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US History

This is a survey course that provides students with an investigation of important political, economic, and social developments in American history from the pre-colonial time period to the present day. Students will be engaged in activities that call upon their skills as historians (i.e. recognizing cause and effect relationships, various forms of research, expository and persuasive writing, reading of primary and secondary sources, comparing and contrasting important ideas and events).

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american pageant ch 11-22 (from teacher site)

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11 The Triumphs and Travails of the Jeffersonian Republic ??? 1800?1812 Timid men . . . prefer the calm of despotism to the boisterous sea of liberty. THOMAS JEFFERSON, 1796 In the critical presidential contest of 1800, the firstin which Federalists and Democratic-Republicans functioned as two national political parties, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson again squared off against each other. The choice seemed clear and dramatic: Adams?s Federalists waged a defensive struggle for strong central government and pub- lic order. Their Jeffersonian opponents presented themselves as the guardians of agrarian purity, lib- erty, and states? rights. The next dozen years, how- ever, would turn what seemed like a clear-cut choice in 1800 into a messier reality, as the Jeffersonians in

American pageant ch. 1-10

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THE AMERICANPAGEANT 2 PART ONE FOUNDING THE NEW NATION ??? c. 33,000 B.C.?A.D. 1783 The European explorers who followed Christopher Columbus to North America in the sixteenth century had no notion of founding a new nation. Neither did the first European settlers who peopled the thirteen English colonies on the eastern shores of the continent in the sev- enteenth and eighteenth cen- turies. These original colonists may have fled poverty or religious persecution in the Old World, but they continued to view them- selves as Europeans, and as sub- jects of the English king. They regarded America as but the western rim of a transatlantic European world. Yet life in the New World made the colonists different from their European cousins, and eventually, during the American Revo-

APUSH thesis

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Writing
education
Politics of the United States
Knowledge
rhetoric
Academia
thesis
Manifest Destiny
Advanced Placement United States History
essay
Question

How To Write an A.P. U.S. History Thesis Statement What is a thesis? A thesis statement is the position a student is going to take, the argument that is going to be made. It is therefore the answer to the question being asked. What is not a thesis? The thesis statement is not a fact; it is an informed interpretation of the facts. Neither is the thesis/argument just an opinion. Instead, the thesis is the reasoned judgment of the student. Don?t understand the prompt? Thesis will not be good = essay flops Don?t feel like answering the prompt? JUST DO IT! Answering the prompt will ensure a fair score Answering the prompt with good/great theses/arguments ensures a much higher score The Importance of Understanding the Prompt

Battle of Trenton And Princeton Word Search - Review

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Computer programming
Computing
Software engineering
Classical cipher
Index of agriculture articles
Human Interest
law
War

Name:______________________________ Date:_________________ Period:______ Battle of Trenton and Princeton By: Jeremy Pellerino, Grant Kelly, Charlie Knipp A C W C A D W A L A D E R K A Y W G E R I H A O R O O E J P Z J K N K E F L Z H Z R E F Z C G C V B N W C Q M D P G R X P R H C S Q A N I Z S E V T M O C D F O X A Y Q I E K N W F Q W S C I R B P W T R S I G O P T H T W B J V Q I I Y E I Z S I L L A W N R O C T D R E V B Q G X J N Y C I P N H M P M U W V U A Z S I K A H A E K P G N K R Y F A B Z L S W S N S I F S F R R R N O T N E R T Z I N P E L F U K U H L Q Y C V V F E H P T I C U T P M A W H O O D U C F Z P H B E U A H R Y U R O A P D E F R K V W S X K G A C L M L W J H N I S C F U V B P N E H T C L B O A S Y S S U O P B Y R V B F F I K W

Treaty of Versailles

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Treaty of Versailles
Henry Cabot Lodge
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Versailles
Article X of the Covenant of the League of Nations
Lodge Reservations
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Treaty of Versailles Big 4 United States ? Woodrow Wilson Great Britain ? Lloyd George France ? Clemenceau Italy ? Orlando (minor player) Wilson?s Mistakes U.S. delegation to Paris was made up of only Democrats U.S. Senate was led by Republicans Tells the Senate to ratify the treaty ?as is? Main opposition to Treaty was Senator Henry Cabot Lodge ? isolationist (wants the United States to stay away from other countries) Wilson goes on speaking tour of the United States to gain support for the treaty Suffers a massive stroke Legally, probably should have resigned Senate does not ratify the Treaty of Versailles We do NOT sign the Treaty of Versailles

Progressive Presidents

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Politics of the United States
united states
Politics
Heads of state
Titles
Sons of the American Revolution
Vice Presidents of the United States
Taft family
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
President of the United States
Theodore Roosevelt

Progressive Presidents Theodore Roosevelt October 27, 1858 ? January 6, 1919 Republican Presidency Number: 26 Number of Terms: 2 Governor of New York (1898-1900) Interesting Facts: Youngest president His wife and mother in the same house, on February 14, 1884 There is no known record of him mentioning his wife?s name again His sister raised his daughter He was the first president to win the Nobel Peace Prize Awarded it for the Russo-Japanese treaty Given a ?teddy-bear? in 1903 Pushed for the creation of the Panama Canal Was shot in the chest en route to Milwaukee but refused to go to the hospital before his speech Spoke for an hour with the bullet in his lung, then was taken to the hospital

New Deal

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Government
American studies
Politics of the United States
73rd United States Congress
Tennessee River
Tennessee Valley Authority
United States Department of Energy
New Deal
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Attachment
Appalachia
Fireside chats
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Disaster

New Deal Fireside Chat #1 He announces a bank holiday to give the banks a chance to obtain the currency necessary for the situation The key elements of the bank holiday he has announced. Specific examples of how he explains the banking system. Examples of simple, yet powerful imagery and language that he employs. The overall effectiveness of the speech. Why they believe this speech would have been so effective in 1933. Tennessee Valley Authority Appalachian valley range is not developed ? hinders their growth FDR passes the TVA to modernize Appalachia Creates electricity, creates jobs, dams up rivers Government pumps money into that region Civilian Conservation Corp 18-25 year old men were shipped out into rural areas

Midterm Guidlines

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Economic history of the United States
Silver
Politics of the United States
History of the United States
Elections in the United States
Free Silver
William Jennings Bryan
Silverite
Grover Cleveland
National Democratic Party
Democratic Party
Bimetallism
Politics

Midterm Guidelines - APUSH Multiple Choice ? 50% 50 questions Chapters 4-18 Short Essay ? 20% Pick one of two One regular, one analyzing a picture AP format ? answer a, b, and c: First Question = first paragraph Second Question = second paragraph Third Question = third paragraph 4-5 sentences each Long Essay ? 30% Pick one: The War of 1812 Political Machines and Political Bosses (Page 481) Political machines ? organizations seeking to obtain and retain power Emerged in urban, often working-class neighborhoods Solicited votes for particular candidates and promised jobs and other services to supporters Putting their candidates in office gave them power over local government Machine politicians used fraud and bribery ? provided relief and service to their voters

Great Depression

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economics
macroeconomics
Great Depression
business cycle
Financial crises
New Deal
Causes of the Great Depression
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Overproduction
Underconsumption
unemployment
Tariff
Social Issues
Politics
Business

Great Depression In Class Notes Causes of the Great Depression Stock market crash Overproduction Industry Agriculture Industries produced more goods because of good economy in the 1920s Did not raise wages to keep up Results in under consumption Wages stayed stagnant ? market flooded with goods that cannot be purchased Unequal distribution of wealth No middle class Top 1% of Americans had more wealth than the bottom 42% of Americans Monetary policy Federal government raised interest rates in the 1920s People pulled money from banks to invest with stocks Government didn?t help the bank High tariffs and war debts Increase tariffs Election of 1932 Republican: Hoover (incumbent) Sent out the ?bonus army? on the veterans who marched on the mall

Fear of Communist Influence

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McCarthyism
Politics of the United States
Politics
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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Joseph McCarthy
Communist Party USA
Anti-communism
House Un-American Activities Committee
Hollywood blacklist

Fear of Communist Influence Many Americans feel threatened by the rise of Communist governments in Europe and Asia These fears increase when its discovered that people are selling US government secrets to the Soviets Truman is accused of being ?soft? on communism Sets up a Loyalty Review Board Board investigates over 3 million people 1947 ? Congress creates House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) Primarily focused on Hollywood Hollywood Ten ? refused to testify and were sent to prison for not cooperating Rosenberg Case Stuns the Nation Ethel and Julius Rosenberg Two Americans who were members of the communist party Convicted of giving atomic bomb secrets to the Soviets 1949 ? Soviets successfully test an atomic bomb

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