| Chronology |
Select events and construct a
multiple-tier time line to show relationships among events.
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| The First Global Age |
- Describe the political,
religious and economic aspects of North American colonization including:
a. Reasons for colonization, including religion, desire for land and
economic opportunity;
b. Key differences among the Spanish, French and British colonies;
c. Interactions between American Indians and European settlers,
including the agricultural and cultural exchanges, alliances and
conflicts.
d. Indentured servitude and the introduction and
institutionalization of slavery.
e. Early representative governments and democratic practices that
emerged, including town meetings and colonial assemblies.
f. Conflicts among colonial powers for control of North America.
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| Revolution |
- Identify and explain the
sources of conflict which led to the American Revolution, with emphasis on
the perspectives of the Patriots, Loyalists, neutral colonists and the
British concerning:
a. The Proclamation of 1763, the Stamp Act, the Townshend Acts, the
Tea Act and the Intolerable Acts;
b. The Boston Tea Party, the boycotts, the Sons of Liberty and
petitions and appeals to Parliament.
- Explain the results of important
developments of the American Revolution including:
a. A declaration of American independence;
b. Character and significance of the military struggle in the North
in the early years of the war and the shift of the battle to the South
after 1779;
c. Creation of state constitutions;
d. Impacts on women, African-Americans and American Indians.
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| A New Nation |
- Explain major domestic
problems faced by the leaders of the new republic under the Articles of
Confederation including:
a. Maintaining national security;
b. Creating a stable economic system;
c. Dealing with war debts;
d. Collecting revenue;
e. Defining the authority of the central government.
- Explain the challenges in writing
and ratifying the U.S. Constitution including:
a. Issues debated during the convention resulting in compromises
(i.e., the Great Compromise, the Three-Fifths Compromise and the
compromise over the slave trade);
b. The Federalist/Anti-Federalist debate;
c. The debate over a Bill of Rights.
- Describe the actions taken to build
one country from 13 states including:
a. The precedents established by George Washington, including the
cabinet and a two-term presidency;
b. Alexander Hamilton's actions to create a financially strong
country, including the creation of a national bank;
c. The establishment of an independent feceral court system.
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| Civil War &
Reconstruction |
- Describe and analyze the
territorial expansion of the United States including:
a. Northwest Ordinance;
b. The Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark expedition;
c. Westward movement including Manifest Destiny;
d. The Texas War for Independence and the Mexican-American War.
- Explain causes of the Civil War
with emphasis on:
a. Slavery;
b. States' rights;
c. The different economies of the North and South;
d. The extension of slavery into the territories, including the Dred
Scott Decision and the Kansas-Nebraska Act;
e. The abolitionist movement and the roles of Frederick Douglass and
John Brown;
f. The addition of new states to the Union and their impact on the
balance of power in the Senate, including the Missouri Compromise and the
Compromise of 1850;
g. The emergence of Abraham Lincoln as a national figure in the
Lincoln-Douglas debates, the presidential election of 1860, and the
South's secession.
- Explain the course and consequences
of the Civil War with emphasis on:
a. Contributions of key individuals, including Abraham Lincoln,
Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant;
b. The Emancipation Proclamation;
c. The Battle of Gettysburg.
- Analyze the consequence of
Reconstruction with emphasis on:
a. President Lincoln's assassination and the ensuing struggle for
control of Reconstruction, including the impeachment of President Andrew
Johnson;
b. Attempts to protect the rights of and enhance opportunities for
the freed men, including the basic provisions of the 13th, 14th and 15th
Amendments to the U.S. Constitution;
c. The Ku Klux Klan and the enactment of black codes.
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