Text: THE AMERICAN PAGEANT Instructor: K. Jones
UNIT 1 - FOUNDING THE NEW NATION
Sub Unit: Colonial History
8/22-8/29: Ch. 2 The Planting of English America, 1500-1733 pp 25-42
•Elizabethan England and Colonization •Jamestown, 1607
8/22-8/29: Ch. 3 Settling the Northern Colonies, 1619-1700 pp 43-65
•The Puritan Faith •Plymouth Colony
•New England, New Netherlands, Pennsylvania, et all
PowerPoint Mayflower Compact (AAPARTS)8/22-8/29: Ch. 4 American Life in the Seventeenth Century, 1607-1692 pp 66-83
•African American culture •Salem Witch Trails
9/5-9/12: Ch. 5 Colonial Society on the Eve of the Revolution, 1700-1775 pp 84-105
•Colonial social structure •The Atlantic economy
•The Great Awakening
A Forgotten History: The Slave Trade and Slavery in New England
Pages 1-9 and Advanced Study Guide I
Pages 10-19 and Advanced Study Guide II
9/12-9/19: Ch. 6 The Duel for North America, 1608-1763 pp 106-121
•The French and Indian War, 1754-1763
POWERPOINT
Enslaved Experiences - Handout
•The Stamp Act crisis, 1765 •The “Intolerable Acts and the Continental Congress, 1774
•Lexington, Concord, and the gathering clouds of war, 1775
Miracle at Philadelphia read pages 104-127 and 168-184 and 197-204 POWERPOINT
A More Perfect Union: American Independence and the Constitution
Advanced Study Guide - Part I & Part II
•The Declaration of Independence • The French alliance
•American “Republicanism”
UNIT 2: BUILDING THE NEW NATION
Sub Unit: Post Independence and the Critical Period
10/3-10/10: Ch. 9 The Confederation and the Constitution, 1776-1790 pp 166-189
•The Articles of Confederation, 1781-1788 •The Northwest Ordinance, 1787
•The Constitutional Convention, 1787 •Ratification Debate, 1787-1790
10/10-10/17: Ch. 10 Launching the New Ship of State, 1789-1800 pp 190-210
•The Bill of Rights, 1791 •Hamilton’s economic policies
•The first Presidency •Federalists vs. Republicans
Sub Unit: Jefferson’s Administration
10/17-10/24: Ch. 11 The Triumphs and Travails of Jeffersonian Democracy, 1800-1812 pp 211-232
•The Jefferson Presidency • The Louisiana Purchase
•The Embargo, 1807-1809 •War Hawks from the West
Landmarks: Historic U.S. Supreme Court Cases (Marbury v. Madison, 1803) Challenge to the New Republic: The War of 1812
Advanced Study Guide I & II
10/24-10/31: Ch. 12 The Second War for Independence and the Upsurge of National, 1812-1824 pp 233-255
•The Invasion of Canada, 1812 •“The American System”
•Westward Expansion • The Marshall Court
•The Missouri Compromise •The Monroe Doctrine Landmarks: Historic U.S. Supreme Court Cases (MuCulloch v. Maryland, 1819)
10/24-10/31: Ch. 13 The Rise of a Mass Democracy, 1824-1840 pp 256-286
•Politics for the common people •The “corrupt bargain”, 1824
•President John Quincy Adams •The “Tariff of Abominations”
10/31-11/7: Ch. 14: Forging the National Economy, 1790-1860 pp 287-319
•S.C. Nullification Crisis •Jackson’s war on the U.S. Bank •Indian Removal •Texas •Whig Party • President Martin Van Buren • William Henry Harrison •Two-Party system
Sub Unit: Industry and Reform
11/7-11/14: Ch. 15: The Ferment of Reform and Culture, 1790-1860 pp 320-349
•European Immigration •Factory system
•Transportation Revolution •Continental economy
11/7-11/14: Ch. 16: The South and the Slavery Controversy, 1793-1860 pp 350-370
•Religious revivals •Roots of reform
UNIT 3 - TESTING THE NATION
Sub Unit: Expansion and Struggle
11/14-11/21: Ch. 17: Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy, 1841-1848 pp 371-389
11/14/11/21: Ch. 18: Renewing the Sectional Struggle, 1848-1854 pp 390-408
•President Taylor •Annexation of Texas 1845
•President Polk "54 40 or fight" •Mexican American War
11/21-11/28: Ch. 19: Drifting Toward Disunion, 1854-1861 pp 409-433
•California Statehood •The Compromise of 1850
•The Fugitive Slave Law •Kansas-Nebraska Act
11/28-12/5: Ch. 20: Girding for War The North & South, 1861-1865 pp 434-452
•Dred Scott Case •Lincoln Douglas Debates
•The John Brown Raid •Lincoln's Victory
VIDEO: John Brown's War
Sub Unit: Civil War and Reconstruction
11/28-12/5: Ch. 21: The Furnace of the Civil War, 1861-1865 pp 453-478
•The Emancipation Proclamation •Gettysburg •Sherman's March to the Sea •Lincoln's Assassination
•Presidential v. Congress (Reconstruction)
•Military Districts •Impeachment of Johnson
Reconstruction Report Cards - WS
UNIT 4 - FORGING AN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY
Sub Unit: Industry Comes of Age
12/12-1/9: Ch. 23: Political Paralysis and the Golden Age, 1869-1896 pp 504-529
•Railroad boom •Lord of Industry •Industry in the South •The Rise of Trade Unions
Sub Unit: Moving West
12/12-1/9: Ch. 25: American Moves to the City, 1865-1900 pp 558-593
1/9-1/16: Ch. 26: The Great West and the Agricultural Revolution, 1865-1896 pp 594-625
Beyond Manifest Destiny: America Enters the Age of Imperialism