10th Grade Assignments

 

TEXT:  American History: A Survey by Alan Brinkley, 11th ed.

 

Chapter 1,  The Meeting of Cultures

1.   America Before Columbus,  pp. 2-9

2.   Europe Looks Westward,   pp. 9-22

3.   The Arrival of the English,   pp. 23-30

4.   Chapter 1 Test

 

Chapter 2,  The English "Transplantations"

5.   The Early Chesapeake and Caribbean Colonies,  pp. 33-40

6.   The Growth of New England,  pp. 40-49

7.   Restoration Colonies,  pp. 49-54

8.   Borderlands and Middle Grounds,  pp. 54- 60

9.   The Evolution of the British Empire, pp. 61-63

10.  Chapter 2 Test

 

Chapter 3,  Society and Culture in Provincial America

11.  The Colonial Population,  pp. 65-77

12.  The Colonial Economies,  pp. 77-83

13.  Patterns of Society,   pp. 83-88

14.  Awakenings and Enlightenments,  pp. 89-96

15.  Chapter 3 Test

 

Chapter 4,  The Empire In Transition

16.  Loosening Ties,   pp. 100-105

17.  The New Imperialism,  pp. 105-111

18.  Stirrings of Revolt,  pp. 111-119

19.  Cooperation and War,   pp. 119-123

20.  Chapter 4 Test

 

Chapter 5,  The American Revolution

21.  The States United,   pp. 125-131

22.  The War For Independence,   pp. 131-141

23.  War and Society,  pp. 141-146

24.  The Creation of State Governments,   pp.  147-156

25.  Chapter 5 Test

 

Chapter 6,  The Constitution and The New Republic

26.  Framing a New Government,  pp. 159-168

27.  Federalists and Republicans,   pp.  168-174

28.  The Downfall of the Federalists,  pp. 174-178

29.  Chapter 6 Test

 

Chapter 7,  The Jeffersonian Era

30.  The Rise of Cultural Nationalism,  pp. 182-188

31.  Stirrings of Industrialism,  pp. 188-194

32.  Jefferson the President,  pp. 194-200

33.  Doubling the Domain,   pp. 200-204

34.  Expansion and War,  pp. 204-214

35.  Chapter 7 Test

 

Chapter 8,  Varieties of American Nationalism

36.  A Growing Economy and Expanding Westward,  pp. 217-225

37.  The "Era of Good Feelings" and Sectionalism and Nationalism,   pp. 225-228

38.  Marshall and the Court & Monroe Doctrine,  pp. 228-231 

39.  The Revival of Opposition, pp. 231-233

40.  Chapter 8 Test

 

Chapter 9,  Jacksonian America

41.  The Rise of Mass Politics,   pp. 235-240

42.  Our Federal Union,   pp. 240-244;  Jackson & the Bank War, pp, 248-251

43.  The Removal of the Indians,   pp. 244-248

44.  The Changing Face of American Politics,   pp.  251-258

45.  Chapter 9 Test

 

Chapter 10, America's Economic Revolution

46.  The Changing American Population,    pp. 261-267

47.  Transportation, Communications, and Technology,  pp. 268-275

48.  Commerce and Industry and Men and Women at Work,   pp. 275-283

49.  Patterns of Industrial Society,  pp. 283-295

50.  Chapter 10 Test

 

Chapter 11,  Cotton, Slavery, and the Old South

51.  The Cotton Economy and White Society in the South , pp 297-306

52.  Slavery:  the "Peculiar Institution", pp, 306-313

53.  The Culture of Slavery, pp, 313-316

54.  Chapter 11 Test

 

Chapter 12, Antebellum Culture and Reform

55.  The Romantic Impulse,  pp. 319-326

56.  Remaking Society,  pp. 326-334

57.  The Crusade Against Slavery,   pp. 334-341

58.  Chapter 12 Test  

 

CHAPTER 13,  The Impending Crisis

59.  Looking Westward,  pp. 343-350

60.  Expansion and War,  pp. 350-355

61.  The Sectional Debate,  pp. 355-359

62.  The Crises of the 1850s,  pp. 359-368

63.  Chapter 13 Test

 

CHAPTER 14,  The Civil War

64.  The Secession Crisis,  pp. 372-374

65.  The Mobilization of the North and SOUTH. pp. 375-382, 382-388

66.  Strategy and Diplomacy pp 388-392; Course of Battle, pp.  392-398

67.  Course of Battle, 398-403

68.  Chapter 14 Test

 

CHAPTER 15,  Reconstruction and the New South

69.  The Problems of Peacemaking,  pp. 407-412

70.  Radical Reconstruction,  pp. 412-415

71.  The South in Reconstruction,  pp. 415-420

72.  The Grant Administration & Abandonment of Reconst,,  pp. 420-427

73.  The New South,  pp. 427-437

74.  Chapter 15 Test

 

CHAPTER 16,  The Conquest of the Far West

75.  The Societies of the Far West,  pp. 441-450

76.  The Changing Western Economy,  pp. 450-455

77.  The Romance of the West,  pp. 455-461

78.  Dispersal of the Tribes,  pp. 461-467

79.  The Rise and Decline of the Western Farmer,  pp. 467-470

Chapter 16 Test

 

CHAPTER 17 AND 18,  Industrial and Urban America

81.  Sources of Industrial Growth,  pp. 473-483

82.  Capitalism and its Critics,  pp. 483-488

83.  Industrial Workers in the New Economy,  pp. 488-497

84.  The Urbanization of America,  pp. 499-506

85.  The Urban Landscape and the Strains of Urban Life,  pp. 506-515

86.  Rise of Mass Consump., Leisure/Consumer Society, High Culture, 515-528

97.  Chapter 17-18 Test

 

CHAPTER 19   From Stalemate To Crisis:  Politics in the Gilded Age

88.  The Politics of Equilibrium,  pp. 532-537

89.  The Agrarian Revolt, pp. 537-542

90.  The Crisis of the 1890s and "A Cross of Gold",  pp. 542-550

91.  Chapter 19 Test

 

CHAPTER 20 (AND 22)   The Imperial RepublicU.S. Foreign Policy, 1877 to 1914

92.  Significant Events,  pp. 551-554

93.  Stirrings of Imperialism,  pp. 554-559

94.  War With Spain, pp.  559-568

95.  The Republic as Empire,  pp.  768-572

96.  The "Big Stick":  American and the World, Chapt 22, pp. 613-618

97.  Chapter 20 and part of 22 Test

 

CHAPTERS 21-22     The Rise of Progressivism and The Battle For National Reform

98.   The Progressive Impulse and Women and Reform, pp. 575-587

99.   The Assault on the Parties & Sources of Progressive Reform,, pp. 587-594

100.  Crusade for Social Order & Reform; Challenging the Order, pp. 594-599

101.  TR and the Modern Presidency,  pp. 601-608

102.  The Troubled Succession; Woodrow Wilson & New Freedom,  pp.608-613

103.  Chapter 21-22 Test

 

CHAPTERS 23-24     America & The Great War, and The New Era

104.  The Road to  War & War Without Stint, pp. 621-629

105.  The War and American Society; The Search for Social Unity, pp. 629-640

106.  A Society in Turmoil, pp. 640-646

107.  The New Economy, pp. 649-655

108.  The New Culture; Conflict of Cultures; Republican Govt; 655-672

109.  Chapter 23-24 Test

 

CHAPTERS 25-26    The Great Depression and The New Deal

110.  Coming of the Great Depression; Am People in Hard Times, pp. 675-687

111.  Depression & Am Culture; Ordeal of Hoover, pp. 687-699

112.  Launching the New Deal; New Deal in Transition, pp. 703-717

113.  New Deal in Disarray; Limits & Legacies of New Deal, pp. 717-725

114.  Chapter 25-26 Test 

 

CHAPTERS 27   The Global Crisis, 1921-1941

115.  The Diplomacy of the New Era; Isolationism & Internationalism, 733-738

116.  From Neutrality to Intervention, pp. 738-746

117.  Chapter 27 Test

 

Chapter 28     American in a World at War

118.  War on Two Fronts, pp. 750-753

119.  The American People in Wartime, pp. 754-766

120.  The Defeat of the Axis, pp. 766-

121.  Chapter 28 Test