About the Course

Our U.S. History course, meticulously written to align with Common Core Standards, offers an engaging and comprehensive look at America's past. Designed to meet academic benchmarks, the course provides a robust exploration of the key events and cultural dynamics that shaped the nation from the early civilizations of the Americas to the impact of European colonization. Each module is structured to enhance both basic recall and critical thinking skills, preparing students to engage with history through multiple learning strategies.

The curriculum emphasizes depth and context, giving students a detailed understanding of pre-Columbian societies, the arrival of Europeans, and the lasting legacies of imperial reforms and resistance movements. By adhering to Common Core Standards, our approach ensures a balance between historical fact and the skills necessary for analytical reading and writing. Students are encouraged to draw connections across time periods and evaluate the causes and effects of pivotal moments in U.S. history.

Additionally, the course includes thoughtfully crafted exercises, from multiple-choice questions for basic comprehension to challenging critical thinking prompts that push students to synthesize information across chapters. This blend of rigorous academic standards and diverse assessment methods equips learners with a solid historical foundation, as well as the critical reasoning skills essential for higher-level study.

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U.S. History Term 1

Chapter 1: The Americas Before 1492

1.1 Native Societies Before Columbus
1.2 Ice Age Migration and the Bering Land Bridge
1.3 Early Subsistence Patterns
1.4 Agricultural Innovations in Mesoamerica
1.5 Olmec Civilization and Successors
1.6 North American Cultures (Anasazi, Cahokia, Eastern Woodlands)
1.7 Pacific Northwest Societies
1.8 Totem Poles and Cultural Symbolism
1.9 Similarities Among Indigenous Societies
1.10 Written Questions
1.11 Fill in the Blanks
1.12 Multiple Choice Questions

Chapter 2: Establishing Colonial America (1492–1650)

2.1 Portuguese and Spanish Exploration
2.2 Sugar and Slavery in the Atlantic
2.3 Columbus and the Spanish Empire
2.4 Conquest of the Aztecs and Incas
2.5 English, French, and Dutch Exploration
2.6 Roanoke and Early Colonization
2.7 The Virginia Company and Jamestown
2.8 French and Dutch Colonization Models
2.9 Spanish Florida and New Mexico
2.10 Chesapeake vs. New England Colonies
2.11 Written Questions
2.12 Fill in the Blanks
2.13 Multiple Choice Questions

Chapter 3: The Impact of the English Empire on America (1660–1763)

3.1 Restoration Colonies (Carolinas, NY, NJ, PA)
3.2 Mercantilism and the Navigation Acts
3.3 Conflicts with Native Tribes (Yamasee War, Iroquois Confederacy)
3.4 Quaker Ideals and Pennsylvania
3.5 The Stono Rebellion and Enslaved Resistance
3.6 New York Conspiracy Trials
3.7 The Colonial Gentry and Consumer Culture
3.8 First Great Awakening and Religious Revivals
3.9 The Enlightenment and Benjamin Franklin
3.10 Georgia and the “Worthy Poor”
3.11 Written Questions
3.12 Fill in the Blanks
3.13 Multiple Choice Questions

Chapter 4: Imperial Reforms and Colonial Protests (1763–1774)

4.1 Proclamation of 1763 and Pontiac’s Rebellion
4.2 British War Debt and Revenue Strategies
4.3 Stamp Act and Quartering Act
4.4 Declaratory and Townshend Acts
4.5 Non-Importation and Colonial Resistance
4.6 Written Questions
4.7 Fill in the Blanks
4.8 Multiple Choice Questions

Chapter 5: America’s War of Independence (1775–1783)

5.1 Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill
5.2 Declaration of Independence
5.3 British Strategy and U.S. Responses
5.4 Valley Forge and Foreign Support
5.5 Saratoga and the French Alliance
5.6 Southern Campaigns: Georgia and South Carolina
5.7 Yorktown and the Treaty of Paris
5.8 Loyalists, Patriots, and Marginalized Groups
5.9 Women in the Revolution
5.10 Written Questions
5.11 Fill in the Blanks
5.12 Multiple Choice Questions

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U.S. History Term 2

Chapter 1: The Formation of Republican Governments

1.1 The Political Philosophy of Republicanism
1.2 The Social Philosophy of Republicanism
1.3 State Constitutions and John Adams’ Ideas
1.4 The Articles of Confederation
1.5 The Northwest Ordinance
1.6 Shays' Rebellion
1.7 The Constitutional Convention
1.8 The Virginia and New Jersey Plans
1.9 Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists
1.10 Ratification of the Constitution
1.11 Written Questions
1.12 Fill in the Blanks
1.13 Multiple Choice Questions

Chapter 2: Problems in the New Republic

2.1 Federalists in Power
2.2 The Bill of Rights
2.3 Hamilton’s Financial Programs
2.4 Democratic-Republican Opposition
2.5 The Definition of Citizenship
2.6 The French Revolution and Citizen Genêt
2.7 Jay’s Treaty and Pinckney’s Treaty
2.8 The Haitian Revolution
2.9 The Whiskey Rebellion
2.10 Native American Policy and the Battle of Fallen Timbers
2.11 The Adams Presidency and the XYZ Affair
2.12 Alien and Sedition Acts
2.13 Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
2.14 Treaty of Mortefontaine
2.15 Written Questions
2.16 Fill in the Blanks
2.17 Multiple Choice Questions

Chapter 3: Industrial Transformation in the North

3.1 Artisans to Wage Workers
3.2 Slater and the Rise of Textile Mills
3.3 The Lowell System
3.4 Mechanization and Mill Towns
3.5 Factory Labor and Working Conditions
3.6 The Labor Movement
3.7 Rise of Political Worker Organizations
3.8 Immigration and Labor Competition
3.9 Consumerism and Lifestyle Changes
3.10 The Panic of 1819
3.11 Governmental Relief Measures
3.12 Inventors and Entrepreneurs
3.13 Transportation Revolution (Canals, Roads, Railroads)
3.14 Written Questions
3.15 Fill in the Blanks
3.16 Multiple Choice Questions

Chapter 4: Democracy in the Jacksonian Period

4.1 Decline of Federalism
4.2 Property and Voting Reforms
4.3 Rise of Mass Politics and Party Machines
4.4 The 1824 Election and the "Corrupt Bargain"
4.5 The Adams Presidency and the Tariff of Abominations
4.6 Jackson’s 1828 Campaign and Spoils System
4.7 The Petticoat Affair
4.8 The Nullification Crisis
4.9 The Bank War
4.10 Rise of the Whig Party
4.11 Written Questions
4.12 Fill in the Blanks
4.13 Multiple Choice Questions

Chapter 5: Westward Expansion of the United States

5.1 Lewis and Clark’s Expedition
5.2 The Adams-Onís Treaty
5.3 American Filibusters
5.4 Missouri Crisis and Compromise
5.5 Settlement of Texas and Mexican-American Tensions
5.6 The Texas Revolution
5.7 War with Mexico and Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
5.8 Written Questions
5.9 Fill in the Blanks
5.10 Multiple Choice Questions

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U.S. History Term 3

Chapter 1: The Troubled Period of the 1850s

1.1 The Mexican Cession and Free-Soil Party
1.2 Compromise of 1850 and Sectional Debates
1.3 Fugitive Slave Act and Northern Resistance
1.4 Kansas-Nebraska Act and Popular Sovereignty
1.5 Bleeding Kansas and John Brown
1.6 Rise of the Republican Party
1.7 The Dred Scott Decision
1.8 Lincoln-Douglas Debates and the Freeport Doctrine
1.9 John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
1.10 The 1860 Election and Secession of Southern States
1.11 Written Questions
1.12 Fill in the Blanks
1.13 Multiple Choice Questions

Chapter 2: The Outbreak of the Civil War

2.1 Secession and the Confederate States of America
2.2 The Crittenden Compromise and Failure of Reconciliation
2.3 Fort Sumter and the Start of the War
2.4 Union vs. Confederacy: Advantages and Strategies
2.5 First Battle of Bull Run
2.6 Military Stalemate and McClellan’s Hesitation
2.7 Battles of Antietam and Fredericksburg
2.8 Western Campaigns and Grant’s Victories
2.9 Mobilization of Resources and Total War
2.10 Emancipation Proclamation
2.11 African American Troops and Contrabands
2.12 Gettysburg and Vicksburg Campaigns
2.13 Lincoln’s Re-election and Sherman’s March
2.14 The War Ends: Appomattox and Aftermath
2.15 Written Questions
2.16 Fill in the Blanks
2.17 Multiple Choice Questions

Chapter 3: The Period of Reconstruction

3.1 Lincoln’s Ten Percent Plan and Wade-Davis Bill
3.2 The 13th Amendment and Lincoln’s Assassination
3.3 President Andrew Johnson’s Reconstruction Plan
3.4 Freedmen’s Bureau and Black Codes
3.5 The 14th Amendment and Congressional Opposition
3.6 Reconstruction Acts and Military Districts
3.7 Johnson’s Impeachment
3.8 The 15th Amendment and Black Political Participation
3.9 African American Communities and Sharecropping
3.10 The Ku Klux Klan and Federal Enforcement Acts
3.11 Fall of Reconstruction and the Compromise of 1877
3.12 Written Questions
3.13 Fill in the Blanks
3.14 Multiple Choice Questions

Chapter 4: The Industrialization Period and Emergence of Large Businesses

4.1 The Rise of Innovation and Industrial Growth
4.2 Electricity, Steel, and New Technologies
4.3 Communication Advances: Telegraph, Telephone, Light Bulb
4.4 Robber Barons: Jay Gould, Cornelius Vanderbilt
4.5 Working Conditions and Labor Movements
4.6 The Great Railroad Strike and Labor Violence
4.7 Rise of Consumer Culture
4.8 Written Questions
4.9 Fill in the Blanks
4.10 Multiple Choice Questions

Chapter 5: The Progressive Movement

5.1 Muckrakers and Investigative Journalism
5.2 Principles of Progressivism
5.3 Electoral Reforms: Direct Primaries, Initiatives, Recalls
5.4 Seventeenth Amendment and State-Level Progress
5.5 Scientific Management and Taylorism
5.6 Social Justice: Child Labor, Workplace Reform
5.7 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire and Reforms
5.8 Women’s Suffrage Movement and the 19th Amendment
5.9 Early Civil Rights: Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois
5.10 The NAACP and the Niagara Movement
5.11 Written Questions
5.12 Fill in the Blanks
5.13 Multiple Choice Questions

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U.S. History Term 4

Chapter 1 – The Rise of the United States as a World Power

1.1 The Era of Reconstruction of the US (1865–77)
1.2 Presidential Reconstruction
1.3 Radical Reconstruction
1.4 The Gilded Age
1.5 Populism
1.6 End of the Populist Movement
1.7 Progressivism
1.8 William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt
1.9 African Americans
1.10 US Foreign Policy before the 1st World War
1.11 The US during the 1st World War
1.12 World War I’s Impact on the US
1.13 The Roaring 1920s
1.14 Social Changes
1.15 Foreign Policy Changes
1.16 Written Questions
1.17 Multiple Choice Questions

Chapter 2 – The Great Depression and the New Deal

2.1 The Great Depression Explained
2.2 The Stock Market Crash
2.3 The US Economy Tailspin
2.4 Mistakes Made by the Federal Reserve
2.5 The Federal Reserve’s Tight Fist
2.6 Herbert Hoover's Propped-Up Prices
2.7 Protectionism in the US
2.8 The New Deal
2.9 The Success and Failure of the New Deal
2.10 Written Questions
2.11 Multiple Choice Questions

Chapter 3 – World War II, the Cold War, and International Relations

3.1 World War II – The Causes
3.2 The US during World War II
3.3 The US War Effort
3.4 The End of World War II
3.5 The US Foreign Policy Post World War II
3.6 The Cold War
3.7 Causes
3.8 Consequences of the Cold War
3.9 Written Questions
3.10 Multiple Choice Questions

Chapter 4 – The US during the 1950s

4.1 Eisenhower’s Administration and the Cold War
4.2 The Civil Rights Movement
4.3 The Chicano Movement
4.4 Eisenhower’s Foreign Policy
4.5 Kennedy’s New Frontier
4.6 US Foreign Policy during Kennedy Presidency
4.7 President Johnson’s Great Society
4.8 President Johnson’s Foreign Policy
4.9 President Johnson’s Domestic Policy
4.10 Nixon and the Revival of the Republicans
4.11 President Nixon’s Foreign Policy
4.12 Nixon’s Domestic Policy
4.13 President Gerald Ford Pardons Nixon
4.14 Carter vs. Ford 1976 Elections
4.15 The USSR Invades Afghanistan (1980)
4.16 Carter vs. Reagan Elections (1980)
4.17 Assassination Attempt on President Ronald Reagan (1981)
4.18 The $180 Million Defense Spending Increase (1982)
4.19 Ronald Reagan Re-elected (1984)
4.20 US Responds to Libyan Terror (1986)
4.21 Dukakis vs. Bush Elections (1988)
4.22 Written Questions
4.23 Multiple Choice Questions

Chapter 5 – The Challenges of the Modern Era

5.1 Operation Desert Storm
5.2 Clinton vs. Bush Elections (1992)
5.3 First World Trade Center Bombing (1993)
5.4 Confrontation in Waco (1993)
5.5 Republicans Gain Control of Congress (1994)
5.6 The Mexican Bailout (1995)
5.7 Oklahoma City Bombing (1995)
5.8 US Sends Troops to Bosnia (1996)
5.9 Clinton vs. Dole Elections (1996)
5.10 President Clinton Impeached (1998)
5.11 US Intervenes in Kosovo
5.12 George Bush vs. Al Gore Elections (2000)
5.13 9/11 – The World Trade Center Attacked (2001)
5.14 US Leads Assault in Afghanistan Against the Taliban
5.15 The War in Iraq
5.16 Bush Re-elected (2004)
5.17 Hurricane Katrina (2005)
5.18 Obama Elected (2008)
5.19 America and the Rest of the World
5.20 Written Questions
5.21 Multiple Choice Questions