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BALLSTON SPA HIGH SCHOOLAdvanced Placement United States HistorySPRING SEMESTER January 2012

AMERICAN PAGEANT (13th Edition)Identifications and guided reading questionsChapters #23-40

CLASS WEBSITE: www.bscsd.org/webpages/rhengsterman

APUSH COURSE DESCRIPTIONThe Advanced Placement program in American history is designed to provide students with the analytical skills and factual knowledge necessary to deal critically with problems and resource materials in American history. The students should learn to assess historical sources with respect to their relevance, reliability, and importance and to weigh evidence and interpretations given by historians. An advanced placement history course develops skills necessary to arrive at conclusions on the basis of informed judgment and to present ideas clearly and persuasively. To some extent, the AP course is taught by college format, with emphasis on multi-media based lectures, independent reading, and graded writing assignments.

The advanced placement course is designed to give students a background in the chronological development of American history and in the major interpretive questions that are derived from the study of selected themes. My approach is to conduct a survey course in American history in which a textbook, backed by supplemental readings, provides both a chronological and thematic coverage. My objective in this course is to prepare students to take the AP exam (given May 2011) and the New York State Regents (June 2011)

HOMEWORK

This course will be very demanding on students time, requiring considerable homework. To be successful, you will probably have to do at least 6-10 hours of reading/homework a week. You will have at least one exam, essay, and/or one quiz each week. In-class work will be devoted to ensuring your understanding of what you have read in the textbook and other materials, as well as developing the requisite skills you will need to excel on all aspects of the test. In class assignments will include, but not be limited to, supplementary readings, oral presentations, group discussions, quizzes, and objective and essay tests. I will try to give you at least one weeks notice before a major test. Most quizzes will be announced ahead of time, but some may be unannounced. But the bottom line is simply: to get the most out of the classroom instruction, you need to keep up with the reading. Homework is mainly reading (and responses to reading). It is the students responsibility to keep up with all homework and reading assignments, as no late work is accepted. The pace is very demanding two or three chapters a week. You will be expected to complete key terms (IDs) and guided reading questions for each chapter in the text.

All assignments are given in advance to allow students to organize their time. The College Boards AP US History curriculum demands a tight schedule. Every effort will be made to strictly adhere to the syllabus. Every effort will be made to insure that all assignments and supplemental materials are posted in a timely manner on our class website, www.bscsd.org/teachers/rhengsterman

PLEASE NOTEChapter Rotation for the Post Reconstruction Era 1877 to 1898Including Chapters #23 to 27

Content Covered in Class

Chapter Focus

The Elections of 1872 and 1876

Chapter #23. 1 Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age

Conquest and Settlement of the West

Chapter #26.1 The Great West

Intro to Industry

Chapter #24 Industry Comes of Age

The American City and Immigration

Chapter #25: America Moves to the City

Urbanization and Gilded Age Politics

Chapter #23.2: Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age

The Rise of Populism

Chapter #26.2: Agricultural Revolution

Imperialism

Chapter #27: Empire and Expansion

After Chapter #27 we are back on our regular chronological exploration of the text

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Chapter #23.1 Political Paralysis in the Gilded Age Big Picture Themes

1. President Ulysses S. Grants administration was riddled with corruption. Grant himself was clean, but many others were not and Grant was unwilling to fire them.

2. The political parties fell into the trap of serving themselves more than the people. Their top priority was to get their party reelected. As a result, little actually got done in the government.

3. Tensions rose over race and ethnicity. When the U.S. Army pulled out of the South as part of the Compromise of 1877, Reconstruction was over and southern blacks were left to fend for themselves. Also, anti-Chinese sentiment ran high and the Chinese were actually banned from immigration.

Chapter #23 Identifications

Thomas Nast ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Horace Greely ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Roscoe Conkling ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________James G. Blaine ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Samuel Tilden ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Charles J. Guiteau ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Hard or Sound Money ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Gilded Age________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Bloody-Shirt ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Tweed Ring ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Credit Mobilier Scandal ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Whiskey Ring ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Resumption Act ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Crime of '73 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Bland-Allison Act ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Half-Breed ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Compromise of 1877 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Civil Service Reform ______________________________________________________________________________