Period 1 – 1491-1607 REVISED
January 2nd – January 19th
AP U.S. History Curriculum Framework
Key Concept 4.1: The United States began to develop a modern democracy and celebrated a new national culture, while Americans sought to define the nation’s democratic ideals and change their society and institutions to match them.
I. The nation’s transition to a more participatory democracy was achieved by expanding suffrage from a system based on property ownership to one based on voting by all adult white men, and it was accompanied by the growth of political parties.
II. While Americans embraced a new national culture, various groups developed distinctive cultures of their own.
III. Increasing numbers of Americans, many inspired by new religious and intellectual movements, worked primarily outside of government institutions to advance their ideals.
Key Concept 4.2: Innovations in technology, agriculture, and commerce powerfully accelerated the American economy, precipitating profound changes to U.S. society and to national and regional identities.
I. New transportation systems and technologies dramatically expanded manufacturing and agricultural production.
II. The changes caused by the market revolution had significant effects on U.S. society, workers’ lives, and gender and family relations.
III. Economic development shaped settlement and trade patterns, helping to unify the nation while also encouraging the growth of different regions.
Key Concept 4.3: The U.S. interest in increasing foreign trade and expanding its national borders shaped the nation’s foreign policy and spurred government and private initiatives.
I. Struggling to create an independent global presence, the United States sought to claim territory throughout the North American continent and promote foreign trade.
II. The United States’s acquisition of lands in the West gave rise to contests over the extension of slavery into new territories.
HOMEWORK
In your text, American History by Alan Brinkley (McGraw Hill), complete the following
Chapter 7, The Jeffersonian Age
- Read and annotate pages 180-211
- AP Connecting Themes
- Peopling: Analyze the factors that encouraged western migration and the consequences of that migration.
- Politics and Power: Explain the issues involved in the dissolution of the first American party system
- AP Suggested Study
- PEOPLE/PLACES/EVENTS (Page 212) Complete all PEOPLE/PLACES/EVENTS on index cards (YOU MUST FOLLOW THE SAME FORMAT AS YOUR SUMMER ASSIGNMENT)
- AP Test Practice
- Answer questions 1-8 (page 212)
Chapter 8, Varieties of American Nationalism
- Read and annotate 214-228
- AP Connecting Themes
- Work, Exchange, and Technology: Analyze the impact of the First Industrial Revolution and the development of a national market economy on the economic, political, and social aspects of American life.Peopling: Analyze the factors that encouraged western migration and the consequences of that migration.
- Politics and Power: Explain the issues involved in the dissolution of the first American party system.
- Ideas, Beliefs, and Culture: Explain the degree to which American nationalism conflicted with American regionalism.
- AP Suggested Study
- PEOPLE/PLACES/EVENTS (Page 228) Complete all PEOPLE/PLACES/EVENTS on index cards (YOU MUST FOLLOW THE SAME FORMAT AS YOUR SUMMER ASSIGNMENT)
- AP Test Practice
Answer questions 1-5 (page 228)
Chapter 9, Jacksonian America
- Read and annotate 229-253
- AP Connecting Themes
- Identity: Analyze the threats to American nationalism posed by increased sectional tension.
- Politics and Power: Explain the issues involved in the rise of the Second American Party System.
- Ideas, Beliefs, and Culture: Explain the theory of nullification and opposing views on the nature of the Union.
- AP Suggested Study
PEOPLE/PLACES/EVENTS (Page 252) Complete all PEOPLE/PLACES/EVENTS on index cards (YOU MUST FOLLOW THE SAME FORMAT AS YOUR SUMMER ASSIGNMENT) - AP Test Practice
Answer questions 1-8 (page 252-253)
Chapter 10, Varieties of American Nationalism
- Read and annotate 254-292
- AP Connecting Themes
- Identity: Analyze the the Irish and German immigration on notions of American identity.
- Work, Exchange, and Technology: Analyze the impact of technological innovations on the labor force, class distinctions, and social mobility.
- Peopling: Explain reasons for and consequences of rapid population growth in the United States.
- Politics and Power: Explain how movement toward a national market economy and the factory system led to political divisions and increased sectional tension.
- Ideas, Beliefs, and Culture:Analyze how the role of women changed as America moved closer to an urban-based industrial society.
- AP Suggested Study
PEOPLE/PLACES/EVENTS (Page 291) Complete all PEOPLE/PLACES/EVENTS on index cards (YOU MUST FOLLOW THE SAME FORMAT AS YOUR SUMMER ASSIGNMENT) - AP Test Practice
Answer questions 1- 13 (page 292)
Chapter 11, Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South
- Read and annotate 293-313
- AP Suggested Study
- PEOPLE/PLACES/EVENTS (Page 313) Complete all PEOPLE/PLACES/EVENTS on index cards (YOU MUST FOLLOW THE SAME FORMAT AS YOUR SUMMER ASSIGNMENT)
- AP Test Practice
Answer questions 1-6 (page 313)
Chapter 12, Antebellum Culture and Reform
- Read and annotate 314-337
- AP Connecting Themes
- Politics and Power: Explain how women and African Americans attempted to influence the political culture of the United States and the degree of success they attained in this time period.
- AP Suggested Study
- PEOPLE/PLACES/EVENTS (Page 337) Complete all PEOPLE/PLACES/EVENTS on index cards (YOU MUST FOLLOW THE SAME FORMAT AS YOUR SUMMER ASSIGNMENT)
- AP Test Practice
Answer questions 1-7 (page 338)
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READ THE FOLLOWING ESSAYS AND DOCUMENTS!
http://ap.gilderlehrman.org/resource/horrors-slavery-1805?period=4
http://ap.gilderlehrman.org/resource/map-louisiana-territory-1814?period=4
http://ap.gilderlehrman.org/resource/thomas-jefferson%27s-opposition-federalists-1810?period=4
http://ap.gilderlehrman.org/resource/jefferson-british-aggression-1815?period=4
http://ap.gilderlehrman.org/essay/new-nation-1783%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%E2%80%9C1815?period=4
https://ap.gilderlehrman.org/resource/founding-father-missouri-compromise-1819?period=4
https://ap.gilderlehrman.org/resource/northerner%27s-view-southern-slavery-1821?period=4
https://ap.gilderlehrman.org/resource/monroe-doctrine-1823?period=4
http://ap.gilderlehrman.org/resource/mirror-for-intemperate-ca-1830?period=4
http://ap.gilderlehrman.org/resource/american-colonization-society-membership-certifica?period=4
http://ap.gilderlehrman.org/resource/davy-crockett-removal-cherokees-1834?period=4
http://ap.gilderlehrman.org/resource/andrew-jackson-cherokee-tribe-1835?period=4
http://ap.gilderlehrman.org/resource/lowell-mill-girls-and-factory-system-1840?period=4
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January 30th to February 9th
Key Concept 5.1 — The United States became more connected with the world, pursued an expansionist foreign policy in the Western Hemisphere, and emerged as the destination for many migrants from other countries.
I. Popular enthusiasm for U.S. expansion, bolstered by economic and security interests, resulted in the acquisition of new territories, substantial migration westward, and new overseas initiatives.
II. In the 1840s and 1850s, Americans continued to debate questions about rights and citizenship for various groups of U.S. inhabitants.
Key Concept 5.2 — Intensified by expansion and deepening regional divisions, debates over slavery and other economic, cultural, and political issues led the nation into civil war
I. Ideological and economic differences over slavery produced an array of diverging responses from Americans in the North and the South.
II. Debates over slavery came to dominate political discussion in the 1850s, culminating in the bitter election of 1860 and the secession of Southern states
Key Concept 5.3 — The Union victory in the Civil War and the contested reconstruction of the South settled the issues of slavery
and secession, but left unresolved many questions about the power of the federal government and citizenship rights.
I. The North’s greater manpower and industrial resources, the leadership of Abraham Lincoln and others, and the decision to emancipate slaves eventually led to the Union military victory over the Confederacy in the devastating Civil War.
II. Reconstruction and the Civil War ended slavery, altered relationships between the states and the federal government, and led to debates over new definitions of citizenship, particularly regarding the rights of African Americans, women, and other minorities.
HOMEWORK
Chapter 13, The Impending Crisis
- Read and annotate 340-363
- AP Connecting Themes
- Environment and Geography: Explain the impact of territorial acquisition in intensifying sectional conflict.
- AP Suggested Study
- PEOPLE/PLACES/EVENTS (Page 362) Complete all PEOPLE/PLACES/EVENTS on index cards (YOU MUST FOLLOW THE SAME FORMAT AS YOUR SUMMER ASSIGNMENT)
- AP Test Practice Answer questions 1-8 (page 362-363)
Chapter 14, The Civil War
- Read and annotate 364-398
- AP Suggested Study
- PEOPLE/PLACES/EVENTS (Page 397-398) Complete all PEOPLE/PLACES/EVENTS on index cards (YOU MUST FOLLOW THE SAME FORMAT AS YOUR SUMMER ASSIGNMENT)
- AP Test Practice Answer questions 1-6 (page 398)
Chapter 15, Reconstruction and the New South
- Read and annotate 400-429
- AP Connecting Themes
- Politics and Power: Identify the political changes brought about by Reconstruction
- AP Suggested Study
- PEOPLE/PLACES/EVENTS (Page 429) Complete all PEOPLE/PLACES/EVENTS on index cards (YOU MUST FOLLOW THE SAME FORMAT AS YOUR SUMMER ASSIGNMENT)
- AP Test Practice Answer questions 1-6 (page 429)
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February 28th – March 10th
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Key Concept 6.1: Technological advances, large-scale production methods, and the opening of new markets encouraged the rise of industrial capitalism in the United States.
I. Large-scale industrial production — accompanied by massive technological change, expanding international communication networks, and pro-growth government policies — generated rapid economic development and business consolidation.
II. A variety of perspectives on the economy and labor developed during a time of financial panics and downturns.
III. New systems of production and transportation enabled consolidation within agriculture, which, along with periods of instability, spurred a variety of responses from farmers.
Key Concept 6.2: The migrations that accompanied industrialization transformed both urban and rural areas of the United States and caused dramatic social and cultural change.
I. International and internal migration increased urban populations and fostered the growth of a new urban culture.
II. Larger numbers of migrants moved to the West in search of land and economic opportunity, frequently provoking competition and violent conflict.
Key Concept 6.3: The Gilded Age produced new cultural and intellectual movements, public reform efforts, and political debates over economic and social policies.
I. New cultural and intellectual movements both buttressed and challenged the social order of the Gilded Age.
II. Dramatic social changes in the period inspired political debates over citizenship, corruption, and the proper relationship between business and government.
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Rise of American Business Industry and Labor 2016-2017
HOMEWORK
In your text, American History by Alan Brinkley (McGraw Hill), complete the following
Chapter 16, The Conquest of the Far West
Read and annotate 430-457
- AP Connecting Themes
- Environment and Geography: Analyze the impact of the various aspects of western settlement on the environment of the region and the environment’s impact on settlement.
- AP Suggested Study
- PEOPLE/PLACES/EVENTS (Page 456) Complete all PEOPLE/PLACES/EVENTS on index cards (YOU MUST FOLLOW THE SAME FORMAT AS YOUR SUMMER ASSIGNMENT)
- AP Test Practice
Answer questions 1-7 (page 457)
Chapter 17, Industrial Supremacy
Read and annotate 459-485
- AP Suggested Study
- PEOPLE/PLACES/EVENTS (Page 484) Complete all PEOPLE/PLACES/EVENTS on index cards (YOU MUST FOLLOW THE SAME FORMAT AS YOUR SUMMER ASSIGNMENT)
- AP Test Practice
Answer questions 1-12 (page 485)
Chapter 18, The Age of the City
Read and annotate 486-513
- AP Suggested Study
- PEOPLE/PLACES/EVENTS (Page 512) Complete all PEOPLE/PLACES/EVENTS on index cards (YOU MUST FOLLOW THE SAME FORMAT AS YOUR SUMMER ASSIGNMENT)
- AP Test Practice
Answer questions 1-9 (page 512-513)
Chapter 19, From Crisis to Empire
Read and annotate 514-550
- AP Suggested Study
- PEOPLE/PLACES/EVENTS (Page 549) Complete all PEOPLE/PLACES/EVENTS on index cards (YOU MUST FOLLOW THE SAME FORMAT AS YOUR SUMMER ASSIGNMENT)
- AP Test Practice
Answer questions 1-8 (page 549-550)
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DOCUMENTS, READINGS, and MEDIA
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The Rise of J. P. Morgan
Rockefeller’s Standard Oil
The Rise of Cornelius Vanderbilt
The Rise of Thomas Edison
Vanderbilt Constructs Grand Central
The Men Who Built America: Competitive Nature
Henry Ford’s Motor Company
Henry Ford’s Model A revolutionized the car industry and shaped the future of American society.
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March 23rd
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Urban Political Machines – Guided Readings
MARCH 24th
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American Society Adjusts to Industrialization 2016-2017
MARCH 27th to MARCH 31st
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April 3rd to April 14th
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Key Concept 7.1: Growth expanded opportunity, while economic instability led to new efforts to reform U.S. society and its economic system. I. The United States continued its transition from a rural, agricultural economy to an urban, industrial economy led by large companies.
I. The United States continued its transition from a rural, agricultural economy to an urban, industrial economy led by large companies.
II. In the Progressive Era of the early 20th century, Progressives responded to political corruption, economic instability, and social concerns by calling for greater government action and other political and social measures.
III. During the 1930s, policymakers responded to the mass unemployment and social upheavals of the Great Depression by transforming the U.S. into a limited welfare state, redefining the goals and ideas of modern American liberalism.
Key Concept 7.2: Innovations in communications and technology contributed to the growth of mass culture, while significant changes occurred in internal and international migration patterns.
I. Popular culture grew in influence in U.S. society, even as debates increased over the effects of culture on public values, morals, and American national identity.
II. Economic pressures, global events, and political developments caused sharp variations in the numbers, sources, and experiences of both international and internal migrants.
Key Concept 7.3: Participation in a series of global conflicts propelled the United States into a position of international power while renewing domestic debates over the nation’s proper role in the world.
I. In the late 19th century and early 20th century, new U.S. territorial ambitions and acquisitions in the Western Hemisphere and the Pacific accompanied heightened public debates over America’s role in the world.
II. World War I and its aftermath intensified ongoing debates about the nation’s role in the world and how best to achieve national security and pursue American interests.
III. U.S. participation in World War II transformed American society, while the victory of the United States and its allies over the Axis powers vaulted the U.S. into a position of global, political, and military leadership.
HOMEWORK
In your text, American History by Alan Brinkley (McGraw Hill), complete the following
Chapter 20, The Progressives
Read and annotate 551-582
- AP Suggested Study
- PEOPLE/PLACES/EVENTS (Page 581-582) Complete all PEOPLE/PLACES/EVENTS on index cards (YOU MUST FOLLOW THE SAME FORMAT AS YOUR SUMMER ASSIGNMENT)
- AP Test Practice
Answer questions 1-8 (page 582)
Chapter 21, America and the Great War
Read and annotate 583-612
- AP Suggested Study
- PEOPLE/PLACES/EVENTS (Page 612-613) Complete all PEOPLE/PLACES/EVENTS on index cards (YOU MUST FOLLOW THE SAME FORMAT AS YOUR SUMMER ASSIGNMENT)
- AP Test Practice
Answer questions 1-10 (page 612-613)
Chapter 22, The New Era
Read and annotate 614-638
- AP Suggested Study
- PEOPLE/PLACES/EVENTS (Page 638) Complete all PEOPLE/PLACES/EVENTS on index cards (YOU MUST FOLLOW THE SAME FORMAT AS YOUR SUMMER ASSIGNMENT)
- AP Test Practice
Answer questions 1-5 (page 638)
Chapter 23, The Great Depression
Read and annotate 639-660
- AP Suggested Study
- PEOPLE/PLACES/EVENTS (Page 660) Complete all PEOPLE/PLACES/EVENTS on index cards (YOU MUST FOLLOW THE SAME FORMAT AS YOUR SUMMER ASSIGNMENT)
- AP Test Practice
Answer questions 1-4 (page 660)
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April 18th to April 22nd
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Key Concept 7.1: Growth expanded opportunity, while economic instability led to new efforts to reform U.S. society and its economic system. I. The United States continued its transition from a rural, agricultural economy to an urban, industrial economy led by large companies.
I. The United States continued its transition from a rural, agricultural economy to an urban, industrial economy led by large companies.
II. In the Progressive Era of the early 20th century, Progressives responded to political corruption, economic instability, and social concerns by calling for greater government action and other political and social measures.
III. During the 1930s, policymakers responded to the mass unemployment and social upheavals of the Great Depression by transforming the U.S. into a limited welfare state, redefining the goals and ideas of modern American liberalism.
Key Concept 7.2: Innovations in communications and technology contributed to the growth of mass culture, while significant changes occurred in internal and international migration patterns.
I. Popular culture grew in influence in U.S. society, even as debates increased over the effects of culture on public values, morals, and American national identity.
II. Economic pressures, global events, and political developments caused sharp variations in the numbers, sources, and experiences of both international and internal migrants.
Key Concept 7.3: Participation in a series of global conflicts propelled the United States into a position of international power while renewing domestic debates over the nation’s proper role in the world.
I. In the late 19th century and early 20th century, new U.S. territorial ambitions and acquisitions in the Western Hemisphere and the Pacific accompanied heightened public debates over America’s role in the world.
II. World War I and its aftermath intensified ongoing debates about the nation’s role in the world and how best to achieve national security and pursue American interests.
III. U.S. participation in World War II transformed American society, while the victory of the United States and its allies over the Axis powers vaulted the U.S. into a position of global, political, and military leadership.
HOMEWORK
In your text, American History by Alan Brinkley (McGraw Hill), complete the following
Chapter 20, The Progressives
Read and annotate 551-582
- AP Suggested Study
- PEOPLE/PLACES/EVENTS (Page 581-582) Complete all PEOPLE/PLACES/EVENTS on index cards (YOU MUST FOLLOW THE SAME FORMAT AS YOUR SUMMER ASSIGNMENT)
- AP Test Practice
Answer questions 1-8 (page 582)
Chapter 21, America and the Great War
Read and annotate 583-612
- AP Suggested Study
- PEOPLE/PLACES/EVENTS (Page 612-613) Complete all PEOPLE/PLACES/EVENTS on index cards (YOU MUST FOLLOW THE SAME FORMAT AS YOUR SUMMER ASSIGNMENT)
- AP Test Practice
Answer questions 1-10 (page 612-613)
Chapter 22, The New Era
Read and annotate 614-638
- AP Suggested Study
- PEOPLE/PLACES/EVENTS (Page 638) Complete all PEOPLE/PLACES/EVENTS on index cards (YOU MUST FOLLOW THE SAME FORMAT AS YOUR SUMMER ASSIGNMENT)
- AP Test Practice
Answer questions 1-5 (page 638)
Chapter 23, The Great Depression
Read and annotate 639-660
- AP Suggested Study
- PEOPLE/PLACES/EVENTS (Page 660) Complete all PEOPLE/PLACES/EVENTS on index cards (YOU MUST FOLLOW THE SAME FORMAT AS YOUR SUMMER ASSIGNMENT)
- AP Test Practice
Answer questions 1-4 (page 660)
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