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
pp. 16-21, North American Peoples on the Eve of European Contact
pp. 33-42, Europe and the Atlantic World, 1440-1600
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
pp. 55-68, The New England Way
pp. 68-75: Chesapeake Society
pp. 76-82: The Spread of Slavery: The Caribbean and Carolina
pp. 82-88: The Middle Colonies
pp. 88-90: Rivals for North America
September 6 Unit II: The Era of the Revolution
Chapter 4
The Bonds of Empire, 1660-1750
pp. 90-94, Rebellion and War, 1660-1713
pp. 94-109, Colonial Economic and Societies, 1660-1750
pp. 109-114, Competing for a Continent
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
pp. 123-128, The Triumph of the British Empire, 1750-1763
pp. 128-139, Imperial Revenues and Reorganization, 1760-1766
pp. 139-145, Resistance Resumes, 1766-1770
pp. 145-149, The Deepening Crisis, 1770-1774
pp. 149-156, Toward Independence, 1750-1776
September 20 Unit II: The Era of the Revolution
Chapter 6
Securing Independence, Defining Nationhood, 1776-1788
pp. 159-164, The Prospects of War
pp. 164-173, War and Peace, 1776-1783
pp. 173-178, Revolution and Social Change
pp. 178-185, Forging New Governments
pp. 185-192, Toward a New Constitution, 1786-1788
September 27 Unit III: The Early Republic
Chapter 7
Launching the New Republic, 1789-1800
pp. 195-198, Constitutional Government Takes Shape, 1789-1796
pp. 198-203, Hamilton and the Formulation of Federalist Policies, 1789-1794
pp. 203-210, The United States on the World Stage, 1789-1796
PP. 210-216, The Emergence of Party politics, 1793-1800
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
pp. 227-235, The Age of Jefferson
pp. 235-243, The Gathering Storm
pp. 243-247, The War of 1812
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
pp. 255-262, Westward Expansion
pp. 262-264, The Growth of the Market Economy
PP. 264-270, The Transportation Revolution: Steamboats, Canals, and Railroads
pp. 270-274, Industrial Beginnings
pp. 274-277, Equality and Inequality
pp. 277-282, The Revolution in Social Relationships
October 18 Unit IV: The Rise of Jacksonian Democracy
Chapter 10
The Rise of Democratic Politics, 1824-1832, pp. 285-294
The Bank Controversy and the Second Party System, pp. 294-299
The Rise of Popular Religion, pp. 299-303
The Age of Reform, pp. 303-314
October 25 Unit V: Antebellum U.S.
Chapter 11
Technology and Economic Growth, pp. 318-326
The Quality of Life, pp. 326-331
Democratic Pastimes, pp. 331-334
The Quest for Nationality in Literature and Art, pp. 334-342
November 1 Unit V: Antebellum U.S.
Chapter 12
King Cotton, pp. 346-351
The Social Groups of the White South, pp. 351-356
Social Relations in the White South, pp. 356-362
Life Under Slavery, pp. 362-369
The Emergence of an African-American Culture, pp. 369-373
November 8 Unit V: Antebellum U.S.
Chapter 13: Immigration, Expansion, and Sectional Conflict
Newcomers and Natives, pp. 377-384
The West and Beyond, pp. 384-394
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
The Compromise of 1850, pp. 408-414
The Collapse of the Second Party System, 1853-1856, pp. 414-421
The Crisis of the Union, 1857-1860, pp. 421-427
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
Mobilizing for War, pp. 439-443
In Battle, 1861-1862, pp. 443-452
Emancipation Transforms the War, 1863, pp. 452-460
War and Society, North and South, pp. 460-468
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
Reconstruction Politics, 1865-1868, pp. 477-488
Reconstruction Governments, pp. 488-492
The Impact of Emancipation, 492-500
New Concerns in the North, 1868-1876, 500-504
Reconstruction Abandoned, 1876-1877, pp. 504-508
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
Native Americans and the Trans-Mississippi West, pp. 511-523
Settling the West, pp. 523-529
The Southwestern Frontier, 529
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
The Rise of Corporate America, pp. 544-557
The New South, pp. 557-560 (Unit VI)
Factories and the Work Force, pp. 560-565
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
Everyday Life in Flux: The New American City, pp. 576-583
Middle-Class Society and Culture, pp. 583-586
Working Class Politics and Reform, pp. 586-591
Working Class Leisure in the Immigrant City, pp. 591-596
Cultures in Conflict, 596-605
January 10 Gilded Age Politics
Chapter 20: Politics and Expansion in an Industrializing Age, 1877-1900,
Party Politics in an Era of Social and Economic Upheaval, 1877-1884, pp.610-615
Politics of Privilege, Politics of Exclusion, 1884-1892, pp. 615-624
The 1890’s: Politics in a Depression Decade, pp. pp. 624-627
The Watershed Election of 1896, pp. 627-629
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
Progressives and Their Ideas, pp. 642-646
State and Local Progressivism, pp. 646-657
Blacks, Women and Workers Organize, pp. 657-662
National Progressivism, Phase I: Roosevelt and Taft, 1901-1913, pp. 662-670
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
Defining America’s World Role, 1902-1914, pp. 678-683
War in Europe, 1914-1917, pp. 683-686
Mobilizing at Home, Fighting in France, 1917-1918, pp. 686-692
Promoting the War and Supressing Dissent, pp. 692-698
Economic and Social Trends in Wartime America, pp. 698-702
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
A New Economic Order, pp. 712-716
The Harding and Coolidge Administrations, pp. 716-720
Mass Society, Mass Culture, pp. 720-726
Cultural Ferment and Creativity, pp. 726-732
A Society in Conflict, pp. 732-737
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
Crash and Depression, 1929-1932, pp. 744-749
The New Deal Takes Shape, 1933-1935, pp. 749-756
The New Deal Changes Course, 1933-1935, pp. 756-762
The New Deal’s End Stage, 1937-1939
Social Change and Social Action in the 1930’s, pp. 764-770
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
The U.S. in a Menacing World, 1933-1939, pp. 782-785
Into the Storm, 1939-1941, pp. 786-789
America Mobilizes for War, pp. 789-794
“The Battlefront, 1942-1944”, pp. 795-798
“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”
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