AP United States History

Course Description

Description

This course, which is designed to provide a college-level experience and preparation for the AP U.S. History Exam, draws on ebooks provided by Bedford Freeman Worth, which need to be purchased separately by the student. An emphasis is placed on interpreting historical documents, mastering a significant body of factual information, and writing critical essays. Students will analyze historical facts material, synthesize their own ideas, and develop the skills to make conclusions on the basis of a knowledgeable judgment. They will also learn how to present their reasoning and clear evidence persuasively in essay format. This course has been reviewed and approved by the College Board to use the "AP" designation.

Materials Needed

To purchase the individual access code for the online materials (which includes a full e-book version of the text History Class for America's History, 6th ed. as well as assessment and study tools), please visit:

http://courses.bfwpub.com/henretta6e.php

Detailed Course Information

Course Details

Colonial Period to 1765 (Chapters 2-4)

• European Expansion and Exploration
• Colonization
• Colonial America
• New England, Chesapeake, Middle Colonies, Southern Colonies
• Colonial Economies and Society
• Conflicts (Includes European competition for America)

Revolutionary Era (1763-1789) (Chapters 5 & 6)

• Imperial Warfare
• Conflicts with Parliament
• Revolutionary War
• Articles of Confederation
• The Constitutional Convention

The New Republic (1787-1820) (Chapters 7 & 8)

• Federalist Era - Washington, Hamilton, Adams
• Jeffersonian Democracy
• War of 1812
• Era of Good Feelings

Age of Jackson and 19th Century Social History (1820-1860) (Chapters 9-11)

• Westward Expansion
• Rise of Manufacturing
• Jacksonian Politics
• Reform and Home Life
• Technology
• Art and Literature

Slavery, Conflict, and Secession (1820-1860) (Chapters 12-13)

• King Cotton and the Plantation Economy
• Immigration
• Manifest Destiny
• Texas, Mexico and War
• Road to Disunion

Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877) (Chapters 14 & 15)

• The Civil War
• Wartime Diplomacy
• Reconstruction
• Impact of Emancipation

The Gilded Age and the West (1877-1900) (Chapters 16-18)

• Settling the West
• Rise of Industrial America
• Immigration
• Urban Transformation

Late 19th Century Politics, Imperialism and the Progressive Era (1877-1914)
(Chapter 19-21)

• Pop Culture of the Era
• Partisan Politics
• Imperialism and the Spanish-American War
• Progressive Movement and Politics

World War I, the 1920s, Depression and the New Deal (1914-1939) (Chapters 22 & 24)

• World War I
• Wilson, the Fourteen Points and Versailles
• The 1920s
• Great Depression
• The New Deal
• American Life in the 1920s and 1930s

World War II and the Early Cold War (1939-1960) (Chapters 25 & 26)

• The United States in World War II
• Truman
• Cold War

The 1950s and 1960s (Chapters 27 & 28)

• Eisenhower
• Social America- 1950s and 1960s
• Kennedy and the New Frontier
• Johnson and the Great Society
• Civil Rights
• Vietnam

Late Twentieth Century and Beyond (Chapters 29-32)

• Nixon and Vietnam
• Watergate
• The Carter Presidency
• Reagan Revolution
• Societal Change
• Bush and Clinton
• The Twenty-First Century

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Time Required

Intensive spring and summer sessions require 10-14 hours per week for 12 weeks.

Academic year session requires 3-5� hours per week for 30 weeks, with breaks for holidays.

System Requirements

CTYOnline courses require a properly-maintained computer with Internet access and a recent-version web browser (such as Firefox, Safari, or Internet Explorer) with the Adobe Flash plugin. Students are expected to be familiar with standard computer operations (e.g. login, cut & paste, email attachments, etc).

Spam blockers, parental controls, and other internet filtering software must allow email from JHU (jhu.edu & jhem.jhu.edu), and from the instructor's email address (provided at start of course).

Important: Frequent changing of a student's screen name or email address is inversely proportional to success.

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