Mission Statement: US History A (Pre-History 1900) The Social Studies Department at Alton High School is a professional learning community of teachers/scholars united by a common goal to enhance the knowledge of and understanding of the American past. They work to communicate that knowledge to the students as well as create an appreciation of the American past and a critical understanding of how lives, institutions, and events played an integral part in the creation of America. Essential Question: How does the evolution of the American Experience facilitate the continued growth and development of the democratic process? These essential skills prompts will be utilized to determine student mastery through use of conventional questions and advanced essay questions utilizing who, what, when where, and why. The following items are used as essential skills prompts: 1. America is enriched by its diversity and its national identity. 2. People dreamt of immigrating to America and that dream continues today. 3. Every citizen has certain rights and liberties among them are the right to participate in government and to exercise such liberties as freedom of speech and worship. 4. The United States is a political and social experiment and over time evolution has added to the democratic process.
Vocabulary: pg. 62 conquistador mestizo indentured servant proprietor Quaker Chapter 2 The American Colonies Emerge TT8 Artifact TT9 Two-to-Three Paragraph & essay: In what ways was Penn s colony a place of tolerance and diversity?
Vocabulary: pg. 92 mercantilism Enlightenment Dominion of New England Great Awakening triangular trade New France middle passage Proclamation of 1763 Stono Rebellion Chapter 3 The Colonies Come of Age TT10 Context Clues & essay: What factors contributed to the growth of a more diverse and powerful representative government in colonial America?
Chapter 4 The War for Independence Vocabulary: pg. 126 Stamp Act Battle of Saratoga Boston Massacre Valley Forge Battle of Yorktown Olive Branch Petition Common Sense TT15 Two Paragraph Secondary Sources TT16 Timed Essay
Chapter 5 Shaping a New Nation Vocabulary: pg. 150 republic electoral college Articles of Confederation Federalist Land Ordinance of 1785 Antifederalist Shay s Rebellion Bill of Rights checks and balances TT19 One-Paragraph Quotation Primary Source TT20 Essay Question Extended Response
Chapter 7 Balancing Nationalism and Sectionalism Vocabulary: pg. 236 Industrial Revolution Trail of Tears nationalism Bank of the United States Missouri Compromise Whig Party Spoils System TT26 Embedded Quotation Primary Source TT28 Political Cartoon
Chapter 9 Expanding Markets and Moving West Vocabulary: pg. 300 manifest destiny Oregon Trail Alamo Republic of Texas Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo TT34 Movement Map TT36 Making Generalizations Reading for Social Studies
Chapter 10 The Union in Peril Vocabulary: pg. 334 secession Compromise of 1850 popular sovereignty Fugitive Slave Act nativisim TT37 Context Clues Reading for Social Studies TT40 Time Line- Incomplete Time Line
Chapter 11 The Civil War Vocabulary: pg. 373 Emancipation Proclamation Gettysburg Address conscription Appomattox income tax Thirteenth Amendment Andersonville TT43 Drawing Conclusions Reading for Social Studies TT44 Compare and Contrast Reading for Social Studies Essay: In what ways were the battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg similar and what ways were they different?
Chapter 12 Reconstruction and Its Effects Vocabulary: pg. 403 Radical Republicans carpetbagger Freedmen s Bureau sharecropping Fourteenth Amendment Ku Klux Klan Fifteenth Amendment TT46 Primary Source One Paragraph & essay: What was the Tenure of Office Act and how was it significant in the impeachment of Andrew Johnson? TT48 Political Cartoon
Chapter 13 Changes on the Western Frontier Vocabulary: pg. 432 Homestead Act exoduster assimilation Populism Morrill Act Grange TT49 Pie Graph TT51 Reading for Social Studies Cause and Effect & essay: What were some of the problems faced by farmers in the period between 1877-1898?
Chapter 14 A New Industrial Age Vocabulary: pg. 457 transcontinental railroad Sherman Antitrust Act Interstate Commerce Act American federation of Labor TT53 Transportation Map TT54 Writing Information in Different Forms & essay: How did the rise of big business affect the growth of labor unions in the period 1877-1898?
Chapter 15 Immigrants and Urbanization Vocabulary: pg. 479 Ellis Island graft Gentlemen s Agreement patronage Americanization Movement Pendleton Civil Service Act political machine TT56 Writing Timed Essay Extended Response TT57 Political Cartoon
Vocabulary: pg. 544 progressive movement NAACP muckraker Clayton Antitrust Act suffrage Federal Reserve System Chapter 17 The Progressive Era TT62 Reading for Social Studies Cause and Effect & essay: How did the 17 th Amendment further the goals of Progressivism? What effect did it have on American political life?