APUSH 2024-2025

Period 6: 1865-1898, Topic 2- Westward Expansion: Economic Development Student Learning Objective - Explain the causes and effects of the settlement of the West from 1865 until 1898. Discussion Question #1- What trend does the graph show? Discussion Question #2- What led to this ability to transport goods? Discussion Question #3- What does the transportation of commodities enable? Discussion Question #4- How did you interpret the political cartoon? Discussion Question #5- What role did the US government have in railroad expansion? American Pageant Chapter 24 Page 529- What does the map show? What was the origin of time zones in America? What importance do time zones have today? HW- Read Chapter 24 of the American Pageant and study the ID's American Pageant Chapter 24 Quiz is Monday, 9/22

Period 6: 1865-1898, Topic 13- Politics in the Gilded Age Student Learning Objective - Explain the similarities and differences between political parties during the Gilded Age. James Garfield- 60 Second Presidents 1. Who were the Stalwarts? 2. What happened to Garfield and why? Chester Arthur- 60 Second Presidents 3. Why did Garfield choose Arthur as a VP? 4. What did people think Arthur might do when he became president? 5. What did Arthur do regarding patronage? Historical developments: Patronage led to cities run by political machines and political bosses Roscoe Conkling and the Stalwarts James Garfield's assassination Chester Arthur and the Pendleton Civil Service Act Populism Populism pg 427 “The [political] machine represented the dominant urban political institution of the late nineteenth century. . . . Bosses purchased voter support with individual economic inducements such as offers of public jobs. . . . The machine sustained itself by exchanging material benefits for poli...

60 Second Presidents- Andrew Johnson 1. From a recent quiz- What did Johnson's Secretary of State, William Seward purchase? 2. Why did Americans call it Seward's Folly or Seward's Icebox? 3. How were they actually wrong? 4. How could you back the other side of the argument? 5. Why did Abraham Lincoln pick Andrew Johnson as his 1864 running mate? 6. After Lincoln was assassinated- How would you  evaluate  Johnson's presidency? 7. Why? 60 Second Presidents- US Grant 1. What is Grant most respected for? 2. What is President Grant criticized for? 60 Second Presidents- Rutherford B. Hayes 1. How did Hayes become President? 2. What else did the Compromise of 1877 do? 3. What still existed when Hayes left office? Note- This year I am going to align the AP lessons with the current reading American Pageant Chapter 23 aligns best with Period 6, Topic 7- Labor in the Gilded Age Gilded Age Sharecropping Period 6, Topic 8- Immigration and Migration in the Gilded Age Period 6, Topic ...

1. Attendance 2. American Pageant Chapter 22 Quiz  on google classroom/forms 3. Prepare for class discussion  Period 6: 1865-1898, Topic 1- Contextualization Student discussion question #1- How would you explain the context of the period of 1865 to 1898 in US History? Discussion - Student Learning Objective - Explain the historical context for the rise of industrial capitalism in the United States. (before, during and after) Discussion Question #2- Think back to the Periods 4 and 5 (1800-1848 and 1844-1877).  How would the expansion and prowess of railroads, canals, roads, etc. affect agriculture in the US in the second half of the 19th Century? Discussion Question #3- How does the business climate of the late 1800's effect big business ? Discussion Question #4- How does the business climate of the late 1800's effect smaller businesses? Discussion Question #5- How would you relate today's business climate to that of the late 1800's? Discussion Question #6- How does the...

Period 5: 1844-1877, Topic 10- Reconstruction Student Learning Objective - Students will be able to explain the effects of government policy during Reconstruction on society from 1865 to 1877. “Since the surrender of the armies of the confederate States of America a little has been done toward establishing the Government upon true principles of liberty and justice; and but a little if we stop here. We have broken the material shackles of four million slaves. We have unchained them, from the stake so as to allow them locomotion, provided they do not walk in paths which are trod by white men. . . . But in what have we enlarged their liberty of thought? In what [ways] have we taught them the science and granted them the privilege of self-government? . . . “Unless the rebel states, before admission, should be made republican in spirit, and placed under the guardianship of loyal men, all our blood and treasure will have been spent in vain. . . . There is more reason why [African America...

US History II 10 Essential Questions Purpose- every unit, we connect lessons and assessment questions to these questions! Student learning objective- What do you know about Reconstruction that connects to a specific course essential question? How has the idea of The American Dream influenced the lives of Americans and how has its definition changed over time? How have various groups attempted to Access Their Rights and how have they been Opposed ? How has Religion, Philosophy and Ideology affected the US? How is Power acquired and what measures does it take to Protect Itself ? How does the drive to acquire Wealth influence America? How have the Costs of War affected the development of America? Where does the drive for Expansion come from and what is its impact on America and the rest of the world? How have citizens affected the growth and change of Political Parties and Government ? How has the rise of Mass Media influenced and transformed Culture ?   How have adva...