APUSH - CLASS NOTES
Overview
Settlement of North America/Colonial America (September)
Birth of a New Nation (September - October)
War of 1812 (October)
Era of Good Feelings & Age of Jackson (October)
Westward Expansion & Manifest Destiny (October - November)
2nd Great Awakending/Antebellum America
Slavery
Sectionalism & Civil War
Reconstruction
Gilded Age (Industrialization & Immigration)
Progressive Era
Imperialism
World War I
1920s
Great Depression and New Deal
World War
Cold War
50s & 60s
Civil Rights Movement
Vietnam War
Watergate and Beyond
- American Studies (AMSTUD) Regulations
- Dear Students: Letter to Me (Homework Assignment)
- Turnitin Information
- Remind Link
- Evolution of American Political Parties
- Liberals and Conservatives (Pg. 1)
- Liberals and Conservatives (Pg. 2)
Settlement of North America/Colonial America (September)
- Settlement North America/Colonial America Packet (Print Out ASAP)
- Comparison: Spanish, French & English Colonies
- Unit One ~ Warm Ups
- Maryland & Virginia Colonies
- Restoration Colonies
- Salem Witch Trials
- New England Colonial Wars
- Settlement of New England
- Colonial America: A Comparison
- Colonies: Wrap Up
- Colonies: Additional Notes
Birth of a New Nation (September - October)
- Birth of a New Nation Note Taking Packet (Print Out ASAP)
- Mercantilism Timeline
- Mercantilism: Page 1
- Mercantilism: Page 2
- Road to Revolution Timeline
- French & Indian War Timeline
- Colonial Life: Pre - Revolutionary War
- Birth of the Two – Party System: Cartoon
- American Revolution Timeline
- American Revolution Timeline (Graphic Organizer)
- Creating a New Government Presentation
- Articles of Confederation vs Constitution Handout
- Handout #2: Articles vs. Constitution
- Teacher Notes: Washington to Madison
- Teacher Notes: Adams & Jefferson
- Jeffersonian Democracy Timeline
- First Great Awakening
- Presentation: Adams to Madison
- American Enlightenment & Great Awakening
- Articles of Confederation Cartoon
- French and Indian War Presentation
- American Revolution (Pt 1)
- American Revolution (Pt 2)
- American Revolution: An Overview
- Birth of a New Nation - Warm Ups
- Burr & Hamilton: Seeds of a Duel
- Early Political Parties Handout
- Hamilton vs. Jefferson
- Federalists & Foreign Affairs (Cartoon)
- Music Video: Too Late too Apologize
War of 1812 (October)
Era of Good Feelings & Age of Jackson (October)
- Age of Jackson/Westward Expansion Packet (Pt 1, Print Out ASAP)
- Age of Jackson/Westward Expansion Packet (Pt 2, Print Out ASAP)
- Whigs vs Democrats
- Age of Jackson Presentation
- Teacher Notes: Age of Jackson
- Age of Jackson Cartoon History
- Monroe Doctrine: Teacher Notes
- Era of Good Feelings: Teacher Notes
- Era of Good Feelings Presentation
Westward Expansion & Manifest Destiny (October - November)
- Teacher Notes: Monetary Policy
- Populism: Timeline
- Territorial Expansion: Maps
- Unit 3 ~ Warm Ups
- General Overview: American West Presentation
- Populism: Presentation
- Native American Wars Presentation
- Myths & Realities: Western Expansion
- Art of Manifest Destiny Presentation
- Additional Warm Ups: Westward Expansion
- Westward Expansion Timeline
- Western Expansion Notes
- The West/Manifest Destiny (Storyboards)
- Farmers' Problem (Flow Chart)
2nd Great Awakending/Antebellum America
- 2nd Great Awakening & Antebellum America Packet (Print out ASAP)
- Antebellum America: Warm Ups
- Teacher Notes: Age of Reform Flow Chart & Organizer
- Timeline: Antebellum America (Reform Movements)
- Antebellum America: American System
- Antebellum America: Northeast Economy
- Antebellum America: Southern Economy
- Antebellum America: Midwest
- Antebellum America: Transportation
- Antebellum America: 2nd Great Awakening/Utopian Movements/Reform Movements
- Antebellum America: Art
- Industrialism & Immigration: Antebellum America
- Teacher Notes: 2nd Great Awakening
- Samuel Gridley Howe Notes
- Round Table Wrap Up
Slavery
- Slavery Packet (Print off ASAP)
- Slavery: Peculiar Institution (Part 1)
- Slavery: Peculiar Institution (Part 2)
- Slavery: Chapter 12 (Enduring Vision) Presentation
- Chapter 16 (American Pageant)
- Slavery Warm Ups
- Slave - ocracy Chart
- The Impact & Legacy of Slavery Chart
Sectionalism & Civil War
- Sectionalism Packet (Print Out ASAP)
- Civil War Packet (Print Out ASAP)
- Warm Ups (Pt. 1): Sectionalism
- Civil War Warm Ups
- Warm Ups (Pt. 2)
- Slavery: Debate and Crisis (The Path to War)
- Teacher Notes: Debate and Crisis: Powder Keg Notes
- Lincoln's Assassination
- Civil War Timeline
- Emancipation Proclamation
- Texas Independence (1836 - 1845)
- Mexican - American War (Pt. 1)
- Mexican - American War (Pt. 2)
- Medical Care: Civil War
- Civil War: Bull Run to Chancellorsville
- Civil War: The Final Stages
- Presidential Election Pre - 1860
- Gettysburg & Vicksburg
- North & South: Differences
- Chapter 13: Mexican - American War (Enduring Vision)
- Chapter 14: (Enduring Vision, Sectionalism)
- Chapter 15 (Enduring Vision, Civil War)
- 1850s Sectionalism Overview
- Chapter 18 (American Pageant)
- Chapter 19 (American Pageant)
- Chapter 20 (American Pageant)
- Chapter 21 (American Pageant)
- Lincoln 1st Inaugural Reading
- Lincoln: Race & Slavery Readings
- Civil War Battles: Cheat Sheet
- Civil War: Cheat Seat
Reconstruction
- Reconstruction Packet (Print Out ASAP)
- Racism: Then & Now
- Chapter 16 (Reconstruction, Enduring Vision)
- Reconstruction: Problems and Solutions
- Reconstruction: Political Cartoons
- To Punish or Forgive: Moderates vs. Radicals
- Lincoln's Assassination
- The KKK: Southern Response to Reconstruction
- Reconstruction: An Overview
- Reconstruction Timeline Notes
- Chapter 22 (American Pageant)
- Reconstruction Cheat Sheet
Gilded Age (Industrialization & Immigration)
- Gilded Age/Progressive Era Packet (Print off ASAP)
- Gilded Age Cheat Sheet
- Gilded Age Monetary Policy
- Gilded Age Timeline
- Art of the Gilded Age
- General Overview: 2nd Industrial Revolution
- Visual Summary: Growth of 2nd Industrial Revolution
- Growth of the Labor Movement
- Industrialism Warm Ups
- Invention & Causes of 2nd Industrial Revolution
- 2nd Industrial Revolution: Political Cartoons
- Robber Barons vs Captains of Industry
- Labor Strikes
- Immigration Overview #1
- Immigration Overview #2
- Immigration Political Cartoons
- Chinese Immigration Overview
- Angel Island Poems
- Urbanization Overview
- Politics of the Gilded Age: Flow Chart
- Daily Life in Gilded Age: Web Diagram
- Industrialism - Big Picture: Flow Chart
- Robber Barons/Captains of Industry: Video Clip Notes
- Advantages & Disadvantages: Industrialism (Gilded Age)
Progressive Era
- Progressive Era Round Table Notes
- Round Table Notes (Pt 2)
- Child Labor Pictures
- Progressive Era: Civil Rights
- Progressive Era: Presidents
- Election of 1912
- Political Corruption & Boss Tweed
- Progressive Era Warm Ups
- Progressive Era: Overview
- Progressive Era: Cartoons (Presidents)
- 19th Amendment
- Progressive Era: Summarizer
- Women's Suffrage: Timeline
- Progressive Presidents: Notes (Pt 1)
- Progressive Presidents: Notes (Pt 2)
- Venn Diagram: Progressive Presidents
Imperialism
- Imperialism Google Map Activity
- Google Map (B Block Only)
- Google Map (D Block Only)
- Instructions
- Copy of Questions (also available in packet)
- Causes of Imperialism
- Imperialism: Pro & Con
- Cartoon Activity: Presentation
- Imperialism: Presidents Presentation
- America Becomes an Imperial Power
- Imperialism Warm Ups
- Panama/Mexico
- Spanish - American War Notes
- Imperialism Country Chart
- Territory Map with Notes
- Summarizer: Mexico & US
- Summarizer: US & Panama
- Summarizer: Spanish - America War
World War I
- World War I Warm Ups
- World War I: General Overview
- World War I: General Overview (Form B)
- Timeline: Wilson’s Treaty Fight
- World War I Timeline
- MAIN Causes of WWI
- Reasons for US Entrance to WWI
- World War I Summarizer
1920s
- 1920s Packet (Print out and bring to class)
- American Pageant: Chapter 30 Presentation
- American Pageant: Chapter 31 Presentation
- Pre – World War II Timeline
- 1920s Political Timeline
- 1920s Red Scare
- 1920s Social & Cultural Timeline
- Isolationism Timeline
- 1920s Presidents Presentation
- Warm Up: 1920s
- 1920s: Cultural Icons
- Enduring Vision: Chapter 23 Presentation
- Daily Life: 1920s Presentation
- Culture in Conflict Presentation
- Harlem Renaissance Presentation
- 1920s Political Cartoons: The Presidents
- Prohibition Presentation
- Henry Ford & 1920s Prosperity
- Stock Market: Wrap Up
- Strange Fruit Presentation
- 1920s: General Overview Presentation
- 1920s Literature Packet
- Women’s Suffrage Presentation
- Prohibition: Causes & Reasons for Failure
Great Depression and New Deal
- Causes of the Great Depression (Classwork = 3/29)
- Causes of the Great Depression (padlet, classwork)
- Dorothea Lange Photography (padlet, classwork)
- Great Depression & New Deal Warm Ups
- Great Depression & New Deal Practice Quiz
- New Deal Presentation
- Hoover & FDR Packet
- Periodic Table: New Deal Programs
- Second New Deal Overview
- Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Presentation
- Causes of the Great Depression Presentation
- Court Packing & FDR Cartoons
- Empathizing with Victims of Great Depression Overview
- Human Impact of Great Depression
- Legacy of the New Deal
- Hoover vs. FDR
- War on the New Deal: Pictures
- WPA Overview
- New Deal Timeline
World War
- World War II Radio Broadcasts
- Path to War
- Pearl Harbor
- World War II Maps: A Visual History
- War Erupts Presentation
- Winning the War Presentation
- Dr. Seuss: Political Cartoons
- Huge World War II Presentation
- Holocaust Presentation
- 4 Freedoms: Norman Rockwell
- D – Day: A Visual History
- World War II: Home Front Presentation
- Enduring Vision: Chapter 25 Presentation
- World War II: A Visual History
- A – Bomb Presentation
- World War II Warm Ups
- Japanese – American Internment Presentation
- Wartime Leaflets
- Lend – Lease Visual Presentation
- World War II: Overview
- Atomic Bomb: Reading Packet
- A – Bomb: Picture Activity
- World War II Conferences – Notes
- Pre – World War II Timeline
- World War II: Social History Timeline
- Isolationism Timeline
- American Pageant: Chapter 33 Presentation
- American Pageant: Chapter 34 Presentation
Cold War
- Cold War packet (print off ASAP)
- Early Events of the Cold War (Classwork)
- The Cold War as a Global Conflict (Classwork)
- Google Map: Late Cold War Events (Cold War Presidents)
- Cold War Warm Ups
- Cuban Missile Crisis Presentation
- Arms Race Presentation
- Arms Race Timeline
- Mapping the Early Cold War Presentation
- Enduring Vision: Chapter 26 Presentation
- Eisenhower: Cold War Presentation
- JFK & LBJ: Cold War
- Korean War Overview
- McCarthyism Activity
- 2nd Red Scare Presentation
- Origins of Cold War Presentation
- Early Cold War Overview
- Cold War Timeline
- JFK Timeline
- Vietnam War Timeline
- 2nd Red Scare Timeline
- LBJ Timeline
- American Pageant: Chapter 35 Presentation
- American Pageant: Chapter 36 Presentation
50s & 60s
- 50s/60s Packet (Print off ASAP)
- Great Society & Power Movements Flow Chart
- Warren Court Handout
- 1950s: A Decade in Conflict
- 1950s Conformity Timeline
- 1950s Warm Ups
- Truman & Post World War II America Overview
- Eisenhower: Domestic
- 1950s Conformity Timeline
- Women in the 1950s
- 1950s Cultural Icons
- Enduring Vision: Chapter 26 Presentation
- Enduring Vision: Chapter 27 Presentation
- Eisenhower: Cold War Presentation
- JFK Timeline
- 1960s Warm Ups
- 1960s JFK: Overview
- Civil Rights Timeline
- Politics of Power: Power Movements of the 1960s
- 1960s Counterculture
- Vietnam War Timeline
- Warren Court
- Warren Court Handout
- 1960s Music
- LBJ Timeline
- LBJ Overview
- 1968 Overview
- JFK: Overview #2
- American Pageant: Chapter 35 Presentation
- American Pageant: Chapter 36 Presentation
- American Pageant: Chapter 37 Presentation
Civil Rights Movement
- Civil Rights Movement packet (Print out ASAP)
Vietnam War
- My Lai
- “Ohio” – Pictures & Lyrics
- Early History of the Vietnam War
- Music of the Vietnam War
- Picture History of the Vietnam War
- Vietnam War: An Overview
- Vietnam War: Warm Ups
Watergate and Beyond