CAMPBELL, JAIMIELYNN

Course Title: US History I 

Course Description: This class is an in-depth study of the time period in U.S. History from Pre-Revolutionary America to 1870. Students will discuss the thirteen colonies, the role of independence from Great Britain, the American Revolution, the Constitution, the Early National period, the issue of slavery, including the Civil War and Reconstruction. Political, economic and social aspects of the era are included as topics for discussion. Additional outside readings and research papers are integral components of the course.

Unit 1 The Revolution

• The French & Indian War
• Causes of the Revolution
• Declaration of Independence
• The Revolutionary War
• Americans Win the Revolution

Unit 2 The Constitution

• The Articles of Confederation
• The Constitutional Convention
• Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists
• Understanding the Constitution

Unit 3 The New Nation

• George Washington Becomes the First President 
• Hamilton’s Plan
• John Adams becomes the Second President 
• Political Parties Emerge
• Thomas Jefferson becomes the Third President 
• Louisiana Purchase
• Jefferson’s policies
• Marbury v. Madison
• McCulloch v. Maryland
• James Madison’s War of 1812
• Foreign & Domestic Policies
• The Monroe Doctrine

Unit 4 Expansion (1801-1832)

• Jacksonian Democracy
• The Election of 1824
• The Election of 1828
• Trail of Tears
• Nullification Crisis

Unit 5 Expansion (1832-1861)

• Westward Expansion
• Manifest Destiny
• Texas-Mexican War
• Gold Rush

Unit 6 Reform Movements (1801–1861)

• The Second Great Awakening
• Public Education Reform
• Social Reform Movements
• The Abolition Movement
• Women’s Reform Movement
• The Beginning of the Industrial Revolution
• Differences between the North & South
• The Missouri Compromise

Unit 7 Civil War (1850–1865)

• Compromise of 1850
• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• The Abolition Movement
• Women’s Reform Movement
• Compromise of 1850
• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Birth Of the Republican Party
• Dred Scott Decision
• Lincoln & Douglas Debate
• Harper’s Ferry
• Election of 1860
• The Collapse of the Union
• Key Battles
• Emancipation Proclamation
• Gettysburg Address

Unit 8 Reconstruction (1865-1877)

• 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments
• Southern Economy After the War
• Reconstruction Plan
• Johnson’s Impeachment
• New opportunities for freed people, women & children
• The Impact of Reconstruction