Holy Spirit Preparatory School
ADVANCED PLACEMENT UNITED STATES
HISTORY
Ms. Stedman
1st Quarter Assignments 2nd Quarter Assignments 3rd Quarter Assignments 4th Quarter Assignments
Instructions for Chapter Study
Guides Quizlet Chapter
Reviews Essay Writing Help Guide
Thematic Presidential Flashcards
Exam Review Weekly AP Review Quiz
Course Overview
This course
is designed to provide a college-level experience and preparation for the Advanced Placement (AP) Examination in May 2018. An emphasis is placed on interpreting documents, mastering a significant body of factual information, and writing critical essays. The nations
history is broken into nine periods: 1491-1607 (Spanish
colonization), 1607-1754 (English colonization), 1754-1800
(revolution and the new republic), 1800-1848 (the market
revolution and reform), 1844-1877 (Manifest Destiny and Civil
War), 1865-1898 (the development of industrial America and
imperialism), 1898-1945 (the first half of the 20th
Century), 1945-1980 (the Cold War era), and 1980 to the present. This course fulfills the United States history graduation requirement.
In addition to the topics listed above, 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 diversity and the development of a unique American identity and culture, demographic changes over the course of Americas history,
economic trends and
transformations in technology and the workplace, issues dealing with both the physical environment and human geography, the development of political institutions and the components of citizenship, social reform movements, the role of religion in the making of the United States and its impact in a multicultural society, the history of slavery and its legacies in this 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.
Throughout the
course, students will work on nine specific historical skills as they study each unit. These skills will include an understanding of historical causation, the identification of patterns of continuity and change over time, the ability to compare and contrast historical developments and personalities, the ability to place historical events and processes into logical contexts, the practice of constructing and analyzing historical arguments, the use of relevant historical evidence in making these evaluations, and the interpretation and synthesis of historical interpretations from different fields of inquiry or disciplines.
Course Textbooks:
Kennedy, D. M. & Bailey, T. A. (2002). The American Pageant: A History of the Republic. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. (Required)
Kennedy, D. M. & Bailey, T. A. (2002). The American Spirit. (Vol. I: to 1877). Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company. (in class supplement)
Kennedy, D. M. & Bailey, T. A. (2002). The American Spirit. (Vol. II: Since 1865). Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company. (in class supplement)
The course progression will follow this timeline:
Periods 1 & 2 : 1491-1754 (Colonial America)
~ 15 days
Objectives:
Describe the Pre-Columbian Societies
Compare Spanish, French and British settlement of the New World
Compare the New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies
o Analyze the government structures established in
the colonies
o Analyze the economic foundations of the colonies d
o Analyze the impact of religion on the colonies
Evaluate the impact of the colonists settlements on the native
population
Assess the population growth and change within the colonies and
evaluate its impact on the colonies relationship with Great
Britain
Readings: American Pageant Chapters: |
Due Date |
Online
Quizzes |
1:
New World Beginnings |
8/8 |
Online Quizzes:
Are
just that - a quiz. Online quizzes are to be completed independently; no notes, texts, or other materials may be used while taking the quiz. This applies to ALL online quizzes we will take this year. The school's honor code is enforced! Chapter 1 Reading Quiz: This quiz contains 15 questions, is due on 8/10 at 8am, and must be completed in 9 minutes. A good video review of Chapter 1 from Biography of America: New World Encounters |
2: The Planting of
English America Article: Jamestown at 400 - Due |
8/15 |
Chapter 2
Reading Quiz: This quiz contains 15
questions and must be completed in 9 minutes. It is due on
8/17 at 8am. |
4: American Life in the Seventeenth Century | Pages: 68-79 8/20 Pages: 80-86 8/29 |
Chapter 4
Reading Quiz: The following quiz contains 10 questions
and must be completed in 6 minutes. It is due on 8/31
at 8am. |
3: Settling the Northern Colonies | 8/24 |
Chapter 3
Reading Quiz: The following quiz contains 20
questions and should be completed in 13 minutes. It is
due on 8/27 at 8am. A good video review of Chapter 2 & 3 from Biography of America: English Settlement - New England and Virginia DBQ Due: 9/4 |
5: Colonial Society on the Eve of Revolution | 9/5 |
Chapter 5
Reading Quiz: You will have 9 minutes to
complete this 13 question online quiz. The quiz is due
before 9/7 at 8:00am. Good luck! Biography: Ben Franklin A good video extension of Chapters 4 & 5: Biography of America: Growth and Empire |
Unit 1 Test: |
9/11 |
Periods
1 & 2 Vocabulary Video reviews provided by the Bill of Rights Institute 5 minute video review of the Columbian Exchange Excellent 5 minute video review of colonization Mercantilism and the Colonial Economy |
American Spirit Chapters and Sections:
2: Precarious Beginnings in Virginia
5: The Great Awakening
Period 3: 1754-1800 (Building a New Nation)
~ 13 days
Objectives:
Explain the cause of the French and Indian War; identify and
explain the short and long term consequences of the war
Explain the impact of mercantilism on the Colonies
Analyze the Acts that lead the Colonists to declare their
independence
Describe the strengths and weaknesses of both the Colonial and
British armies
Describe the Articles of Confederation; explain the rational of
its construction; analyze the problems of the Articles of
Confederation
Explain the values of the federalists and the anti-federalists;
synthesize the differences between the two groups.
Analyze the process used to devise a new federal government;
describe the government that was formed
Analyze the domestic, economic and international challenges
faced by Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison
Readings:
American Pageant Chapters: |
Due Dates |
Online
Quizzes |
6: The Dual for North America | 9/13 |
Chapter 6
Reading Quiz: You will have 10 minutes to
complete this 16 question online quiz. The quiz must
be completed before Sept. 17 at 8:00am. Good luck! Extended Learning of Chapter 6: PBS The War that Made America Part 1 |
7: The Road to Revolution | 9/19 |
Ch 7 Reading
Quiz: The following quiz contains 21
questions and must be completed in 12 minutes. It is
due on 9/21 at 8am. Video Review: Biography of America - The Coming of Independence |
8: America Secedes from the Empire | 9/24 |
Ch 8 Reading
Quiz: This quiz contains 10 questions and must
be completed in 7 minutes. It is due on 9/27 at 8am. American Independence DBQ: 9/27 |
9:
The Confederation and the Constitution |
10/1 |
Chapter 9
Reading Quiz: The following quiz contains 18 questions
and must be completed in 13 minutes. It is due on
10/3 at 8am. Video Review: Biography of America - A New System of Government |
10: Launching a New Ship of State | 10/5 |
Chapter 10
Reading Quiz: The following quiz contains
20 questions; it must be completed within 12 minutes.
It is due on 10/9 at 8am. |
Unit 2 Test |
10/11 |
Period
3 Vocabulary Period 3 Review Video - from Gilder-Lehrman Institute for American History The American Revolution - from the James Madison Foundation The Articles of Confederation - from the Bill of Rights Foundation The Constitutional Convention - from the James Madison Foundation A New System of Government - Biography of America (Annenberg) The Constitution / Federalists Debates - from the Bill of Rights Foundation |
American Spirit Chapters:
7: The Burden of Mercantilism
9: The Shock of Shays Rebellion
9: State Debts and the National Bank
9: Alien Sedition Hysteria
A Documentary History of the United States:
Common Sense, Thomas Paine
Federalist Number 10, James Madison
Washington's Farewell Address
2ND QUARTER
Period 4: 1800-1848 (Market Economy & a New Democracy)
~ 12 days
Objectives:
Identify and describe the evolution of political parties
Explain the ways in which President Jackson promoted the
interests of the common man
Explain the ways in which President Jackson both increased and
decreased the power of the federal government
Analyze the impact of the industrial and transportation
revolution of the late 1700 and early 1800s
Identify and explain the reform movements of the early to mid
1800s
Readings: American Pageant Chapters: |
Due Date | Online Quizzes |
11: The Triumphs
and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic Article: Revolution of 1800 |
10/16 |
Chapter 11
Reading Quiz: You will have 8 minutes to
complete this 13 question online quiz. The quiz must be
completed before Oct. 18 at 8:00am. Good luck! |
12: The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of Nationalism | 10/22 |
Chapter 12
Reading Quiz: You will have 14 minutes to
complete this 21 question online quiz. The quiz and must be
completed before Oct. 24th at 8:00am. Good luck! |
14: Forging the
National Economy
|
10/25 |
Ch. 14
Quiz: The following quiz has 21
questions. You will have 12 minutes to complete the
quiz. It is due on 10/29 @ 8am. In Class Activity: Transportation Revolution due on 10/25 |
13:
The Rise of a Mass Democracy |
10/31 |
Ch 13 Reading
Quiz: This is a 24 question quiz to be completed
in 15 minutes. It is due on 11/2 at 8am. Indian Removal DBQ due 11/7 |
15:
The Ferment of Reform and Culture |
11/5 |
Ch. 15
Reading Quiz: The following quiz has 19
questions. You will have 11 minutes to complete the quiz. It
due at 8am on 11/7. |
Unit 3 Test |
11/13 |
BRI Review of U.S.
Foreign Policy 1791-1815 BRI Review of National Identity in the Early 1800s Abolitionists / Reform Movements Review Period 4 Vocabulary |
American Spirit Chapters:
The Monroe Doctrine
13: The Nullification Crisis
13: The War on the Bank
14: The Spread of the Factory
14: The Flocking of Immigrants
A Documentary History of the United States:
First Issue of the Liberator, William Lloyd Garrison
Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions
Period 5: 1844-1877 (The Antebellum South, Sectionalism, Civil
War & Reconstruction )
~ 14 days
Objectives:
Evaluate the impact of slavery on the physical growth of the
nation as well as on the growing political division of the nation
Analyze the ways and means through which territory was added to
the United States
Analyze the short and long term causes of the Civil War
o Explain the economic interdependence of the
North and the South; evaluate the South's economic status compared
to that of the North
o Evaluate the role of states rights v. national
government
o Evaluate the impact of the election of Lincoln
o Analyze the impact of the peculiar institution as
a cause of the war
Evaluate the North and South's strengths and weaknesses during
the war
Analyze the Reconstruction plans of Lincoln, Johnson and the
U.S. Congress
Evaluate the results of Reconstruction on the South
Readings: American Pageant Chapters: |
Due Dates | Online Quizzes |
17: Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy | 11/15 |
Ch. 17
Reading Quiz: The following quiz has 15
questions. You will have 10 minutes to complete the quiz. It
is due on 11/19 at 8:00am. Mexican-American War (short film): please watch and take notes on this film before coming to class on |
16: The South and
the Slavery Controversy Read and annotate the King Cotton article |
11/26 |
Kansas-Nebraska Act reading and questions |
18: Renewing the Sectional Struggle | 11/26 |
Ch. 16 / 18
Reading Quiz: You will have 19 minutes to
complete the following 30 question quiz. The quiz is
due on 11/28 at 8am. |
19: Drifting Towards Disunion | 12/4 |
Ch. 19 Reading Quiz:
You will have 8
minutes to complete this 14 question online quiz. The quiz
must be completed before Dec. 6 at 8:00am. Good luck! |
20: Girding for War: The North and The
South |
12/10 |
Ch. 20 &
21 Reading Quiz: The following quiz has 22
questions and must be completed within 13 minutes. It
is due 12/14 at 8:00am.
|
21: The Furnace of Civil War Period 5 Vocabulary |
12/13 |
Review (Study Guide) Outlines:
Practice
Midterm: The midterm will contain 41
multiple choice questions to be completed in 41
minutes. This practice midterm will generate a
practice midterm - 40 questions to be completed in 27
minutes. You may take this practice exam as many
times as you wish; each time it will generate a new test
with "new" questions. Your best grade will count as
a quiz grade. Due Unit Review |
22: The Ordeal of Reconstruction |
1/9 |
Ch. 22
Reading Quiz: This quiz contains 19 questions
and must be completed in 11 minutes. It is due by
8:00am on 1/11. |
American Spirit Chapters:
18: The Wilmot Proviso Issue
18: The Compromise Debates of 1850
18: Reactions to the Fugitive Slave Law 22: The
Debate on Reconstruction Policy
22: Black Reconstruction
A Documentary History of the United States:
Dred Scott v. Sanford, Chief Justice Roger B. Taney for the
Supreme Court
The Emancipation Proclamation, Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
Period 6: 1865 -1898 (Building an Industrial Society,
the Development of the West, & Imperialism)
~ 14 days
Objectives:
Analyze the development and changes that occurred in industry
with particular focus on railroads, steel, and oil
o Evaluate the impact of these developments on labor;
analyze the rise of trade unions
Evaluate the problems of political and business corruption
Analyze the concerns of the Populists; evaluate their success in
achieving political change
Analyze the debate over the coinage of silver
Describe the changing patterns of immigration
o Explain the rise of nativism and analyze its impact
on U.S. policies
Explain the rise of cities
Explain the U.S. policy towards Native Americans and evaluate
its impact on Native American society
Readings:
American Pageant Chapters:
Readings: American Pageant Chapters: |
Due Date |
Online Quizzes |
23: Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age | 1/14 |
Ch. 23
Reading Quiz: This quiz contains 26 questions
and must be completed within 17 minutes. It is due on
1/16 at 8am. |
24: Industry Comes of Age | 1/17 |
Ch. 24
Reading Quiz: This quiz contains 22 multiple
choice questions and must be completed in 14 minutes.
it is due on 1/22 by 8:00am. |
25: America Moves to the City | 1/23 |
Ch. 25
Reading Quiz: TThis quiz contains 24 multiple
choice questions and must be completed in 15 minutes.
Due: 8:00am on 1/25. Watch A Trip Through the Tenement Museum in New York City - 33 mins |
26: The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution | 1/29 |
Ch. 26
Reading Quiz: This quiz contains 22
multiple choice questions and must be completed in 13
minutes. Due 1/31 @ 8am. History Lab Assignment: Plight of the Native Americans 1851-1890: assignment due on: 2/1
|
27: Empire & Expansion | 2/6 |
Ch. 27
Reading Quiz: This quiz contains 25
questions and must be completed in 15 minutes. It is
due on 2/8 at 8am. Extra: Watch The American Experience's The Panama Canal |
Test |
Period
6 Vocabulary The Gilded Age, Robber Barons, and The Rise of Big Business - video from the Bill of Rights Institute Progressivism and the New Deal - video from the Bill of Rights Institute Review Video - brought to you by Gilder-Lehrman |
American Spirit Chapters:
23: Race Divides the South
24: The Trust and Monopoly
24: The New Philosophy of Materialism
24: Labor in Industrial America
25: The Changing Role of Women
26: The Plight of the Indian
26: The Farmers Protest Movement
26: The Free-Silver Mirage
27: The Siren Song of Imperialism
Documentary History of the United States:
The Significance of the Frontier in American History,
Frederick Jackson Turner
Letter on Labor in Industrial Society, Samuel Gompers
Populist Party Platform
Cross of Gold Speech, William Jennings Bryan
Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, Theodore Roosevelt
Period 7: 1890-1945 (The first half of the 20th Century)
~ 17 days
Objectives:
Analyze the U.S. motives for imperialism
o Describe the Spanish American War
o Evaluate the U.S. policies toward the various lands
acquired through this war
Describe the demographics of the Progressives; analyze the
reforms they advocated
Analyze the change in U.S. policies towards industry
Evaluate the reforms created to help labor and immigrants
Assess the work of African American and women leaders in
bringing civil rights reform to their constituents
Explain the U.S. isolationism
Analyze the motives for the U.S. involvement in WWI
Explain the social and cultural revolution of the 1920s
Explain the cause of the boom the U.S. economy of the 1920s
Analyze the problems faced by farmers in the 1920s
Analyze the cause of the Great Depression and Hoovers policy
response to the Depression
Explain the New Deal and evaluate its success
Explain FDRs early foreign policy and analyze the change from a
policy of isolationism to involvement in WWII
Analyze the U.S. involvement in WWII
Analyze the impact of the U.S. involvement in WWII on the home
front
Readings: American Pageant Chapters: |
Due Date | Online Quizzes |
28: Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt | 2/21 |
Ch. 28
Reading Quiz: This quiz contains 22 questions
and must be completed in 14 minutes. It is due on 2/25
at 8am. Extra: Watch The American Experience's The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire |
29: Wilsonian Progressivism at Home and Abroad | 2/26 |
Ch. 29
Reading Quiz: This quiz contains 15 questions
and must be completed in 9 minutes. Due on 3/1 at 8am. |
30: The War to End War | 3/12 |
Ch. 30
Reading Quiz: The following quiz contains 17
questions and must be completed in 10 minutes. It is
due on 3/14 at 8am. |
31: American Life in the Roaring Twenties | 3/18 |
Ch. 31
Reading Quiz: This quiz contains 11 questions and
must be completed in 7 minutes. This quiz is due on
3/20 at 8:00am. |
32: The Politics of Boom and Bust | 3/22 |
Ch. 32
Reading Quiz: This quiz contains 20
questions and must be completed in 12 minutes. This quiz is
due on 3/25 at 8am. |
33: The Great Depression and the New Deal | 3/26 |
Ch 33.
Reading Quiz: This quiz contains 28 questions
and must be completed in 18 minutes. This quiz is due
on 3/28 at 8am. Don't forget to take your Weekly Review Quiz by 6pm on Friday!! Extra: Watch The American Experience's: Surviving the Dust Bowl |
34: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow of War | 4/1 |
Ch. 34
Reading Quiz: The following quiz contains 20
questions and must be completed in 12 minutes. It is
due on 4/3 at 8am. Complete the WWII: The European Theatre map activity by 4/1; take notes as you go! |
35:
America in World War II
|
4/4 |
Ch. 35
Reading Quiz: The following quiz contains 16 questions
and must be completed in 10 minutes. It is due on 4/8
at 8am. Don't forget to take your Weekly Review Quiz by 6pm on Friday!! In-class DBQ on 4/4 |
Unit Test |
4/9 |
Period
7 Vocabulary The 20s - video from Biography of America The Great Depression: Economic Causes and Repercussions - video from the Bill of Rights Institute FDR & the Depression - video from Biography of America Progressivism and the New Deal - video from the Bill of Rights Institute World War II - video from Biography of America Period 7 Review Video - brought to you by Gilder Lehrman |
American Spirit Chapters:
29: The Plight of Labor
29: The Crusade for Women's Suffrage
31: War with Germany
31: The Propaganda Front
33: Depression Descends
33: Herbert Hoover Clashes with Franklin Roosevelt
34: The Face of the Great Depression
34: Voices of Protest
34: Conservation in the New Deal
36: War in the American Society
36: The Second Front Controversy
36: Dropping the Atomic Bomb
Documentary History of the United States:
War Message to Congress, Woodrow Wilson
F.D.R.s First Inaugural Address
Period 7: 1945-1980 (The Cold War & Civil
Rights Era)
~ 16 days
Objectives:
Explain the post-war boom of the 1950s
Analyze the U.S. strategy towards the containment of Communism
o Describe the U.S. strategy towards the rebuilding
of Europe
o Explain the U.S. competition with the USSR
o Analyze the U.S. involvement in the Korean and
Vietnam Wars
Explain the Red Scare
Analyze the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s
Explain the evolving economic roles of men and women
Analyze the success of the Great Society
Readings: American Pageant Chapters: |
Due Date | Online Quizzes |
36:
The Cold War Begins
|
4/10 |
Ch. 36
Reading Quiz: The following quiz contains 22
questions and must be competed in 13 minutes. Due on
4/12 @ 8am. |
37:
The Eisenhower Era
|
4/15 |
Chapter 37
Quiz: The following quiz contains 20 questions and must be
completed in 12 minutes. It is due on 4/17 at 8am. Exam Review Documents: Don't forget to take your Weekly Review Quiz by 6pm on Friday!! |
38: The Stormy Sixties | 4/24 |
Chapter 38
Quiz: The following quiz contains 28 questions and
must be completed in 18 minutes. Extra: Watch The American Experience's The Freedom Riders |
39: The Stalemated Seventies | 4/29 |
Ch. 39
Reading Quiz: The following quiz contains
24 questions and must be competed in 20 minutes. Watch Watergate Video: due on |
37: The Truman Doctrine
37: The Marshall Plan
38: The McCarthy Hysteria
38: The Supreme Court and the Black Revolution
39: President Johnson's Great Society
39: The Black Revolution Erupts
39: Vietnam Troubles
Documentary History of the United States:
The Marshall Plan, George C. Marshall
Brown v. Board, Chief Justice Earl Warren for the Supreme Court
Civil Rights Speech, JFK
Birmingham City Jail Unwise and Untimely Letter, Martin Luther
King, Jr.
Period 8: 1980-Present (Modern America )
~ 5 days
Objectives:
Analyze the evolution in U.S. relations with Communist nations
Analyze evolution of U.S. economic policy after the Great
Society
Evaluate the foreign policies of Nixon, Carter, Reagan, Bush,
and Clinton
Readings:
American Pageant Chapters:
Readings: American Pageant Chapters: |
Due Date | Online Quizzes |
40: The Resurgence of Conservativism | 5/2 |
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41:
America Confronts the Post-Cold War Era |
5/2 |
Ch. 40 & 41 Reading Quiz: The following quiz contains 30 questions and must be competed in 18 minutes. |
Mock Exam |
5/4 |
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42: The American
People Face a New Century |
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Short
Exam Review Videos brought to you by the Bill of Rights Institute Short Exam Review Videos brought to you by the Gilder-Lehrman Institute for American History |
American Spirit Chapters:
40: The Revitalization of the Feminist Movement
41: The Reagan Revolution in Economic Policy
41: Reagans Foreign Policies
Weekly AP Review
Quiz: This
quiz is due each Friday at 6pm. The quiz contains 40
randomly selected questions on all of the units we have covered
thus far and must be completed in 27 minutes. The quiz may
be taken as many times as the student wishes; the best score
achieved each week will count as a quiz grade.
Term Review:
Colonial Era
Revolution &
Early National Era
Antebellum Era
through the Civil War
Reconstruction
through the Gilded Age & Imperialism
Progressives through
the New Deal