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Unit 1 –Â EARLY SETTLEMENT OF NORTH AMERICA
- Course Overview
- Revival of Trade and Commerce
- New Ideas and Religious Changes
- Indigenous People of North America
- Quiz 1: Interest in Exploration Grows
- Early English Exploration of North America
- Project: Jamestown
- French and Dutch Exploration and Settlement
- Spanish Exploration and Settlement
- Early English Settlements
- The Settlement of New England
- Quiz 2: Colonization Begins
- The Middle Colonies
- The Southern Colonies
- Development of Slavery in the Colonies
- Growth of the Colonies
- Quiz 3: Middle and Southern Colonies
- Special Project
- Test: Early Settlement of North America
- Alternate Test: Early Settlement of North America
- Reference
Unit 2 – DEVELOPMENT OF CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT
- Enlightenment and The Great Awakening
- Relations with England
- French and Indian War
- Colonial Resistance
- Quiz 1: Relations with England
- Second Continental Congress
- Opposition and Aid
- War in the South and West
- Quiz 2: The Revolutionary War
- Birth of a Nation
- Articles of Confederation
- Constitution of the United States
- Essay: Constitutional Republic
- Quiz 3: Birth of a Nation
- Special Project
- Test: Development of Constitutional Government
- Alternate Test: Development of Constitutional Government
- Reference
Unit 3 –Â NATIONAL EXPANSION
- Federal Government
- First Political Parties
- Essay: Responsibilities
- Quiz 1: Ship of State
- The Revolution of 1800
- The War of 1812
- Reform Movements, Religion, and New American Identities
- Quiz 2: Revolution of 1800 and War of 1812
- Nationalism and the Monroe Administration
- Essay: Foreign Policy
- Westward Expansion
- The Jackson Administration and the Rise of Sectionalism
- Essay: Missouri Compromise
- Quiz 3: Nationalism and the Jackson Administration
- Special Project
- Test: National Expansion
- Alternate Test: National Expansion
- Reference
Unit 4 – A NATION DIVIDED
- The Emergence of Sectionalism
- Project: Leaders of the States’ Rights Debate
- The Division of Land
- The Establishment of New Territory
- The Division of the People
- Essay: Lincoln/Douglas Debates
- Quiz 1: The Emergence of Sectionalism
- The Growth of Slavery
- Essay: Free-born Residents
- The Politics of Slavery
- Essay: Escaped Slave
- Report: Slave Codes
- Quiz 2: The Emergence of Slavery
- Special Project
- Test: A Nation Divided
- Alternate Test: A Nation Divided
- Reference
Unit 5 – A NATION DIVIDED AND UNITED
- Regional Lifestyles: The East and West
- Regional Lifestyles: The South
- Quiz 1: Regional Lifestyles
- The Civil War: Division and Antagonism
- Essay: The Trent Affair
- The Civil War: Union Blockade and Hostilities
- The Civil War: Final Phase
- Civil War: The American People
- Quiz 2: Civil War
- Presidential and Congressional Reconstruction
- Results of Reconstruction
- Report: Reconstruction Scandals
- Quiz 3: Reconstruction
- Special Project
- Test: A Nation Divided and United
- Alternate Test: A Nation Divided and United
- Reference
Unit 6 – UNITED STATES INVOLVEMENT AT HOME AND ABROAD
- Conflicts Between the United States and Native Nations
- S. Industry: Birth and Growth
- S. Industry: Economic Expansion
- Quiz 1: Industrial Growth in the United States
- Industrialization and the Gilded Age
- Urbanization and Immigration
- Industrial Lifestyle: Labor Movement
- Quiz 2: Industrial Lifestyle
- Foreign Policy: Isolationism
- Essay: Seward’s Proposal
- Foreign Policy: International Realism
- Essay: Isolation and Involvement
- Quiz 3: Foreign Policy
- March Toward Conflict: Causes
- March Toward Conflict: Factions
- Quiz 4: March Toward Conflict
- Special Project
- Test: United States Involvement at Home and Abroad
- Alternate Test: United States Involvement at Home and Abroad
- Reference
Unit 7 – THE SEARCH FOR PEACE
- The First Global Conflict
- A Plan For Peace
- Report: A Just Peace
- Quiz 1: The Great War and Its Aftermath
- The Roaring Twenties
- The Return to Normalcy
- Quiz 2: The Roaring Twenties
- Economics of the Twenties and the Stock Market Collapse
- The Great Depression and Dust Bowl
- Essay: Foreign Policy
- The New Deal
- Essay: New Deal
- Quiz 3: The Great Depression and the New Deal
- Special Project
- Test: The Search for Peace
- Alternate Test: The Search for Peace
- Reference
Unit 8 – A NATION AT WAR
- World War II: Causes of the War
- Antisemitism and the Holocaust
- WWII: European Theatre
- WWII: Pacific Theatre
- Quiz 1: World War II
- Communist Threat: World Unrest
- Korean Conflict: The Cold War Becomes Hot
- Report: Containment Policy
- Quiz 2: Korean Conflict
- Vietnam: Fighting Communism Abroad
- Vietnam: Withdrawal by the United States
- Report: Biography
- Quiz 3: Vietnam Conflict
- Special Project
- Test: A Nation at War
- Alternate Test: A Nation at War
- Reference
Unit 9 – CONTEMPORARY AMERICA
- America in the 1960s
- Report: Kennedy Assassination
- Report: I Have a Dream
- America in the 1970s
- The International Scene of the 1960s and 1970s
- Quiz 1: America in the 1960s and 1970s
- America in the 1980s and 1990s: Part 1
- America in the 1980s and 1990s: Part 2
- International Scene of the 1980s and 1990s
- Quiz 2: America in the 1980s and 1990s
- A New Millennium
- Our Nation Saw Evil: Terrorism in the 21st Century
- Report: Department of Homeland Security
- Quiz 3: A New Millennium
- Special Project
- Test: Contemporary America
- Alternate Test: Contemporary America
- Reference
Unit 10 – UNITED STATES HISTORY REVIEW
- Changes in Europe
- Early Colonization
- Quiz 1: Europe and the American Colonies
- Rising Tensions in the Colonies
- Second Continental Congress
- Colonial Government
- Quiz 2: The American Revolution
- United States of the 1800s
- Jackson Era
- Report: Regional Lifestyles
- Report: Sectionalism and Slavery
- Civil War
- Reconstruction of the South
- Quiz 3: United States of the 1800s
- Industrialization of the United States
- Essay: Roosevelt’s New Deal
- World War I
- Quiz 4: Industrialization of the United States
- The United States: From World War II to Vietnam
- Essay: Vietnam War
- From John F. Kennedy to Gerald R. Ford
- Essay: President Kennedy
- From Jimmy Carter to George W. Bush
- Quiz 5: Current History of the United States
- The ’80s and ’90s
- 2000 to the Present
- Quiz 6: The 80s to the Present
- Special Project
- Test: United States History
- Alternate Test: United States History
- Reference