Reconstruction
and the New South
Reading: The American Pageant
Chapter 22
Essay # 1 - Reconstruction Essay Due
Thursday 9/24 (see handouts)
The West
Readings: The American Pageant Chapter
26, America's Women Chapter 10
Test Friday 10/2 - Reconstruction, The
New South and The West
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The Gilded Age and Industrialization
Reading: The American Pageant
Chapter 23,
Political Cartoon Assignment: Cartoon
chosen by Monday 10/12, Analysis due Thursday 10/15 (see handouts)
Test # 2 - Thursday October 23
Essay # 2 Due Monday October 26
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Urbanization and Immigration
Reading: The American
Pageant Chapters 24 and 25, America's Women Chapter 11 and 12
Excerpt from 10 Days That
Unexpectedly Changed America - "July 6, 1892, The Homestead Strike"
Test # 3 - Friday November 13
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Imperialism and the Progressive
Era
Readings: The American Pageant,
Chapters 27, 28 and 29
Excerpt from American Issues -
Chapter 3: Outward Thrust (Reading Form Due Tuesday 11/24)
America's Women -
Chapter 13: Turn of the Century (Reading Form Due Thursday 12/3)
America's Women - - Chapter 14: Reforming
the World (Reading Form Due Monday, 12/7)
Test # 4 - Thursday, December 10
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Wilson and World War I
Readings: The American Pageant, Chapters
30 and 31