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“Difference of opinions leads to inquiry, and inquiry to truth” – Thomas Jefferson

Welcome to AP United States History! You are embarking on a year-long journey down memory lane. This class is a survey (overview) of American history, specifically the development and continual change of American society. Class time will be spent analyzing and extracting meaning from pivotal events in American history. The demands and pace of this class are similar to those of a college class. We will move fast through the material and it will be your responsibility to complete assignments and actively engage in classroom discussions and activities. While the demands of this course are high, the rewards are plentiful.

Course Objectives:

1. Master critical thinking skills (e.g. motive, perspective, validity, context, and significance.) 2. Demonstrate an understanding of historical chronology. 3. Use historical evidence to compose clear and effective essays. 4. Effectively use analytical skills of evaluation, comparing and contrasting and determining cause

and effect. 5. Work effectively with others to produce projects and engage in thoughtful discussions. 6. Understand the principal themes of American history, including changes in political, social, and

cultural development 7. Prepare for the Advanced Placement Exam.

Course Themes:

During the course of the year you will study American history through interweaving themes that cover the scope of all the units. These themes have been outlined by the College Board as essential to a comprehensive and multilayered understanding of American history. The themes will emerge from the textbook readings, primary and secondary sources, essays, discussions, debates, and projects. These themes include:

1. American Diversity 2. The Development of the American Identity 3. The Evolution of American Culture 4. Demographic Changes in American History 5. Economic Trends and Transformations 6. Environmental Issues 7. The Development of Political Institutions and Citizenship 8. Social Reform Movements 9. Role of Religion in making of the US and its Impact in a Multicultural Society 10. The History of Slavery and its Legacies in this Hemisphere 11. War and Diplomacy 12. Globalization

Classroom Norms 1. Be Prepared 2. Be Respectful

3. Be Positive 4. Ask Questions!

Independence High School Advanced Placement US History Syllabus

2012 – 2013 Ms. Medina – Room 705


Core Texts and Readings:

Kennedy, David M., Lizabeth Cohen, and Thomas A. Bailey, The American Pageant: A History of the Republic 13th, ed (Boston, Mass: McDougal Houghton Mifflin Co., 2006)

Kennedy, David M. and Thomas Bailey, The American Spirit, Volumes 1 and 2, 11th ed. (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. 2006)

Loewen, James W. Lies My Teacher Told Me. (New York, Touchstone, 1995) Madaras, Larry, and James M. SoRelle, Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in

American History, Volumes One and Two (Guilford, CT. Dushking Publishing Group Inc., 2002) Zinn, Howard. The People’s History of the United States (New York: Harper Perennial, 2005) AP United States History (REA) - The Best Test Prep for the AP Exam: 7th Edition

(Recommended purchase)

Attendance:

AP US History is a rigorous class. It requires an extensive commitment from you, if you plan on being successful. Attendance is essential. Being late to class disrupts the students who made an effort to be on time. After your third tardy, each tardy will lower your Habits of Work grade. A student with an unexcused absence will not be allowed to make up work or exams. It is up to each student to get the notes from another student when a class has been missed. Students will be held responsible for all class material. To obtain the assignments you missed because of an excused absence refer to the Calendar posted on the white board. Look for the day you missed and write the homework assignment in your homework log/planner. Then go to the turquoise file crate, look for the file with the appropriate date, and take the necessary handouts. In addition, get any notes from one of your classmates because you will be held responsible for having all information in your notebook. Excused absent work must be turned in during the next class period, unless otherwise agreed upon. It is crucial that you attend class because much of the material will be provided through activities, lectures and discussions.

Assignments:

The assignments for this course will range in level of difficulty and point value. Assignments will fall on the following categories: free-response question essays, document based question (DBQ) essay, presentations, daily quizzes, historical outlines, projects, and notebook checks. Additionally, there will be tests and final exams – both similar to the AP exam you will be taking in May.

Class Participation:

Participation is required and encouraged. Participation consists of speaking during class discussions and working cooperatively in groups. It also includes being respectful to the teacher, to other students, and to the classroom, coming to class on time, keeping detailed notes, being alert in class, and not being disruptive.

Grading Policy:

Preparation (includes Homework, Class Work, Projects, Participation, and Notebook) 20% Tests and Quizzes 40% Writing (Document Based Questions and Free Response Questions) 40% Semester Grade = 40% (Quarter 1) + 40% (Quarter 2) + 20% (Final)

Late Work Grading Marks

Late work is accepted but will be deducted 10% for each day an assignment is late. Late assignments will not be accepted after 10 days.

+ = A = B – = C-

Grade

Percentages 100 – 90 A

89 – 80 B

79 – 70 C

69 – 60 D

59 – 0 F

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Materials:

You will need the following materials: 2-inch Sturdy Binder 5 Dividers Labeled – Cornell Notes,

Geography, Quizzes and Tests, Class work, and Writing Guides

1 Spiral Notebook (I recommend that students buy a sturdy notebook like Mead – Five Star)

Pens – blue or black ink Binder Paper Highlighter/colored pens

Course Outline

Unit Readings Themes and Content Assignments and

Assessments

Unit 1:

Colonial

America,

1400s – 1763

(13 days)

American Pageant, Chapters 1 – 5 Primary Sources

Conflicts and Contacts between civilizations

Post-Columbian North and South American societies

Reasons for colonizing and immigration

Characteristics (similarities and differences) of Colonies - economic, political, social, and cultural

Slave Trade

Students will learn the Thinking like a Historian procedure for reading primary sources by comparing the perspective of Columbus and De Las Casas.

DBQ – Puritans Tourists Posters for the

Southern, Middle, and Northern Colonies

Essential Questions

1. How did the settlement of North America by European nations differ? 2. For what reasons were the English colonies settled? How did that impact their development? 3. What was life like for the English colonist? 4. How did the separate colonies vary from each other? 5. What issues did the English encounter in governing the colonies? 6. How did warfare and rivalry impact the colonies?

Key Terms

1. Treaty of Tordesillas 2. European motives for colonization (Sp, Fr, Eng) 3. Jamestown 4. John Smith 5. Tobacco 6. Maryland 7. Life in the Chesapeake 8. Pilgrims/Separatists 9. Mayflower Compact 10. Puritans

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11. Anne Hutchinson 12. Roger Williams 13. Massachusetts 14. Half-Way Covenant 15. Life in New England 16. Pennsylvania 17. New York/New Netherland 18. Life in the Middle Colonies 19. Georgia 20. Life in the South 21. Navigation Acts 22. Salutary neglect 23. Indentured servants 24. Bacon’s Rebellion 25. Rise of slave labor 26. Mercantilism 27. Iroquois Confederacy 28. New England Confederation 29. Dominion of New England 30. Salem Witch Trials 31. Triangular Trade 32. Education in the colonies 33. Colonial commerce 34. Enlightenment 35. Ben Franklin 36. Great Awakening 37. Jonathan Edwards 38. New Lights 39. Zenger Trial 40. Stono Rebellion 41. French and Indian War 42. Albany Congress/Plan of Union 43. Treaty of Paris, 1763 44. Pontiac’s Rebellion 45. Proclamation of 1763

Unit 2:

American

Revolution

and the New

Nation, 1763 –

1800 (15 days)

American Pageant, Chapters 7 – 10 Primary Sources “Were the Founding Fathers Democratic Reformers?” Taking Sides, Volume I Zinn, “A Kind of Revolution”, Chapter 5

Political and economic relationship between colonies and Great Britain and Colonies

The French and Indian War

Organization among the colonists

Causes for the American Revolution

Strengths and weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation

Chart of British legislative actions leading to the American Revolution

“Who fired the first shot” – Document analysis of Lexington and Concord

Group skits depicting British legislative actions

FRQ - The American Revolution

In depths analysis of the Articles of Confederation

FRQ – The Constitution

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and Constitution Development of the

Constitution and the Bill of Rights

DBQ – Articles of Confederation

Hamilton vs. Jefferson Debate

Essential Questions

1. What events led the American colonists to wage war on the British Empire? 2. Were the American colonists justified in their outrage against British rule? 3. How and why did the American colonists win the Revolutionary War? 4. How did the United States struggle in developing its government? 5. What issues led the United States to write the Constitution? 6. How did the Presidency of George Washington impact the young nation? 7. How did the young nation develop during the 1790s?

Key Terms

1. Sugar Act 2. “No taxation without representation” 3. Stamp Act 4. Townshend Act 5. Boston Massacre 6. Boston Tea Party 7. Coercive Acts 8. Common Sense 9. Olive Branch Petition 10. George Washington 11. Declaration of Independence 12. Tories/Loyalists 13. Whigs/Patriots 14. Thomas Jefferson 15. Battles of Lexington/Concord 16. Battle of Bunker Hill 17. Articles of Confederation 18. Battle of Saratoga 19. Treaty of Alliance, 1778 20. Battle of Yorktown 21. Treaty of Paris, 1783 22. “Republican Mother” 23. Shay’s Rebellion 24. Northwest Ordinances 25. Constitutional Convention 26. James Madison 27. Federalist Papers 28. Federalists 29. Anti-Federalists 30. Bill of Rights 31. Alexander Hamilton 32. Bank of the United States 33. Whiskey Rebellion 34. Washington’s Farewell Address 35. John Adams

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36. Quasi-war 37. Alien & Sedition Acts 38. Kentucky/Virginia Resolutions 39. XYZ Affair

Unit 3: A

Growing

Nation,

1800 – 1840

(22 days)

American Pageant, Chapters 11 – 15 Primary Sources “Did Thomas Jefferson Abandon his Principles in Purchasing the Louisiana Territory?” Taking Sides, Volume I Zinn, “We take nothing by Conquest, Thank God,” Chapter 8

The creation of political parties

Social, political, and economic struggles of the new nation

Jeffersonian Democracy War of 1812 Supreme Court Rulings Foreign Policy Jacksonian Democracy –

Spoils System and the “Common Man”

Westward Expansion Reform Movements

Most significant contribution of Thomas Jefferson debate

The War of 1812 Story Map Foreign Policy Predictions –

Based on the Monroe Doctrine groups will make predictions of foreign policy

DBQ – “Era of Good Feelings” Most controversial policy of

Jackson’s Administration Structured Academic

Controversy – Should Jackson be honored on the $20 bill?

Who started the Mexican-American War Debate

Life in the Lowell Mills FRQ – Jacksonian Democracy

Essential Questions

1. How did Jefferson’s Presidency and ideals shape the U.S.? 2. For what reasons did the U.S. fight the War of 1812 & what was its impact? 3. How and why did the U.S. begin to become a manufacturing power? 4. What is nationalism and what impact did it have on post-1812 U.S.? 5. What is sectionalism and what impact did it have on post-1812 U.S.? 6. How did Jackson’s Presidency and ideals shape the U.S.? 7. What was life like for the 19th century American? 8. Why and how did the U.S. undergo a massive reform movement during the 19th century?

Key Terms

1. “Revolution” of 1800 2. Marshall Court decisions

a. Marbury v. Madison b. McCulloch v. Maryland c. Dartmouth v. Woodward

3. Louisiana Purchase 4. Lewis and Clark 5. Aaron Burr 6. Impressment 7. Embargo Act 8. War Hawks 9. War of 1812 causes 10. Battle of New Orleans 11. Hartford Convention 12. Henry Clay

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13. American System 14. Era of Good Feelings 15. Missouri Compromise 16. Florida annexation 17. Monroe Doctrine 18. “Corrupt Bargain” 19. Internal improvements 20. Andrew Jackson 21. Jacksonian Democracy 22. Tariff of Abominations 23. John C. Calhoun 24. Nullification Crisis 25. Trail of Tears 26. The “Bank War” 27. Whig Party 28. Webster-Hayne Debate 29. Texan Revolution 30. William Henry Harrison 31. Democracy in America 32. Eli Whitney 33. Samuel Slater 34. Lowell Girls 35. Erie Canal 36. Railroads 37. Deism 38. German/Irish immigrants 39. Second Great Awakening 40. Mormons 41. Cult of Domesticity 42. Hudson River School 43. Dorothea Dix 44. Maine/Dow Law 45. Seneca Falls Convention 46. Utopian societies 47. Transcendentalism

Unit 4:

Sectionalism

and the Civil

War,

1840 – 1847

(22 days)

American Pageant, Chapters 16 – 22 “Did Slavery Destroy the Black Family?” Taking Sides, Volume I Loewen, “John Brown and Abraham Lincoln: The Invisibility of Antiracism in

Slavery and Sectionalism Causes for the Civil War Effects of the Civil War Challenges after

Reconstruction Lives of ex-slaves

Inquiry on John Brown Readings of Uncle Tom’s Cabin

and The Narrative of Frederick Douglass

Analysis of Lincoln-Douglas Debates

FRQ – Slavery Was Lincoln the “Great

Emancipator”? – Students will look at various primary sources to answer the question.

Military strategies, strengths,

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American History Textbooks”, Chapter 6 “Was Reconstruction a ‘Splendid Failure’?” Taking Sides, Volume I

and weaknesses, and events presentations.

The state of African Americas in the South expert groups presentations. The groups will focus on Lynching, the Convict Lease System, Jim Crow and the Courts, Plessy v. Ferguson, Segregation and Disfranchisement, and the Politics of Accommodation.

The Success and Failures of Reconstruction

DBQ – The Civil War Essential Questions

1. What was slavery like and how did it flourish in the South? 2. What was Manifest Destiny and how did it affect the United States? 3. What were the basic premises for politics in the North and the South? 4. What events led to the secession of the eleven Southern states? 5. Why did the Union win the Civil War? 6. What impact did the Civil War have on the United States? 7. How was the South “reconstructed” after the Civil War?

Key Terms

1. Importance of slavery 2. American Colonization Society 3. Abolitionists

a. Garrison b. Douglass

4. Uncle Tom’s Cabin 5. Slave rebellions in South 6. James Polk 7. Manifest Destiny 8. 54-40 or Fight 9. Mexican-American War 10. Wilmot Proviso 11. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 12. Free Soil Party 13. Know-Nothing Party 14. Popular sovereignty 15. California Gold Rush 16. Seventh of March speech 17. Nashville Convention 18. Stephen Douglas 19. Compromise of 1850 20. Kansas-Nebraska Act 21. Republican Party 22. King Cotton 23. Dred Scott case

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24. John Brown 25. Election of 1860 26. Secession crisis 27. Fort Sumter 28. Confederate States of America 29. Union/Confederate advantages & disadvantages in War 30. Abraham Lincoln 31. Jefferson Davis 32. Border states 33. Robert E. Lee 34. Conscription (Both sides) 35. New York Draft Riots 36. Copperheads 37. Monitor/Merrimack 38. Battle of Antietam/Sharpsburg 39. Emancipation Proclamation 40. Battle of Gettysburg 41. Ulysses S. Grant 42. Freedman’s Bureau 43. Presidential Reconstruction

a. 10% Plan b. Wade-Davis Bill

44. Congressional/Radical Reconstruction 45. Reconstruction Amendments 46. Johnson’s Impeachment 47. Redeemers/Redemption 48. Ku Klux Klan 49. Black Codes 50. Compromise of 1877

Unit 5: The

Gilded Age,

1877 – 1900

(23 days)

American Pageant, Chapters 23 – 26 “Did the Industrial Revolution Disrupt the American Family?” Taking Sides, Volume II Loewen, “Land of Opportunity”, Chapter 7

The growth of business The western frontier and

treatment of Native-Americans

Failures and Successes of the Gilded Age

The role of government during the Gilded Age

Urbanization Industrialists ideologies Social, economic, and

political impact of industrialization

Labor Unions

The philosophy and response to Industrialism – students will read primary sources detailing the philosophy of industrialist and analyze political cartoons.

Labor Unions and their failure to gain public acceptance

Impact of Industrialization on Urban Life – Students will read excerpts from Riss’ How the Other Half Lives and Addams’ Twenty Years at Hull House

Excerpts from The Jungle Native-American Debate FRQ – Populists and Nativism DBQ – Labor Unions

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Essential Questions

1. What is a Gilded Age and how did the U.S. satisfy that term during the last quarter of the 19th century?

2. What was the result of the federal government’s laissez faire policies that will lead to many aspects of the Gilded Age?

3. How did immigration occur and what impacts did it have on the United States? 4. How did minority groups fare politically, socially and economically during the Gilded Age? 5. How and why did the United States industrialize in the 19th century? What impact did it have on

the nation’s economy, politics and society? 6. How was the West settled and what was its impact on national politics?

Key Terms

1. Political machines 2. Thomas Nast 3. The Gilded Age 4. Jim Crow laws 5. Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896 6. Pendleton Civil Service Act 7. Chinese Exclusion Act 8. Populist party 9. Transcontinental Railroad 10. Interstate Commerce Act 11. Andrew Carnegie 12. John Rockefeller 13. Joseph Pulitzer 14. Gospel of Wealth 15. Sherman Anti-Trust Act 16. Knights of Labor 17. Haymarket Affair 18. American Federation of Labor 19. Homestead Strike 20. Pullman Strike 21. Eugene Debs 22. New Immigrants 23. Social Gospel 24. Settlement houses 25. Nativism 26. Social Darwinism 27. Booker T. Washington 28. W.E.B. DuBois 29. Morrill Land Grant Act 30. Horatio Alger 31. Amusements of the Gilded Age 32. Education in the Gilded Age 33. Battle of Little Bighorn 34. A Century of Dishonor 35. Dawes Act 36. Wounded Knee 37. Cattle ranching boom/bust

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38. Homestead Act 39. Turner’s Thesis 40. The Grange 41. Pullman Strike 42. William McKinley 43. William Jennings Bryan 44. “Cross of Gold” speech

Unit 6:

Imperialism,

Progressivism,

and WWI,

1900 – 1920

(17 days)

American Pageant Chapters 27 – 30 “Did Progressives Fail?” Taking Sides, Volume II “Did Yellow Journalism Cause the Spanish-American War?” Taking Sides, Volume II

Role and effectiveness of third parties

Middle-Class Reform Movements

Progressive and Populist Movement

Causes and effects of imperialism

Foreign policy at the turn of the twentieth century

The Causes and Effects of US Involvement in WWI

DBQ – The Progressive Era Reformers

Causes and Effects of Spanish-American War

Simulated Debate over Wilson’s Fourteen Points

Propaganda Posters – WWI on the Home Front

FRQ – The Spanish American War

Essential Questions

1. How did the rise of industry impact U.S. foreign policy? 2. How did U.S. expansion occur and was it an appropriate policy for the U.S.? 3. Evaluate the effectiveness of Progressivism on the U.S.? 4. How and why did the role of the U.S. President strengthen during the beginning of the 20th

century? 5. How did the U.S. foreign and domestic policy evolve during the Great War?

Key Terms

1. Alfred Mahan 2. Imperialism 3. Hawaiian annexation 4. Yellow journalism 5. Spanish-American War 6. The Rough Riders 7. Treaty of Paris, 1898 8. Insular Cases 9. Platt Amendment 10. Open Door Policy 11. Boxer Rebellion 12. Theodore Roosevelt 13. Panama Canal 14. Roosevelt Corollary 15. Gentlemen’s Agreement 16. Muckrakers 17. How the Other Half Lives 18. Progressivism 19. Progressive Constitutional Amendments (16-19)

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20. Coal miners’ strike, 1902 21. “Trust-busting” 22. The Jungle 23. William Howard Taft 24. Dollar Diplomacy 25. Ballinger-Pinchot Affair 26. Bull Moose Party 27. Woodrow Wilson 28. Federal Reserve Act 29. Clayton Anti-Trust Act 30. U.S. Neutrality in WWI 31. U-boat warfare 32. Trench Warfare 33. Zimmermann Note 34. Food Administration 35. Great Migration 36. Fourteen Points 37. Committee on Public Information 38. Espionage & Sedition Acts 39. Women’s suffrage 40. Margaret Sanger 41. League of Nations 42. Treaty of Versailles 43. Election of 1920

Unit 7: The

Roaring

Twenties, the

Great

Depression,

and WWII,

1920 – 1945

(16 days)

American Pageant Chapters 31 – 35

Nativism Cultural Revolution The role government The changing foreign

policy Causes and effects of

Great Depression Causes and Effects of the

WWII

Life during the Roaring Twenties

The Great Depression Photograph Analysis

FRQ – The 1920s DBQ – FDR’s Response to the

Great Depression Foreign policy expert groups Comparing WWI and WWII Japanese-Internment

Readings Structured Academic

Controversy on the Atomic Bomb

Essential Questions

1. How did the Great War impact the U.S. during the 1920s? 2. Why did the Great Depression occur? 3. What were the varied responses by Hoover and Roosevelt in fighting the Great Depression? 4. How did the Second World War start? 5. How did the U.S. fight WWII in terms of politics and economics?

Key Terms

1. Red Scare 2. Ku Klux Klan 3. Prohibition

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4. Scopes Trial 5. Jazz Age 6. Henry Ford/Automobile 7. Flappers 8. Harlem Renaissance 9. Immigration laws 10. Washington Naval Conference 11. Kellogg-Briand Pact 12. Teapot Dome scandal 13. Stock Market Crash 14. Causes of Great Depression 15. President Herbert Hoover 16. The Bonus Army 17. Franklin Roosevelt 18. FDR’s 1st Inaugural Address 19. The First Hundred Days 20. The New Deal 21. Banking Holiday 22. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 23. Critics of the New Deal 24. National Industrial Recovery Administration 25. Agricultural Adjustment Administration 26. Dust Bowl 27. Tennessee Valley Authority 28. Social Security Act 29. Congress of Industrial Organizations 30. Court-packing scheme 31. Good Neighbor Policy 32. Isolationism 33. Neutrality Acts 34. Munich Pact 35. Lend-Lease Act 36. Atlantic Charter 37. Selective Service Act 38. Pearl Harbor 39. Japanese Internment 40. U.S. Home Front 41. Manhattan Project 42. Yalta Conference 43. Potsdam Conference

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Unit 8:

Modern

America,

1945 – present

(25 days)

American Pageant Chapters 36 – 42 “Did Communism Threatened American Internal Security After World War Two?” Taking Sides, Volume II “Should America Remain a Nation of Immigrants?” Taking Sides, Volume II

Causes and Effects of Cold War

Struggle for Civil Rights Truman’s, Eisenhower’s,

Kennedy’s, Johnson’s, Nixon’s, Ford’s, Carter’s, and Reagan’s Administrations

The Vietnam War War on Poverty and the

Great Society Programs The End of the Cold War

Cold War Conflicts Story Maps FRQ – Containment DBQ – United States and

Soviet Union Relations Civil Rights Leaders Profiles –

Students will do research on Civil Rights leaders

Presidents’ Most Important Contributions Posters

Major Postwar Events Story Maps

Essential Questions

1. How did the Cold War start? 2. How did the Cold War impact domestic politics? 3. Why and how did the Civil Rights movement occur? 4. Why were the Sixties such a turbulent decade? 5. How did the Nixon Presidency change America? 6. How has the world changed in the last quarter century?

Key Term

1. G.I. Bill of Rights 2. Rise of suburbia 3. Baby Boom 4. Iron Curtain 5. Truman Doctrine 6. Berlin Blockade/Airlift 7. Containment 8. Marshall Plan 9. National Security Act, 1947 10. NATO/Warsaw Pact 11. Satellite nations 12. Taft-Hartley Act 13. Election of 1948 14. Korean War 15. HUAC 16. Alger Hiss 17. Rosenbergs 18. McCarthyism 19. Dwight Eisenhower 20. Brown v. Board of Education, 1954 21. Montgomery Bus Boycott 22. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 23. Little Rock Nine 24. Sputnik

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25. Conformity 26. Consumerism 27. Beatniks 28. Rock n’ roll 29. Federal Highway Act 30. Election of 1960 31. Berlin Wall 32. Bay of Pigs 33. Cuban Missile Crisis 34. Kennedy Assassination 35. The Other America 36. Freedom Summer 37. Civil Rights Act of 1964 38. Malcolm X 39. The Great Society 40. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution 41. The Vietnam War 42. 1968 (events) 43. 1960s Counter-Culture 44. Kent State shooting 45. Détente 46. Silent Spring 47. OPEC Embargo/Energy Crisis 48. Watergate scandal 49. Roe v. Wade 50. Bakke v. Board of Regents 51. Iranian Hostage Crisis 52. Ronald Reagan 53. Reaganomics 54. Iran-Contra Affair 55. Persian Gulf War 56. Bill Clinton 57. Clinton Impeachment

STUDY FOR AP EXAM Help and Office Hours

I strongly encourage students and parents to speak to me about any questions or concerns. Please contact me at [email protected] or at (661) 834 - 8001 ext. 60705. I will also be available for one-on-one help during my Office Hours during lunch and after school on Tuesdays from 2:32 – 3:32 p.m. I encourage all my students to come see me during office hours to get additional help but also to experience what college will be like since in college, students will have to see their professors during office hours for help.

Academic Honesty Policy:

A strict Academic Honesty Policy will be enforced in this class. It is extremely important for students to always do their own work and always display academic integrity. If any student is caught cheating which includes plagiarism or copying, they will receive an automatic “F” grade for the assignment and a referral to the Dean of Students. Any student caught cheating will also receive an “F” for participation. It is important for students to take responsibility for their learning and understand the seriousness of academic dishonesty, which in a college environment often results with expulsion.

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