Teachers: Mr. Garrison Or During the Summer At

Advanced Placement United States History Information for prospective students and Summer Assignment 2017

Teachers: Mr. Garrison or during the summer at

Mrs. Van Dyke or during the summer at

Summer Enrichment Assignment:

1. Read Narrative of the Life of A Slave by Frederick Douglass

2. Read the Introduction to the textbook pages 38 – 51 (Roman numerals xxxviii – li).

3. Use your AP United States History textbook to begin to develop your historical thinking skills by practicing Periodization. There are nine units in our textbook.

a. Use a sheet of paper to highlight each unit (nine sheets total). Be sure each page has a title and the time period covered by the unit.

b. Each unit has three topics highlighted in the introduction; write the title and a summary statement for each.

c. Units have four or five Themes highlighted in shaded boxes. For each theme write a summary statement and list the eight most important details.

Calendar:

May 16: Orientation Meeting and distribution of Summer Assignments

June 5: Textbooks available from the library after school

Pick up: America’s History and Narrative of the Life of A Slave

August 16: School Starts – Summer Assignment due

Notebook organized and calendar for the year distributed

August 22: Quiz Chapter 1

September 5: In – Class Essay question to demonstrate knowledge of Narrative of the Life of a Slave, by Frederick Douglass

GOALS FOR APUSH:

1. Successful completion of a college level survey course in United States history.

2. Pass the AP U.S. history test on Friday, May 4, 2017

3. Develop college level reading skills for primary and secondary historic sources.

4. Thoughtfully analyze and use documents within the context of their historic period.

5. Strengthen organization skills to be able to study the breadth of United States history.

6. Cultivate a life long passion for United States history.

COURSE MATERIALS:

Text: America’s History; 8th Edition by James Henrettta 2014

Supplemental Books:

Narrative of the Life of a Slave, Douglass

Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Stowe

The Jungle, Sinclair

The Devil in the White City, Larson

Highly Recommended:

AP Study Guide – 5 Steps to A 5, Princeton Review

United States History: Preparing for the Advanced Placement Examination (Amsco Publication, Newman)

sKILLS STUDENTS SHOULD HAVE TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN AP

Students should be committed to succeed in a rigorous, highly academic United States history course.

Students must read at or above grade level and be able to schedule 1 - 1½ hours of study each night.

Students must have strong writing skills.

Periodization Example:

Unit 6 Industrializing America – Upheavals and Experiments 1877 – 1917

Corporations and Conflicts

America’s Second Industrial Revolution in the Gilded Age (at the end of the Civil War and Reconstruction) created giant corporations willing to do anything to succeed, including employ immigrant labor for low wages in appalling conditions.

A Diverse, Urban Society

Big cities grew bigger and filled with a wide variety of immigrants seeking the American dream. These cities presented challenges sometimes answered by political machines and sometimes aided by reformers.

Reform Thinkers

As a result of Industrialization and Urbanization the Populists and the Progressives developed ideas of how to reform and improve American society. The leading Progressive Presidents were T. Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson.

Work Exchange Technology (WXT): Giant corporations led by robber barons developed. Opportunities for women to work increased and labor unions for all workers emerged.

· John Rockefeller

· Vertical integration

· Great Railroad Strike

· Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

· U.S. Steel, Carnegie

· Muller v. Oregon

· Knights of Labor

· Women’s Trade Union

Peopling (PEO) During this era, the US became a more diverse society, welcoming European immigrants to work. Chinese workers were excluded by 1882 in response to Nativists in the west. African – Americans were limited by Plessy v. Ferguson to live segregated lives.

· Chinese Exclusion Act

· Ellis Island Opens (1892)

· Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

· Height of eugenics

· Rising Immigration from Southern & Eastern Europe

· Increasing numbers of African-Americans move to cities

· Japanese immigrants barred from becoming US citizens (1906)

· Gorras Blancas confront wealthy Anglo interests in New Mexico

Environment and Geography (ENV) With the rise of big cities American Progressives sought to protect and expand wilderness areas.

· Yellowstone Park (1872)

· National Park Service (1916)

· US Forest Service (1905)

· First wildlife refuge (1903)

· National Audubon Society (1901)

· Antiquities Act (1906)

· Sierra Club (1892)

· Hatch Act (1887)

Politics and Power (POL) On the surface there were two staid political parties vying for Congress and the White House. In fact there were many reform movements led by Populists and Progressives to make America more democratic and more responsive to reform agendas.

· Reconstruction Ends (1877)

· Pendleton Civil Service Act (1883)

· Interstate Commerce Act (1887)

· Hull House (1889)

· Rise of the Populists (1890 – 1896)

· National Consumer’s League (1899)

· Niagara Movement

· Rise of the “Solid South”

Ideas, Beliefs and Culture (CUL) American society embraced new types of music, new sporting events, new art styles and the beginning of movies.

· Comstock Act (1873)

· Professional Baseball (1876)

· American Football

· Ragtime Music (1980’s – 1900’s)

· Nickelodeons

· Rise of Social Gospel

· Amory Show for art (1913)

· Chicago World’s Fair (1893)