AP United States History Summer Assignment 2018

J. Cunning Welcome to class! Congratulations on the commitment of your time and energy to APUSH, class has started! This will be a demanding course; a course that will challenge your mind and engage all of your faculties over the year. Our time is very limited during the school year. Thus, we have to begin our studies over the summer. This assignment, as well as other key items, can be found on Google Classroom. Using your school email account, use class code ljazfcl to join. Your assignment will have three parts:

1. Maps (25 points total) Due Wednesday, September 5th.

You will need to label and memorize the map of the United States. You are also to complete the

physical map, which is to include the names of the states, the major lakes and rivers,

mountains, other bodies of water listed below. Complete the provided maps, making sure that

it is neat. I have also provided a map with the states, mountains, and rivers that you could

complete instead, or in addition to. There will be a test on this on the due day!

o Atlantic Ocean

o Pacific Ocean

o Caribbean Sea

o Gulf of Mexico

o Great Lakes

o Missouri River

o Mississippi River

o Ohio River

o Columbia River

o Snake River

o St. Lawrence River

o Appalachian Mountains

o Rocky Mountains

o Great Basin

o Great Plains

o Tidewater Region

2. Memorize the Presidents (75 points total) Due Monday, September 10th.

Complete the chart with the years that each president served, the party(s) they were

associated with, and list two-four key historical events that occurred during their tenure in

office. This will help provide you with a quick cheat sheet throughout the school year and will

provide a study aid for the exam in May. There will be a test on this on the due day!

3. Read Lies my Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong by

James W. Loewen (100 points total) Due Monday, September 17th.

Review the questions attached before you begin reading the book. Your responses should be

either handwritten or typed in 12-point font. Some answers may only be a paragraph, while

others may be several paragraphs. I have provided a PDF on classroom for the book, but feel

free check one out from the library or purchase one. Please note that there are different

editions, but the information covered should be the same throughout.

If you have any questions, please email me at jcunning@cmitacademy.org, as I will be checking my email occasionally throughout the summer.

Presidents of the United States

Complete the chart with the years that each president served, the party(s) they were associated with, and list two-four key historical events that occurred during their tenure in office. This will help provide you with a quick cheat sheet throughout the school year and will provide a study aid for the exam.

President’s Name Years in Office

Political Party Historical Events (2-4)

1 George

Washington

2 John Adams

3 Thomas Jefferson

4 James Madison

5 James Monroe

6 John Quincy

Adams

President’s Name Years in Office

Political Party Historical Events (2-4)

7 Andrew Jackson

8 Martin Van Buren

9 William Henry

Harrison

10 John Tyler

11 James K. Polk

12 Zachary Taylor

13 Millard Fillmore

President’s Name Years in Office

Political Party Historical Events (2-4)

14 Franklin Pierce

15 James Buchanan

16 Abraham Lincoln

17 Andrew Johnson

18 Ulyssess S. Grant

19 Rutherford B.

Hayes

20 James Garfield

President’s Name Years in Office

Political Party Historical Events (2-4)

21 Chester Arthur

22 Grover Cleveland

23 Benjamin Harrison

24 Grover Cleveland

25 William McKinley

26 Theodore Roosevelt

27 William Howard

Taft

President’s Name Years in Office

Political Party Historical Events (2-4)

28 Woodrow Wilson

29 Warren G. Harding

30 Calvin Coolidge

31 Herbert Hoover

32 Franklin D. Roosevelt

33 Harry Truman

34 Dwight D.

Eisenhower

President’s Name Years in Office

Political Party Historical Events (2-4)

35 John F. Kennedy

36 Lyndon B. Johnson

37 Richard Nixon

38 Gerald Ford

39 Jimmy Carter

40 Ronald Regan

41 George H.W. Bush

President’s Name Years in Office

Political Party Historical Events (2-4)

42 William Clinton

43 George W. Bush

44 Barack Obama

45 Donald Trump

Name _______________________________________________ Date _________________________ Grade _______________/100

Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong Reading Questions:

Chapter 1: 1. How does Loewen define heroification? Do you agree with his definition? 2. Why is comparing the life and accomplishments of Woodrow Wilson to Helen Keller significant in understanding the heroification process? Chapter 2: 3. Why do American History textbooks promote the belief that the most important developments in world history are traceable to Europe? 4. What are some of the myths surrounding Columbus according to Loewen? Chapter 3: 5. What are some of the myths of the First Thanksgiving? What are some of the truths? 6. What significance does Loewen attach to disease in the development of U.S. History? Chapter 4: 7. Why do American textbooks gloss over (trivialize) events between Native Americans and white Americans in the 19th and 20thcenturies?

8. What do you think were the major reasons why acculturation did not work with Native Americans? What does Loewen say about this? What reasons are given online? How does portraying Native American history as a tragedy affect our understanding of U.S. history? Chapter 5: 9. What examples are used to show that white-black-red racial relations were significant in the development of political, cultural, and economic values in the U.S? 10. How has slavery impacted foreign policy and territorial expansion in the United States? 11. What is meant by the “confederate myth” referred to in this chapter? Chapter 6: 12. Critique, "Loewen’s" analysis of the Gettysburg Address. Do you agree or disagree with his analysis? Why? 13. According to Loewen, why is it important to understand the roles of “carpetbaggers” and “scalawags” in understanding the Reconstruction Era? Chapter 7: 14. Why do you think American History textbooks routinely leave out issues of social and economic inequality? Your response should include an understanding of “social class” described in the chapter.

Chapter 8: 15. Do textbooks paint a realistic picture of the American federal government? Why or why not? Be sure to include specific examples. Chapter 9: 16. Why do American history textbooks gloss over the recent past? What, according to you, is the last date for history vs. current events? (E.g. do events in 2000 count as history? Or 1995? 1990?) Chapter 10: 17. What do the last chapters of American History textbooks convey, according to Loewen? Chapters 11, 12, and Afterward: 18. What are "Loewen’s' solutions to the problems in American History textbooks?

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