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Slavery in the Territories
…describe the purpose of the Missouri Compromise, explain why conflict arose over the issue of slavery in the western territories and identify why the Free-Soil party was founded.
Read and discuss pp. 460 – 462
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America's Era of Expansion and Reform, 1817-1860: America under James Monroe and John Quincy Adams, 1817-1828: The Monroe Doctrine and the Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise, 1820 (02:19)
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The Compromise of 1850
…explain why the slavery debate erupted again in 1850, describe the impact of the Compromise of 1850, and summarize how Uncle Tom’s Cabin affected attitudes toward slavery.
Read – pp. 463 – 467
Activities
Harriet Beecher Stowe website
http://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/life/
America's Era of Expansion and Reform, 1817-1860: America Under Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan, 1853-1860: The Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Utopian Movements, the Dred Scott Decision, and the Election of Lincoln
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James Buchanan and the Dred Scott Decision, 1857 (02:37)
America's Era of Expansion and Reform, 1817-1860: America Under James Polk, Zachary Taylor, and Millard Fillmore, 1845-1852: The Mexican War, The Oregon Treaty of 1846, and the Compromise of 1850 (15:00)
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The Presidency of Millard Fillmore and the Compromise of 1850 (01:54)
The Crisis Deepens
…identify the goal of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, explain why violence erupted in Kansas and in the Senate, and summarize the impact of the Dred Scott case on the nation?
Read – pp. 468 – 472
Activities –
The Gadsden Purchase and the Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1853-1854 (03:04)
Historical DocumentDred Scott case: the Supreme Court decision 1857
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2933.html
The Republican Party Emerges
…explain why the Republican Party was founded, explain the rapid emergence of Abraham Lincoln as a Republic leader, and describe the reaction to John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry.
Read and discuss pp. 473 – 476
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
http://www.nps.gov/archive/liho/debates.htm
John Brown
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1550.html
A Nation Divides
…explain how the 1860 election reflected sectional divisions, describe how the South reacted to the election results, and discuss how the Civil War began in 1861.
Read and discuss pp. 478 – 481
Fort Sumter
http://www.nps.gov/fosu/
Flags
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/flags/fosu1.htm
Interactive timeline of Lincoln’s life
http://www.alincoln-library.com/timeline/timeline.html
The Civil War
The Conflict Takes Shape
…explain the issues that divided the nation when the war began, describe the primary strengths and weaknesses of the North and the South at the beginning of the war, identify the leaders of each side in the war.
Read – pp. 486 – 489
No Easy Victory
…describe the strategies each side adopted to win the war, explain how early encounters dispelled hopes for a quick end to the war, identify the victories of the Confederates, and list the victories of the Union.
Read and discuss pp. 490 – 494
A Promise of Freedom
…identify Lincoln’s primary goal in the war, describe the effects of the Emancipation Proclamation, and explain African Americans’ contribution to the war effort both in the Union army and behind Confederate lines.
Read and discuss pp. 496 – 499
Hardships of War
…describe what life was like for Confederate and Union soldiers, explain what problems each side faced at home, describe how the war affected the economy of the North and the South, and explain the role women played in the war.
Read and discuss pp. 500 – 504
The War Ends
…explain why the union victories at Vicksburg and Gettysburg were important, describe Grant’s plan for ending the war, identify Lincoln’s hopes for the Union after his reelection, and summarize hwy the Civil War was a major turning point in U.S. history.
Read – pp. 505 – 510
Reconstruction and the Changing South
Early Steps to Reunion
…describe the nation’s postwar problems, list the early steps that were taken toward Reconstruction, and explain how the assassination of Lincoln and the inauguration of a new President led to conflict.
Read and discuss pp. 516 – 519
Radical Reconstruction
…describe how Congress reacted to the passage of Black Codes in the South, explain how Radical Republicans gained power in Congress, and identify why President Johnson was impeached.
Read and discuss pp. 521 - 524
The South Under Reconstruction
…identify new forces in southern politics, describe how southern Conservatives resisted Reconstruction, list the challenges facing Reconstruction governments, and explain why sharecropping led to a cycle of poverty.
Read and discuss pp. 526 – 529
The End of Reconstruction
…list the events that led to the end of Reconstruction, explain how the rights of African Americans were restricted in the South after Reconstruction, and identify industries that flourished in the “New South.”
Read and discuss pp. 530 – 533
Industrial Growth
Railroads Spur Industry
…list factors that led to the construction of railroads, explain how railroad executives eliminated competition, and describe how railroad building encouraged economic growth.
Read and discuss pp. 574 – 577
The Rise of Big Business
…identify reasons for the growth of huge steel empires, list the benefits corporations and bankers provided to the growing economy, explain how John D. Rockefeller amassed his huge oil holdings, and summarize the arguments for and against trusts.
Read and discuss pp. 578 – 582
…identify the new devices that speeded up communications after the Civil War, explain how Thomas Edison and other inventors brought new technologies to Americans at work and at home, and describe the changes the automobile and airplane made in American life.
Read and discuss pp. 584 – 589
The Rise of Organized Labor
…explain how workplace changes led to the rise of labor organizations such as the American Federation of Labor, describe the progress and problems that affected women in the workplace during the late 1800s, and describe why organized labor faced hard times after 1870.
Read and discuss pp. 590 – 594
New Immigrants in a Promised Land
…discuss why millions of immigrants decided to make the difficult journey to the United States, describe the problems faced by the “new immigrants” in adapting to American life, and explain why some Americans were opposed to an increase in immigration.
Read and discuss pp. 600 – 605
November 14 - 15
An Age of Cities
…explain why cities experienced a population explosion, discuss how city settlement patterns changed, and describe how settlement houses workers and other reformers worked to solve city problems.
Read and discuss pp. 606 – 610
…describe how the building boom affected city life, explain why sports were so popular, and list the forms of entertainment that city dwellers enjoyed.
Read and discuss pp. 612 – 615
…describe how public education grew after the Civil War, identify changes in reading habits, and explain why writers and painters turned to everyday life for subjects.
Read and discuss pp. 617 – 621
Reform in the Gilded Age
…identify concerns that shaped politics during the Gilded Age, explain how reformers tried to change the spoils system, and list the laws that were passed to regulate big business.
Read and discuss pp. 630 – 632
Quesitons
…describe how corruption affected city governments, explain why the muckrackers were an important force for reform, identify the goals that the Progressives pursued and summarize the political reforms that the Progressives achieved.
Read and discuss pp. 633 – 636
Progressives and the White House
…identify the key features of the Square Deal, explain why Progressives first supported and then opposed William Howard Taft, list the major issues that affected the election of 1912, and summarize President Woodrow Wilson’s policies.
Read and discuss pp. 638 – 641
Women Win Reforms
…describe how the women’s suffrage movement helped bring about the Nineteenth Amendment, Identify the new opportunities women gained in education and employment and explain why many women supported the campaign against alcohol.
Read and discuss pp. 645 – 648
Becoming a World Power
A Pacific Empire
…list the early steps taken by the United States toward expansion in the Pacific, identify the causes of imperialism, describe the U.S. conquest of Samoa and Hawaii, and summarize how Americans protected their trade with China.
Read pp. 660 – 666
War With Spain
…summarize why tensions in Cuba led Americans to call for war with Spain, explain how Americans won a quick victory in the Spanish American War, describe how the United States gained and ruled its new empire.
Read and discuss pp. 668 – 674
The United States in Latin America
…identify why the United States built the Panama Canal, describe how Theodore Roosevelt used his “big stick” in Latin America, and explain why a crisis erupted between the United States and Mexico.
Read and discuss pp. 675 – 679
War in Europe
…identify the causes of World War I, describe how war was fought in the trenches, and explain how Germany’s use of submarine warfare affected American neutrality.
Read and discuss pp. 686 – 690
1.What is nationalism?
2. What did Europeans believe about nationalism in the 1870s?
3. What was the result of France and Germany going to war in 1870?
4. How did nationalism affect Eastern Europe?
5. How did imperialism affect European nations between 1870 and 1914?
6. What is militarism?
7. How did militarism affect the European nations between 1870 and 1914?
8. Who belonged to the Triple Alliance?
9. Who belonged to the Triple Entente?
10. How did the alliance system pose a threat to Europe?
11. Who belonged to the Balkan nations?
12. Who was Archduke Francis Ferdinand?
13. What was the capital of Bosnia?
14. What was the Black Hand?
15 What did Gavrilo Princip do on June 28, 1914?
16. Why did a World War develop over a local issue?
17. What is a Kaiser?
18. What were the years of World War I?
19. What is another name for World War I?
20. Who were the Central Powers?
21 Who were the Allied Powers?
22. What is a stalemate?
23. Describe trench warfare?
24. When war broke out in Europe what was the official position of the United States?
24. How did the American public feel about the war in Europe?
25. What were the immediate effects of the war on the United States?
26. What is propaganda?
27. The United States claimed neutrality and the right to trade with either side in the war. What problems did this cause?
28. What is a U-Boat?
29 What was Germany’s warning to the United States and other neutral nations?
30. What was President Wilson’s warning to Germany?
31. What happened on May 7, 1915?
32. What was the Sussex Pledge?
From Neutrality to War
…summarize how President Wilson tried to bring about peace, explain why the United States moved toward war, describe how the government prepared for and managed the war effort and identify how the home front responded to the war.
Read and discuss pp. 691 – 696
Americans in Battle
…identify the setbacks the Allies suffered in 1917 and early 1918, explain how the American Expeditionary Force helped the Allies win the war, and list the costs of the war.
Read and discuss pp. 698 – 702
The Roaring Twenties
Politics and Prosperity
…identify scandals that hurt republicans in the 1920s, explain how Coolidge’s policies increased prosperity, and discuss the role the United States played in world affairs.
Read and discuss pp. 718 – 722
New Ways of Life
…describe Prohibition, identify the new rights gained by women, and explain how the automobile and a new popular culture changed American life.
Read and discuss pp. 724 – 729
…identify the fads and fashions of the 1920s, explain how a new group of writers and new jazz music affected American culture, describe the Harlem Renaissance, and identify the heroes who were celebrated during the 1920s.
Read and discuss pp. 730 – 734
A Nation Divided
…identify the Americans who did not share in the prosperity of the 1920s, explain why Americans called for a limit on immigration, discuss what the Scopes and the revival of the Klan revealed about society in the 1920s.
Read and Discuss pp. 736 – 741
The Great Depression
The Great Crash
…identify the signs of economic trouble that led to the crash of 1929 and the Great Depression, describe how hard times affected American families, and explain how President Hoover’s response too the depression led to the actions of the Bonus Army.
Read and discuss pp. 746 – 751