AP US History (Mr



AP US History (Mr. Palmieri) Semester One, Unit Four: 1840-1877

Sectionalism and the Road to War, the Civil War, and Reconstruction

We will explore the growing divide between North and South and the events which led the nation into war. We will look at the institution of slavery in the Southern United States and war with Mexico which enlarges the nation and renews controversy over the extension of slavery. We will investigate the course of the Civil War and the events which lead to defeat for the Confederacy. We will explore the ways the south was “reconstructed.”

EACH NIGHT TEXTBOOK READING IS ASSIGNED, IN ADDITION TO THE ASSIGNED QUESTIONS AND VOCAB, YOU MUST ALSO HAVE ONE QUESTION WRITTEN THAT THE READING HAS MADE YOU CURIOUS ABOUT.

Wednesday, November 6: Texas (c. 12) p. 366-370

1. How did the peace party and war party Texans differ in their views of Texas’ relationship with Mexico?

2. What was the result of Texas’ rebellion against Mexico?

3. What reasons were there for why southern industry lagged so far behind that of the North?

Vocab: Stephen Austin, the Alamo, Santa Anna, San Jacinto

Thursday, November 7: Manifest Destiny (c13) p 384-392

4. What was the American belief in Manifest Destiny?

5. What were causes for migration across the Rockies? To what areas did settlers go?

6. Briefly summarize the issues and results of the election of 1844.

Vocab: caning of Senator Charles Sumner, Manifest Destiny, Oregon Trail, James Polk, “Fifty-Four Forty or Fight”

Document 13-1, John L. O’Sullivan: Texas, California, and Manifest Destiny (1845) and write 3 questions

Tuesday, November 12: The Mexican-American War and its aftermath (c13) p 392-401

7. Discuss long and short term causes of the Mexican-American. War. List events leading to and during the War.

8. What territorial changes did the Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo result in?

9. What was the Wilmot Proviso and in what ways was it divisive?

10. What was the Free-Soil movement? What were Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison’s roles?

Vocab: California Gold Rush, 49ers, Annexation of Texas, Mexican-American War, Winfield Scott, Zachary Taylor

Wednesday, November 13: Growing Sectionalism (c13) p 401-410

11. How did the War with Mexico exacerbate sectionalism?

12. Summarize the crisis of 1850 and the Compromise of 1850 (include all elements of the Compromise).

13. Discuss what the Fugitive Slave Act was and discuss resistance to the Act.

14. What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act and what were its results (discuss “Bleeding Kansas”)?

15. Summarize the three main points of the Dred Scott decision. Why was this such a thunderclap in politics?

Vocab: popular sovereignty, James Buchanan, Harriet Beecher Stowe/Uncle Tom’s Cabin, John Brown, Dred Scott

decision, Franklin Pierce, Know-Nothing (American) Party, Ostend Manifesto

Thursday, November 14: Lincoln and the Republican Party (c13) p 410-414

16. Who were the Republicans, how did they originate, and what did they stand for?

17. Summarize the strategies and issues of the 1860 election

18. What was John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry and what were its results?

Vocab: Republican Party, Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Douglass, Southern Rights, Harpers Ferry

Document 13-9, Opposing Accounts of the Rescue of a Fugitive (1851) and write 3 questions

Friday, November 15: Secession (c. 14) p 416-421

19. Take a least a page of notes on important ideas and concepts in the textbook reading. You can identify some

key terms but also focus on main ideas that are discussed in the reading.

Monday, November 18: RESEARCH PAPER TOPIC CHOICES DUE

Tuesday, November 19: The Civil War (c14) p 421-426

20. Make a list of the advantages and disadvantages that each side, Union and Confederacy, would have in the war.

21. Describe the Battle of Antietam. What effects did this large battle have, both militarily and politically?

Vocab: Fort Sumter, Manassas/Bull Run, Antietam, Rob.E Lee, Jef. Davis, Crittenden Comp., Montgomery Convention

Wednesday, November 20: Economics and Politics of War (c14) p 426-437

22. How did each side mobilize for fighting the war and how did each side finance (raise money for) the war?

23. Why were the Union victories at Vicksburg and Gettysburg such turning points in the war?

24. What did the Emancipation Proclamation say and what effect did it have on the war?

Vocab: New York Draft Riots, Ulysses S. Grant, Clara Barton

Thursday, November 21: Victory for the North (c14) p 437-444

25. What was the role of black soldiers in the war?

26. Summarize the information on the election of 1864.

27. What was the effect of Sherman’s March on the war, civilians and slaves in the areas he marched through?

Vocab: George McClellan, Appomattox

Document 14-14, Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, and write 3 questions

Friday, November 22: Presidential Reconstruction (c. 15) p. 446-451

28. Describe President Andrew Johnson’s Reconstruction plan and his attitude towards Reconstruction.

29. Describe the conflict between President Johnson and Congress over issues such as civil rights and the 14th Amend.

Vocab: Ten Percent Plan, Wade-Davis Bill, Black Codes, Freedman’s Bureau, Thaddeus Stevens

Document 15-3, The Mississippi Black Codes (1865) and write 3 questions

Monday, November 25: Radical Reconstruction (c. 15) p, 451-455

30. After dramatic Republican victories in the Congressional races of 1866, what did their new Congressional “Radical” Reconstruction look like?

31. What were the issues in Johnson’s impeachment and why did it fail?

32. What was the reaction of the women’s movement to the 15th Amendment?

Tuesday, November 26: The Freed Slaves (c. 15) p, 455-466

33. Take a least a page of notes on important ideas and concepts in the textbook reading. You can identify some

key terms but also focus on main ideas that are discussed in the reading.

Monday, December 2: BIBLIOGRAPHIES DUE

Tuesday, December 3: Reconstruction’s Struggles and Failures (c. 15) p. 466-474

34. Describe the origins of and the initial years of the Ku Klux Klan.

35. How did whites and Democrats regain political powers in southern states from 1866 to 1876?

36. How and why did Reconstruction come to an end? (be sure to discuss the Election of 1876)

37. In what ways did Reconstruction succeed? In what ways did it fail?

Vocab: Liberal Republicans, Redeemers, Ulysses S. Grant, Whiskey Ring, Rutherford B. Hayes

Wednesday, December 4: Unit Four Review

Thursday/Friday, November 5/6 (EXDAY): UNIT FOUR TEST

Review Questions for Unit Four (these are optional, they are good to think about as you prepare for your test)

A) In what ways did the concept of Manifest Destiny affect the foreign and domestic policies of the US?

B) What were the arguments that both sides employed for and against going to war with Mexico?

C) What specific events were associated with the widening breach between the North and South concerning the

problems of slavery? How did events increase northern fears that slavery was going to spread?

D) What were the political changes in this period? What parties declined, emerged, and succeeded?

E) What was the relative importance of slavery and states’ rights as factors leading to the war?

F) What were the relative advantages and disadvantages of each side at the start of the war? How did these

strengths and weaknesses determine the strategy that each side took to fight the war?

G) What do you consider successes and what do you consider failures of Reconstruction?

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