AP U.S. History

2010-2011 Pacing Guide

 

August 23     Unit I: The Colonial Period

Chapter 2

The Rise of the Atlantic World, 1400-1625, pp. 23-51

  1. pp. 16-21, North American Peoples on the Eve of European Contact

  2. pp. 33-42, Europe and the Atlantic World, 1440-1600

  3. pp. 42-51, Footholds in North America, 1512-1625

 August 30     Unit I: The Colonial Period

Chapter 3

Expansion and Diversity: The Rise of Colonial America, 1625-1700

  1. pp. 55-68, The New England Way

  2. pp. 68-75: Chesapeake Society                                                               

  3. pp. 76-82: The Spread of Slavery: The Caribbean and Carolina

  4. pp. 82-88: The Middle Colonies

  5. pp. 88-90: Rivals for North America

 September 6   Unit II: The Era of the Revolution

Chapter 4

The Bonds of Empire, 1660-1750

  1. pp. 90-94, Rebellion and War, 1660-1713

  2. pp. 94-109, Colonial Economic and Societies, 1660-1750

  3. pp. 109-114, Competing for a Continent

  4. pp. 114-121, Public Life in British America, 1689-1750

 September 13 Unit II: The Era of the Revolution

Chapter 5

Roads to Revolution, 1750-1776

  1. pp. 123-128, The Triumph of the British Empire, 1750-1763

  2. pp. 128-139, Imperial Revenues and Reorganization, 1760-1766

  3. pp. 139-145, Resistance Resumes, 1766-1770

  4. pp. 145-149, The Deepening Crisis, 1770-1774

  5. pp. 149-156, Toward Independence, 1750-1776

 September 20 Unit II: The Era of the Revolution

Chapter 6

Securing Independence, Defining Nationhood, 1776-1788

  1. pp. 159-164, The Prospects of War

  2. pp. 164-173, War and Peace, 1776-1783

  3. pp. 173-178, Revolution and Social Change

  4. pp. 178-185, Forging New Governments

  5. pp. 185-192, Toward a New Constitution, 1786-1788

 September 27 Unit III: The Early Republic

Chapter 7

Launching the New Republic, 1789-1800

  1. pp. 195-198, Constitutional Government Takes Shape, 1789-1796

  2. pp. 198-203, Hamilton and the Formulation of Federalist Policies, 1789-1794

  3. pp. 203-210, The United States on the World Stage, 1789-1796

  4. PP. 210-216, The Emergence of Party politics, 1793-1800

  5. pp. 216-225, Economic and Social Change

 October 4 Unit III: The Early Republic

Chapter 8

Jeffersonianism and the Era of Good Feelings, 1801-1824

  1. pp. 227-235, The Age of Jefferson

  2. pp. 235-243, The Gathering Storm

  3. pp. 243-247, The War of 1812

  4. pp. 247-253, The Awakening of American Nationalism

 October 11    Unit IV: The Rise of Jacksonian Democracy

Chapter 9

The Transformation of American Society, 1815-1840

  1. pp. 255-262, Westward Expansion

  2. pp. 262-264, The Growth of the Market Economy

  3. PP. 264-270, The Transportation Revolution: Steamboats, Canals, and Railroads

  4. pp. 270-274, Industrial Beginnings

  5. pp. 274-277, Equality and Inequality

  6. pp. 277-282, The Revolution in Social Relationships

 October 18    Unit IV: The Rise of Jacksonian Democracy

Chapter 10

  1. The Rise of Democratic Politics, 1824-1832, pp. 285-294

  2. The Bank Controversy and the Second Party System, pp. 294-299

  3. The Rise of Popular Religion, pp. 299-303

  4. The Age of Reform, pp. 303-314

 October 25    Unit V: Antebellum U.S.

Chapter 11

  1. Technology and Economic Growth, pp. 318-326

  2. The Quality of Life, pp. 326-331

  3. Democratic Pastimes, pp. 331-334

  4. The Quest for Nationality in Literature and Art, pp. 334-342

 November 1   Unit V: Antebellum U.S.

Chapter 12

  1. King Cotton, pp. 346-351

  2. The Social Groups of the White South, pp. 351-356

  3. Social Relations in the White South, pp. 356-362

  4. Life Under Slavery, pp. 362-369

  5. The Emergence of an African-American Culture, pp. 369-373

 November 8   Unit V: Antebellum U.S.

Chapter 13: Immigration, Expansion, and Sectional Conflict

  1. Newcomers and Natives, pp. 377-384

  2. The West and Beyond, pp. 384-394

  3. The Mexican-American War and Its Aftermath, pp. 394-404

 November 15  Unit VI: The Civil War and Reconstruction

Chapter 14: From Compromise to Secession, 1850-1861

  1. The Compromise of 1850, pp. 408-414

  2. The Collapse of the Second Party System, 1853-1856, pp. 414-421

  3. The Crisis of the Union, 1857-1860, pp. 421-427

  4. The Collapse of the Union, 1860-1861, pp. 427-434

 November 22  Unit VI: The Civil War and Reconstruction 

Chapter 15: Crucible of Freedom: Civil War, 1861-1865

  1. Mobilizing for War, pp. 439-443

  2. In Battle, 1861-1862, pp. 443-452

  3. Emancipation Transforms the War, 1863, pp. 452-460

  4. War and Society, North and South, pp. 460-468

  5. The Union Victorious, 1864-1865, pp. 468-474

November 29  Unit VI: The Civil War and Reconstruction

Chapter 16: The Crisis of Reconstruction, 1865-1877

  1. Reconstruction Politics, 1865-1868, pp. 477-488

  2. Reconstruction Governments, pp. 488-492

  3. The Impact of Emancipation, 492-500

  4. New Concerns in the North, 1868-1876, 500-504

  5. Reconstruction Abandoned, 1876-1877, pp. 504-508

  6. From Chapter 18, The New South, 557-560

 November 26 Unit VII: The West and Gilded Age Corporate Capitalism 

Chapter 17: The Transformation of the Trans-Mississippi West, 1860-1900

  1. Native Americans and the Trans-Mississippi West, pp. 511-523

  2. Settling the West, pp. 523-529

  3. The Southwestern Frontier, 529

  4. Exploiting the Western Landscape, pp. 530-536

 December 6 Unit VII: The West and Gilded Age Corporate Capitalism

Chapter 18: The Rise of Industrial America

  1. The Rise of Corporate America, pp. 544-557

  2. The New South, pp. 557-560 (Unit VI)

  3. Factories and the Work Force, pp. 560-565

  4. Labor Unions and Industrial Conflict, pp. 565-572

December 20  Exam Week

 End of semester I

 


Second Semester

 January 5     Unit VII: Gilded Age Politics

Chapter 19: Immigration, Urbanization and Everyday Life, 1860-1900

  1. Everyday Life in Flux: The New American City, pp. 576-583

  2. Middle-Class Society and Culture, pp. 583-586

  3. Working Class Politics and Reform, pp. 586-591

  4. Working Class Leisure in the Immigrant City, pp. 591-596

  5. Cultures in Conflict, 596-605

 January 10    Gilded Age Politics

Chapter 20: Politics and Expansion in an Industrializing Age, 1877-1900,

  1. Party Politics in an Era of Social and Economic Upheaval, 1877-1884, pp.610-615

  2. Politics of Privilege, Politics of Exclusion, 1884-1892, pp. 615-624  

  3. The 1890’s: Politics in a Depression Decade, pp. pp. 624-627

  4. The Watershed Election of 1896, pp. 627-629

  5. Expansion Stirrings and War with Spain, 1878-1901, pp. 629-637

 January 17    Imperialism/Progressivism/First World War

Chapter 21: The Progressive Era, 1900-1917

  1. Progressives and Their Ideas, pp. 642-646

  2. State and Local Progressivism, pp. 646-657

  3. Blacks, Women and Workers Organize, pp. 657-662

  4. National Progressivism, Phase I: Roosevelt and Taft, 1901-1913, pp. 662-670

  5. National Progressivism, Phase II: Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1917, pp. 670-673

January 24    Imperialism/Progressivism/First World War

Chapter 22: Global Involvements and World War I, 1902-1920

  1. Defining America’s World Role, 1902-1914, pp. 678-683

  2. War in Europe, 1914-1917, pp. 683-686

  3. Mobilizing at Home, Fighting in France, 1917-1918, pp. 686-692

  4. Promoting the War and Supressing Dissent, pp. 692-698

  5. Economic and Social Trends in Wartime America, pp. 698-702

  6. Joyous Armistice, Bitter Aftermath, 1918-1920, pp. 702-706

 January 31    Roaring Twenties/Great Depression/ New Deal

Chapter 23: The 1920’s: Coping with Change, 1920-1929

  1. A New Economic Order, pp. 712-716

  2. The Harding and Coolidge Administrations, pp. 716-720

  3. Mass Society, Mass Culture, pp. 720-726

  4. Cultural Ferment and Creativity, pp. 726-732

  5. A Society in Conflict, pp. 732-737

  6. Hoover at the Helm, pp. 737-740

 February 7    Roaring Twenties/Great Depression/ New Deal

Chapter 24: The Great Depression and The New Deal, 1929-1939

  1. Crash and Depression, 1929-1932, pp. 744-749

  2. The New Deal Takes Shape, 1933-1935, pp. 749-756

  3. The New Deal Changes Course, 1933-1935, pp. 756-762

  4. The New Deal’s End Stage, 1937-1939

  5. Social Change and Social Action in the 1930’s, pp. 764-770

  6. The American Cultural Scene in the 1930’s, pp. 770-777

 February 14   World War II/Cold War

Chapter 25: American and a World in Crisis, 1933-1945

  1. The U.S. in a Menacing World, 1933-1939, pp. 782-785

  2. Into the Storm, 1939-1941, pp. 786-789

  3. America Mobilizes for War, pp. 789-794

  4. “The Battlefront, 1942-1944”, pp. 795-798

  5. “Triumph and Tragedy, 1945”, pp. 798-805

 February 21   World War II/Cold War

Chapter 26: The Cold War Abroad and at Home, 1945-1952

1.        pp. 815-819,”The Postwar Political Setting”

2.       pp. 820-829, “Anticommunism and Containment

3.       pp. 830-833, “The Truman Administration at Home

4.       pp. 834-840, “The Politics of Anticommunism”

 February 28   World War II/Cold War

Chapter 27: America at Midcentury, 1952-1960

1.        pp. 844-849, “The Eisenhower Presidency”

2.       pp. 850-853, “The Cold War Continues”

 March 7       1950’s and 1960’s (through JFK)

Chapter 27: America at Midcentury, 1952-1960

3.       pp. 854-859, “The Affluent Society”

4.       pp. 860-864, “Consensus and Conservatism”

5.       pp. 865-869, “The Other America”

6.       pp. 869-872, “Seeds of Disquiet”

March 14      1950’s and 1960’s (through JFK)

Chapter 28: The Liberal Era, 1960-1968

1.        pp. 875-882, The Kennedy Presidency

March 21 (GHSGT Week)     The Turbulent 60’s and 70’s (through Nixon and Watergate)

Chapter 28: The Liberal Era, 1960-1968

2.       pp. 883-886, “Liberalism Ascendant, 1963-1968

3.       pp. 887-891, “The Struggle for Black Equality”

4.       pp. 892-897, “Voices of Protest”

5.       pp. 898-902, “The Liberal Crusade in Vietnam”

 March 28      The Turbulent 60’s and 70’s (through Nixon and Watergate)

Chapter 29: A Time of Upheaval, 1968-1974

1.        pp. 905-909, “The Youth Movement”

2.       pp. 910-913, “The Counterculture”

3.       pp. 913-919, “1968: The Politics of Upheaval”

4.       pp. 919-924, “Nixon and World Politics”

5.       pp. 924-929, “Domestic Problems and Divisions”

6.       pp. 929-932, “The Crisis of the Presidency”

April 4         Spring Break

April 11       The Turbulent 60’s and 70’s (through Nixon and Watergate)

April 18       The Conservative “Revolution”

Chapter 30: Society, Politics and World Events from Ford to Reagan, 1974-1989

1.        pp. 935-944, “ The Long Shadow of the 1960’s: Cultural Changes and Continuities”

2.       pp. 944-947, “Patterns of Social Change in Post-1960’s America”

3.       pp. 947-952, “Years of Malaise: Post-Watergate Politics and Diplomacy, 1974-1980

4.       pp. 952-958, “The Reagan Revolution, 1981-1984”

5.       pp. 958-963, “A Sea of Problems in Reagan’s Second Term”

 April 25       AP Exam Review 

May 2          AP Exam Week

May 6          AP Exam