Us History I Honors

US HISTORY I HONORS Course Content Outline 1. English Colonies a. Roanoke Disaster b. Jamestown i. Hardships ii. Colonial Government a. John Smith b. House of Burgesses c. Native American reaction d. Tobacco farming iii. Bacons Rebellion 2. Plymouth Colony a. Puritans and Separatists i. Pilgrims ii. Mayflower Compact b. Early problems i. 1st Thanksgiving 3. Massachusetts Bay Colony a. Reason for founding b. Puritan Beliefs i. Anne Hutchinson ii. Roger Williams iii. Salem Witch Trials c. War with Native Americans i. The Pequot War ii. King Phillip’s War 4. Middle Colonies a. Dutch in New York b. English rule c. New Jersey d. Delaware e. Pennsylvania i. Quakers 5. Southern Colonies a. Maryland b. Carolinas c. Georgia b. Growth of the American Colonies 1. Mercantilism a. Balance of trade b. Colonial raw materials 2. British Colonial Policy a. Self government i. Salutary Neglect 3. Colonial Economies a. South i. Tobacco b. Middle Colonies i. Farming and Commerce c. New England Colonies i. Trade ii. Triangular Trade 4. Colonial Life a. Gentry Class b. Role of women c. Education 5. Slavery in the colonies a. South Carolina and Georgia i. Majority 1. Harsh condition 2. Worked as field hands b. Virginia and Maryland i. Minority 1. Performed variety of tasks c. New England and Middle Colonies i. Low numbers 1. Many worked in factories d. Free Blacks i. Stono Rebellion 6. Colonial Tensions a. Western Expansion i. Native American reaction ii. French Reaction b. Religious Tension i. Great Awakening c. Road to Independence 1. The French and Indian War a. Causes b. Impact i. British victory 1. Albany Plan 2. Fall of Quebec 3. Role of Washington 4. Treaty of Paris 5. Effects on Colonial loyalty to Britain 2. Issues Behind Revolution a. Changing British Policy 1. Proclamation of 1763 2. Pontiac’s Rebellion 3. Britain’s Financial Problems a. Sugar Act b. Quartering Act c. Stamp Act Crisis i. Sons of Liberty d. Townshend Acts 4. Boston Massacre 5. Boston Tea Party 6. The Intolerable Acts b. First Continental Congress c. Battle of Lexington and Concord 3. Ideas Behind Revolution a. “Common Sense” by Thomas Pain b. Declaration of Independence i. Parts of the Declaration a. Natural Rights i. Locke’s Theory b. Crimes against the King i. Thomas Jefferson 4. Fighting for Independence a. Early Battles i. Bunker Hill b. British Strengths i. Loyalists ii. Hessians iii. General Cornwallis c. Americans Strengths d. Northern Battles i. Retreat from New York 1. Trenton and Princeton 2. Victory at Saratoga 3. Tuning Point a. French Support 5. Winning Independence a. Enduring hardships b. Financing war c. British Blockade d. Victories out west e. War in south i. Cornwallis defeated f. Victory at Yorktown g. Treaty of Paris h. Impact of Revolution d. Founding a Government 1. The Articles of Confederation a. Established three branches of government b. Weaknesses of Articles c. Shay’s Rebellion 2. The Constitution a. Constitutional Convention i. James Madison- “Father of the Constitution” ii. Divisions at the convention 1. New Jersey Plan 2. Virginia Plan iii. The Great Compromise iv. The 3/5 Compromise b. Structure of Government c. Federal Powers vs. State Powers i. Three Branches of Federal Government 1. Executive a. Process by which president is elected i. Electoral College b. Veto Power 2. Legislative a. Lawmaking body i. Veto over-ride ii. Power of Impeachment 3. Judicial a. Interprets the law to determine constitutionality ii. Checks and Balances iii. Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists 1. Federalist leaders a. Alexander Hamilton b. James Madison 2. Anti-Federalists leaders a. Patrick Henry b. Thomas Jefferson iv. Federalists beliefs 1. Strong central government 2. Federal government more powerful than states v. Anti-Federalist beliefs 1. Weak central government 2. State government more powerful than federal vi. Reasons for Federalist victory d. The Bill of Rights i. Reasons for 3. The New Government a. Washington’s administration e. Early American Politics 1. Alexander Hamilton’s Programs a. Tariff b. Strict vs. Loose construction of Constitution 2. The Whiskey Rebellion a. Reasons for b. Impact 3. Jay’s Treaty a. Alliance with England i. American reaction 4. Jefferson Republicans a. Philosophy 5. Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions a. Nullification i. Long term implications 6. Election of 1800 a. Significance i. Reasons for Jefferson victory 7. The Jefferson Administration a. Reduction in government i. Judiciary Acts ii. Marbury vs Madison iii. Long term implications iv. Judicial Review 1. John Marshall b. Louisiana Purchase i. Reasons for sale ii. American reaction c. Lewis and Clarke expedition i. Impact d. Jefferson’s Foreign Policy i. Embargo of 1807 1. Impact a. Public reaction 8. The War of 1812 a. Reasons behind war i. Second war for independence ii. British impressments iii. Public reaction iv. Burning of Washington D.C. v. American Victory 1. Battle of New Orleans a. Andrew Jackson vi. Treaty of Ghent vii. Post war economy b. The Missouri Compromise i. Long term impact ii. Increased tensions f. Life in the New Nation 1. Population growth a. Expansion 2. Industrial Revolution a. Interchangeable parts b. Cotton Gin c. Steam Power d. Cumberland Road e. Erie Canal f. Improved Railroads 3. The Market Revolution a. Rise of Manufacturing b. Rise of Shopping c. Rise of Banking 4. Northern Economy a. Industrialization b. Growth of Cities i. Tenements c. Labor disputes 5. Southern Economy a. Slow urban growth b. Cotton is king c. Slavery i. Revolts 1. Denmark Vesey 2. Gabriel Prosser 3. Nat Turner ii. Impact of revolts on public in North and South 6. Growth of Nationalism a. National Bank b. Monroe Doctrine c. Internal improvements 7. New Political Parties a. National Republicans/Whigs b. Jacksonian Democrats i. Election of 1828 ii. Impact c. The National Bank Debate d. The Trail of Tears i. Indian Removal Act 8. American Expansion a. Texas gains independence i. Sam Houston ii. The Alamo b. Manifest Destiny i. Annexation of Texas c. Mexican War i. Reasons for war ii. Outcome g. The coming Civil War 1. Uncle Tom’s Cabin a. Impact b. Harriet Beecher Stowe 2. Differences between North and South 3. Missouri Compromise a. Impact 4. Compromise of 1850 5. Fugitive Slave Act 6. The Kansas-Nebraska Act a. Popular Sovereignty b. Impact i. Creation of Republican Party 7. Fighting Begins a. “Bleeding Kansas” b. The Dred Scott Case c. Lecompton Constitution 8. Lincoln Douglas Debates 9. The Election of 1860 10. Confederacy Forms a. Secession b. Fort Sumter h. The Civil War 1. Early Battles a. Bull Run b. Shiloh c. Antietam 2. Union Strengths and Weaknesses 3. Confederate Strengths and Weaknesses 4. Emancipation of Slaves a. Impact b. African Americans who fought in the war. i. 54th Massachusetts Infantry 1. Robert Gould Shaw 5. Early Southern victories a. Fredericksburg b. Chancellorsville 6. Union Strategy a. Anaconda Plan b. Trade Blockade 7. Turning Point of War a. Battle of Gettysburg i. Pickett’s Charge ii. Gettysburg Address b. Battle of Vicksburg i. Grant emerges 1. Spotsylvania 2. Cold Harbor 3. Siege of Petersburg c. Sherman invades the Deep South i. Capture of Atlanta 8. End of War a. Surrender at Appomattox i. Reason for surrender b. Lincoln’s assassination i. John Wilkes Booth i. Reconstruction 1. The toll of War 2. Reconstruction plans a. Lincoln’s Plan b. Johnson’s Plan 3. Freed African Americans a. The Freedmen’s Bureau i. Problems 1. Black Codes 4. Congressional Reconstruction a. Civil War Amendments i. 13th Amendment ii. 14th Amendment iii. 15th Amendment 5. Impeachment of Johnson a. Reasons for b. Grant Elected 6. The New South a. Carpetbaggers and Scalawags b. Sharecropping c. Effects of Reconstruction i. Successes ii. Failures j. Expansion of Industry 1. Improved transportation a. Transcontinental Railroad b. Time Zones c. Immigrants role in building railroads k. Growth of Big Business 1. Causes of Growth a. Railroads b. New inventions c. Natural resources i. Effects of Growth 1. Steel and Oil industries become giants 2. Monopolies grow 3. Labor unions grow 4. Workers face harsh conditions d. Robber Barons or Captains of Industry i. Andrew Carnegie ii. John D. Rockefeller iii. Philanthropist e. Social Darwinism f. Rise of Labor Unions i. The Knights of Labor ii. The American Federation of Labor 1. Collective Bargaining 2. Socialism g. The Great Strikes i. The Railroad Strike of 1877 ii. Haymarket 1886 iii. Homestead Strike 1892 iv. Pullman Strike 1894 h. Western Expansion i. Morrill Land-Grant Act ii. Homestead Act iii. Exodusters iv. Gold Rush v. Cattle Industry Boom i. Conflict with Native Americans i. Dawes Act ii. Sioux Wars 1. Sitting Bull 2. Battle of Little Bighorn 3. Massacre at Wounded Knee j. Populist Movement i. Platform ii. Silver standard iii. Progressive income tax iv. Government ownership of transportation v. Eight hour workday 1. Leaders a. William Jennings Bryan l. Immigration 1. Experience a. Quarantine b. Steerage i. Limitations 1. Chinese Exclusion Act 2. Urban Growth a. Living conditions i. Slums ii. Tenements b. Growth of “Political Machines” i. Corrupt bosses 3. Reform movements a. Nativism b. Purity Crusaders c. Prohibition d. Education Reform i. Public Schools ii. Growth of Colleges iii. African American education 1. Niagara Movement 2. Booker T. Washington 3. W.E.B. Du Bois e. 7. Jim Crow Laws i. Poll Tax ii. Grandfather Clause iii. Plessy v. Ferguson iv. Lynching