunion, 1854-1861"
Topics for Discussion: Spread of abolitionist sentiment in the North; Uncle Tom’s Cabin; “Bloody Kansas”; election of James Buchanan; Dred Scott decision; Panic of 1857; the Lincoln-Douglas Debates; John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry; Lincoln and the Republican victory in 1860; Secession
American Pageant, Chapter,
20, pp. 420-433
Opposing Viewpoints: After the Fact, Chapter 6, “ The Madness of
John Brown,” pp. 147-174
Document Analysis: American Spirit, Chapter 19, “Drifting Towards
Disunion,” pp. 427-446. Using the documents, answer question number 5 on p. 446.
· DBQ (1987 DBQ, “Prelude to Civil War”)
· Test on Chapters 19-20
1. "Girding for War: The North and the South, 1861-1865"
Topics for Discussion: Firing on Fort Sumter; the crucial border states; the balance of forces North and South; keeping Europe neutral; the importance of diplomacy;; Lincoln and civil liberties; financing the war in both the South and North; the economic impact of the war; the role of women in the war
American Pageant, Chapter 21,
pp. 444-460
Document Analysis: American Spirit, Chapter 20, “Girding for War:
North and South” Read the documents on pp. 447-465 and answer question number 1
on p. 465 using evidence from the documents.
2. "The Furnace of Civil War, 1861-1865"
Topics for Discussion: Bull Run ends the “ninety-day war”; The Peninsular Campaign; the North wages total war’ Antietam; Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation; Black soldiers; Gettysburg; the war in the West; Sherman marches through Georgia; 1864 election; Appomattox, April, 1865; the assassination of Lincoln; the war’s bitter legacy.
American Pageant, Chapter 22,
pp. 461-485
Document Analysis: American Spirit, “Abolitionists View the War,”
Chapter 21, pp. 467-471, p. 500, question number 1, using the documents as
evidence.
Test on Chapters 21-22
3. "The Ordeal of Reconstruction," 1865-1877
Topics for Discussion: The defeated South; Freedman; Presidential Reconstruction; moderate and radical Republicans; Congressional Reconstruction; Johnson versus Congress; Military reconstruction; Ku Klux Klan; impeachment of Andrew Johnson, the legacy of Reconstruction.
American Pageant, Chapter 23,
pp. 487-508
Document Analysis: Caliguire and Leach, Handout: “One Nation Indivisible:
Myth or Reality,” Read the documents and answer the questions in Part D and E.
Semester Exams: Modified AP Exam
SECOND SEMESTER
Assigned Novel: Students are asked to obtain a copy of Upton Sinclair’s,
The Jungle. The reading and accompanying study guide must be completed by
March.
Forging an Industrial Society
1. "Politics of the Gilded Age," 1869-1889
Topics for Discussion: The presidency of Ulysses S. Grant; corruption and reform in the Gilded Age; Panic of 1873; political parties and partisans; Compromise of 1877 and the end of Reconstruction; civil service reform; Grover Cleveland and the tariff.
American
Pageant, Chapter 24, pp. 512-535
Evidence Interpretation: Caliguire and Leach, Handout: “National
Government in the Late Nineteenth Century: A Sham of Democracy. Complete Parts
A, B, and C. as a small group activity.
2. Industry Comes of Age, 1865-1900"
Topics for Discussion: The railroad boom; speculation in the railroads; states attempt regulation; robber barons or captains of industry?; industry in the South; the laboring class; the rise of trade unions.
American Pageant, Chapter 25, pp. 536-563
Document Analysis and Evidence Interpretation: Caliguire and Leach,
Handout:
”The Growing Economic Crisis of the Late Nineteenth Century,” Complete the
questions in the handout as a class activity. Pay particular attention to the
charts and graphs in the exercise.
3. "America Moves to the City, 1865-1900"
Topics for Discussion: The rise of urban America; skyscrapers and tenements;
the “New Immigrants”; settlement houses and social workers; jobs for women;
nativism and immigration restrictions; the Social Gospel; Black leaders; Booker
T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois; literary achievements; women and the new
morality; art, music and entertainment in urban America.
American Pageant, Chapter 26, pp. 565-595
Document Analysis: Caliguire and Leach, Handout: “ Urbanizing America”
Students study the documents and then describe how each person listed in the
exercise would perceive the city where he or she lived.
Interpreting Chart and Graph Data: Wilson and Little, Teacher’s
Manual for an Advanced Placement Course in U.S. History, “United States
Immigration Patterns,” Teaching Activity # 12 (Handouts)
Test on Chapters 25-26 including an FRQ
4. " The Great West," 1865-1890
Topics for Discussion: the conquest of the Indians; mining and cattle
frontiers; the industrialization of agriculture; the closing of the frontier;
Turner Thesis; the Populist protest.
American Pageant, Chapter
27, pp. 598-621
Document Analysis: American Spirit, Volume II: Since 1865, Chapter
27, “The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution,” pp. 126-154, p. 155,
question number 3.
5. "The Revolt of the Debtor,"
1889-1900
Topics for Discussion: President Harrison and the “Billion-Dollar Congress”;
challenge from the People’s Party; Cleveland again; Panic of 1893; the Pullman
strike; the Wilson-Gorman Tariff; Bryan versus McKinley, 1896.
American Pageant,
Chapter 28, pp. 623-633
Document Analysis:
American Spirit, Chapter 28, “The Revolt of the Debtor,” pp.
156-177. Answer question number 3 on page 177.
· Test on Chapters 27-28
· DBQ in class ( 1983 DBQ, “The Populists”)
6.“The Path of
Empire,” 1890-1899
Topics for Discussion: Sources of American expansionism; Cleveland and the
Venezuelan boundary dispute; Spanish-American War; Cuba, Hawaii and Puerto Rico;
the Philippine question; the Anti-Imperialists
American Pageant, Chapter
29, pp. 641-660
Document Analysis: American Spirit, Chapter 29, “The Path of
Empire.” Pp. 178-189, p. 189, question number 3.
Document Analysis and classification of sources: Caliguire and Leach,
Vol. II, Handout: “ Imperialism and the Spanish-American War.”
7. “America on the World Stage”
Topics for Discussion: The Filipino revolt; Open Door Notes; Theodore Roosevelt becomes president; building the Panama Canal; Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine; Roosevelt and the Far East.
American Pageant, Chapter
30, pp. 662-681
Test on Chapters 29-30
Part Five: The Struggle for Justice at Home and Abroad, 1899-1945
1. "Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt," 1901-1912
Topics for Discussion: The muckrakers; politics of progressivism; women fight for suffrage and temperance; Roosevelt and the trusts; consumer protection, conservation; Roosevelt’s legacy; William Howard Taft; :dollar diplomacy”; Roosevelt breaks with Taft.
American Pageant,
Chapter 31, pp. 682-701
Document Analysis: American Spirit, “Progressivism and the
Republican Roosevelt,” pp. 204-230, p. 231, questions 4 and 5.
Take Home DBQ: 1994 DBQ, “Nineteenth and early 20th Century
Expansionism.”
2. "Wilsonian Progressivism at Home and Abroad," 1912-1916
Topics for discussion: The election of 1912; New Freedom versus New Nationalism; Wilson tackles the tariff, the banks, and the trusts; diplomacy in Mexico; war in Europe and American neutrality; reelection of Wilson in 1916
American Pageant, Chapter 32, pp. 703-719
Evidence and Interpretation and the Process of Writing History: Caliguire
and Leach, Vol. II, Handout: “Defending Neutral Rights” Complete the exercises
on pp. 47-49.
Test on Chapters 31-32 (Each test will contain an FRQ Essay)
3. "The War to End War," 1917-1918
Topics for Discussion: Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare ends American neutrality; Wilsonian idealism and the Fourteen Points; mobilizing minds and machines; challenges to civil liberties; workers, blacks and women on the home front; the AEF fights in France; Paris Peace Conference; the fight over the treaty in the Senate.
American
Pageant, Chapter 33, pp. 722-743
Document Analysis: American Spirit, “The War to End War,” The
Struggle over the Peace Treaties, pp. 268-274. Using the documents, answer
question 5 on page 274.
4 . “American Life in the Roaring Twenties, 1919-1929”
Topics for Discussion: The “red scare”; restricting the flow of immigration; prohibition and gangsterism; the emergence of a mass-consumption economy; the age of the automobile; the movies and radio; music and literature; the economic boom begins.
American Pageant, Chapter 34,
pp. 746-769
Document Analysis: American Spirit, “American Life in the Roaring
Twenties, pp. 275-293.” Using the documents answer questions 3 and 4 on page
293.
1. "The Politics of Boom and Bust," 1920-1932
Topics for Discussion: Republicans return to power; disarmament and isolation; scandals of the Harding era; foreign policy under Coolidge; the international debt cycle; the presidency of Herbert Hoover; crash of the stock market, 1929; Hoover attempts to stop the economic downturn;
American Pageant, Chapter 35, pp. 771-793
Test on Chapters 34-35 with AP FRQ
2. “The Great Depression and the New Deal,” 1930-1940
Topics for Discussion: Roosevelt to the presidency; the Hundred Days Congress; relief, recovery, and reform; gains for organized labor; the election of 1936 and the “Roosevelt coalition”; the “court-packing” scheme.
American
Pageant, Chapter 36, pp. 795-823
Document Analysis: Caliguire and Leach, Vol. II, Handout: “Roosevelt and
Hoover:A Document Based Question”
Examining Evidence: American Spirit, pp. 333-334. examine the
images on these two pages. Which had greater political effect?
3. "Franklin Roosevelt and the Shadow of War," 1935-1941
Topics for Discussion: Roosevelt’s early foreign policy; German and Japanese aggression; attempts at neutrality; the destroyer for bases deal; the Lend-Lease Act; the Atlantic Charter; December 7, 1941.
American Pageant, Chapter
37, pp. 825-845
Document Analysis: American Spirit, “Franklin D. Roosevelt in the
Shadow of War, pp. 336-359, Using document evidence, answer question 5 on page
359.
Test on Chapters 36-37 with an FRQ
4. "America in World War II," 1941-1945
Topics for Discussion: Internment of Japanese-Americans; mobilizing the economy; the war’s effect on minorities; women in wartime; economic and social impact of the war; battles of Coral Sea and Midway; North African and Italian campaigns; establishing of a second front: “D-Day; surrender of Germany; the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Japanese surrender.
American
Pageant, Chapter 38, pp. 847-875
Examining Conflicting Evidence: Caliguire and Leach, Vol. II, Handout:
“The United States and the Holocaust,” Students work groups on Handout 35
followed by a class discussion based on the questions in the handout.
The Uses of Models in History: After the Fact, “The Decision to
drop the Bomb,” pp. 329-361. Class discussion.
Part Six: Making Modern America
1. "The Cold War Begins," 1945-1952
Topics for Discussion: Postwar prosperity; shift to the “Sunbelt”; rush to the suburbs; postwar baby boom; the presidency of Harry S Truman; the Yalta Conference; Origins of the Cold War; the United Nations; doctrine of containment; the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan,; NATO; anti-communism at home; outbreak of the Korean War
American
Pageant, Chapter 39, pp. 880-906
Examining Conflicting Evidence: Caliguire and Leach, Vol. II, “Cold War
Revisited,” Students study the Cold War by comparing conflicting views on the
origins of the Cold War.
2. "The Eisenhower Era,
1952-1960"
Topics for Discussion: The election of 1952; the menace of McCarthyism; the
segregated South; Brown v. Board of Education; the seeds of the civil
rights movement; Eisenhower conservatism; crisis in the Middle East and the
Eisenhower Doctrine; the space race; election of 1960; changing economic roles
for men and women; the consumer culture of the 1950s; postwar literature.
American Pageant, Chapter 40,
pp. 908-934
Document Analysis: American Spirit, Chapter 40, “The
Eisenhower Era,” pp. 423-452, Using documentary evidence, answer questions 2 and
5 on p. 452
· Test on Chapters 39-40
3. Practice AP Exam: Several weeks before the actual AP Exam, students will be given the entire released 2002 AP exam on a Saturday morning.
4. "The Stormy Sixties, 1960-1968"
Topics for Discussion: “Camelot”, the Bay of Pigs invasion; the Cuban missile crisis; Kennedy assassinated, Johnson and the “Great Society”; the civil rights movement; the Vietnam war; the election of 1968; the cultural upheaval of the 1960s.
American Pageant, Chapter
41, pp. 936-963
Document Analysis: American Spirit, Chapter 41, “The Stormy
Sixties,” pp. 463-473, Vietnam Troubles. Using the documents, answer questions 4
and 5 on p. 499.
Take Home DBQ: 1995 DBQ: “1960s”
5. "The Stalemated Seventies, 1968-1980"
Topics for Discussion: The end of the postwar economic boom; Nixon and the Vietnam War; Détente; Nixon’s economic program; the election of 1972; the Watergate scandal; Nixon resigns the presidency; the Ford interlude; the election of Jimmy Carter, 1976; Carter’s diplomatic successes; the energy crisis; the Iranian hostage crisis.
· American Pageant, Chapter 42, pp. 964-988
Document Analysis: American Spirit, Chapter 42, “The Stalemated
Seventies,” pp. 508-514, Winding Down the Vietnam War. Using the documents,
answer question 2 on page 508.
Test on Chapters 41-42
6. "The Resurgence of Conservatism, 1981-1992"
Topics for Discussion: the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980; the “new right”; Reagan and the Soviets; the thawing of the Cold war; the Iran-Contra scandal;
American Pageant, Chapter 43, pp, 990-1022 (Survey)
Review for AP Exam
Final Exam