American History I and II
Grade level: 11-12
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Articles of Confederation |
Differing ideas of the republicanians; basic issues debated in drafting the Articles of Confederation; political and economic problems faced by the Confederation |
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Constitutional Convention |
Reasons for the convention; key conflicts at the convention and how they were resolved; form of government established by the Constitution |
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Ratification of the Constitution |
Federalist and anti federalist arguments over ratification of the Constitution; how and why the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution |
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Administration of George Washington |
Washington transformed the idea of the Constitution into a real government; compare the political differences of Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson and how these differences evolved into a two- party system |
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The United States and European Countries |
The nation’s development of foreign policy with France, Great Britain, and Spain; the Jay and Pinckney Treaties |
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US and Native Americans |
Causes and consequences of government policies toward Native Americans; causes and consequences of the Battle of Fallen Timbers |
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Jefferson Presidency |
Simplification of the Presidency; factors that lead to the decline of the Federalist Party; the Judicial review of the Louisiana Purchase; the Lewis and Clark Expedition |
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War of 1812 |
Events that led to the war; the course of the war; the role of Andrew Jackson; provisions of the Treaty of Ghent |
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Regional Economics |
Effects of the Industrial Revolution on the US; different economic systems of the north and south; the American Plan |
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Nationalism in the Early 1800’s |
Influence of nationalism on the courts; foreign affairs; westward expansion |
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Age of Jackson |
Expanding democracy under Jackson; Jackson’s presidential style; Indian Removal Act of 1830; Trail of Tears; tariffs and the issue of states’ rights; economic policies and their impact on Jackson’s successor |
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Religious Movements |
Second Great Awakening; African-American church; transcendentalism; civil disobedience; Unitarianism; utopian communities |
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Social Reforms |
Schools; mental hospitals; prisons; abolition of slavery; temperance; women’s rights |
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The Changing Workplace |
New manufacturing techniques; shift from home production to factory production; working conditions in factories |
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The Market Revolution |
Impact of inventions; improvement of transportation and communication systems |
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Manifest Destiny |
Westward movement during the mid 1800’s; impact of westward expansion on Native Americans; discovery of gold in California |
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Expansion in Texas |
Mexican encouragement of settlement in Texas; Texan independence |
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War with Mexico |
Conflicting attitudes on waging war with Mexico; key battles and results |
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Politics of Slavery |
Northern and southern economics and way of life; Wilmot Preciso; Compromise of 1850; Fugitive Slave Law; underground railroad; Kansas-Nebraska Act; John Brown |
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New Political Parties |
Republican know-nothing; Free Soil Party; 1856 election |
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Slavery and Secession |
Dred Scott Decision; John Brown’s Raid; Lincoln- Douglas debates; election of Abraham Lincoln; southern secession |
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The Civil War |
Causes of the war; war strategies; military and political leadership; technological innovations; the Emancipation Proclamation; opposition to the war; the role of African Americans; war’s impact on northern and southern economics and society; the Gettysburg Address; the legacy of the war |
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Politics of Reconstruction |
Lincoln’s reconstruction policies; Andrew Jackson’s reconstruction policies; Congressional reconstruction policies |
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Post-War South |
Physical damage; social needs; sealaways and carpetbaggers; challenges for former slaves |
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Reconstruction |
Violent actions by opponents of reconstruction; collapse of Congressional Reconstruction; achievements and failures of reconstruction; the election of 1876 |
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Cultures Clash on the Prairie |
Development of the cattle kingdom; Plain Indians; culture; government policies toward Native Americans; Battle of Little Big Horn and Wounded Knee; end of the open range |
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Settlement of the Great Plains |
Homestead Act; railroads; inventions and new technology; role of women; daily hardships |
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Populist Movement |
Economic problems of farmers rise; contributions and fall of the Populist Party; role of William Jennings Bryan |
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The Expansion of Industry |
New inventions; use of natural resources; new products; emergence and growth of unions; Social Darwinism and its effect on society; success of business tycoons such as Andrew Carnegie; union strikes; women in the labor movement |
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Age of Railroads |
Role of railroads in unifying the country; positive and negative effects of railroads on the economy; railroad reform |
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The New Immigrants |
Immigrants’ countries of origin; difficulties immigrants faced on their journey and upon arriving in America; causes and effects of nativists’ anti-immigrant sentiments |
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Challenges of Urbanization |
Housing issues; transportation issues; sanitation issues; safety issues; help for urban immigrants; emergence of political machines and political losses; local and national corruption; political reform |
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Science and Urban Life |
Impact of technological advances on urban life; communication advances; urban planning |
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Public Education |
Expansion and improvements in public education; educational experiences for African Americans and immigrants |
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Segregation and Discrimination |
Race relations in the north and south; Supreme Court rulings; discrimination in the west |
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Mass Culture |
Leisure activities; literature; journalism; new artistic movements; mail-order catalogs; advertising |
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Progressivism |
Origins; goals; achievements of progressivism |
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Women |
Women in the workplace; women suffrage movement; new opportunities for women in education |
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Theodore Roosevelt’s Square Deal |
Creation of the modern presidency; public health and the environment; business regulations; civil rights; the muckrakers |
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Taft Administration |
Differences between Taft and Roosevelt; Republican Party split election of 1912 |
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Wilson’s New Freedom |
Progressive reform; woman suffrage; civil rights; entry into World War I |
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Imperialism and America |
Policy of imperialism; growth of American imperialism; acquisition of Alaska and Hawaii; Boxer Rebellion; Open Door Policy |
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Spanish-American War |
Events that escalated the conflict between the US and Spain; course of the war and its results; Foraker Act; Platt Amendment |
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Philippine- American War |
Causes and results of the war |
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America as a World Power |
Russo-Japanese War; Panama Canal; Mexican Revolution; dollar diplomacy |
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World War I |
Long term causes and immediate circumstances that led to war; military strategies and leaders; entrance of the US into war and opinions about it; US role in the war; new weapons; conscientious objections; affect on US economy; espionage and Sedition Acts; flu epidemic of 1918; Wilson’s Fourteen Points; Treaty of Versailles; consequences of the war |
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Maps |
Location of countries around the world; location of selected landforms and bodies of water; capitals of countries in Asia and Oceania |