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Advanced Placement United States History – Mr. Tim Kearns, Instructor

The Advanced Placement United States History course is an elective course open to juniors and seniors. As our school is aligned with the Massachusetts state standards, all students take US History in grades 9 and 10. Most of the students in the AP program come from the Honors program though it is also open to those from the College Prep track as well. The class meets 5 times a week for 47 minutes. The focus of the course is to gain mastery in the content area as well as development of the ability to analyze the context in which historical events have taken place. To this end the each unit syllabus contains assignments that address these goals and is supported by quizzes, multiple choice tests (composed of past AP and review text questions), and essays. Readings of primary and secondary documents are analyzed by having the students write abstracts of each for discussion in class. In order to facilitate covering as much of the American experience as possible, some topics are covered in greater depth than others. During the summer before the course starts the students are given a reading assignment in the class textbook. They are also assigned an essay to provide a writing sample. These essays are then evaluated by fellow students upon our return to school using the AP essay guidelines. Also in the first week of school the students will take the 2001 AP Multiple Choice test. This test is used as a measure of student knowledge and will be given again during review prior to the 2008 exam to measure student progress. There is a midterm examination as well as a final presentation by each student. Students will develop their writing skills for the DBQ and Free Response through a series of developmental steps. During the first quarter they will first work with a template (attached at end of syllabus) identifying the elements of the essay. For each essay they will write a description of the time period, their thesis, then list arguments and cite supporting evidence. In addition, with the DBQ, they will read and interpret all documents provided and identify those that support their thesis. Later, they will still use the template but will write the essay also. Preparation for the examination begins in January as students on a voluntary basis can attend a once a week nightly review. This two-hour review focuses on material already covered in the class and essay development. In addition, in the week before the examination students will begin to take a series of past AP multiple choice tests along with a retest of the 2001 multiple choice test to gauge individual content improvement. These tests will be taken at home and reviewed the next day in class. Possible essay topics will also be covered in class. During the first week of class the following topics are covered: - Course overview - Course expectations - Distribution of materials - 2001 Pretest given - Instruction in how to write document abstracts - Analysis of summer essays Major themes covered in course - Development of the American identity - Rise of a distinctly American political system - The changing face of America - American economic growth - American rise as a world power Course materials: The main course textbook is Alan Brinkley’s //American History, A Survey// (New York, McGraw-Hill, 2003), referred to as //Brinkley's//. In addition to the other sources listed below each student receives a teacher-prepared content outline as well as packet of key names, terms, and events. Additional resources: Thomas A. Bailey and David M. Kennedy, //The American Spirit,// Volumes 1 and 2, (Lexington: Heath, 1994) Referred to as //Bailey's//. Peter C. Hoffer and William W Stueck, //Reading and Writing American History, Volume// 2, (Lexington: Heath, 1994) Augustine Caliguire and Roberta J. Leach, //Advanced Placement American History I, The Evolving American Nation-State//, The Center for Learning Mary Anne Kovacs, Douglas E. Miller, and John C. Ritter//, Advanced Placement American History II, Twentieth Century Challenges,// The Center for Learning Materials from these sources are noted as //Lesson #// in each syllabus.

NOTE: Assignments/Readings are subject to change at the discretion of the teacher

**Brinkley**, Ch. 1 & 2 **Bailey**: //Hakluyt Sees// // England //// ’s Salvation in //// America // , // Abandoning Communism at //// Plymouth ////, // // John Cotton Describes //// New England //// ’s “theocracy”, // // Puritan Mistreatment of Quakers, //
 * Unit 1 Exploration, Discovery, and Settlement 1492-1700 **

// Topics for Discussions: // - Europe in the 16th century - First English settlements - Jamestown - Plymouth - Massachusetts - Areas and influence of French and Spanish Settlements - Treatment of Native Americans

// Essay // : (2000 Free Response) Analyze the cultural and economic responses of TWO of the following groups to the Indians of North America before 1750: Spain, England, and France

**Brinkley,** Ch. 1 & 2 **Bailey**: //The Starving Time,// // Governor Berkeley Reports, // // The Intolerant Act of Toleration, // // Georgia //// ’s Founder’s Appeal for Support //
 * Unit 2 Thirteen Colonies and the British Empire ** **1607-1750**

Lesson 1: The Three Colonial Sections: More Similar or Different

// Topics for Discussions: // - Comparison of geography and climate of regions - Characteristics of settlers - Purposes of settlement - New England versus Virginia - Middle Atlantic and Southern Colonies - Comparison of geography and climate of regions

// Essay // : (2001 Free Response) “How did economic, geographic and social factors encourage the growth of slavery as an important part of the economy of the southern colonies between 1607 and 1775?”

**Unit 3 Colonial Society in the 18th Century** **Brinkley**; Ch. 3 **Bailey**: //Whitefield Fascinates// // Franklin // , // The Zenger Trial // , // Crevecoeur Finds a Perfect Society, // // Cotton Mather on Education, // // Salem //// Witchcraft Hysteria, //

Lesson 2: From Authority to Individualism Lesson 6: “The Colonies by 1763: A New Society?”

// Topics for Discussions: // - Puritan New England - Calvinist faith and a theocracy - Role of education - Rise and handling of religious dissent - Demographic change - The Plantation South - The economy: crops, land holding, and labor - The introduction of slaves - Social structure - New Ways - The impact of the Enlightenment on America

// Essay: // (1993 DBQ) “Although New England and the Chesapeake region were both settled largely by people of English origin, by 1700 the regions had evolved into two distinct societies. Why did this difference in development occur?”

**Unit 4 Imperial Wars and Protests** =**Brinkley, Ch. 4**= **Bailey**: // Parkman Analyzes the Conflict, // // Burnaby //// Scoff at Colonial Unity, // // Franklin //// Testifies Against the Stamp Act, // // Dean Tucker advises a Divorce, // // Samuel Johnson advises a Strong Fist //

Lesson 5: British Colonial Policy: A Tradition of Neglect Lesson 7: The Path to Revolution, 1763 – 1776

Topics for Discussion - Internal Conflicts - Colonial inability to cooperate - Indian Wars and the failure of inter-colonial relationships - New England Confederation - Albany Plan of Union -The French and Indian War - Causes - Opportunity for Cooperation or Conflict - Major Battle Zones - Colonists questionable conduct - British image of colonial militias and vice versa - Political Problems with Great Britain after 1763 - French menace - Distance from England =- Issue of Home Rule= - Territorial disputes - End of Salutary Neglect

Essay: (2004 DBQ) “In what ways did the French and Indian War (1754-1763) alter the political, economic, and ideological relations between Britain and its American colonies?”

=Brinkley, Ch. 5= **Bailey**: // Washington //// Scorns //// Independence ////, // // The Unreliable Militia, // // Paine Talks Common Sense, // // Vengeance on the Tories //
 * Unit 5 The American Revolution **

Maps: Revolutionary War, The United States in 1783

Lesson 8: The Declaration of Independence Lesson 9: The Effects of the American Revolution

// Topics for Discussion // - Importance of the First and Second Continental Congresses - Economic, political, and religious differences as long-range and short-range causes of the Revolution - The War - Strategies of British and Americans - Advantages and disadvantages - Financing the war. - Contributions of women and blacks during the Revolution - The revolution more a civil war than a revolution? (Charles Beard)

// Essay // : (1999 DBQ) “To what extent had the colonists developed a sense of their identity and unity as Americans by the eve of the revolution?”

Unit 6 Articles of Confederation to the Constitution
=**Brinkley, Ch. 5&6**= **Bailey:** //The Debate on the Constitution,// //The Argument Over Slave Importation,// //An Anti-federalist// // Demands Deliberation, // // Madison //// Defends a New Constitution //

The Articles of Confederation The Constitution of the United States

Lesson 10: The Articles of Confederation

Topics of Discussion
=The Articles of Confederation= - The structure of government under the Articles of Confederation - The major strengths and weaknesses of the new government - Events that led to changes in the structure of this government - Two plans - Major compromises at the Convention? - How the Constitution addressed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation - The Battle for Ratification - Arguments of the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists - The influence of the Federalists Papers
 * The Constitutional Convention **

Essay: (1997 Free Response) “Analyze the extent to which the American Revolution represented a radical alteration in American political ideas and institutions. Confine your answer to the period 1775 to 1800.” = = =Unit 7 The Jeffersonian Period 1800-1816= **Brinkley** Ch. 7 **Bailey**//:// // Jefferson //// favors an unconstitutional act, // // Hamilton //// Lukewarmly Backs //// Jefferson ////, // // A Federalist attacks the Embargo, // // A Jeffersonian Upholds the Embargo, // // A Republican Editor Urges War, // // A Federalists Editor Rejects War, // // The //// Hartford //// Convention Fulminates //

// Articles: Hamilton or Jefferson: Whose Vision to Follow? // (Christian Science Monitor), // The First Democrats // (from US and World Reports)

Lesson 12: Shaping the Foundations of American Foreign Film: Marbury v. Madison

Tropics for Discussion - Adams to Jefferson - Revolution of 1800 - The elections of 1796 and 1800 and the alteration of the Electoral College - The “Midnight Judges” -Domestic Affairs - The general direction that Jefferson followed - The struggle between Jefferson and Marshall - Action against Hamilton’s economic plan - Foreign Affairs // - // The Louisiana Purchase - Reports of Lewis and Clark - The problem of the Barbary Pirates? - Dealing with the French during the Napoleonic Wars - Madison’s Administration - In the footsteps of Jefferson - Relations with GB and France? - The war’s impact on the nation’s economy, politics, and psyche? - The Monroe Doctrine

Essay: (1998 DBQ) “With respect to the federal Constitution, the Jeffersonian Republicans are usually characterized as strict constructionists who were opposed to the broad construction of the Federalists. To what extent was this characterization of the two parties accurate during the presidencies of Jefferson and Madison?”

**Unit 8 Nationalism and Economic Development 1817-185** **Brinkley Ch. 8** **Bailey**: //Marshall Sanctions the Bank,// // Marshall //// Asserts the Supremacy of the Constitution, // // Calhoun Pleads for Federal Aid, // // Representative Robertson Trusts the States, // // Representative Taylor Reviles Slavery, // // Representative Pinckney Upholds Slavery //

Lesson 16: The Emerging Nationalism Lesson 18: The Early Industrial Revolution: Maintaining a Sense of Community

Topics for discussion: -John Marshall’s Court - Major court decisions 1810-1824 - Fletcher v Peck - Dartmouth v Woodward - McCullough v Maryland - Gibbons v Ogden - The Growth of National Economy - Clay’s American System - Industrialization/Improvements in transportation system - The South, Expansion of Slavery and Missouri Compromise -Life in the South -Expansion westward and slavery -Impact of the Missouri Compromise

Essay: (2003 Free Response) In what ways did developments in transportation bring about economic and social change in the United States in the period 1820 to 1860?

**Brinkley**, Ch. 9 **Bailey**: // A Carolinian Condemns the //// Tariff, // // Jackson //// Deplores Patronage, // // Jackson //// Defends Rotation, // // Jackson //// Vetoes the Maysville //// Road Bill, // // Webster Pleads for the //// Union ////, // // South Carolina //// Threatens Secession, // // Jackson //// Denounces Nullification, // // Jackson //// Vetoes the Bank, // // Jackson //// Endorses the Indian //// Removal //
 * Unit 9 The Age of Jackson ** **1824-1840**

Lesson 19: The Evolution of Democracy from Jefferson to Jackson Lesson 10: Development of the Two-Party System Worksheet (to be filled in class) Political Cartoon of Jackson: (King Andrew)

Topics of discussion: - Jackson versus Adams - Election of 1824 and the “corrupt bargain” - John Q. Adams in office

- the campaigns of 1828 - Revolution of 1828 and the significance of outcome - Jackson in office - Jackson’s philosophy - Indian Removal - Nullification Crisis - The Bank - Economic policies - The election of Van Buren - Panic of 1837 - Campaign of 1840 - “The Log Cabin and Hard Cider” campaign - Harrison’s short term - Tyler’s ineffectiveness

Essay: (1990 DBQ) Jacksonian Democrats viewed themselves as the guardians of the United States Constitution., political democracy, individual rights, and equality of economic opportunity. To what extent do you agree with the Jacksonians view of themselves?

**Unit 10 Territorial and Economic Expansion 1830-1860** Brinkley, Ch. 13, Bailey: //Sen. George McDuffie Belittles// // Oregon //// (1843), // // Sen. Hannegan Demands 54 40, // // President James Polk Justifies the //// Texas //// Coup (1845), // // Sumner Assails the //// Texas //// Grab, //

Foreign Affairs Timeline ­Lesson 21: The Mexican War: Was it in the National Interest Lesson 22: Enlarging the Nation State, Map 35 Growth of the United States

Topics for discussion:  - Monroe Doctrine  - setting the stage for fulfilling Manifest Destiny?  - Looking West  - Texas and the war with Mexico  - Peaceful resolutions  - Oregon Question (Treaty of 1846)  - Webster-Ashburton Treaty?

Essay: (1997 Free Response) Discuss the impact of territorial expansion on national unity between 1800 and 1850.

**Unit 11 The Ferment of Reform 1829-1860** Brinkley: Ch. 12 Bailey: //Dix Succors the Insane,// //The “// // Paradise //// ” at Brook Farm, // // Thoreau Praises Spiritual Wealth, //

Comparison of Excerpts: Declaration of Independence and Declaration of Sentiments Lesson 20: Purifying the Nation

Topics of discussion: - Religion - The Second Great Awakening - Baptists and Methodists - The Mormons - The Arts and Literature - The Transcendentalists - Hudson River School - Writing of American experiences - Utopian experience - Four Phalanxes, Oneida, New Harmony - Dealing with Society Problems - Temperance - Public asylums - Prison reform - Education - Mann - Moral education - Higher education - Women’s Movement - Cult of Domesticity - Seneca Falls Conference - Antislavery Movement - Organizations and political parties - The abolitionists - Violence - Lack of change in South

Essay: (2002 DBQ) “Reform movements in the United States sought to expand democratic ideals.” Assess the validity of this statement with specific reference to the years 1825-1850.

**Unit 12 Sectionalism 1820-1850**
=Brinkley: Ch. 11= Bailey: //The Blessings of Slavery//, //Helper’s Book Banned//, Lesson 23: A Clash of Interests and Ideals

Topics of discussion: - The North - Areas of industrialization - Labor - City life - Immigration - Reaction of Nativists - The South - Agricultural dominance - The “Peculiar Institution” - Slave resistance - White society - The West - Life of the Native Americans - Life on the frontier - Environmental impact

Essay: (1995 Free Response) Analyze the ways in which supporters of slavery in the nineteenth century used legal, religious, and economic arguments to defend the institution of slavery.

**Unit 13 The Impending Crisis 1848-1860** Materials: Brinkley Ch 13 Bailey: //The South Scorns Mrs. Stowe,// // Greeley //// Hails a Martyr // // Fire-Eaters Urge Secession, // // Southerners Threaten Secession, // // Douglas //// ’ Popular Sovereignty Plea, //

Maps/Charts/Political cartoons Timeline of Political Issues Lesson 26:The Path to Disunion Lesson 27: One nation indivisible: Myth or Reality?

Topics of discussion: - Territorial Status and the Compromise of 1850 - Anti-slavery literature - National politics in crisis - The final straws

Essay: (1987 DBQ) “By the 1850’s, the Constitution, originally framed as an instrument of national unity, had become a source of sectional discord and tension and ultimately contributed to the failure of the union it had created.”

Unit 14 Civil War and Reconstruction 1861-1877
Materials Brinkley, Ch. 14, 15 Bailey: //Vallandigham Flays Despotism,// //Brownlow Scolds Secessionists,// //Radical Republicans Take a// // Hard Line, // // President Johnson Tries to Restrain Congress, // // Editor Godkin Grieves, //// Frederick Douglas Complains, // // Booker T. Washington Reflects //

Two Constitutions Compared worksheet

Topics of Discussion: =- The Causes= =- Advantages and Strategies of North and South= - Lincoln’s Actions and Life during the War - The End of the War - Reconstruction

Essay: (2006 Free Response) Explain why and how the role of the federal government changed as a result of the Civil War with respect to TWO of the following during the period 1961-1877.

** Unit 15 The New South and Conquest of the West **
Brinkley: //Chief Joseph’s Lament// Political Cartoons Lesson 37: //The New South// Lesson 36: The West: Exploitation of an Empire

Topics of discussion: The New South - Economic resurgence - Segregation and Jim Crow - Response to Southern segregation The settlement of the West - The Mining Frontier - The Cattle Frontier - The Farming Frontier The Removal of Native Americans - Reservation Policy - Indian Wars - Dawes Severalty Act and Assimilation

Essay: (1999 Free Response) How were the lives of the Plains Indians in the second half of the nineteenth century affected by technological developments and government policies?

Unit 16 The Rise of Industrial America/Labor, Immigrants, and Urban Life 1865-1900
Materials: Brinkley, Ch 17, 18 Bailey, Ch 26 //Olmstead Applauds the City’s Attractions//, //Cleaning Up// // New York ////, // // Jacob Riss Goes Slumming, // //Lodge Urges Literacy Test// Lesson 30. The Philosophy of the Industrialists Lesson 32: Urbanizing America Lesson 33: The Impact of Industrialization on Workers and Their Families Lesson 38 The Populist Movement: The Value of Third Parties Lesson 39 Divergent Paths to Black Equality

Topics of discussion: - Growth of Railroads - Industrial Empires and Laissez-Faire Capitalism - The impact of industrialism - Organized labor

Essay: (1998 Free Response) Analyze the impact of any TWO of the following on the American industrial worker between 1865 and 1900.

**Unit 17 Gilded Age Politics 1877-1900** Materials: Brinkely, Ch. 19 Bailey Ch. 24 //Harper’s weekly hails a New Era//, //Mugwumps Condone Cleveland//, // Cleveland //// Pleads for //// Tariff Reduction // // Pullman Defends His Company, // // Bryan’s Cross of Gold //

Lesson 40: The Gilded Age: The Practical, Decorative, and Fine Arts

Topics of discussion: - Political Stalemate - Presidential politics - Discontent and the rise of the Populists - Beginnings of modern politics

Essay: (1995 Free Response) Analyze the reasons for the rise of the Populist movement in the late nineteenth century.

**Unit 18 Foreign Policy 1865-1914** Materials: Brinkley, Ch. 20

Bailey:

//William Randolph Hearst Stages a Rescue,//

//Professor William Sumner Spurns Empire,//

A // lbert Beveridge Trumpets Imperialism //

// Timeline of American Foreign Policy 1793-1900 // // American Foreign Policy Review //

Map: US Possessions in 1900 Map: Expansion and Intervention in the Caribbean Lesson 1 The Climate of Imperialism Lesson 2 Imperialism and the Spanish-American War Lesson 3 The Panama Canal and its Consequences

Topics of discussion: - Seward’s Folly - The New Imperialism - The Spanish-American War and its aftermath - Hay’s Open Door Policy - Roosevelt’s Big Stick, Taft’s Dollar Diplomacy, and Wilson’s Moral Diplomacy

Essay: (1994 DBQ) To what extent was the late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century United States expansionism a continuation of past United States expansionism and to what extent was it a departure?

Materials: Brinkley, Ch. 21/22
 * Unit 19 The Progressive Era 1901-1918 **

Bailey:

//Exposing the Meat Packers,//

//Unhealthful Work for Women,// //The West Protests Conservation,// // A Woman Assails Women Suffrage //

Lesson 5: The Square Deal: The Effects of Progressivism Lesson 7 Muckraking and //The Jungle// Chart: Progressives’ Proposal Chart Chief Types of City Governments

Topics of discussion: - Origins of Progressivism - The Muckrakers - State and municipal reforms - National reforms - Roosevelt’s “Square Deal” - Presidencies of Taft and Wilson - Advancements for women and blacks

Essay: (2006 Free Response) Historians have argued that Progressive reform lost momentum in the 1920’s. Evaluate this statement with respect to TWO of the following: - Regulation of business - Labor - immigrants

**Unit 20 World War I 1914-1918** Materials: Brinkley, Ch. 23

Bailey: // Wilson //// Unveils His Fourteen Points, // // Theodore Roosevelt Blunts //// Wilson //// ’s Points, //

Enlistment Posters Maps: US in WWI Photo: Big Four Cartoon: Opposing the League of Nations Map: Competition for Empire in Pacific 1914 Topics of discussion: - Causes of the war - Violations of American neutrality - The War debate and decision for war - America mobilizes - Fighting the war - Making the peace - Postwar issues: Setting the stage for war

Essay: (1995 Free Response) Assess the relative influence of THREE of the following in the American decision to declare war on Germany in1917. -German naval policy -American economic interests -Woodrow Wilson’s idealism -Allied propaganda -America’s claim to world power or Essay (1991 DBQ) It was the strength of the opposition forces, both liberal and conservative, rather than the ineptitude and stubbornness of President Wilson that led to the Senate defeat of the Treaty of Versailles. Assess the validity of this statement

**Unit 21 The Roaring 20’s** Materials: Brinkley, Ch. 24

Bailey: //Walter Lippman Pleads for Sacco and Vanzetti,// //WCTU Upholds Prohibitions,// //Henry Ford// // Discusses Manufacturing and Marketing. // // The Supreme Court Declares That Women are //// Different from Men. //

Lesson 11 Prohibition Questions/Quotes Chart: Methods of Corporate Control Chart: Debtor to Creditor Nation Lesson 11 Prohibition: The Noble Experiment Lesson 12 Literature of the 1920’s

Topics of discussion: - Republican Control - Economic development - Culture of the “Roaring 20’s” - The Fallacy of Isolationism

Essay: (1999 Free Response) In what ways did economic conditions and developments in the arts and entertainment help create the reputation of the 1920’s as the Roaring Twenties?

**Unit 22 The Crash, Depression, and New Deal 1929-1940** Materials: Brinkley, Ch. 25, 26 Bailey: // Roosevelt //// Indicts //// Hoover ////, // // Republicans Roast //// Roosevelt //

Lesson 19 New Deal Essay Reforms Questions Map of TVA AF of L and CIO chart Map: South America and Good Neighbor Lesson 15 Causes of the Great Depression Lesson 16 The “Okie” Experiment and //The Grapes of Wrath//

Topics of discussion: - Causes and Effects of the Crash and Depression - Hoover’s Policies - The First and Second New Deal - Critics of FDR

Essay: (2003 DBQ) Analyze the responses of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration to the problems of the Great Depression. How effective were the responses? How did they change the role of the federal government?

**Unit 23 Diplomacy and WWII 1929-1945** **Brinkley,** Ch. 27, 28 **Bailey:** //Charles Lindbergh Argues for Isolation,// //Framing the Atlantic Charter,// // Togo //// Blames the United //// States, // // The War Transforms the Economy, // // Harry Truman Justifies //// the Bombing, //

Lesson 13 Isolation: Fact or Revisionist History Lesson 20: Isolation and Neutrality Lesson 21 Pearl Harbor: Interpretations of History Cartoon: “England’s new defense” Maps: The Axis Threat/US in WWII – Europe/US in WWII – Pacific Front Page News: US Using Atomic Bombs

Topics of discussion: - Hoover’s foreign policies - FDR’s foreign policies 1933-1938 - Fascists march to war - Neutrality to war 1939-1941 - War on the home front - The European and Pacific Theaters of war - Key wartime conference - The “bomb”

Essay: (1988 DBQ) The United States decision to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima was a diplomatic measure calculated to intimidate the Soviet Union in the post-Second World War era rather than a strictly military measure designed to force Japan’s unconditional surrender. Evaluate this statement using the documents and your knowledge of the military and diplomatic history of the years 1939 through 1947.

**Unit 24 Truman and the Cold War 1945-1952** **Brinkley** Ch. 29 **Bailey:** //George Kennan Proposes Containment,// //Secretary Marshall Speaks at Harvard,// // NSC-68 Offers Blueprint for Cold War //

Maps: Containment Areas of Tension: Western and Central Europe Areas of Tension: Middle East Areas of Tension: The Orient Lesson 27 Cold War Revisited Lesson 27 The Truman Doctrine

Topics of discussion: - Postwar America culture - Postwar Politics - The beginnings of the Cold War - Containment of Soviet expansion in Europe - Issues in Asia - The Red Scare

Essay: (2002 Free Response) Compare and contrast United States foreign policy after the First World War and the Second World War. Consider the periods 1919-19238 and 1945-1950.

**Unit 25 Eisenhower and the 1950’s 1952-1960** **Brinkley** Ch. 30 **Bailey**: //President Eisenhower Calls for “Open Skies”,// //The Supreme Court Rejects Segregation,// // Newton //// Minnow Criticizes the “Vast Wasteland” of Television, // // Eisenhower Says Farewell //

Landmark Court Case: Brown v Bd. Of Ed. of Topeka, KA Chart: Federal Budget Dollar Lesson 29 Economic Recovery to 1960 Lesson 31 The Climate of Fear and the McCarthy Era

Topics of discussion: - The Election of Eisenhower and the birth of Modern Republicanism - Cold War “Brinksmanship” - Asia heats up - Crisis in the Middle East - McCarthyism - US-Soviet Relations - “military-industrial complex” - Civil Rights struggles - Pop Culture

Essay: (2006 Free Response) While the United States appeared to be dominated by consensus and conformity in the 1950’s, some Americans reacted against the status quo. Analyze the critiques of United States society made by TWO of the following: Youth Civil Rights Activists Intellectuals

**Unit 26 Promises and Turmoil the 1960’s** =Materials= =Brinkley, Ch. 31= **Bailey:** //President Kennedy Proclaims a “Quarantine”,// //The Soviets Save Face,// //Martin Luther King Jr.// // Writes from //// Birmingham //// Jail, // // President Johnson Asserts His War Aims, // // The Students for a Democratic Society Issues a Manifesto //

Lesson 32 The New Frontier Lesson 34 The Black Revolution

Topics of discussion: JFK - The election of 1960 - The New Frontier - Berlin/Cuba/Vietnam - Assassination LBJ - Great Society - Escalation in Vietnam - Civil Rights & the Warren Court - MLK/Malcolm X/Black Power - Counterculture

Essay: (1995 DBQ) Analyze the changes that occurred during the 1960’s in the goals, strategies, and support of the movement for African-American civil rights.

**Unit 27 Limits of a Superpower 1969-1980** =Materials= =Brinkley, Chapter 32= **Bailey:** //Nixon’s Grand Plan in Foreign Policy,// //Nixon Outlines His Judicial Philosophy,// // Hugh Sidey Assesses the Carter Presidency //

Lesson 35 The Crimes of Watergate Topics of discussion Nixon White House - Escalation and reduction in SE Asia - Détente with China and Russia - New Federalism - Domestic Policies - Burger court - Watergate and the resignation of a president Ford’s presidency - the pardoning of Nixon - fall of Saigon - Economic difficulties Carter’s Presidency - election of 1976 - Panama Canal - Camp David Accords - Iran Hostage Crisis - Soviet invasion of Afghanistan - Domestic Economic Issues Society in transition - Immigation - Minority rights - Environmental movement

Essay: (2005 Free Response) Analyze the extent to which TWO of the following transformed American society in the 1960’s and 1970’s. The Civil Rights movement The antiwar movement The women’s movement The Environmental movement

=Materials= =Brinkley, Chapter 33, 34= **Bailey:** //The Supply-Side Gospel,// //George Kennan Hails the End of the Cold War,// //Editor Irving Kristol// // Defines Neoconservatism, // // Journalist Peter Steinfels Critizes the Neoconservatives, // // Columnist Robert Samuelson Praises the Reagan Legacy, // // A Governor Calls for //// Restricting Immigration, // // The New Republic Urges Open Immigration. //
 * Unit 28 The Conservative Challenge: 1980-Present ****

Lesson 37 Ronald Reagan: An Evaluation of a Presidency

Topics of discussion Election of Reagan - Rise of conservatism and the Moral Majority - Supply-side economics and the “trickle-down” theory - Renewing the Cold War - Problems in the Middle East Election of George H.W. Bush - End of the Cold War - Panama and the First Gulf War - Domestic disappointments Election of Clinton - Domestic agenda - GOP congressional victory in 1994 - Middle East tensions - NATO in Eastern Europe - Impeachment Election of 2000 - Gore v Bush - Role of the Supreme Court in outcome Bush in White House - September 11, 2001 - Attack on Afghanistan - Invasion of Iraq - the rationale - the evidence - the cost Relations with Allies The Axis of Evil Domestic Policy - Internal spying - Tax cuts The Election of 2004 - Bush v Kerry - Response to Hurricane Katrina The Election of 2008 - Obama v McCain

Essay: Describe the patterns of immigration in TWO of the periods listed below. Compare and contrast the responses of Americans to immigrants in these periods. 1820 to 1860 1880 to 1924 1965 to 2000