US History

Colonial regions, the causes of the Revolution, the Declaration of Independence, Loyalists and Patriots, the Articles of Confederation, the Great Compromise, Federalists versus Anti-Federalists, the Bill of Rights, federalism and Marbury v. Madison.

• 1 · Welcome to US History: Thinking Analytically About America
• 2 · Analyzing Colonial Regional Differences
• 3 · Primary Source Analysis: Colonial Documents
• 4 · Analyzing the Causes of the American Revolution
• 6 · Analyzing the Declaration of Independence's Argument
• 7 · Analyzing Loyalist vs. Patriot Perspectives
• 8 · Analyzing the Articles of Confederation's Weaknesses
• 9 · Analyzing the Constitutional Convention's Great Compromise
• 11 · Analyzing the Federalist vs. Anti-Federalist Debate
• 12 · Analyzing the Bill of Rights' Purpose
• 13 · Analyzing Federalism and Checks and Balances
• 14 · Analyzing Marbury v. Madison and Judicial Review

Plus 3 review days, not listed.

Hamilton versus Jefferson, the Louisiana Purchase, the War of 1812, Manifest Destiny, the Missouri Compromise, the economics of slavery, abolitionists, a slave narrative, the Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska, Dred Scott and the election of 1860.

• 16 · Analyzing Hamilton vs. Jefferson's Vision for America
• 17 · Analyzing the Louisiana Purchase's Significance
• 18 · Analyzing the War of 1812's Causes and Consequences
• 19 · Analyzing Westward Expansion and Manifest Destiny
• 21 · Analyzing the Missouri Compromise
• 22 · Analyzing the Economics of Slavery
• 23 · Analyzing Abolitionist Arguments and Strategies
• 24 · Primary Source Analysis: A Slave Narrative
• 26 · Analyzing the Compromise of 1850
• 27 · Analyzing the Kansas-Nebraska Act's Consequences
• 28 · Analyzing the Dred Scott Decision
• 29 · Analyzing the Election of 1860 as a Turning Point

Plus 3 review days, not listed.

Secession, Union and Confederate strategies, the Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg and its Address, the war's human cost, Lincoln's assassination, the Reconstruction amendments, Black Codes, the Freedmen's Bureau, the Compromise of 1877, Jim Crow and Plessy v. Ferguson.

• 31 · Analyzing Secession and the Start of the Civil War
• 32 · Comparing Union and Confederate Strategies
• 33 · Analyzing the Emancipation Proclamation's Significance
• 34 · Analyzing Gettysburg as a Turning Point
• 36 · Analyzing the Gettysburg Address
• 37 · Analyzing the Human Cost of the Civil War
• 38 · Analyzing the End of the War and Lincoln's Assassination
• 39 · Analyzing the Reconstruction Amendments
• 41 · Analyzing Presidential vs. Radical Reconstruction
• 42 · Analyzing Black Codes and Their Purpose
• 43 · Analyzing the Freedmen's Bureau's Role
• 44 · Analyzing the Compromise of 1877 and Reconstruction's End
• 46 · Analyzing Historians' Competing Views of Reconstruction
• 47 · Analyzing the Rise of Jim Crow Laws
• 48 · Analyzing Plessy v. Ferguson

Plus 3 review days, not listed.

Why industry boomed after the Civil War, muckrakers, trust-busting, labor unions, the women's suffrage movement, Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson compared, immigration and cities, and the Progressive Era's mixed legacy.

• 49 · Analyzing Industrialization's Causes in the Gilded Age
• 51 · Analyzing the Muckrakers' Role
• 52 · Analyzing Trust-Busting and Antitrust Policy
• 53 · Analyzing the Rise of Labor Unions
• 54 · Analyzing the Women's Suffrage Movement's Strategies
• 56 · Comparing Progressive Era Presidents' Approaches
• 57 · Analyzing Immigration and Urbanization
• 58 · Primary Source Analysis: A Progressive Era Reform Document
• 59 · Analyzing the Progressive Era's Lasting Legacy

Plus 3 review days, not listed.

The debate over American empire, the Spanish-American War and its results, Roosevelt's Big Stick, why the US entered World War I, the home front, wartime limits on free speech, women's war work, Prohibition, the Harlem Renaissance and consumer culture.

• 61 · Analyzing the Debate Over American Imperialism
• 62 · Analyzing the Causes of the Spanish-American War
• 63 · Analyzing the Consequences of the Spanish-American War
• 64 · Analyzing Theodore Roosevelt's “Big Stick” Diplomacy
• 66 · Analyzing the Causes of US Entry Into WWI
• 67 · Analyzing the WWI Home Front
• 68 · Analyzing Civil Liberties Restrictions During WWI
• 69 · Analyzing Women's Roles on the WWI Home Front
• 71 · Analyzing the Causes of 1920s Cultural Change
• 72 · Analyzing Prohibition's Causes and Consequences
• 73 · Analyzing the Harlem Renaissance's Significance
• 74 · Analyzing 1920s Consumer Culture and Its Risks

Plus 3 review days, not listed.

Causes and human cost of the Depression, historians' debates about its severity, Hoover versus FDR, entering World War II, the home front, Japanese American internment, the Holocaust's discovery, the European and Pacific wars and the atomic bomb decision.

• 76 · Analyzing the Causes of the Great Depression
• 77 · Analyzing Competing Interpretations of the Depression's Severity
• 78 · Analyzing the Human Impact of the Great Depression
• 79 · Comparing Hoover's and FDR's Approaches to the Depression
• 81 · Analyzing the Causes of US Entry Into WWII
• 82 · Analyzing the US WWII Home Front
• 83 · Analyzing Japanese American Internment
• 84 · Analyzing the Discovery of the Holocaust
• 86 · Analyzing the US Role in the European Theater
• 87 · Analyzing the US Role in the Pacific Theater
• 88 · Analyzing the Atomic Bomb Decision
• 89 · Analyzing WWII's Lasting Impact on America

Plus 3 review days, not listed.

Containment, the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan, Korea and Vietnam as tests, the NAACP's legal strategy and the Civil Rights Acts, Nixon's detente, Watergate, Reagan's domestic and foreign policy, the Gulf War and a late-Cold-War document.

• 91 · Analyzing the Origins of US Containment Policy
• 92 · Analyzing the Marshall Plan's Purpose
• 93 · Case Study: Korea as a Containment Test
• 94 · Case Study: Vietnam and the Limits of Containment
• 96 · Analyzing the Civil Rights Movement's Legal Strategy
• 97 · Analyzing the Civil Rights Movement's Legislative Strategy
• 98 · Comparing Civil Rights Legal and Legislative Strategies
• 99 · Primary Source Analysis: A Civil Rights Legal Document
• 101 · Analyzing Nixon's Foreign Policy and Detente
• 102 · Analyzing the Watergate Scandal's Constitutional Significance
• 103 · Analyzing Reagan-Era Domestic Policy
• 104 · Analyzing Reagan-Era Foreign Policy
• 106 · Analyzing the Causes of the Gulf War
• 107 · Analyzing the Gulf War as a New Foreign Policy Model
• 108 · Synthesizing Cold War to Post-Cold War US Foreign Policy
• 109 · Primary Source Analysis: A Late-Cold-War-Era Document

Plus 4 review days, not listed.

Post-Cold-War globalization, NAFTA, September 11 and its aftermath, political polarization and media, a year-so-far review, then a capstone: choose a modern policy question, research its history, weigh both sides, write an argument and present it.

• 111 · Analyzing Post-Cold War US Globalization
• 112 · Analyzing NAFTA's Economic Impact
• 113 · Analyzing the Causes and Immediate Response to 9/11
• 114 · Analyzing 9/11's Long-Term Policy Aftermath
• 116 · Analyzing the Causes of Modern Political Polarization
• 117 · Analyzing the Role of Media in Modern Politics
• 118 · Cumulative Review: A Year of US History (Part 1)
• 119 · Cumulative Review: A Year of US History (Part 2)
• 121 · Beginning the Capstone: Choosing a Modern US Policy Question
• 122 · Researching the Capstone's Historical Roots
• 123 · Analyzing Competing Perspectives on the Capstone Topic
• 124 · Gathering Primary Source Evidence for the Capstone
• 126 · Writing the Capstone's Analytical Argument
• 127 · Completing the Capstone Project
• 128 · Preparing to Present the Capstone
• 129 · Presenting the Capstone Project

Plus 4 review days, not listed.

About 40 days of cumulative review, timed practice assessments, mixed review sets, error-spotting and short projects such as comparing Lincoln and FDR, the New Deal's record, the civil rights movement's long arc, and a terms glossary. Little new content.

• 131 · Cumulative Review: Founding Through Reconstruction
• 132 · Cumulative Review: Progressive Era Through WWII
• 133 · Cumulative Review: Cold War Through Modern Era
• 134 · Reviewing Common Historical Analysis Errors
• 136 · Timed Practice Assessment: Founding Through Reconstruction
• 137 · Timed Practice Assessment: WWII Through Modern Era
• 138 · Mid-Late-Year Reflection: US History Progress
• 139 · Preparing a Final US History Timeline Reference
• 141 · Explainer Project: Teaching the Constitution's Checks and Balances
• 142 · Applied Project: Tracing a Modern Law's Constitutional Roots
• 143 · Applied Project: Evaluating a Modern News Story Historically
• 144 · Practicing a Comprehensive Mixed History Review Set
• 146 · Explainer Project: Teaching the MAIN Causes Framework
• 147 · Applied Project: Creating a US History Terms Glossary
• 148 · Practicing a Comprehensive Mixed History Review Set 2
• 149 · Timed Practice Assessment: A Full-Year Mixed Set
• 151 · Applied Project: Comparing Lincoln and FDR as Crisis Leaders
• 152 · Applied Project: Tracing the Civil Rights Movement's Long Arc
• 153 · Explainer Project: Teaching Historiography Through Reconstruction
• 154 · Practicing a Comprehensive Mixed History Review Set 3
• 156 · Applied Project: Evaluating the Argument That the New Deal Ended the Depression
• 157 · Reviewing Common Errors in Historical Argument Writing
• 158 · Practicing a Comprehensive Mixed History Review Set 4
• 159 · Timed Practice Assessment: A Full-Year Mixed Set 2
• 161 · Applied Project: Comparing 2 Eras' Economic Policies
• 162 · Applied Project: Evaluating a Historical Turning Point
• 163 · Explainer Project: Teaching Primary vs. Secondary Sources
• 164 · Full-Year US History Cumulative Review, Part 1: Founding to Reconstruction
• 166 · Full-Year US History Cumulative Review, Part 2: Progressive Era to WWII
• 167 · Full-Year US History Cumulative Review, Part 3: Cold War to the Modern Era
• 168 · Timed Practice Assessment: The Comprehensive Final
• 169 · Full-Year History Growth Reflection

Plus 8 review days, not listed.

Two final reviews of the year's themes, preparing and giving a year-end presentation, three celebration days (proudest moment, a favorite source, history around you), a look ahead to US Government and a final reflection.

• 171 · Final Review: Founding Era Through Reconstruction
• 172 · Final Review: Progressive Era Through the Modern Era
• 173 · Preparing Your Year-End History Presentation
• 174 · Delivering Your Year-End History Presentation
• 175 · Celebration Day: Your Proudest US History Moment
• 176 · Celebration Day: A Favorite Primary Source Challenge
• 177 · Celebration Day: History All Around You
• 178 · Looking Ahead: US Government Next Year
• 179 · Final Reflection: My Year in US History
• 180 · Congratulations! You Completed US History!