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FINAL EXAM REVIEW SHEET:
APUSH Final Exam Review

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PERIOD 2 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES SCHEDULE:
Thursday, May 7:
1.  Cleveland v. A. Johnson  Cleveland WINS 16-4
2.  Van Buren v. Buchanan  Van Buren WINS 16-4

Friday, May 8:
3.  Nixon v. Hoover    Hoover WINS  16-6
4.  Taylor  v. Obama   Obama WINS  6-5

Monday, May 11:
6.  Hayes v. Tyler   Hayes WINS  12-10
10.  Jackson v. Wilson   Wilson WINS  22-0

Tuesday, May 12:
5.  B. Harrison v. GW Bush  B. Harrison WINS  14-10
7.  Ford v. Carter   Carter WINS  14-10
8.  Grant v. Pierce  Pierce WINS  16-8
9.  Lincoln v. Hoover  Lincoln WINS  12-11
11.  Reagan v. McKinley  McKinley WINS  19-5

Wednesday, May 13:
14.  Coolidge v. L. Johnson  LBJ WINS  8-6
20.  Adams v. Van Buren   Adams WINS  8-6
21.  F. Roosevelt v. Obama   FDR WINS  8-6
23.  Monroe v. Garfield  Monroe WINS  8-5
24.  Truman v. Pierce   Pierce WINS  13-1

Thursday, May 14:
12.  Jefferson v. Cleveland   Jefferson WINS  18-5
13  T. Roosevelt v. B. Harrison   B. Harrison WINS  12-11?
17.  Washington v. Carter   Carter WINS   12-11?
18.  GHW Bush v. Clinton   GHW Bush WINS  14-9
16.  Eisenhower v. Hayes   Hayes WINS   15-8?
15.  Polk v. Arthur   Polk WINS  13-10
19.  Madison v. Taft   Madison WINS  15-6

Friday, May 15:
22.  JQ Adams v. Kennedy  Kennedy WINS  10-7
25.  Lincoln vs Wilson   Lincoln WINS  10-8
26.  McKinley vs Jefferson   McKinley WINS  13-5
27.  B. Harrison vs L. Johnson   B. Harrison WINS  12-6
28.  Polk vs Hayes   Hayes WINS  8-7
29.  Carter vs GHW Bush   Carter WINS  1-0
30.  Madison vs Adams   Madison WINS  8-7

Monday, May 18:
31.  F. Roosevelt vs Kennedy   Kennedy WINS  9-8
32.  Monroe vs Pierce   Monroe WINS  9-8
33.  Lincoln vs McKinley   McKinley WINS  11-4
34.  B. Harrison vs Hayes   Hayes WINS  11-5
35.  Carter vs Madison   Madison  WINS  9-8
36.  Kennedy vs Monroe   Monroe WINS  10-6

Tuesday, May 19:
McKinley vs  Hayes  HAYES WINS
Madison vs Monroe   MADISON WINS

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH:
McKinley-Hayes winner vs. Madison-Monroe winner!

RUTHERFORD B. HAYES WINS THE PERIOD 2 2015 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES!?

 

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PERIOD 7 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES SCHEDULE:
Thursday, May 7:
1.  Nixon v. Carter   Nixon WINS  12-9
2.  Cleveland v. A. Johnson   Cleveland WINS  14-7

Friday, May 8:
3.  Hayes v. Hoover   Hayes WINS  14-5
4.  B. Harrison v. WH Harrison   BH WINS  10-9
5.  Harding v. Tyler   Harding WINS  11-8
6.  Van Buren v. Pierce   Pierce WINS  11-8
7.  Ford v. Obama   Obama WINS  13-6

Monday, May 11:
8.  Grant v. Fillmore  Grant WINS
10.  Jackson v. Wilson  Wilson WINS
12.  Jefferson v. Cleveland  Cleveland WINS!??!
14.  Coolidge v. L. Johnson  L. Johnson WINS
16.  Eisenhower v. Harding  Eisenhower WINS

Tuesday, May 12:
15.  Polk v. Arthur   Polk WINS  10-9
9.  Lincoln v. Hayes   Hayes WINS  9-7
11.  Reagan v. McKinley   Reagan WINS  11-6
13.  T. Roosevelt v. B. Harrison   B. Harrison WINS  12-6
18.  GHW Bush v. Clinton   Clinton WINS  12-6

Wednesday, May 13:
17.  Washington v. Nixon   Washington WINS  11-9
19.  Madison v. Taft   Madison WINS  12-8
20.  Adams v. Pierce  Pierce WINS  11-9
21.  F. Roosevelt v. Obama   F. Roosevelt WINS  13-7
22.  JQ Adams v. Kennedy  Kennedy WINS  13-7
23.  Monroe v. Garfield   Garfield WINS  12-8

Thursday, May 14:
25.  Hayes vs Wilson   Wilson WINS  10-5
27.  B. Harrison vs L. Johnson   L Johnson WINS  7-5
28.  Polk vs Eisenhower   Polk WINS  10-5
29.  Washington vs Clinton   Clinton WINS  11-4

Friday, May 15:
24.  Truman v. Grant   Grant WINS  10-7
30.  Madison vs Pierce   Madison WINS  11-9
31.  F. Roosevelt vs Kennedy   Kennedy WINS  9-8
32.  Garfield vs Grant   Garfield WINS  14-7

Monday, May 18:
26.  Reagan vs Cleveland   Reagan WINS  11-8
33.  Wilson vs Reagan   Reagan WINS  10-6
34.  L. Johnson vs Polk   L. Johnson WINS  9-8
35.  Clinton vs Madison   Clinton WINS  13-4
36.  Kennedy vs Garfield   Kennedy WINS  12-5

Wednesday, May 20:
L. Johnson vs. Reagan   Reagan WINS  11-7
Clinton vs. Kennedy   TIE but it goes to the higher seed.

Then, the championship match!   Reagan vs. Clinton

YOUR WINNER IS:  BILL CLINTON

Essay Rubrics for AP Exam, the same we will use for class:
APUSH-Rubrics

PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE INFORMATION:

Presidential Debate Past Champions:
Past winners:
2008:  T Roosevelt
2009:  T Roosevelt
2010:  T Roosevelt
2011:  Lincoln
2012:  Lincoln
2013:  Washington and Clinton
2014:  Wilson and Clinton
2015:  Hayes and Clinton

 

Readings for Homework for Wednesday night, due Thursday:

WhyStudyHistory–Stearns

HowDoWeLearnFromHistory–Sheehan

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Homework with reading page 3-9, due Friday:

Native American Regions Review

Syllabus:

APUSHsyllabus14-15

 

Calendar Past:

PERIODS 1-2:
8-13  Syllabus, Get to knows, Assign Why Study History?
8-14  Discuss readings, Discuss new MC format, Hand out Key Concepts   HW: read p. 3-9 Brinkley and regions chart
8-15  Discuss Native Americans pre-1492, Long-Essay format   HW: Read p. 9-15 Brinkley by MONDAY, and Columbian Exchange Packet and Timeline  DUE TUESDAY   RichardsColumbianExchange
8-18  Discuss Short Answer Format, discuss p. 9-15    HW: Short Answer Question #3 from Amsco, DUE THURSDAY
8-19  Discuss Columbian Exchange Reading, complete assignment   HW: read p. 15-23 Brinkley
8-20  Finish Columbian Exchange; Finish Period 1 PPT   Period 1
8-21  Finish Period 1 PPT, Introduce Short Answer Format with practice assignment   HW:  read p. 23-32 Brinkley   Pd.1SAQ-Practice
8-22  Discuss 23-32 Info, Introduce DBQ Format, DBQ Practice Assignment   HW: Patterns of Colonization Reading and Chart
ColonizationChart   PatternsOfColonization
8-25  Discuss Chart, Discuss DBQ Practice   HW: read p. 37-42 and Jamestown Docs   Jamestown Article  37-42
8-26  Introduce History Day Guidelines  http://www.nhd.org/AnnualTheme.htm
8-27  Discuss Chart and do in-class assignment for two docs   HW: read p. 42-50: if gone from class Wednesday, read the two articles in line below:
Mayflower Compact   John Winthrop City Upon a Hill  42-50
8-28  Discuss DBQ’s  Discuss Jamestown Articles  Discuss New England Society   HW: read p. 50-54 and Passenger List Activity  50-54 and more
8-29  Discuss Restoration Colonies   HW: read p. 54-61 and complete outline given to you for notes   54-61 Outline
9-2  Select History Day topic and category and finalize groups, Lab Research Day GP Lab   HW: read p. 62-66
9-3  Discuss the readings from pages 54-66   CHAPTER 2 READING QUIZ
HW: read your part of the jigsaw activity for p. 68-84 and take notes on your part!  68-84 outline work  DUE MONDAY
9-4  Burger DBQ, Thesis Practice
9-5  In-class DBQ   HW: read p. 84-91 for Monday
DBQ TOPIC HINT: Comparing and contrasting New England and Chesapeake regions before 1700.
9-8  Discuss reading page 68-84 and 84-91   HW: read p. 91-98  HISTORY DAY ABSTRACT DUE, PLUS 10 SOURCES   84-91 lecture notes
9-9  Discuss DBQ from Friday  CHAPTER 3 READING QUIZ
9-10  Discuss 91-98 reading   91-98
PRACTICE STUFF FOR UNIT EXAM:  Period2SAQ–II   Period2PracticeMCQs
9-11  Periods 1-2 Exam Short Answer
9-12  Periods 1-2 Exam MC   HW: read p. 102-114

PERIOD III
9-15  HW: read p. 115-124
9-16  Go over Unit 1 Exam, assign revisions   HW: read p. 124-129    UnitI&IIExam–MCQs
Short Answer Prompts:
Question 1 SA
Questions 2-3 SA
Questions 4-5 SA
SA Questions 6-7
9-17  Go over 115-129 info via 1764-1775 timeline   HW: read p. 72-73 AMSCO
9-18  HW: read p. 73-75 AMSCO  CHAPTER 4 READING QUIZ  1764-1775 timeline
9-19  Documents assignment and chart in class   Revolution Docs and Chart
HW: read Brinkley p. 132-145, AMSCO pages that match are 85-90
9-22  Finish 1775 PPT; Declaration of Independence   Timeline 1764-1775   Continental Congresses
HW: Read COMMON SENSE and answer the questions; read your other article by tomorrow if you have not already!
CommonSenseP.1   CommonSenseP.2
9-23  HW: read p. 145-153
9-24  History Day Work Day   Media Center PC Lab   HW: read p. 153-158
9-25  End of Rev. War/Articles of Confederation   Timeline 1776-1786
9-26  In-Class DBQ: bring AMSCO book to class, you will want to use it on DBQ!   HW: read p. 162-170 Brinkley; AMSCO equivalent is p. 93 AND 103-106
9-29  Constitutional Convention
9-30  Constitution Framework
10-1  Constitutional Concepts/Bill of Rights   HW: read p. 170-175 Brinkley; AMSCO p. 107-113   Timeline1787-1788
10-2  George Washington/Alexander Hamilton   HW: read p. 175-180 Brinkley   170-175 notes
10-3  Rise of Political Parties/John Adams
10-6  Election of 1800
10-7  UNIT 2 EXAM MC
10-8  UNIT 2 EXAM DBQ
UNIT 3, PERIOD IV CALENDAR:
10-9  John Marshall Court
10-10  History Day Work Day  MC PC Lab   HW: read p. 131-138 AMSCO
End of 1st Quarter
10-15  Jefferson/Madison Presidency
10-16  LA Purchase/Jefferson   HW: Read War of 1812 Doc  The War of 1812   read p. 138-142 AMSCO
10-17  War of 1812  211-215   HW: Read Life on the Canals Doc  Life on the Canals  read p. 150-154 AMSCO
**The Brinkley equivalent of all of the above topics includes pages 195-214.  Again, this is for all of the topics for the past three days.
10-20  Creating a National Market   HW: Read John Quincy Adams: Last of His Kind Doc  John Quincy Adams The Last of His Kind    read p. 154-164 AMSCO
10-21  Era of Good Feelings/Corrupt Bargain  HW: read p. 191-198 AMSCO
10-22  Misc. Catch-up day  HW: Read the People’s President Andrew Jackson  The People’s President Andrew Jackson by John Meacham
10-23  Market Revolution; Andrew Jackson
10-24  Andrew Jackson/Van Buren/Two-Party System revived  HW: Jackson PPT slides 10-17 here: Jackson
10-27  Long Essay Format Intro
10-28  Long Essay In-Class Practice  HW: read p. 207-216
10-29  Reformer Project Research   ReformerAssignment
10-30  Reformer Project Research
*Brinkley Reformer pages are 324-336
10-31  Present Reformers
11-3  HISTORY DAY CHECKPOINT DATE : 50 points summative!; Present Reformers
A good link for you for History Day!  http://www.nhd.org/JudgingCriteria.htm
The outline for Monday night that is due Tuesday:
250-258 outline
11-4  Finish up reform movement, labor
11-5  Immigration, labor, etc…
262-277 PPT
277-295
11-6  UNIT III EXAM Long Essay
11-7  UNIT III EXAM MC  HW:  read p. 173-182 AMSCO   if you read Brinkley, p. 299-318 is the content for Monday.
11-10  Slavery as an institution in the south  HW: read p. 230-239   if you read Brinkley, p. 348-359 is the content for Tuesday.  299-307    307-318
11-11  1840’s in America   HW:  read p. 247-260 AMSCO  348-359
11-12  1850’s Timeline Activity Research   1850’s timeline activity
11-13  Reading Assessment!!

11-14  1850’s Timeline Activity Research   HW: Complete this outline from Brinkley, DUE Wednesday 11-19  375-395 outline
11-17  1850’s Timeline Roundtable Discussion, timelines DUE
11-18  Timeline Activty Discussion and Reading Assessment!!
11-19  Discussion of 375-395 Civil War Outline  HW: read p. 268-282 AMSCO by Monday 11-24
11-20  Civil War Battles Research  Civil War Battles Assignment
11-21  Civil War Battles Research
11-24  Civil War Battles Presentations
11-25  NHD Work Day  HW: read p. 291-303 AMSCO
12-1  Civil War Wrap-Up   The Civil War
12-2  Reconstruction Reading Quiz, begin discussion of Reconstruction
12-3  In-class DBQ!  Fill out the chart
12-4  Reconstruction discussion
12-5  Reconstruction discussion
12-8  NHD Work Day
12-9  Document Day
12-10  Document Day
12-11  National History Day Project DUE
12-12  NHD Presentations
12-15  UNIT IV EXAM Short Answer
12-16  UNIT IV EXAM MC
Final Exam Date: NHD Presentations

Semester 2:
Unit V Calendar of Events:
1-5  Syllabus, Start discussion of Wild West   HW: read pages 339-353 AMSCO
1-6  Wild West and Indian Wars   HW: read pages 380-391 AMSCO, read by Thursday
1-7  Gilded Age Politics1-8  Gilded Age Politics
1-9  Reading Quiz #1, and documents on Turner Thesis and Women of the West   HW: read pages 319-331 AMSCO
1-12  Industrial Supremacy PPT
1-13  Industrial Supremacy PPT
1-14  Growth of Labor PPT
1-15  Rise of Big Business PPT
1-16  Rise of Big Business PPT   HW: read pages 360-372 by Tuesday
1-19  NO SCHOOL
1-20  Lecture on Lots of Things PPT
1-21  DBQ Practice with chart
1-22  Go over chart, study for Exam V
1-23  Unit V Exam DBQ   HW: read pages 431-446 by Tuesday
1-26  NHD Signup in labs; any time left over work on Progressive Era Contributors, due Wednesday
Progressive Era Contributors
1-27  Progressive Era PPT  Progressive Movement
1-28  Present Progressive Era Contributors
1-29  Present Progressive Era Contributors; discuss Election of 1912
1-30  Women’s suffrage   Women’sSuffrage   HW: read pages 409-423 by Monday
2-2  Imperialism   AmericaBecomesanImperialPower
2-3  Imperialism
2-4  Period 2 Counselor Visit, Period 7 Imperialism
2-5  Period 2 Imperialism, Period 7 Counselor Visit
2-6  Imperialism   HW: read Chapter 22 AMSCO by Monday; Brinkley pages 603-610  603-610; 610-620; 620-630 (the Brinkley readings can be spread out through the week)
2-9  WWI Info PPT   HW: Panel Discussion for WWI Debate  World War I Panel Discussion
2-10  Register for Classes for next year
2-11  Present the Enter WWI Debate; WWI on Homefront PPT
2-12  WWI Events PPT, Possible Quiz!
2-13   League of Nations Debate, League of Nations PPT   LON GlobalPeacemaker
HW: read Chapter 23 AMSCO by Monday, Brinkley pages 634-640; 640-649; 649-657 (Brinkley can be spread out through the week)
HW: Take-home DBQ (fill out chart), we will go over this later.  1920’s practice DBQ  due on Feb. 18!
2-16  1920’s Decades Project Research   APUSH 1920s Culture Project
2-17  1920’s Decades Project Research
2-18  WWI Wrap Up, WWI Homefront Reading, possible quiz!
2-19  Present the Decades Research
2-20  Present the Decades Research, DBQ Practice, Go over chart!
2-23  WWI DVD
2-24  1920’s Business PPT
2-25  NHD at SCC for most, in class for those not there.
HW:  Read Chapter 24 AMSCO by Monday, March 2nd, Brinkley pages 660-669; 669-675; 675-680 (Brinkley can be spread out)
2-26  UNIT VI EXAM DBQ
2-27   Introduce the Presidential Debates
HW: Read Chapter Brinkley pages 684-690; 690-697; 697-707 (can be spread out)
3-2  Stock Market Crash, Crash Fallout   HW:  Alphabet Soup!  New Deal Alphabet Soup   684-706
3-3  New Deal Era
3-4  New Deal Era
3-5  New Deal Era
3-6  Foreign Policy Prior to WWII     REVISED Foreign Policy PPT
HW: Read AMSCO Chapter 25
3-16  WWII Battles Research   Unit08BattleAssignment
3-17  WWII
3-18  WWII
3-19  WWII Closing
3-20  HW: Read AMSCO Chapter 26
3-23  Cold War Ideology
3-24  Cold War Conflicts
3-25  Korean Conflict
3-26  Cold War Truman Years   18.5PPT
3-27  TBA-   HW: Read AMSCO Chapter 27 due TUESDAY
3-30  The 1950’s and 1960’s Culture/Society
3-31  50’s and 60’s Culture Project Research   2015 culture project
4-1  Culture Project Research
4-2  UNIT VII EXAM SHORT ANSWER
4-3  NO SCHOOL   HW: Read AMSCO Chapter 28
4-6  Present Culture Projects
4-7  Culture Projects
4-8  Eisenhower
4-9  HW: Read Letter From Birmingham Jail, and create HAP-P for it.   LetterFromBirminghamJail
4-10  HW: Read AMSCO Chapter 29
4-13  LBJ Research:   LBJ activity
4-14  JFK Info   JFK-ForeignPolicy
4-15  JFK Info   JFK
4-16  LBJ Research DUE, Info to present   LBJ activity
4-17  Nixon  HW: Read AMSCO Chapter 30, p. 653-665
4-20  WATERGATE ACTIVITY: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/lessons_plans/watergate-lesson-plan-the-limits-of-presidential-power/
4-21  Ford   Ford
4-22  Carter   This PPT has Nixon and Carter in it!   Nixon and Carter as presidents
4-23  Reagan  RonaldReagan
4-24  GHW Bush  GeorgeHWBush
4-27  Clinton  Still working on a PPT here
4-28  ACT
4-29  GW Bush   Still working on a PPT here
4-30  Obama   Still working on a PPT here
5-1  YOUR IN-CLASS APUSH MC FINAL EXAM: Review sheet at top of this page!
5-4  Presidential Debate Research May 4-7
5-5
5-6
5-7
5-8  AP US History Exam, 8:00 AM
5-11
5-12
5-13
5-14
5-15
5-18
5-19
Final Exam:

 

UNIT 2 DOCUMENTS:
A Motley Crew in the American Revolution
Benjamin Franklin The First American
John and Abigail Adams Article
July 4, 1776 Article
Shays Rebellion
The Greatest Generation Revolutionary War by Gordon Wood
FarmerP.1   FarmerP.2

PRACTICE MC AMSCO ANSWERS:
p. 79-81:  c  b  b  b  b  d  b  a
p. 97-99:  c  d  b  b  c  c  d  b
p. 120-122: c  a  c  b  b  b  d  b

Common Sense Questions:
Common Sense Assignment links are above, by the date they are assigned!
DUE ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23rd: Common Sense reading and questions: sorry for the poor quality of the reading!
Questions to answer for Monday: be prepared to discuss and turn in!
1.  What is the main point made in the first two paragraphs?
2.  What motives does Paine contend are behind Britain’s military support?
3.  Explain Paine’s analogy to parents.  Who is the real parent of America?
4.  What problems arise due to the alliance with Britain?
5.  What does “nature” suggest about the alliance with Britain?
6.  How does Paine feel about Loyalists?
7.  What does Paine see happening in the near future?  Why is British rule impractical?
8.  What geographical arguments does Paine make?
9.  What is Paine calling for?  Have these words appeared elsewhere?
10.  What major assumptions are being made by Paine’s call for independence?

**MULTIPLE CHOICE PERIOD III EXAM COPY FOR REVISIONS!!!
Period III Exam MC
MC AMSCO ANSWER KEYS:
144-146: a  d  a  c  b  d  d  d
167-169: b  c  a  d  a  a  b  a
201-203: d  c  a  a  d  b  c  d
218-220: a  d  b  b  d  b  c  b

ALL LATE WORK IS DUE BY WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10th.

MULTIPLE CHOICE ANSWERS FROM AMSCO FOR OUR TEST ON DECEMBER 16:
p. 241-243: c, a, a, d, d, d, b, a
p. 262-264: a, b, a, b, b, d, b, a
p. 285-287: b, d, d, d, a, a, d, c
p. 305-307: b, c, d, b, a, b, a, b

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

NHD GRADE SHEET: THIS IS WHAT WE WILL USE TO GRADE YOUR NHD PROJECTS!  YOU MUST HAVE THIS WHEN YOU TURN IN YOUR PROJECT.  ONE PER GROUP.

15 NHD-Project-Guidelines
NHD Exhibits: the PPT is too big of a file.  I will give a hard copy of the PPT to each group Monday 12-1.