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Course of Study
American Colonial Times
Chapters 1-5
Unit 1 Reading Guide
Colonial Lecture
Readings:
The Starving Time
Mary Rowland
Slave is Taken to Barbados
Baconite Grievances
Slavery is Justified
Salem Witchcraft
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
The American Revolution
Chapters 6-8
Unit 2 Reading Guide
Duel for North America
Road to Revolution
Revolution
Establishing the New Republic
Chapters 9-12
Unit 3 Reading Guide
Confederation & the Constitution
New Ship of State
The Jeffersonian Republic
War of 1812
Growth & Expansion
Chapters 13-15, 17
Unit 4 Reading Guide
Transplanting the Tribes
War on the Bank
Rise of Mass Democracy
Forging the National Economy
Antebellum Reformation
Manifest Destiny
We Take Nothing By Conquest
Civil War & Reconstruction
Chapter 16, 18-22
Unit 5 Reading Guide
Road to the Civil War
Reading: Life on a Southern Plantation
Civil War
Reading: Sherman's March to the Sea
Reading: President Lincoln Enters Richmond
Reconstruction
Reading: The South in Defeat
Modern America Emerges
Chapter 23-26
Unit 6 Reading Guide
Gilded Age
Industry & Unions
Andrew Carnegie Reading
Building the Brooklyn Bridge
Urbanization & Immigration
Death of a Child
The West
The Populists
My Antonia Study Guide
Saving the World & America
Chapter 27-30
Unit 7 Reading Guide
Empire & Expansion
Progressives
Wilsonian Progressivism
The War To End All Wars
Between the Wars
Chapter 31-34
Unit 8 Reading Guide
Culture of the 1920's
1920's Domestic Policies
Great Depression
Foreign Policy 1920-1941
War, Hot and Cold
Chapter 35-37
Unit 9 Reading Guide
WWII
Cold War
Eisenhower Era
Eruption & the Return of Conservatism
Chapter 38-40
Unit 10 Reading Guide
Stormy 60's
1970's
1980's
Chapters 1-5
Unit 1 Reading Guide
Colonial Lecture
Readings:
The Starving Time
Mary Rowland
Slave is Taken to Barbados
Baconite Grievances
Slavery is Justified
Salem Witchcraft
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
The American Revolution
Chapters 6-8
Unit 2 Reading Guide
Duel for North America
Road to Revolution
Revolution
Establishing the New Republic
Chapters 9-12
Unit 3 Reading Guide
Confederation & the Constitution
New Ship of State
The Jeffersonian Republic
War of 1812
Growth & Expansion
Chapters 13-15, 17
Unit 4 Reading Guide
Transplanting the Tribes
War on the Bank
Rise of Mass Democracy
Forging the National Economy
Antebellum Reformation
Manifest Destiny
We Take Nothing By Conquest
Civil War & Reconstruction
Chapter 16, 18-22
Unit 5 Reading Guide
Road to the Civil War
Reading: Life on a Southern Plantation
Civil War
Reading: Sherman's March to the Sea
Reading: President Lincoln Enters Richmond
Reconstruction
Reading: The South in Defeat
Modern America Emerges
Chapter 23-26
Unit 6 Reading Guide
Gilded Age
Industry & Unions
Andrew Carnegie Reading
Building the Brooklyn Bridge
Urbanization & Immigration
Death of a Child
The West
The Populists
My Antonia Study Guide
Saving the World & America
Chapter 27-30
Unit 7 Reading Guide
Empire & Expansion
Progressives
Wilsonian Progressivism
The War To End All Wars
Between the Wars
Chapter 31-34
Unit 8 Reading Guide
Culture of the 1920's
1920's Domestic Policies
Great Depression
Foreign Policy 1920-1941
War, Hot and Cold
Chapter 35-37
Unit 9 Reading Guide
WWII
Cold War
Eisenhower Era
Eruption & the Return of Conservatism
Chapter 38-40
Unit 10 Reading Guide
Stormy 60's
1970's
1980's