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American History continues the process of developing in students an understanding of and appreciation for God’s activity as seen in the record of man and his relationships. The course covers early American exploration to the present day, placing special emphasis on the politics of the 18th and early 19th centuries and the Civil War. These areas of focus target three major content strands: History, Geography, and Government and Citizenship.

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Unit 1 – FOUNDATIONS OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC

  1. Course Overview
  2. Revival of Trade and Commerce
  3. New Ideas and Religious Changes
  4. Indigenous People of North America
  5. Quiz 1: Foundation of the American Republic
  6. Early English Exploration of North America
  7. Project: Jamestown
  8. French and Dutch Exploration and Settlement
  9. Spanish Exploration and Settlement
  10. Quiz 2: Colonization Begins
  11. The Middle Colonies
  12. The Southern Colonies
  13. Growth of the Colonies
  14. Quiz 3: Middle and Southern Colonies
  15. Test
  16. Alternate Test
  17. Reference

Unit 2 – DEVELOPMENT OF CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT

  1. Enlightenment and The Great Awakening
  2. Relations with England
  3. French and Indian War
  4. Colonial Resistance
  5. Quiz 1: Relations with England
  6. Second Continental Congress
  7. Opposition and Aid
  8. War in the South and West
  9. Quiz 2: The Revolutionary War
  10. Birth of a Nation
  11. Articles of Confederation
  12. Constitution of the United States
  13. Essay: Constitutional Republic
  14. Quiz 3: Birth of a Nation
  15. Test
  16. Alternate Test
  17. Reference

Unit 3 – NATIONAL EXPANSION

  1. Federal Government
  2. First Political Parties
  3. Essay: Responsibilities
  4. Quiz 1: Ship of State
  5. The Revolution of 1800
  6. The War of 1812
  7. Quiz 2: Revolution of 1800 and War of 1812
  8. Nationalism and the Monroe Administration
  9. Essay: Foreign Policy
  10. Westward Expansion
  11. The Jackson Administration and Rise of Sectionalism
  12. Essay: Missouri Compromise
  13. Quiz 3: Nationalism and the Jackson Administration
  14. Test
  15. Alternate Test
  16. Reference

Unit 4 – A NATION DIVIDED

  1. The Growth of Sectionalism
  2. Project: Leaders of the States’ Rights Debate
  3. The Division of Land
  4. The Establishment of New Territory
  5. The Division of the People
  6. Quiz 1: The Emergence of Sectionalism
  7. The Growth of Slavery
  8. Essay: Free-born Residents
  9. The Politics of Slavery
  10. Essay: Escaped Slave
  11. Quiz 2: The Emergence of Slavery
  12. Test
  13. Alternate Test
  14. Reference

Unit 5 – A NATION DIVIDED AND UNITED

  1. Regional Lifestyles: The East and West
  2. Regional Lifestyles: The South
  3. Quiz 1: Regional Lifestyles
  4. Civil War: Division and Antagonism
  5. Essay: The Trent Affair
  6. Civil War: Union Blockade and Hostilities
  7. The Civil War: Final Phase
  8. Quiz 2: Civil War
  9. Presidential and Congressional Reconstruction
  10. Results of Reconstruction
  11. Quiz 3: Reconstruction
  12. Test
  13. Alternate Test
  14. Reference

Unit 6 – UNITED STATES INVOLVEMENT AT HOME AND ABROAD

  1. American Indian War
  2. U.S. Industry: Birth and Growth
  3. U.S. Industry: Economic Expansion
  4. Quiz 1: Industrial Growth in the United States
  5. Industrialization and the Gilded Age
  6. Urbanization and Immigration
  7. The Progressive Era and Labor Movement
  8. Quiz 2: Industrial Lifestyle
  9. Foreign Policy: Isolationism
  10. Essay: Seward’s Proposal
  11. Foreign Policy: International Realism
  12. Quiz 3: Foreign Policy
  13. March Toward Conflict: Causes
  14. March Toward Conflict: Factions
  15. Quiz 4: March Toward Conflict
  16. Test
  17. Alternate Test
  18. Reference

Unit 7 – THE SEARCH FOR PEACE

  1. The First Global Conflict
  2. A Plan For Peace
  3. Report: A Just Peace
  4. Quiz 1: The Great War and Its Aftermath
  5. The Roaring Twenties
  6. The Return to Normalcy
  7. Quiz 2: The Roaring Twenties
  8. Economics of the Twenties and the Stock Market Collapse
  9. The Great Depression and Dust Bowl
  10. The New Deal
  11. Essay: New Deal
  12. Quiz 4: The Great Depression and the New Deal
  13. Test
  14. Alternate Test
  15. Reference

Unit 8 – A NATION AT WAR

  1. World War II: Causes of the War
  2. Antisemitism and the Holocaust
  3. World War II: European Theater
  4. World War II: Pacific Theater
  5. Quiz 1: World War II
  6. Communist Threat: World Unrest
  7. Korean Conflict: The Cold War Becomes Hot
  8. Report: Containment Policy
  9. Quiz 2: Korean Conflict
  10. Vietnam: Fighting Communism Abroad
  11. Vietnam: Withdrawal by the United States
  12. Quiz 3: Vietnam Conflict
  13. Test
  14. Alternate Test
  15. Reference

Unit 9 – CONTEMPORARY AMERICA

  1. America in the 1960s
  2. Report: Kennedy Assassination
  3. Report: I Have a Dream
  4. America in the 1970s
  5. The International Scene of the 1960s and 1970s
  6. Quiz 1: America in the 1960s and 1970s
  7. America in the 1980s and 1990s: Part 1
  8. America in the 1980s and 1990s: Part 2
  9. The International Scene of the 1980s and 1990s
  10. Quiz 2: America in the 1980s and 1990s
  11. A New Millennium
  12. Our Nation Saw Evil: Terrorism in the 21st Century
  13. Quiz 3: A New Millennium
  14. Test
  15. Alternate Test
  16. Reference

Unit 10 – UNITED STATES HISTORY REVIEW

  1. ​​Changes in Europe
  2. Early Colonization
  3. Quiz 1: Europe and the American Colonies
  4. Rising Tensions in the Colonies
  5. Second Continental Congress
  6. Colonial Government
  7. Quiz 2: The American Revolution
  8. United States of the 1800s
  9. Jackson Era
  10. Report: Regional Lifestyles
  11. Civil War
  12. Reconstruction of the South
  13. Quiz 3: United States of the 1800’s
  14. Industrialization of the United States
  15. World War I
  16. Quiz 4: Industrialization of the United States
  17. The United States: From World War II to Vietnam
  18. From John F. Kennedy to Gerald R. Ford
  19. From Jimmy Carter to George W. Bush
  20. Quiz 5: Current History of the United States
  21. The ’80s and 90s
  22. 2000 to the Present
  23. Quiz 6: The 80s and to the Present
  24. Test
  25. Alternate Test
  26. Reference