LLPH Units 1-8
228 items
Chapter 1: 1491-1607
Unit - 5 Lessons
Unit
5 Lessons
Invite students to explore how the collision of cultures created a "New World" and evaluate the impact of European contact with Native Americans and the Americas.
Question Formulation Technique (QFT): Map of 1491 vs. 1754
Lesson - 2 Activities
Lesson
2 Activities
55 Min
It is recommended that this Lesson be completed to introduce the first unit of AP U.S. History. This Lesson will benefit from students having limited prior knowledge about the course content. This Lesson can also be used in conjunction with the Native People Narrative and The Oral Tradition of the Foundation of the Iroquois Confederacy Primary Source.
55 Min
Ship Technology
Lesson - 2 Activities
Lesson
2 Activities
55 Min
This Lesson can be taught any time during the chapter but would be best connected to the Narratives on exploration and settlement, particularly Henry Hudson and Exploration, Hernando de Soto, and Columbian Exchange.
55 Min
Richard Hakluyt and the Case for Undertaking Sea Voyages
Lesson - 1 Activities
Lesson
1 Activities
75 Min
This Lesson should come after students have learned about Spanish explorers such as Christopher Columbus, Hernando de Soto, and Hernan Cortes. This Lesson could come before or after the Ship Technology Lesson.
75 Min
Paideia Seminar: Christopher Columbus
Lesson - 7 Activities
Lesson
7 Activities
95 Min
A prerequisite to this activity is the completion of the Columbus's Letter to Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, 1494 Primary Source activity, which should immediately precede this lesson. This Lesson should be implemented after students have explored the motivations for European exploration and the consequences of the Columbian Exchange, through resources such as the First Contacts Narrative, the Columbian Exchange Narrative, and the Should We Remember Christopher Columbus as a Conqueror or Explorer? Point-Counterpoint. This Lesson should be followed by the Cortes's Account of Tenochtitlan Primary Source activity, the Las Casas on the Destruction of the Indies Primary Source activity, and/or the Life in the Spanish Colonies Narrative.
95 Min
Writing Practice: Building Thesis Statements
Lesson - 1 Activities
Lesson
1 Activities
30 Min
This writing practice should be completed at the end of Chapter 1, although it can be adapted for other units if students continue to demonstrate a need for practice in constructing thesis statements.
30 Min
Should We Remember Christopher Columbus as a Conqueror or Explorer?
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Activity
40 Min
Should Columbus' actions be viewed from a modern lens, or based on the values of his time? Mark Christensen shares two views on this question.
Columbus’s Letter to Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, 1494
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Cortés’ Account of Tenochtitlan, 1522
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Las Casas on the Destruction of the Indies, 1552
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
The Florentine Codex, c. 1585
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
The Oral Tradition of the Foundation of the Iroquois Confederacy
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Watercolors of Algonquian Peoples in North Carolina, 1585
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
Chapter 1 Introductory Essay: 1491-1607
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How did the collision of cultures create a "New World"?
Native People
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How did natives interact with each other before European contact?
First Contacts
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How did the "clash of cultures" impact natives and Europeans?
Hernando de Soto
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Why did Hernando de Soto explore Florida for Spain?
Life in the Spanish Colonies
Essay - 2235 Words
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How did the Spanish and New World natives interact?
Origins of the Slave Trade
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Why did Africa and Europe engage in the slave trade?
Henry Hudson and Exploration
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Why did Henry Hudson want to find the Northwest Passage?
Montezuma and Cortés
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In this section, you will explain the causes of exploration and conquest of the New World by various European nations and explain how and why European and Native American perspectives of others developed and changed in the period.
Chapter 2: 1607-1763
Unit - 3 Lessons
Unit
3 Lessons
Invite students to explore the religious, political, and social movements and events that fostered a sense of autonomy from Great Britain among the American colonists between 1607 and 1763.
Colonial Comparison: The Rights of Englishmen
Lesson - 3 Activities
Lesson
3 Activities
90 Min
This Lesson will provide additional context for the Colonial Identity: English or American? Point-Counterpoint.
90 Min
Benjamin Franklin Mini DBQ
Lesson - 1 Activities
Lesson
1 Activities
55 Min
This Lesson should follow the Colonial Identity: English or American? Point-Counterpoint.
55 Min
Mercantilism
Lesson - 3 Activities
Lesson
3 Activities
45 Min
This Lesson should come at the end of Unit 1 as a preview of the problems in the British colonies leading up to the American Revolution.
45 Min
Colonial Identity: English or American?
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Activity
40 Min
How much did the colonists form their own American identity and how much of the identity of their mother country did they keep? Malcolm Gaskill and Phillip Hamilton debate this question.
What Was the Great Awakening?
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Activity
40 Min
Was the Great Awakening a coherent movement, or a construct that historians retroactively created? Thomas Kidd and Frank Lambert debate this question.
A City Upon a Hill: Winthrop’s “Modell of Christian Charity,” 1630
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Bacon vs. Berkeley on Bacon’s Rebellion, 1676
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Penn’s Letter Recruiting Colonists, 1683
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Germantown Friends’ Antislavery Petition, 1688
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Washington’s Journal: Expeditions to Disputed Ohio Territory, 1753–1754
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Maps Showing the Evolution of Settlement, 1624–1755
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
Chapter 2 Introductory Essay: 1607-1763
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Investigate British, French, and Spanish colonial policies in North America.
The English Come to America
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How did the English colonies in America develop over time?
The Anglo-Powhatan War of 1622
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Essay
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What caused war between the English and Powhatan people?
The Founding of Maryland
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Essay
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Why did Maryland become a haven of religious freedom?
Anne Hutchinson and Religious Dissent
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Essay
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How did Anne Hutchinson contribute to religious liberty?
William Penn and the Founding of Pennsylvania
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Essay
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How did William Penn treat others with justice and equality?
The Fur Trade
Essay - 1788 Words
Essay
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How did the fur trade shape North American societies?
Bacon’s Rebellion
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Essay
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How did Bacon's Rebellion affect Virginian society in the 1600s?
The Salem Witch Trials
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Essay
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What fueled the hysteria of the Salem Witch Trials?
The Stono Rebellion
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Essay
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What caused the largest slave revolt in British North America?
The Great Awakening
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Essay
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What were the impacts of the Great Awakening on the colonies?
Benjamin Franklin and the American Enlightenment
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Essay
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How did Benjamin Franklin contribute to his community?
Albany Plan of Union
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Essay
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How did the Albany Plan of Union create colonial unity?
A Clash of Empires: The French and Indian War
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What were the causes and effects of the French and Indian War?
Wolfe at Quebec and the Peace of 1763
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How did the British win the French and Indian War?
Pilgrims to the New World
Essay - 2093 Words
Essay
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By the end of this section, you will explain how and why various European colonies developed and expanded from 1607 to 1754 and explain how and why environmental and other factors shaped the development and expansion of various British colonies that developed and expanded from 1607 to 1754.
King Philip’s War
Essay - 2030 Words
Essay
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In this section, you will explain causes of the Columbian Exchange and its effect on Europe and the Americas during the period after 1492.
Chapter 3: 1763-1789
Unit - 8 Lessons
Unit
8 Lessons
Invite students to identify the causes of the Declaration of Independence, evaluate the causes and effects of key events in the Revolutionary War, and compare various perspectives on constitutional principles and the structure of the new Union under the Constitution.
Acts of Parliament
Lesson - 3 Activities
Lesson
3 Activities
85 Min
Use this lesson as the foundation for the Stamp Act Resistance Narrative, The Boston Massacre Narrative, and The Boston Tea Party Narrative.
85 Min
Abigail Adams: “Remember the Ladies” Mini DBQ
Lesson - 1 Activities
Lesson
1 Activities
85 Min
Use this lesson with the Mercy Otis Warren Narrative and the Judith Sargent Murray Primary Source "On the Equality of the Sexes" to allow students to discuss gender roles and expectations in the founding period.
85 Min
The Path to Independence
Lesson - 9 Activities
Lesson
9 Activities
90 Min
Use this lesson after students have read the Stamp Act Resistance Narrative, The Boston Massacre Narrative, and The Boston Tea Party Narrative. This lesson should be followed by the Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence Narrative and the Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776 Primary Source analysis.
90 Min
Constitutional Convention
Lesson - 1 Activities
Lesson
1 Activities
90 Min
Use this lesson with The Constitutional Convention Narrative and after students have done The Articles of Confederation, 1781 Primary Source activity.
90 Min
Argumentation: The Process of Compromise
Lesson - 3 Activities
Lesson
3 Activities
90 Min
Use this lesson after reading The Constitutional Convention Narrative and/or the Constitutional Convention Lesson.
90 Min
Federalist/Anti-Federalist Debate on Congress’s Powers of Taxation DBQ
Lesson - 1 Activities
Lesson
1 Activities
65 Min
Use this lesson with The Ratification Debate on the Constitution Narrative and the Were the Anti-Federalists Unduly Suspicious or Insightful Political Thinkers? Point-Counterpoint to have students analyze the debate between Federalists and Anti-Federalists.
65 Min
State Constitution Comparison
Lesson - 5 Activities
Lesson
5 Activities
70 Min
Use this lesson following direct instruction in the constitutional principles that the British colonies derived from their experience and their legal and constitutional history. This instruction should include, but not necessarily be limited to, natural rights, rule of law, popular sovereignty, republicanism, separation of powers, and checks and balances.
70 Min
Argumentation: Self-Interest or Republicanism?
Lesson - 1 Activities
Lesson
1 Activities
80 Min
Use this Lesson following The Ratification Debate on the Constitution Narrative.
80 Min
Is the Constitution a Proslavery Document?
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Activity
40 Min
Did the Framers of the Constitution draft protections for slavery in the document? Or did they provide mechanisms specifically to put the institution on the path of extinction? Gordon Lloyd and Stuart Leibiger debate this question.
Were the Anti-Federalists Unduly Suspicious or Insightful Political Thinkers?
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Activity
40 Min
The Anti-Federalists created significant challenges on the path of ratifying the Constitution. Were their concerns with the document unreasonable, or did they correctly foresee future problems that would arise in the new government? Gordon Lloyd and Adam Tate debate this question.
John Dickinson, Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, 1767–1768
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Joseph Plumb Martin, The Adventures of a Revolutionary Soldier, 1777
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Art Analysis: Washington Crossing the Delaware
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
The Articles of Confederation, 1781
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Quaker Anti-Slavery Petition, 1783
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Belinda Sutton, Petition to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1783
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
The Northwest Ordinance, 1787
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Judith Sargent Murray, “On the Equality of the Sexes,” 1790
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Junípero Serra’s Baja California Diary
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Chapter 3 Introductory Essay: 1763-1789
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How did the American colonies gain independence from Britain?
Pontiac’s Rebellion
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Essay
2930 Words
How did Native Americans fight back against colonist expansion?
Stamp Act Resistance
Essay - 2648 Words
Essay
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Why did American colonists resist British taxes?
The Boston Massacre
Essay - 2367 Words
Essay
2367 Words
How did the Boston Massacre impact the American colonies?
The Boston Tea Party
Essay - 2731 Words
Essay
2731 Words
What does "no taxation without representation" mean?
Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence
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Essay
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Why did the colonists declare independence from Britain?
Washington Crossing the Delaware
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Essay
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Why is Washington's crossing of the Delaware River so famous?
The Battle of Saratoga and the French Alliance
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Essay
2051 Words
How did the American colonies win an alliance with France?
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
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Essay
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How do religious freedom and religious tolerance differ?
Shays’ Rebellion
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Essay
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How did Shays' Rebellion impact U.S. politics and government?
The Constitutional Convention (LLPH)
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Essay
3622 Words
What compromises were made at the Constitutional Convention?
The Ratification Debate on the Constitution
Essay - 3192 Words
Essay
3192 Words
Why were some Americans opposed to the Constitution?
Mercy Otis Warren
Essay - 2261 Words
Essay
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How did Mercy Otis Warren contribute to the Revolution?
George Washington at Newburgh
Essay - 3004 Words
Essay
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By the end of this section, you will explain how various factors contributed to the American victory in the Revolution.
Loyalist vs. Patriot
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Essay
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By the end of this section, you will explain how British colonial policies regarding North America led to the Revolutionary War and explain how various factors contributed to the American victory in the Revolution.
The Annapolis Convention
Essay - 2864 Words
Essay
2864 Words
By the end of this section, you will explain how different forms of government developed and changed as a result of the Revolutionary Period.
Chapter 4: 1789-1800
Unit - 9 Lessons
Unit
9 Lessons
Invites students to explore how a nation can stay unified despite divisions.
The Global Impact of the American Revolution DBQ
Lesson - 1 Activities
Lesson
1 Activities
90 Min
This Lesson can be used at the beginning of Chapter 4 to reinforce and review the key events of the American Revolution covered in Chapter 3. This activity will also introduce students to the effects the Revolution had on the world stage in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
90 Min
Actions of the First Congress
Lesson - 1 Activities
Lesson
1 Activities
95 Min
Students should have a solid foundation of the regional differences in the former colonies, now states, as well as an understanding of the ratification of the Constitution. This Lesson is best used after students have read The Constitutional Convention and The Ratification Debate on the Constitution Narratives in Chapter 3. The James Madison and the Bill of Rights Narrative in Chapter 4 can be used as background for the Lesson or can be assigned as homework after the Lesson to reinforce main ideas.
95 Min
The National Bank Debate
Lesson - 3 Activities
Lesson
3 Activities
65 Min
This activity should be completed after students have completed the Actions of the First Congress Lesson, The Compromise of 1790 Decision Point, and George Washington, First Inaugural Address, 1789 Primary Source Activity. This Lesson should be followed by the Alexander Hamilton and the National Bank Narrative or the "Strict" or "Loose": Was the National Bank Constitutional? Point-Counterpoint, either of which can be completed as a homework assignment to follow this Lesson.
65 Min
Methods of Slave Resistance DBQ
Lesson - 1 Activities
Lesson
1 Activities
80 Min
Use this Lesson to have students examine how enslaved men and women resisted slavery during the late 1700s and early 1800s.
80 Min
George Washington in American Art
Lesson - 2 Activities
Lesson
2 Activities
65 Min
This Lesson is best used at the end of the unit, after students have studied Washington's leadership during the Revolutionary War in Chapter 3 and the major events of his presidency in Chapter 4.
65 Min
George Washington’s Views on Slavery
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Lesson
Before completing this Lesson, students should be familiar with the societal, cultural, and economic conditions of eighteenth-century American life that sustained the institution of slavery. Anti-slavery sentiment can be explored in the Benjamin Franklin and the First Abolitionist Petitions Narrative.
The Founders’ Failure to End Slavery
Lesson
Lesson
Students should be familiar with the debates surrounding slavery in the Constitutional Convention in Chapter 3. Students should read the James Madison and the Bill of Rights Narrative and Benjamin Franklin and the First Abolitionist Petitions Narrative for context before reading this Lesson.
Using Political Cartoons to Understand History
Lesson
Lesson
Students can further explore the context surrounding the Jay Treaty in the George Washington and the Proclamation of Neutrality Decision Point, The Jay Treaty Narrative, and in the excerpt from the treaty itself in The Jay Treaty, 1795 Primary Source. The Alexander Hamilton and the National Bank Narrative and The National Bank Debate Lesson provide more context on the founding of the bank.
Be Washington: Whiskey Rebellion
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Lesson
Use this Lesson as a supplement to The Whiskey Rebellion: Unjust Taxation or Enforcing the Rule of Law? Point-Counterpoint.
The Whiskey Rebellion: Unjust Taxation or Enforcing the Rule of Law?
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Activity
40 Min
The Whiskey Rebellion was one of the first significant challenges to the new government under the Constitution. How valid were the complaints of the rebels who opposed the new taxation on whiskey? Frank W. Garmon, Jr. and Rebecca Brannon debate this question.
“Strict” or “Loose”: Was the National Bank Constitutional?
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Activity
40 Min
Jefferson and Hamilton's debates over the constitutionality of a national bank was one of the major debates in the early republic. Which Founder had the better interpretation of the Constitution on the issue? Adam Tate and Jack Rakove debate this question.
Washington’s First Inaugural Address, 1789
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
The Judiciary Act of 1789
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 and the Treaty of New York, 1790
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Thomas Jefferson on the Compromise of 1790
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton, Writings on the National Bank, 1785–1792
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
The Jay Treaty, 1795
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Pinckney’s Treaty, 1796
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
George Washington, Farewell Address, 1796
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Cartoon Analysis: Property Protected—à la Françoise, 1798
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, 1798–1799
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Cartoon Analysis: Congressional Pugilists, 1798
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
Chapter 4 Introductory Essay: 1789-1800
Essay - 7743 Words
Essay
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How did the new Constitution shape U.S. politics?
Alexander Hamilton and the National Bank
Essay - 2382 Words
Essay
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Why did Hamilton want the U.S. to have a national bank?
James Madison and the Bill of Rights
Essay - 2533 Words
Essay
2533 Words
Why is Madison called the "Father of the Constitution"?
Benjamin Franklin and the First Abolitionist Petitions
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Essay
2197 Words
How did Benjamin Franklin fight for the abolition of slavery?
Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin
Essay - 1968 Words
Essay
1968 Words
How did the cotton gin impact slavery in the U.S.?
The Battle of Fallen Timbers
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Essay
2857 Words
Why did the U.S. and Native Americans fight in the 1790s?
The Jay Treaty
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Essay
2225 Words
How did Britain violate U.S. rights in the late 18th century?
The XYZ Affair and the Quasi-War with France
Essay - 2052 Words
Essay
2052 Words
Explore what the Quasi-War was and its impact on the U.S.
The Alien and Sedition Acts
Essay - 2501 Words
Essay
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Did the Alien and Sedition Acts violate the First Amendment?
Robert Carter and Manumission
Essay - 1994 Words
Essay
1994 Words
By the end of this section, you will explain the continuities and changes in regional attitudes about slavery as it expanded from 1754 to 1800.
The Compromise of 1790
Essay - 2414 Words
Essay
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By the end of this section, you will explain how and why political ideas, institutions, and party systems developed and changed in the new republic.
George Washington and the Proclamation of Neutrality
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Essay
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By the end of this section, you will explain how and why competition intensified conflicts among peoples and nations from 1754 to 1800.
Chapter 5: 1800-1828
Unit - 2 Lessons
Unit
2 Lessons
Invite students to explore if the early republic was truly an Era of Good Feelings.
John Marshall’s Landmark Cases DBQ
Lesson - 1 Activities
Lesson
1 Activities
70 Min
This Lesson should follow the Marbury v. Madison Decision Point.
70 Min
Changing Views of Slavery Mini-DBQ
Lesson - 1 Activities
Lesson
1 Activities
Use this Lesson to help students understand the role of slavery in the rise of sectionalism, also examined inThe Missouri Compromise Decision Point.
Was the Election of 1800 a Revolution?
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Activity
40 Min
The election of 1800 was the first peaceful transition of power from one party to another in the United States. Did Thomas Jefferson's new administration fundamentally change the nature of the United States? Jeremy D. Bailey and Todd Estes debate this question.
Did the Missouri Compromise Merely Delay War?
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Activity
40 Min
Was the division of the country between free and slave states inevitably going to lead to a civil war? John Van Atta and Dan Monroe debate this issue.
The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1805
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
The Monroe Doctrine, 1823
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events related to the Monroe Doctrine.
Cartoon Analysis: The Presidential Election of 1824
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
Henry Clay, Speech on American Industry, 1824
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Chapter 5 Introductory Essay: 1800-1828
Essay - 7492 Words
Essay
7492 Words
Was this an 'Era of Good Feelings'?
The Lewis and Clark Expedition
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Essay
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What events sparked the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
Fort McHenry and the War of 1812
Essay - 2194 Words
Essay
2194 Words
How did Americans stop the British at Fort McHenry?
Old Hickory: Andrew Jackson and the Battle of New Orleans
Essay - 2265 Words
Essay
2265 Words
How did the U.S. victory at New Orleans impact the War of 1812?
Tecumseh and the Prophet
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Essay
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How did Tecumseh and the Prophet resist U.S. expansion?
The Corrupt Bargain
Essay - 2436 Words
Essay
2436 Words
Explores the "Corrupt Bargain" and its impact on U.S. politics.
Mountain Men
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Essay
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What was the role of mountain men in U.S. westward expansion?
The Building of the Erie Canal
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Essay
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What was the impact of the Erie Canal on U.S. trade?
Washington Irving
Essay - 2442 Words
Essay
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Explores the societal impact of Washington Irving's literature.
Marbury v. Madison
Essay - 2511 Words
Essay
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By the end of this section, you will explain the causes and effects of policy debates in the early republic.
The Hartford Convention
Essay - 2255 Words
Essay
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By the end of this section, you will explain the causes and effects of policy debates in the early republic.
The Missouri Compromise
Essay - 2488 Words
Essay
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By the end of this section, you will explain how different regional interests affected debates about the role of the federal government in the early republic.
Chapter 6: 1828-1844
Unit - 3 Lessons
Unit
3 Lessons
Invite students to explore if the democratization of politics during the Jacksonian era was a shift from Founding era political theory.
Responses to the Cherokee Removal Mini DBQ
Lesson - 1 Activities
Lesson
1 Activities
95 Min
This Lesson can be used alongside The Trail of Tears Narrative to highlight the plight of American Indians during the Jackson presidency.
95 Min
American Indians in American Art
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Lesson
Students should be familiar with the increasing tensions between American Indians and U.S. settlers discussed in the Chapter 5 Introductory Essay: 1800-1828 and the following Narratives: The Lewis and Clark Expedition ,Old Hickory: Andrew Jackson and the Battle of New Orleans , and Tecumseh and the Prophet.
The Women’s Movement and the Seneca Falls Convention
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Lesson
55 Min
This Lesson should follow the Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Struggle for Women's Suffrage Narrative.
Is the Concurrent Majority Theory Faithful to the Ideals of the Constitution?
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Activity
40 Min
Did John C. Calhoun's political theories on the dangers of majority rule adhere to the Framers goal of protecting the rights of all? Barton A. Myers and James H. Read debate this question.
John C. Calhoun, South Carolina Exposition and Protest, 1828
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
David Walker, “An Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World,” 1829
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Webster-Hayne Debates, 1830
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Indian Removal Act, 1830, and Cherokee Chief John Ross’s Memorial and Protest to Congress, 1836
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Andrew Jackson, Bank Veto Message, 1832
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, 1835
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Jedediah Burchard, Revivalist Sermon, 1835
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Sarah M. Grimké, Letters on the Equality of the Sexes and the Condition of Women, 1837
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, “The American Scholar,” 1837
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
John C. Calhoun, “Slavery as a Positive Good,” 1837
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Dorothea Dix, Memorial to the Legislation of Massachusetts, 1843
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Art Analysis: The County Election by George Caleb Bingham, 1852
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Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
Chapter 6 Introductory Essay: 1828-1844
Essay - 7214 Words
Essay
7214 Words
What changes occurred in the U.S. during the Jacksonian era?
The Nullification Crisis
Essay - 2939 Words
Essay
2939 Words
Explores the nullification crisis and its resolution.
The Mormon Trail
Essay - 2555 Words
Essay
2555 Words
What impact did Mormonism have on westward expansion?
The Trail of Tears
Essay - 2772 Words
Essay
2772 Words
What was the U.S. policy toward American Indians?
William Lloyd Garrison’s War against Slavery
Essay - 2160 Words
Essay
2160 Words
How did William Lloyd Garrison fight to end slavery?
Nat Turner’s Rebellion
Essay - 2860 Words
Essay
2860 Words
How did Nat Turner's Rebellion impact U.S. society?
Sam Houston and Texas Independence
Essay - 2698 Words
Essay
2698 Words
Explores how Texas became part of the United States.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Struggle for Women’s Suffrage
Essay - 2406 Words
Essay
2406 Words
How did Elizabeth Cady Stanton help win female suffrage?
The Lowell Girls
Essay - 2639 Words
Essay
2639 Words
Explores women's experiences in early industrial jobs.
John Quincy Adams and the Amistad
Essay - 2007 Words
Essay
2007 Words
How did John Quincy Adams fight for justice in the Amistad case?
Frederick Douglass’s Path to Freedom
Essay - 2143 Words
Essay
2143 Words
Explores Frederick Douglass' escape from slavery.
John Quincy Adams and the Gag Rule
Essay - 2187 Words
Essay
2187 Words
By the end of this section, you will explain how different regional interests affected debates about the role of the federal government in the early republic.
Chapter 7: 1844-1860
Unit - 4 Lessons
Unit
4 Lessons
Invite students to explore if the Civil War was inevitable.
Irish and German Immigration DBQ
Lesson - 1 Activities
Lesson
1 Activities
50 Min
Introduce students to the push and pull factors that led to high levels of immigration from Germany and Ireland from 1830 to 1860. Facilitation Notes: This activity is designed for groups of five students. The activity works best if each student only sees their printed primary source. The students should have some background knowledge on the European industrial revolution and its impact on urban growth and immigration in the United States.This lesson targets the foundational skills of analyzing documents, grouping documents, and constructing a thesis as required of the DBQ essay on the AP exam.
50 Min
Dred Scott v. Sandford DBQ
Lesson - 1 Activities
Lesson
1 Activities
90 Min
What attempts were made to resolve the issue of slavery in the U.S. territories?
90 Min
John Brown: Hero or Villain? DBQ
Lesson - 3 Activities
Lesson
3 Activities
Use this Lesson alongside theJohn Brown and Harpers Ferry Narrative to allow students to fully evaluate John Brown's approach to abolitionism. Facilitation Notes: Use available classroom technology to display a United States map so that they are within view throughout the lesson. Also, write theKey Questionon the board so that it is in view throughout the lesson.
The Election of Lincoln and the Secession of Southern States DBQ
Lesson
Lesson
90 Min
Use this Lesson with The Election of 1860 Narrative and the South Carolina Secession Debate, 1860 Primary Source to allow students to analyze the motivations of South Carolina to secede from the United States.
To What Extent Were Manifest Destiny and Westward Expansion Justified?
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Did the positives outweigh the negatives as the concept of Manifest Destiny drove western expansion during the nineteenth century? A. James Fuller and Andrew Fisher debate this question.
Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, 1845
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Negro Spirituals
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
John O’Sullivan, “Annexation,” 1845
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass on Abolition, 1845–1852
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Debating the Mexican-American War, May 1846
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Daniel Webster, “7th of March,” 1850
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Fugitive Slave Act, 1850
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Sojourner Truth, “Ain’t I a Woman?” 1851
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Dame Shirley (Mrs. Clappe), Letters from a Western Pioneer, 1851–1852
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Frank Lecouvreur, From East Prussia to the Golden Gate, 1851–1871
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Henry David Thoreau, “Slavery in Massachusetts,” 1854
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, 1855
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Art Analysis: Hudson River School Landscape Paintings, 1836–1868
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
Lincoln-Douglas Debates, 1858
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
South Carolina Secession Debate, 1860
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Art Analysis: American Progress by John Gast, 1872
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
Chapter 8: 1860-1877
Unit - 3 Lessons
Unit
3 Lessons
Invites students to explore if the Civil War helped create a more perfect Union.
The Emergence of Black Codes DBQ
Lesson - 1 Activities
Lesson
1 Activities
90 Min
Use this Lesson once students have a strong understanding of the rights of African Americans both before and after the passing of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments. It would also be helpful for students to have read the O. O. Howard and the Freedmen’s Bureau and The Ku Klux Klan and Violence at the Polls Narratives.
90 Min
The Rhetoric of Abraham Lincoln DBQ
Lesson - 1 Activities
Lesson
1 Activities
85 Min
Use this Lesson in conjunction with the Abraham Lincoln and Emancipation Decision Point to have students analyze Abraham Lincoln's rhetoric throughout his presidency.
85 Min
Comparing Impeachments across U.S. History
Lesson - 2 Activities
Lesson
2 Activities
75 Min
Use this Lesson alongside The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson Decision Point to introduce students to the concept of impeachment and how it has been used throughout U.S. history.
75 Min
Was the Civil War Fought Over Slavery?
Activity
Activity
40 Min
The injustice of slavery drove a division in the United States during the initial decades of the nineteenth century. But to what extent was slavery the fundamental cause of sectional differences that culminated in the Civil War? Brooks D. Simpson and John C. Waugh debate this challenging topic.
Did Abraham Lincoln Exceed His Presidential Powers during the Civil War?
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Did Lincoln exceed his powers while leading the country through the turmoils of the Civil War? Mackubin Owens and Allen Guelzo debate this issue.
To What Extent Did American Principles Become a Reality for African Americans during Reconstruction?
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Reconstruction witnessed some successes in bringing equality, liberty, and justice for African Americans. Brooks D. Simpson and John C. Waugh explore the lasting impact of Reconstruction policies on American principles.
J.B. Elliott, Scott’s Great Snake (Anaconda Plan), 1861
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
Daniel Emmett’s “Dixie” and Julia Ward Howe’s “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” 1859 and 1861
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
The Homestead Act of 1862
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Mathew Brady, The Dead of Antietam Photography, 1862
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
Images of Total War: Sherman’s March to the Sea, 1865
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
Cartoon Analysis: The “Rail Splitter” at Work Repairing the Union, 1865
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
Comparing Views of the Freedmen’s Bureau, 1866
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Andrew Johnson’s Veto of the Civil Rights Act, 1866
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source text to explore key historical events.
Cartoon Analysis: Thomas Nast on Reconstruction, 1869–1874
Activity
Activity
40 Min
Use this primary source imagery to analyze major events in history.
Chapter 8 Introductory Essay: 1860-1877
Essay - 10636 Words
Essay
10636 Words
The Civil War and Reconstruction transform the U.S.
Fort Sumter and the Coming of the War
Essay - 2710 Words
Essay
2710 Words
Why was Fort Sumter the beginning of the Civil War?
The Battle of Antietam
Essay - 2523 Words
Essay
2523 Words
What was the impact of the battle of Antietam on the Civil War?
Gettysburg and Vicksburg: July 4, 1863
Essay - 2650 Words
Essay
2650 Words
Explore the impact of the Vicksburg and Gettysburg battles.
The Draft and the Draft Riots of 1863
Essay - 2400 Words
Essay
2400 Words
Why were some opposed to a draft during the Civil War?
Robert Gould Shaw and the Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Regiment
Essay - 1937 Words
Essay
1937 Words
Explores the life and bravery of Robert Gould Shaw.
Women during the Civil War
Essay - 2566 Words
Essay
2566 Words
How did women contribute to the war efforts on both sides?
Mary Chesnut’s War
Essay - 2184 Words
Essay
2184 Words
Explores the story of Mary Chesnut and her Civil War diary.
Clement Vallandigham and Constitutionalism
Essay - 2567 Words
Essay
2567 Words
Were Clement Vallandigham's free speech rights violated?
William Tecumseh Sherman and Total War
Essay - 2403 Words
Essay
2403 Words
Was Sherman's policy of "total war" justified?
O. O. Howard and the Freedmen’s Bureau
Essay - 1957 Words
Essay
1957 Words
How did O.O. Howard fight for the rights of recently freed slaves?
The Ku Klux Klan and Violence at the Polls
Essay - 2499 Words
Essay
2499 Words
How did the KKK suppress black rights in the 1860s and 1870s?
Abraham Lincoln and Emancipation
Essay - 2746 Words
Essay
2746 Words
By the end of this section, you will explain how Lincoln’s leadership during the Civil War impacted American ideals over the course of the war
Grant and Lee at Appomattox
Essay - 2057 Words
Essay
2057 Words
By the end of this section, you will explain the various factors that contributed to the Union victory in the Civil War.
The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
Essay - 2481 Words
Essay
2481 Words
By the end of this section, you will explain the effects of government policy during Reconstruction on society from 1865 to 1877.