AP US History Reading and Homework Guide

2010-2011

UNIT THREE: The Growing Nation, 1800 - 1837

Unit Themes:

1.  American Identity

2.  Demographic Changes

3.  Economic Transformations

4.  Politics and Citizenship

5.  War and Diplomacy

Unit Three Essential Questions:

1.  How did Jefferson’s philosophy of government shape his policies toward the public expenditures, the judiciary, and the Louisiana Purchase?

2.  What divisions emerged within Jefferson’s Republican Party during his second term?

3.  How did the War of 1812 influence American domestic politics?

4.  In what ways had American politics become more democratic by 1840 than at the time of Jefferson’s election in 1800?

5.  How did Jackson’s policies contribute to the rise of the rival Whig party?

6.  How did the Panic of 1837 and its aftermath solidify the two parties, Democrats and Whigs?

Essential Terms and Concepts

For each of the following be able to:

a)  Identify the term, person, concept or event

b)  Provide a summary of each

c)  Understand and explain the significance of each

1.  Tripolitan pirates

2.  Judiciary Act of 1801

3.  midnight judges

4.  Marbury v. Madison

5.  judicial review

6.  Louisiana Purchase

7.  Aaron Burr

8.  Quids

9.  impressment

10.  Embargo Act of 1807

11.  Non-Intercourse Act

12.  “peaceable coercion”

13.  War Hawks

14.  Tecumseh

15.  Battle of Tippecanoe

16.  War of 1812

17.  Dolley Madison

18.  Treaty of Ghent

19.  Hartford Convention

20.  Era of Good Feelings

21.  Dartmouth College v. Woodward

22.  McCulloch v. Maryland

23.  Missouri Compromise

24.  The American System & Henry Clay

25.  Rush-Bagot Agreement

26.  Adams-Onis Treaty

27.  Monroe Doctrine

28.  Five Civilized Tribes

29.  Chief John Ross

30.  Indian Removal Act

31.  Cherokee Nation v. Georgia

32.  Worcester v. Georgia

33.  Treaty of New Echota

34.  Trail of Tears

35.  Black Hawk

36.  Panic of 1819

37.  Alexis de Tocqueville

38.  middling classes

39.  individualism

40.  doctrine of separate spheres

41.  horizontal allegiances

42.  viva voce

43.  “corrupt bargain”

44.  “rotation in office”

45.  “spoils system”

46.  Tariff of Abominations

47.  nullification

48.  John C. Calhoun

49.  “pet banks”

50.  “soft money”

51.  “hard money”

52.  Whig Party

53.  Panic of 1837


Unit Three: Reading Schedule

Directions: Read the pages for each nightly assignment and take notes OR complete the specific assignment given in class. If you are assigned work on a holiday, please have it completed for the next class period. In addition to the homework, be prepared to write an answer to the question for each reading assignment in class for the warm up. Due dates for each assignment are listed.

A Day
Due Date / Textbook/
Source / Pages to Read / Topic / Homework Assignment /
10/13/10 / AMSCO
Give Me Liberty / 111-112
287-296 / Election of 1800/ Significance of Jefferson’s presidency/Louisiana Purchase / 1.  Read and take cornell notes
10/18/10 / AMSCO
American Promise Handout / 127-133
335-340 / War of 1812 and its consequences / 1.  Read and take cornell notes
10/20/10 / AMSCO
Enduring Vision / 140-150
230-235 / Expansion into the trans-Appalachian West/Monroe’s Presidency / 1.  Read and take cornell notes
2. 
10/22/10 / Henretta / 261-269 / Growth of free black communities/Planters, yeoman farmers and slaves in the cotton south / 1.  Read and take cornell notes
2. 
10/25/10 / Give Me Liberty
AMSCO / 335-342
150-155 / Transportation revolution & creation of a new market economy/ beginnings of industrialization and changes in social and class structure/Immigration and natives reaction / 1.  Read and take cornell notes
2. 
10/27/10 / Out of Many handout / 279-284 / Federal authority and its opponents: judicial federalism, the Bank War, tariff controversy, and state’s rights debates / 1.  Read and Take Cornell Notes
11/1/10 / Zinn, Chapter 7 / 97-110 / Forced removal of American Indians / 1.  Read and take cornell notes
11/3/10 / Enduring Vision
AMSCO / 274-279
191-194 / Emergence of the second party system / 1.  Read and take cornell notes
2. 
11/5/10 / AMSCO / 196-201 / Jacksonian democracy and its success and limitations / 1.  Read and for each document complete SOAP SToneS
2.  Answer the 5 “Analyzing the Documents” questions at the end
11/8/10 / UNIT THREE TEST
Study Guide Due


Unit Three: Reading Schedule

Directions: Read the pages for each nightly assignment and take notes OR complete the specific assignment given in class. If you are assigned work on a holiday, please have it completed for the next class period. In addition to the homework, be prepared to write an answer to the question for each reading assignment in class for the warm up. Due dates for each assignment are listed.

B Day
Due Date / Textbook/
Source / Pages to Read / Topic / Homework Assignment /
10/12/10 / AMSCO
Give Me Liberty / 111-112
287-296 / Election of 1800/ Significance of Jefferson’s presidency/Louisiana Purchase / 1.  Read and take cornell notes
10/15/10 / AMSCO
American Promise Handout / 127-133
335-340 / War of 1812 and its consequences / 1.  Read and take cornell notes
10/19/10 / AMSCO
Enduring Vision / 140-150
230-235 / Expansion into the trans-Appalachian West/Monroe’s Presidency / 1.  Read and take cornell notes
2. 
10/21/10 / Henretta / 261-269 / Growth of free black communities/Planters, yeoman farmers and slaves in the cotton south / 1.  Read and take cornell notes
2. 
10/26/10 / Give Me Liberty
AMSCO / 335-342
150-155 / Transportation revolution & creation of a new market economy/ beginnings of industrialization and changes in social and class structure/Immigration and natives reaction / 1.  Read and take cornell notes
2. 
10/28/10 / Out of Many handout / 279-284 / Federal authority and its opponents: judicial federalism, the Bank War, tariff controversy, and state’s rights debates / 1.  Read and take cornell notes
10/29/10 / Zinn, Chapter 7 / 97-110 / Forced removal of American Indians / 1.  Read and take cornell notes
11/2/10 / Enduring Vision
AMSCO / 274-279
191-194 / Emergence of the second party system / 1.  Read and take cornell notes
2. 
11/4/10 / AMSCO / 196-201 / Jacksonian democracy and its success and limitations / 1.  Read and for each document complete SOAP SToneS
2.  Answer the 5 “Analyzing the Documents” questions at the end
11/8/10 / UNIT THREE TEST
Study Guide Due