List and explain

List one reason Cook thinks that the Civil War started in 1776 and discuss. You must add valuable information to this discussion to gain points. No witty banter or random chatter please.

10 pts

Due Tuesday Nov 14th

xoxo
Cook

Becket doesn't know... but you do!

What do you know about the Monroe Doctrine

NO REPEATS of anyone else's comment... which means first come first serve.

All info must be original- so read all comments closely before you post. Due Nov 3rd by Noon

love
Cook

Colors

Which color on our timeline (the one on the board in class... the one you are supposed to use everyday) is the most important to American History (from 1600-1800) and why do you think so? DUE October9th by noon. PS- I like when you debate eachother in the comments, feel free to do so!

Are you...

A Federalist or an Anti Federalist and why?

Due Sept. 28th by midnight.

Last chance

The Blog is back up and running- Even though it went down after the due date on the last assignment (directly below) I will give you until midnight Thursday (20th) to complete the assignment.

Cook

Becket says "Whoops... don't forget the Blog assignments!"

Seems like only Jordan, Ben and Austin remembered to check the blog weekly... please remind other kids in the class that this is part of their grade! Everyone must check the blog weekly and comment on the comments part. If you have trouble email me- cookk@frontieracademy.net or kellydawncook@yahoo.com.

The next assignment: Share your thesis and idea (briefly- 5 or 6 sentences) From pages 6 or 7 or 8 of the workbook and I will comment on it. Due Sept. 7

miss you guys- I should only be out a few more days!

xoxo
Cook

First on-line assignment

Please sign up for blogger and comment on the first 4-6 worksheets in your workbook in the comment section below. Comments can include things like if they are easy or hard, if you are understanding how to do them, questions, inclass discussion etc. PS- you may want to remind other classmates to check this website once a week since it is required and they might forget! ;)

oh yeah, and would someone make a sign that says "no sentence with out a fact" with sentence spelled correctly and hang it up? Thanks

Posting due Aug. 30th

xoxo
Cook

Welcome!

IMPORTANT UPDATE: The school email is down. Please email me at my Yahoo address below if you have questions, comments or RSVP info for the BBQ

Cook

This blog will be useful for all my AP US History kiddos, and should be checked weekly for cool contests, links, and maybe even prizes! Yes, check it even over the summer for things you might need to know.


I will be adding more to this site all the time. Re-Look at previous posts to find new links and new materials... I will put new stuff in new colors so it stands out.

If you have information to add, either post as a comment or email it to: kellydawncook@yahoo.com


xoxo
Mrs. C

Supply List for...

AP US History
2" ring- hard backed- 3 ring notebook
loose leaf college rule paper
10 dividers for notebook
One box of skinny markers for yourself (10 colors please)
atleast one highlighter
post-it notes
One blank CD with name printed on it in permanent marker
500 notecards and notecard ring
pens and pencils every day
Weekly internet access. If you are reading this... be the first person to email Mrs. Cook and get 10pts extra credit kellydawncook@yahoo.com. Winner: Austin W! Wow... that was fast!
A supply to share (can be markers, scissors, Gluesticks (3), Construction paper, Posterboard, paint, colored pencils, crayons CANNOT Be: Glue bottles)

What is the AP Exam all about?

This is from the College Board web site. It gives good general information about the test. For an overview, look at the stuff in red. For detail, read it all.


80 Multiple Choice
2 "Free Response Essays"
1 "Document Based Essay"

The Exam
Put your exploration of U.S. History to the test—and possibly gain college credit in the process—with the AP U.S. History Exam. The exam tests knowledge of U.S. History from the first European explorations of the Americas up through modern times. Exam topics include political institutions and behavior, public policy, social and economic change, diplomacy and international relations, and cultural and intellectual developments.

About the Exam
The three-hour-and-five-minute exam has two sections: a 55-minute multiple-choice and a 130-minute free-response section. The multiple-choice questions are designed to test your factual knowledge, breadth of preparation, and knowledge-based analytical skills. The essay questions give you the chance to demonstrate your mastery of historical interpretation and your ability to express your views and knowledge in writing.

Section I: Multiple-Choice
There are 80 multiple-choice questions on the AP U.S. History Exam. To score a grade of 3 or above, you need to answer about 60 percent of the multiple-choice questions correctly—and write acceptable essays in the free-response section.
Approximately 20 percent of the questions deal with the period through 1789, 45 percent cover 1790 through 1914, and 35 percent cover 1915 to the present including questions on events since 1980.
Within those time periods, 35 percent of the questions are on political institutions, behavior, and public policy; 40 percent are about social and cultural developments; approximately 15 percent of the remaining questions cover diplomacy and international relations; and 10 percent cover economic developments. A substantial number of the social and economic history questions deal with such traditional topics as the impact of legislation on social groups and the economy, or the pressures brought to bear on the political process by social and economic developments. As you've learned, historical inquiry is not neatly divided into categories so many questions pertain to more than one area.

The bulk of the questions focuses on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The questions in the multiple-choice section are designed to test students' factual knowledge, breadth of preparation, and knowledge-based analytical skills.

Students often ask whether they should guess on the multiple-choice questions. Haphazard or random guessing is unlikely to improve scores because one-fourth of a point is subtracted from the score for each incorrect answer. (No points are deducted for a blank answer.) But if you have some knowledge of the question and can eliminate one or more answers, it's usually to your advantage to choose what you believe is the best answer from the remaining choices.

Section II: Free-Response
The free-response section covers the period from the first European explorations of the Americas to 1980. The section has three parts. Part A has one document-based essay question (DBQ). Parts B and C each offer a choice of two standard essay questions.

DBQ
There is a mandatory 15-minute reading period at the beginning of the free-response section. Spend most of that time analyzing the documents and planning your answer to the DBQ in Part A. It's recommended that you spend 45 minutes writing the DBQ essay.

Although confined to no single format, the documents contained in the DBQ rarely features familiar classics like the Emancipation Proclamation or Declaration of Independence, though the documents' authors may be major historical figures. The documents vary in length and format, and are chosen to illustrate interactions and complexities within the material. In addition to calling upon a broad spectrum of historical skills, the diversity of materials will allow students to assess the value of different sorts of documents.

When appropriate, the DBQ will include charts, graphs, cartoons, and pictures, as well as written materials. This gives you the chance to showcase your ability to assess the value of a variety of documents. The DBQ usually requires that you relate the documents to a historical period or theme and show your knowledge of major periods and issues. For this reason, outside knowledge is very important and must be incorporated into the student's essay if the highest scores are to be earned. To earn a high score it's also very important that you incorporate the information you learned in your AP U.S. History class. The emphasis of the DBQ will be on analysis and synthesis, not historical narrative.

Your DBQ essay will be judged on thesis, argument, and supporting evidence. The DBQ tests your ability to analyze and synthesize historical data, and assess verbal, quantitative, or pictorial materials as historical evidence.Standard Essay Questions

You'll have a total of 70 minutes for the standard essay questions. It's recommended that you spend 35 minutes on each essay: five minutes planning and 30 minutes writing.
The standard essay questions may require that you relate developments in different areas (e.g., the political implications of an economic issue); analyze common themes in different time periods (e.g., the concept of national interest in United States foreign policy); or compare individual or group experiences that reflect socioeconomic, ethnic, racial, or gender differences (e.g., social mobility and cultural pluralism).

Although historiography is not emphasized in the examination, you are expected to have a general understanding of key interpretations of major historical events. Some questions are based on literary materials but the emphasis will be on the relationship between the material and politics, social and economic life, or related cultural and intellectual movements, not on literature as art.

Standard essays will be judged on the strength of the thesis developed, the quality of the historical argument, and the evidence offered in support of the argument, rather than on the factual information per se. Unless a question asks otherwise, you will not be penalized for omitting specific illustrations.

Scoring the Exam
The multiple-choice and free-response sections each account for one-half of your final Exam grade. Within the free-response section, the document-based essay question counts for 45 percent and the two standard essays count for 55 percent.

Tips from the class of 2005-2006

Class:

• Study year round

• I wish I had made flash cards

• Take practice exams seriously

• Take as many practice exams as possible

• Take good notes on lectures

• Know everything you can on ALL subjects

• Do all the book work

• Buy the book and highlight it

• Understand why things happened

• Read

• Read more

• Don't just read the book... review and outline it

• Study study study!

• Do the 3 hours worth of work... actually do it, don't cheat yourself

• Do all of your assignments on time

• Organize a study group with classmates you know will work

• Read a lot of supplemental material

• Study specific dates and events

• Take personal initiative... don't count on the teacher or the class... you have to want it

Exam:

• Answer questions you know, go back to those you don't

• Take your time on the essays- if you finish too soon you will sit there for no reason

• Don't read through a multiple choice question more than twice... if you don't know after that skip it

• Get a good night's sleep & Eat a good breakfast

• Take your time on test more than you think you need to

• Use process of elimination- guess when 2 answers have been eliminated

• Don't lose focus

• Go fairly quickly through multiple choice questions

• Pay attention to all directions and materials

• On Multiple choice don't forget it is better to not answer than to have a wrong answer

• Plan essays- take your time planning

• Name historians and tell their opinions in Essays

• Read all documents on DBQs

• Use outside knowledge on DBQs

• For DBQs and FRQs read the question twice and underline key points

• Gather all your thoughts before answering the essays

• Frequently check to make sure you answer things correctly AND completely

• Make sure you answer the question being asked

• When in doubt, go with your first answer

• Don't stress out

What to bring... what not to bring... on test day

DO BRING
*4 or more sharp #2 pencils
*Pens with dark black or blue ink for free response questions
*Social Security number
*Valid photo ID
* College board accommodation letter... if taking the test with accommodations

DO NOT BRING
*Cell phones
*PDAs
*MP3 players- or any portable listening or or recording or photographing device
*Books, colored pencils, highlighters, correction fluid, dicitonaries or notes
*scratch paper
*rulers
*watches that beep or have an alarm
* Food or drink
*Clothes with subject-related info (ie- your really cool constitution shirt)

One thing you should know... for any history essay writing

effect a result; being in operation (nouns); to make happen (verb)
affect to influence, to pretend (verbs); feeling (noun)

Examples
Self-concept affects learning.1
She affected intellectualism by wearing glasses and using long words
Her affect is always sour in the morning.
One effect of lunar gravity is tides.
The new state income tax was in effect last fall.
The president effected a new policy on international trade.
Notes 1
Most often affect is used as a verb and effect is used as a noun. Something that affects you will have an effect on you.

Study Tips

Study throughout the school year. Last-minute cramming works for some tests, but it's not an effective study method for AP tests.

Actually read your textbook. Even if your teacher gives thorough lectures, you will benefit from having seen the material twice.

If the school's textbook is truly unreadable, try purchasing a general American history text at a college or bookstore (See post on books Cook thinks you should buy). If you do this, make sure that the level is appropriate (a college-level text or the equivalent), that it covers the information you will need to know for the AP test, and that it goes into enough detail on the important topics.

To absorb more of the information in the textbook, read it in small portions and take the time to review after each section.

Take notes. Not only do they help your memory, you can use them as study sheets later on in the year.

In the month before the test, review all your notes and study sheets from the school year so it's all fresh in your mind.

Test taking tips

General:

Before you take the test, find out about how it is structured. Know how many questions there are, what types of questions there are, and what the time limits are. That way, you won't have to figure it all out during the test. (You can find out about the test at the College Board website or here at this site.)
If possible, take at least one practice test before the real test.
Get a good night's sleep the night before and eat breakfast on the morning of the test.

Multiple Choice:

Due to the way the multiple-choice questions are scored (plus 1 point for each correct answer, minus a fraction of a point for each wrong answer, with nothing gained or lost for unanswered questions), random guessing is unlikely to change your final score.
If you can eliminate one or more answers as obviously wrong, guessing from among the remaining choices probably will increase your score.
Don't waste too much time agonizing over a difficult question. Skip it and come back to it later.
Make sure the number on the answer sheet matches the number of the question you're answering. (I know it sounds stupid, but it's an easy mistake to make and it's a real waste of time to go back and erase all those answers to match them up correctly again.)
Be careful to note whether the question asks "Which of the following IS true..." or "Which of the following is NOT true..." (Again, it sounds obvious, but it's an common mistake.)
The questions that ask you to choose some or all of the Roman-numeral choices are often most easily answered by eliminating all the wrong answers. (If you aren't familiar with these questions, they're explained here as example #3.)
Go back and check your answers after you finish.

DBQ:

Read some historical documents from the D.B.Q. time period, or at least excerpts from documents, before the test. Documents written before the 1800s can be very difficult to read because people back then used different spelling, capitalization, and sentence structure. Also, legal and government documents from any time period can be difficult to read at first -- the style is quite different from modern everyday writing. By reading some documents before the test, you can get used to the unusual writing style.
You do not have to use all of the documents, but you should use most of them. Try not to omit more than one or two documents from your essay.
To help you plan your essay, you may want to take notes on the general ideas in each of the documents. Also, you may want make notes on the other historical details from the time period which could help support your essay.
I have been told that graders give more points to essays which take the less-accepted or more difficult to defend viewpoint on the D.B.Q. (i.e., Franklin D. Roosevelt was a conservative, or liberals supported the Vietnam War). However, I doubt that there is much truth in this idea. Pick whichever point of view you feel is best supported by the documents and the historical facts.
If the question includes subtopics, make sure you address them in your essay. You will lose points if you don't.
Do take a stand on the question. Draw a definite conclusion from the historical facts and documents. Do not spend your whole essay explaining that there are many different ways to interpret the facts and that you cannot draw a conclusion one way or the other.
Make sure you explain how the documents and historical facts support your answer to the question.
Good writing skills are not necessary for the history essays, but they certainly don't hurt

FRQ:

Answer the questions which are easiest for you. You don't get any extra credit for answering the questions which you find more difficult.
If the question asks you to select subtopics, pick the ones you know the most about, and make sure you address them in your essay.
Use plenty of historical details in your essay, but be sure to tie them in with your thesis statement. Being able to give the year a certain event took place is generally not as important as being able to clearly explain what the causes and effects of that event were.
Good writing skills are not necessary for the history essays, but they certainly don't hurt.

Review Texts available on Amazon

I haven't tried these out yet, but for about $10, they are probably a good investment.

The Cliff notes are only $4 on Amazon... but the other 2 look better to me.

Must Read these!

Cook thinks you should invest in atleast one of these books and read them through out the year.

A great place to get them for super cheap? Use Amazon.com under "used"

Both The Idiot's Guide and Don't Know much are good, but very basic.

Johnson is $4 on Amazon, Zinn is $9. Both are big books, but great and interesting reads. Johnson is the conservative, Zinn is the liberal. They are both factual and well writen books, and the political bias probably won't bother you on either choice

Review web sites

Great for general review. Notes, lectures, etc.

This one is from the book we use! woo-hoo!
http://www.colinjeanne.net/apus/history/notes.htm

This one looks just plain awesome!
http://www.apstudent.com/ushistory/outline.php

Great Sample tests... I will even use some of them in class
http://www.orange.k12.oh.us/teachers/ohs/TJordan/Pages/unittestquestions.html

Like an AP history book on line
http://www.jmu.edu/madison/center/main_pages/teacher/curriculum/curriculum.htm

Lots of links and study guides
http://www.homestead.com/chaffeyaphistory/APUSHistory.html

Presidents
http://www.apstudent.com/ushistory/factsheets.php

A few more good teacher sites
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Congress/7543/
http://www.historyteacher.net/

Lecture notes for AP lectures
http://www.apmentor.com/ushist.html
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/mruland/APUS/UnitNotes/index.htm

General Review by topic
http://home.att.net/~betsynewmark/APUSH.html#APReview
http://cvip.fresno.com/~jsh33/
http://www.let.rug.nl/%7Eusa/H/1994/index.htm

DBQ specific
http://www.historyteacher.net/APUSHDBQsMainPage.htm

http://highschool.gardencity.k12.ny.us/socialstudies/Mcauley/APUSH/APUSH%20Test%20Review%20Sheets.htm

Review Quizes
http://www.historyteacher.net/USQuizMainPage.htm

Practice Tests
http://www.phschool.com/curriculum_support/brief_review/us_history/index.html

Digital Data Base
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/database/hyper_titles.cfm

Document web sites

Here are some great websites where you can find useful US hist. documents

http://www.apstudent.com/ushistory/docs.php

People's 100 docs that shaped America:
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/documents/document_time.htm

Almost the same as above, but compiled by the government
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/index.php?flash=true&

US historical documents from Colonial to present day
http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/

Revolution to Reconstruction (1770s-1880s)
http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/index.htm

Fancy Yale University site: 1492-2006
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/chrono.htm

Primary Sources from Early America
http://www.earlyamerica.com/

Mostly US war stuff
http://www.library.uni.edu/instruction/digitalhistory.shtml

Library of Congress
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/help/constRedir.html

Constitution
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Constitution.html

More documents with actual pictures
http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/history/history.html

What can I say... more documents
http://www.vlib.us/amdocs/

American Pageant Book Review by Chapter

Too good to be true! Some fantastic person has created outlines and study guides for all the chapters in our book... we will be using these in class as well. They are just meant to be stolen.

Chapter 1: New World Beginnings
Covers early history of the Americas, the Age of Exploration, famous Spanish explorers, and briefly runs through early settlements.
Chapter 2: The Planting of English America
Describes the English setters in America, the founding of the colonies, life in the colonial period, hardships, challenges, and culture.
Chapter 3: Settling The Northern Colonies
Discusses the settling of the Northern Colonies, the role of Protestantism, the pilgrims, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, and the Middle Colonies.
Chapter 4: American Life In The 17th Century
Details the tobacco farming, early slavery, the Southern Colonies, the New England way of life as compared to the rest of the colonies, and various events.
Chapter 5: Colonial Society On The Eve of The Revolution
Talks about the technology, work, society, and life in America just before the Revolutionary War broke out, as well as the Great Awakening, schools, and colleges.
Chapter 6: The Duel For North America
Describes the various wars, including a few that are considered "world wars," such as the French and Indian War and the War for Jenkin's Ear.
Chapter 7: The Road To Revolution
Discusses mercantilism, the Intolerable Acts, events leading up to war, and the beginning of the American Revolutionary War.
Chapter 8: America Secedes From The Empire
Details battles fought during the Revolutionary War, Loyalists, the Declaration of Independence, war's end, and the beginning of the United States.
Chapter 9: The Confederation And The Constitution
Compares and contrasts the Articles of the Confederation and the U.S. Constitution, early American government, and the controversy over the drafting of the Constitution.
Chapter 10: Launching of The New Ship of State
Describes the new U.S. government, the Bill of Rights, Federalism, Hamilton vs. Jefferson, the effects of the French Revolution, John Adams, and Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions.
Chapter 11: The Triumphs And Travails of Jeffersionian Democracy
Discussed are the presidency of Thomas Jefferson, the rulings of John Marshall, the Louisiana Purchase, the rise of James Madison, and the War of 1812.
Chapter 12: The Second War of Independence And The Upsurge of Nationalism
Outlines the War of 1812, the death of the Federalists, the "American System" and Henry Clay, James Monroe, the growing West and the Missouri Compromise, John Marshall, the Oregon acquisition, and the Monroe Doctrine.
Chapter 13: The Rise of Jacksonian Democracy
Among the subjects elaborated upon are Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, John Quincy Adams, and Daniel Webster.
Chapter 14: Jacksonian Democracy At Flood Tide
The roots of the Civil War begin to take place, nullification is discussed, Jackson kills the Bank of the United States and moves Indian tribes, Martin Van Buren becomes president, and the Whigs emerge as a political party with the election of William H. Harrison.
Chapter 15: Forging The National Economy
Introduced is the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, with the new advances in technology, and the march to the West is also elaborated upon.
Chapter 16: The Ferment of Reform And Culture
Various religious and social upheavals were occurring during this time, which saw the rise of the Mormon faith and transcendentalism the beginnings of the protest against alcoholism, and the start of the fight for women's rights.
Chapter 17: The South And The Slavery Controversy
Eli Whitney's cotton gin revolutionized the economy of the South, which encouraged the use of slaves, but as time passed, the North abolished its slaves while the South kept them, and this abolitionist trend caused friction which would eventually explode into the Civil War.
Chapter 18: Manifest Destiny And Its Legacy
A new spirit of expansion hit America in the form of the idea of Manifest Destiny, which was complimented by Oregon fever, and President Polk eventually led the United States into a very successful war with Mexico, gaining all the formerly-Mexican territory from California to parts of Texas.
Chapter 19: Renewing The Sectional Struggle
The newly gained land resulted in another argument over incoming slave-free and slave-holding states, but the Compromise of 1850 luckily abated the situation for a while, and during this time, the Whig Party effectively died out, merging into the surging Republican Party, which gained power over the disintegrated Democratic Party.
Chapter 20: Drifting Towards Disunion
Harriet Tubman's Uncle Tom's Cabin created an uproar over slavery that was worsened by the bloody situation in Kansas and the Dred Scott case, and after the Republican Abraham Lincoln won the presidency, several Southern states seceded from the Union, an act that would spark the Civil War.
Chapter 21: Girding The War: The North And South
This chapter outlines the social, political, and economical situations surrounding the Civil War, though the actual battles are not described here.
Chapter 22: The Furnace of The Civil War
The battles of the Civil War are elaborated upon, from the initial surprise of the South over the North to the resurgence of the North and its eventual victory and peace settlement, but after the war, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
Chapter 23: The Ordeal of Reconstruction
After the war, the process of Reconstruction was slow and arduous, with the North forcing the South to free its slaves, though the South circumvented many rules and held the African-Americans in slave-like status for many years via legal loopholes or plain terror, like from the Ku Klux Klan.
Chapter 24: Politics In The Gilded Age
The Gild Age was an era of corruption in politics, heavily influenced by big businesses and monopolies, and this resulted in an economically tumultuous period.
Chapter 25: Industry Comes of Age
Railroads revolutionized the United States with their improved methods of transportation, though they were also responsible for harming farmers and other wrongdoings, and during this time, big industry really took off, with steel, oil, and news giants like Andrew Carnegie and John Rockefeller; in response, labor unions began to gain strength, though steps were taken to limit their influence.
Chapter 26: America Moves To The City
Documented are the new trends in immigration, the growth of cities and slums, the new desire for learning, especially among African Americans, the power of the press, and the accomplishments of numerous writers.
Chapter 27: The Great West And The Agricultural Revolution
Native Americans were pressured, their rights and lands increasingly reduced, which sparked revolt and violence, while farmers pushed west but encountered hardships on the land and economically.
Chapter 28: The Revolt of The Debtor
The Populist Party rose during this time, advocating new ideas like using silver as the national standard instead of gold, but the Republicans still triumphed, incorporating many Populist ideas.
Chapter 29: The Path of Empire
Detailed are the naval buildup, the events coming before the Spanish-American War, the explosion of war, the rise in power of America, and its intrusions into the idea of taking over lands to add to its "empire."
Chapter 30: America On The World Stage
America's attempt to keep the Philippines was a violent hassle, while Theodore Roosevelt initiated his "Big Stick Diplomacy," raising America onto the happenings of the world.
Chapter 31: Progressivism And The Republican Roosevelt
The rise of Progressives to fight against monopolies, corruption, and inefficiency battled social ills and sparked an interest in environmental preservation, but later, it played a part in Theodore Roosevelt's split of the Republican Party when he turned against former friend William Taft.
Chapter 32: Wilsonian Progressivism At Home And Abroad
President Wilson combined Progressive ideas into his own agenda and helped America avoid war during the first few years of World War I, but eventually, the U.S. was plunged into war, though Wilson was incapacitated at the end of his term due to a stroke.
Chapter 33: The War To End War
This chapter covers World War I, or the First Great War, and its battles and social and economical situations that covered the various countries during this time.
Chapter 34: American Life In The Roaring Twenties
After the initial exposure of corruption under the Harding administration, America enjoyed relative prosperity and happiness during the 1920s, but during this time, illicit doings by companies in the stock market built up a "house of cards" that eventually collapsed at the start of the Great Depression.
Chapter 35: The Politics of Boom And Bust
Warren G. Harding's Teapot Dome scandal was a shocker, though Calvin Coolidge restored legitimacy to the presidency, but the Great Depression was quite ruinous, despite Herbert Hoover's efforts; also, on the world stage, Japan unleashed its power when it attacked and surprisingly conquered China.
Chapter 36: The Great Depression And The New Deal
Herbert Hoover's useless efforts led to Franklin D. Roosevelt steamrolling over him in the 1932 election, and F.D.R. initiated a plethora of programs under the New Deal (some struck down by the Supreme Court) in order to alleviate the depression.
Chapter 37: Franklin D. Roosevelt And The Shadow of War
This details Hitler's belligerency before World War II, the outbreak of war, Roosevelt's breaking of the two-term tradition, and the attack on Pearl Harbor, which entered the U.S. into the war.
Chapter 38: America In World War II
America was initially unwilling to enter the war, but after Pearl Harbor, the U.S. plunged into war with gusto, and this action shook the nation out of the Great Depression, and ultimately, the United States and the Allied Nations defeated Japan, Italy, and Germany.
Chapter 39: The Cold War Begins
The end of the war brought new worries that the nation would fall into depression again, but that was not the case, as American remained a power and the Cold War against the Soviet Union began, a part of which was the Korean War.
Chapter 40: The EisenHower Era
The 1950s featured the push for desegregation, the creation of the interstate highway system, and the beginning of the space race, while the 1960s featured more protest for African American rights and the continuation of the Cold War.
Chapter 41: The Stormy Sixties
Details the turbulent atmosphere of the 1960s, with its movements for women, civil rights, and peace instead of war, as well as the near explosion of the Cold War in Cuba and the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Great Society program, and the tragedy and folly of the Vietnam War.
Chapter 42: The Stalemated Seventies
Discusses the ending years of the Vietnam War, the impact of Richard Nixon, the oil embargo and energy crisis, the actions of Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter, and the Iranian hostage humiliation.
Chapter 43: The Resurgence of Conservatism
Ronald Reagan brought the conservatives back, enjoying widespread popularity despite a few scandals like the Iran Contra Scandal and greatly increasing the budget to battle the U.S.S.R. in the Cold War, and eventually, the Soviet Union fell; also detailed are the terms of President Bush and President Clinton.

Topics in US History

Some direct links to direct ideas... click away my friends


General References — Including Geography, Law, Museums
News Analysis
General U.S. History References
African American History
Native American History
Women's History
Colonial/Revolution
A New Nation
Civil War and Reconstruction
Westward Ho!
Gilded Age/Progressives/Industrialists
Imperialism
World War I
1920s and the Great Depression
World War II
Cold War & International Issues
Post WW2 Domestic Issues
Contemporary Issues

That's a lotta note cards!

wow... print all these off, if you dare.

http://www.apstudent.com/ushistory/cards.php

Other Web sites

Here is a list of sites that were created by other AP classes. If you notice that a link is down, or have one to add, please post a comment.

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/mruland/APUS/ExamReview/index.htm
http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/html/notes.html

http://www.historyisgroovy.com/documents/AP/homepage.htm
http://home.att.net/~betsynewmark/1APUSHquizzes.html
http://www.funtrivia.com/quizzes/history/us_history_31.html
http://kapalama.ksbe.edu/faculty/alwebb/apush/bookmarks.html
http://www.historyisgroovy.com/documents/AP/AP_Study_Guides.htm
http://chrisforkids.tripod.com/links.html
http://www.riverside.dpsnc.net/academics/socialstudies/APUSH.htm

The website for The American Pageant

Complete with course guide, instructor's notes, study materials, sample tests... you name it

http://college.hmco.com/history/us/bailey/american_pageant/11e/students/index.html

College Credit?

Here is the link to what the AP board has to say about you recieving college credit for the AP class

http://apps.collegeboard.com/apcreditpolicy/index.jsp

DBQ- Previous Questions

The DBQ, or Document Baised Question, is an essay that includes both documents you are given and your outside knowledge. Here are some previous topics that have been asked by the DBQ.

SOME RECENT DBQ TOPICS
2005: The American Revolution and Changes to American Society
2004: The French and Indian War Alters the Relationship Between Britain and her American Colonies
2003: Responses of President Roosevelt to the Great Depression
2002: Reform Movements, 1825-18502001: The Cold War and the Eisenhower Administration
2000: Organized Labor from 1875-1900
1999: Colonial America on the Eve of the Revolution
1998: Jeffersonian Republicans and Federalists with Respect to the Constitution
1997: American Women, 1890-1925
1996: Constitutional and Social Developments, 1860-1877
1995: Civil Rights Movement, 1960s
1994: U.S. Expansionism
1993: New England and Chesapeake Colonies Compared
1992: The Effects of the Environment on Western Development from the 1840s through the 1890s