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American History and Government Term One – Class Presentation Topics

Unit One Chapter 1 – Three Worlds Meet - Viking colonizers - Bartoleme de Las Casa, Brief Account of the Devastation of the Indies –(1542) - “Paradise” by Kirkpatrick Sale Chapter 2 - The American Colonies Emerge - “Guns, Germs, & Steel” – Pizarro and the Incas - Bacon’s Rebellion – beginning of class issues in the Americas - King Philip’s War – 1675 – Native American and European conflict in the New World Chapter 3 – The Colonies Come of Age - Glorius Revolution and impact on colonial America - Stono Rebellion – beginning of slave rebellions in the New World - Salem Witch Trials – role of women in colonial America

Unit Two Chapter 4 – The War for Independence - Boston Tea Party - Declaration of Independence – “Revolutionary “ idea of self-government - African-Americans in the Revolutionary War Chapter 5 – Shaping a New Nation - Dickinson vs Smith – political theory - Compromise and the Constitution - Ratification of the Constitution Chapter 6 – Launching a New Nation - Hamilton v Jefferson – birth of political parties - John Adams - Revolution of 1800 - Lewis & Clark expedition

Unit Three Chapter 7 – Balancing Nationalism and Sectionalism - Industrial Revolution in America - The Erie Canal - Andrew Jackson’s Presidency - Webster-Hayne Debates Chapter 8 – Reforming American Society - First and Second Great Awakening – religion in America- includes AME Churches - Garrison and Douglass - Women of the Seneca Falls Convention - Lowell system Chapter 9 – Expanding and Moving West - The Market Revolution - Manifest Destiny and the growth of slavery - Brigham Young and Sam Houston - Why did the US start the Mexican War?

Unit Four Chapter 10 - The Union in Peril - Fireeaters and Copperheads - Speeches of Abraham Lincoln - Uncle Tom’s Cabin – impact of literature on American History - Activities of John Brown Chapter 11 – The Civil War - soldiers life for either Union or Confederacy - Generals – Stuart,Longstreet, Grant,Meade - Why did Europe not get involved in the American Civil War? - Speeches of Abraham Lincoln - Role of African-Americans in the War Chapter 12 – Reconstruction and its Effects - Thaddeus Stevens and Andrew Johnson ( impeachment) - Mardi Gras - Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) - KKK - Compromise of 1877 – Panic of 1873 Unit Five Chapter 13 – Changes on the Western Frontier - Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull - A Century of Dishonor – Helen Hunt Jackson - Women on the frontier - William Jennings Bryann – Panic of 1893 Chapter 14 – The Industrial Age - Building of the Brooklyn Bridge - Thomas Edison - Leland Stanford and Cornelius Vanderbilt - Eugenics – Herbert Spencer and William Sumner - Samuel Gompers – labor movement – IWW – “Big Bill” Haywood - The Homestead Strike – Frick and Carnegie - Triangle Shirtwaist factory Chapter 15 – Immigrants and Industrialization - Nativism – Know-Nothings and 1900 - Tenements – Katz’s Deli, Russ and Daughters, etc - Margaret Sanger and Planned Parenthood - Corruption in big- city politics – Tweed, etc.