Instructor Mr. Matthew Amato Flanders, Samohi Class of 1989, B.A. UCSB (History), M.Ed. UCLA flanders@smmusd.org www.samohiaquatics.com/mr-flanders-history-classes.html 310-395-3204 Materials A People and A Nation (School Provided, to be brought to class daily) 3 Ring Notebook Paper Pens/pencils (multiple colors) Outside reading book (TBD) Course Description AP United States History is a challenging course that is meant to be the equivalent of a freshman college course and can earn students college credit. It is a two-semester survey of United States history from the colonial period to the present. Solid reading and writing skills, along with a willingness to devote considerable time to homework and study, are necessary to succeed. Emphasis is placed on critical and evaluative thinking skills, essay writing, and interpretation of original documents. A college textbook is used in the course and an average assignment consists of 10 to 12 pages. Students will also be trained in note-taking skills as most of the classes are lectures. Throughout the year, students will be introduced to typical questions used on the AP Exam which is administered in May. Several weeks are spent in intensive review preparing students to take the exam. All students enrolled in the course are required to take the AP Exam. A final exam is also given at the end of the course. There is a charge for the AP Exam (approximately $80.00) but when you consider a passing grade may earn college credit, the cost is minimal. Even if a student fails to achieve a passing score on the AP Exam, the experience of taking a college course is immeasurable Each AP U.S. History Examination is three hours and ten minutes in length and has both a multiple choice and a freeresponse section. Fifty-five minutes are allotted for Part I, the multiple choice section, which contains 80 questions and accounts for 50 percent of the composite score. Part II, the free-response section, consists of a required 15-minute reading period, a required document-based question for which 45 minutes are recommended, and an essay section in which students select one question from each of two groups of questions. Thirty-five minutes are allotted for each of the essays. The DBQ and the essays account for 50 percent of the composite score. Course Goals Master a broad body of historical knowledge Demonstrate an understanding of historical chorology Use historical data to support an argument or position Differentiate between historiographical schools of thought Interpret and apply data from primary documents Effectively use analytical skills of evaluation, cause and effect, compare and contrast Work effectively with others to produce products and solve problems Prepare for and successfully pass the AP US History Exam Grade Breakdown 1 st Semester Article Reviews = 10% Book Review = 5% Chapter Outlines 30% Midterms 25% Binderwork 20% VERSION 8/4/12 1 of 12
Final 10% Grade Breakdown 2 nd Semester Article Reviews = 10% Book Review = 5% Chapter Outlines 30% Midterms 25% Binderwork 20% Mock AP 5% Final 5% Late work accepted for reduced credit (%10 a day) No extra credit will be given Homework Assignments and Assessments 1 st Semester A People and A Nation Outlines Due Date Chapter 2: Europeans Colonize North America, 1600-1640 August 24 Chapter 3: North American in the Atlantic World, 1640-1720 August 27 Chapter 4: American Society Transformed, 1720-1770 September 5 Chapter 5: Severing the Bonds of Empire, 1754-1774 September 18 Chapter 6: A Revolution, Indeed, 1774-1783 September 24 Chapter 7: Forging a National Republic, 1776-1789 September 27 Chapter 8: The Early Republic: Conflicts at Home and Abroad, 1789-1800 October 3 Chapter 9: Partisan Politics and War: The Democratic-Republicans in Power, 1801-1815 October 12 Chapter 10: Nationalism, Expansion, and the Market Economy, 1816-1845 October 17 Chapter 11: Reform and Politics in the Age of Jackson, 1824-1845 October 24 Chapter 12: People and Communities in the North and West, 1830-1860 October 30 Chapter 13: People and Communities in a Slave Society: The South, 1830-1860 November 2 Chapter 14: Slavery and America's Future: The Road to War, 1845-1861 November 13 Chapter 15: Transforming Fire: The Civil War, 1861-1865 November 16 Chapter 16: Reconstruction: An Unfinished Revolution, 1865-1877 November 28 Article Reviews from The American Record Due Date This Great and Sore Affliction August 30 The Labor Problem at Jamestown September 4 The Shoemaker and the Revolution September 20 The Framers and the People October 9 Civilizing the Machine October 24 The Quest for Room October 29 The Commitment to Immediate November 5 A Band of Brothers November 21 Promised Land November 30 VERSION 8/4/12 2 of 12
Book Review: Due Date A Cartoon History of The United States December 14 Examinations Date Midterm I Colonial America September 14 Midterm II Revolutionary America October 2 Midterm III Early National Period October 23 Midterm IV Antebellum Period November 13 Midterm V Civil War and Reconstruction December 7 Final Exam A Cumulative Dec 17-21 2 nd Semester A People and A Nation Outlines Due Date Chapter 17: The Development of the West, 1877-1900 January 8 Chapter 18: The Machine Age, 1877-1920 January 8 Chapter 19: The Vitality and Turmoil of Urban Life, 1877-1920 January 8 Chapter 20: Gilded Age Politics, 1877-1900 January 10 Chapter 22: The Quest for Empire, 1865-1914 January 15 Chapter 21: The Progressive Era, 1895-1920 February 1 Chapter 23: Americans in the Great War, 1914-1920 February 5 Chapter 24: The New Era of the 1920s February 8 Chapter 25: The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1941 February 20 Chapter 26: Peaceseekers and Warmakers: Americans in the World, 1920-1941 February 22 Chapter 27: The Second World War at Home and Abroad, 1941-1945 February 25 Chapter 28: The Cold War and American Globalism, 1945-1961 March 6 Chapter 29: America at Midcentury March 11 Chapter 30: The Tumultuous Sixties March 15 Chapter 31: Continuing Divisions and New Limits April 8 Chapter 32: Conservatism Revised April 12 Chapter 33: Global Bridges in the New Millennium April 19 Article Reviews from The American Record Due Date America s Robin Hood January 16 Gunfire and Brickbats: The Great Railway Strikes of 1877 January 22 Black Soldiers and the White Man s Burden January 25 Cleaning Up the Dance Halls February 1 Political Fundamentalism February 11 Mean Streets: Black Harlem in the Great Depression February 2 Strangers from a Different Shore: The relocation February 28 Rebels Without a Cause? March 13 Confronting the War Machine March 20 From Integration to Diversity April 8 Reckoning with Reagan April 16 The Vulcans April 23 VERSION 8/4/12 3 of 12
Book Review: Due Date The Autobiography of Malcolm X May 3 Examinations Date Midterm VI America Becomes a Modern Nation January 31 Midterm VII America Matures February 19 Midterm IX America and FDR March 5 Midterm X Cold War/Civil Rights April 11 Midterm XI Contemporary America April 26 MOCK AP EXAM TBD Final Exam June 3-7 Units of Study Unit I Colonial America: 1492-1750 Central Focus: Analyze the development of northern, middle and southern colonies in America during the period 1492-1750. American Diversity, Slavery and its legacies, Religion, Demographic changes Native American cultures before European contact European colonization of North America: France, Spain, Great Britain Merging of Cultures: Native American, African, European Religion in America The Great Awakening Society and Culture in Colonial America: Southern, Middle, Northern colonies Colonialism, mercantilism, slavery, labor, representative government, race, class, gender, Protestantism, geographic differences, The Mayflower Compact, 1620 A Model of Christian Charity (City upon a Hill- John Winthrop) The Devastation of the Indies: A brief Account (excerpts) - Bartolome de Las Casas An Indentured Servant Describes Life in Virginia- Richard Frethorne Unit II: Revolutionary America 1750-1800 Central Focus: What were the social, political and economic factors that drove the American colonies from dependency on Great Britain to independence? VERSION 8/4/12 4 of 12
American identity, Politics and Citizenship, War and Diplomacy Colonial North America Population growth and immigration Transatlantic trade and mercantilism Growth of plantation economies The Enlightenment The American Revolution The French and Indian War The Imperial crises and resistance to Britain The War for Independence Revolution, enlightenment, identity, federalism, confederation Navigation Acts, September 13, 1660 Stamp Act of 1765 Declaration of Independence Join or Die Common Sense - Thomas Paine Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania -John Dickinson Unit III: The Early National Period 1789-1820 (September 24-October 5) Central Focus: What challenges did the early federal government face in establishing a strong central government from 1789-1820? Demographic changes, economic transformations, reform, slavery and its legacy, politics and citizenship Forming a national government: Confederation and Constitution Washington, Adams, and the shaping of a national government Emergence of political parties: Federalists and Republicans Federalism: National power and States rights Hamilton, Jefferson and the creation of the National Bank Republican Motherhood and education for women The Supreme Court in the Creation of American National government The significance of Jefferson s Presidency: The Revolution of 1800 The Louisiana Purchase Expansion in to the trans-appalachian West: Native American resistance Growth of slavery and free Black communities VERSION 8/4/12 5 of 12
The War of 1812 John Marshall and the Supreme Court Federalism, nationalism, sectionalism, reform, industrialization Hamilton and Jefferson on the creation of the National Bank The Louisiana Purchase Washington s farewell address Marbury v Madison First Inaugural address, Thomas Jefferson Alien and Sedition Acts Missouri Compromise McCullough v Maryland Unit IV-Antebellum American 1820-1850 Central Focus: In what ways and to what extent did the forces of growth and expansion beginning with the Constitution contribute to disunion? Explain the growing economic, social, and political divisions with the United States between 1800-1860 Demographic Changes, Economic Transformations, Reform, Religion, Slavery and its legacies. Politics and citizenship Early national politics The Second party system Industrialization, transportation, the creation of a national market economy Changes in class structure Immigration and nativist reaction The economic and social system of the South Sectionalism: The Missouri Compromise Egalitarianism and Jacksonian Democracy Nullification and the Bank War Reform Movements Ideals of domesticity Slavery as a moral issue Indian Removal Economic Diversification, factory system, transportation, egalitarianism, nationalism, states rights, manifest destiny, sectionalism, compromise, industrialization VERSION 8/4/12 6 of 12
Essential documents: Gibbons v Ogden Ain t I a Woman? - Sojourner Truth On Manifest Destiny, 1839 - John L. O Sullivan South Carolina Exposition and Protest - John C. Calhoun The Liberator - William Lloyd Garrison Defense of the American System - Henry Clay Dred Scott v Sanford Unit V: The Civil War and Reconstruction 1860-1877 (November 5-16) Central Focus: Evaluate the degree to which the Civil War and Reconstruction forged a new sense of identity and nationhood for the American people American identity, Demographic Changes, War and Diplomacy, Politics and Citizenship, economic transformations, American diversity, culture Civil War and Reconstruction Two societies at war: mobilization, resources, and internal dissent Military strategies and foreign diplomacy Emancipation and the role of African Americans in the war Social, political and economic effects of war in the North, South and West Presidential and Radical Reconstruction Southern state governments: aspirations, achievements, failures African Americans in politics, education and the economy Compromise of 1877 Impact of Reconstruction Nationalism, sectionalism, reconstruction, civil war, The Emancipation Proclamation The Gettysburg Address Lincoln s Second Inaugural Address A former slave writes to his former master The Civil War Amendments to the U.S. Constitution Unit VI-America Becomes a Modern Nation Central Focus: How did the United States become an industrialized, modernized nation? The New South and the Post Civil War West VERSION 8/4/12 7 of 12
Reconfiguration of southern agriculture Expansion of manufacturing and industrialization The politics of segregation: Jim Crow and disfranchisement Expansion and development of western railroads Competitors for the West: miners, ranchers, homesteaders and Native Americans Government policy towards Native Americans Gender, race and ethnicity in the West Environmental impacts of western settlement Industrialization/Urbanization Corporate consolidation of industry Effects of technological developments on the worker and workplace Labor and Unions National politics and influence of corporate power Migration and immigration: the changing face of the nation Social Darwinism and the Social Gospel Urbanization and the city: Machine politics; problems Intellectual and cultural movements and popular entertainment Agrarian discontent and political issues of the late 19 th century Imperialism American Imperialism: political and economic expansion The Spanish American War Conceptual Identification: Nationalism, Imperialism, Industrialization, Urbanization Sherman Anti-trust Act 1892 Populist Party Platform Cross of Gold -William Jennings Bryan Thomas Nast Cartoons Plessey v Ferguson, 1896 Our Country -Josiah Strong Of Mr. Booker T. Washington -W.E.B. DuBois Atlanta Compromise -Booker T. Washington How the Other Half Lives-Jacob Riis The Gospel of Wealth-Andrew Carnegie The Significance of the Frontier in American History -Frederick Jackson Turner Unit VII: America Matures Central Focus: Analyze and interpret the changes in the social, political, and economic involvement of government in American Society VERSION 8/4/12 8 of 12
Culture, American identity, Economic transformations, environment, reform, War and Diplomacy Progressivism: Origins of progressive reform: municipal, state and national Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson as Progressive presidents Women s roles: family, workplace, education, politics, and reform Black America: urban migration and civil rights initiatives America as a World Power War in Europe and American neutrality World War I at home and abroad Wilson the Progressive Moralist: The Treaty of Versailles American Society postwar The New Era: 1920 s The Business of America Normalcy Republican politics: Harding, Coolidge, Hoover The culture of modernism: science, the arts, sports and entertainment Responses to Modernism: religious fundamentalism, natives, and Prohibition The Harlem Renaissance The modern woman Laissez faire, urbanization, business, progressivism, fundamentalism, morality, nativism, immigration, modernism, demography, ethnocentrism, Pure Food and Drug Act 1914 Clayton Anti-Trust Act Immigration Act of 1921, 1924 17 th, 18 th, 19 th Amendments The Fourteen Points A Dream Deferred -Langston Hughes The Bridge -Joseph Stella Unit VII: America and FDR Central Focus: Analyze and interpret the impact of FDR on America. Culture, American identity, Economic transformations, environment, reform, War and Diplomacy The Great Depression and New Deal Causes of the Great Depression The Hoover administration s response FDR and the New Deal VERSION 8/4/12 9 of 12
Labor and union recognition The New Deal coalition and its critics from the Right and the Left American Society during the Great Depression World War II The rise of fascism and militarism in Japan, Italy and Germany The United States policy of Neutrality Pearl Harbor and the U.S. declaration of war Diplomacy, war aims, wartime conferences The Home front during WW II Urban migration and demographic changes Women, work and family during the war Expansion of government power Civil liberties and civil rights: Japanese internment; Atomic Power and is implications Laissez faire, business, progressivism, modernism, fascism, militarism First Inaugural Address-Franklin D. Roosevelt Dorthea Lange photographs Fireside Chats Franklin D. Roosevelt The Decision to Drop the Bomb -Harry S. Truman Executive Order 9066-Franklin D. Roosevelt Korematsu v United States, 1944 Unit IIX- The Cold War and Civil Rights Central Focus: In what ways and to what extent did the Cold War and the Civil Rights Movement shape American society between 1945-1968? War and Diplomacy, reform, globalization, demographic changes, economic transformations, American identity, politics and citizenship, The United States and the Early Cold War Origins of the Cold War Truman and containment The Cold War in Asia: China, Korea, Vietnam The Cold War in Europe, Latin America The Red Scare and McCarthyism Diplomatic strategies and policies of Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy. The military-industrial complex The New Frontier Lyndon Johnson and the Vietnam War VERSION 8/4/12 10 of 12
The Civil Rights Movement: The impact of World War II on the modern civil rights movement The impact of Brown v Board of Education. The Lynching of Emmett Till. The Montgomery Bus Boycott Martin Luther King emerges as a National Leader Non-violent campaigns to desegregate America Television and the Civil Rights Movement Lyndon Johnson and the Civil Rights Movement Consensus and Conformity in America Suburbia and middle class America The impact of television on Cold War and Civil Rights War on Poverty: The Great Society The impact of science and technology on American Life Postwar Economic expansion The Counter-culture Bi-polar, military industrial complex, racism, militancy, non-violence, consensus, conformity, sphere of influence, containment, domino theory, massive retaliation, Essential Documents The Containment Doctrine -Harry S. Truman The Marshall Plan -George Marshall The Long Telegram -George F. Kennan The Wheeling West Virginia Speech -Joseph McCarthy Brown v Board of Education, 1954 Letter from a Birmingham Jail -Martin Luther King, Jr. I have a Dream -Martin Luther King, Jr. The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution The Things they Carried-Tim O Brien Unit X -Contemporary America Central Focus: In what ways and to what extent has the neoconservative revolution altered American social, political, and economic structure in the last years of the twentieth century? American Diversity, American Identity, Culture, Demographic Changes, Economic Transformations, Environment, Globalization, Politics and Citizenship, Religion, War and Diplomacy Politics and Economics at the end of the Twentieth Century The election of 1968 as a turning point Nixon s challenges: Vietnam, China, Watergate VERSION 8/4/12 11 of 12
Jimmy Carter the Washington outsider The New Right and the Reagan revolution End of the Cold War Society and Culture at the End of the Twentieth Century Demographic Changes in American Revolutions in biotechnology, communication and computers Identity politics in a multicultural society Liberal democracy The United States in the Post Cold-War World Globalization and the American economy Unilateralism vs. multilateralism in foreign policy Domestic and foreign terrorism Environmental issues in a global contest Unilateralism, multilateralism, Black Power, Identity politics, Human Rights, liberalism, neoconservatism, authoritarianism, Reaganomics Reflections of a Neoconservative -Irving Kirstol Vietnam Veterans against the War (1971) - John Kerry The Equal Rights Amendment Remarks at the Annual Convention of the National Association of Evangelicals -Ronald Reagan Hate, Rape and Rap -Tipper Gore 2 Live Crew, Decoded - Henry Louis Gates, Jr. VERSION 8/4/12 12 of 12