Alonso High School
AP USH 2002-2009
    Instructor = J. M. Joeb
Text = Out of Many (black references)

Text = The Enduring Vision (green references)

Readings and links coordinated with textbook chapters are all on this page.  Scroll down for appropriate chapter.
Reference to, and assignment of, many of these links will be done in class.
All are worth looking into.  Any that are labeled "read" are particularly good.
Quiz links are supplied for your benefit.  They are "self scoring" and will not directly affect your class grade.  Your "in class" test grades will probably benefit.  Even though these readings and quizzes are "optional," You are expected to use them!!!

A valuable link for documents relating to historical events can be found here.  Go there, bookmark, and use it to your own advantage as we progress through the course.  Bookmark this site for Treaties, Agreements and Diplomacy.

Another teacher's web-site, organized by time frame can be accessed here.  It is well worth a look.
Other links, organized by chapter, are listed below.

Chapter: 1&2
Ch. 1,2,3&4
Pre-history Brief overview of culture, etc. Follow the links!
Read this information about colonial customs and lifestyle
Ch.3 key terms 
Ch. 4 key terms
Quiz one do this
Quiz two and this
Quiz three this too
Quiz four and, finally, this
Now, take this quiz and email results to me ( teacherjoe@aol.com) Put your name in the proper field, put your class period in the "section" field and don't worry about student ID field.

Chapter: 3,4,5&6
Ch. 5,6&7

Brief Item of Interest 
Chronicle of the Revolution Timelines & highlights in this PBS site.  Bookmark this one.
The Wars of the American Revolution  Essay
Tar and Feathers in Revolutionary America Getting around duties
An Anti-Independence Argument  Rev. Chandler's Essay 
Revolutionary Writers  Go here for Jefferson and Federalist Papers
Th. Paine's Common Sense  READ if you did not do so during the summer
U.S. Constitution Read ALL through first ten amendments. Bookmark for Supreme Court Case Index
Constitutional Convention READ In particular "Identifying Defects..." and "Creating a Constitution"  The other sections are worthwhile too
Delegate's Biographies  Not a "must read," but should provide interesting distraction.  They are sorted by state.
Bill of Rights Handy complete text with commentary
Shay's Rebellion READ
Northwest Ordinance You must know about it. This is a link to the actual text if you're interested
Colonial Women  None of these signed the Declaration of Independence
Quiz One do this
Quiz two do this
Quiz three and this
Quiz four this one, too
Quiz five still another
Quiz six and another
Quiz seven finally!
Take this  quiz and email results to me

Chapter: 7
Ch. 7,8 and 9 (partial)
Read this summary at some point
Whiskey Rebellion  READ
The Jay Treaty  Read Hunter Miller's notes
Banking in the US A brief history
Alexander Hamilton Lots of stuff! Read in particular some of the items in section II.  Read his reports on credit, nose about, read about his relationship with Jefferson and with Burr,  bookmark for returns later
Alexander Hamilton a portrait and brief bio.
Jefferson's Argument against Hamilton's Banking Plan is in this history - READ
XYZ Affair  
Washington's Farewell Address  Read the Abstract
The Election of 1800  
Alien and Sedition Acts Read the acts and the Resolutions well enough to get a fix on the argument
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions Read the intro - skim the documents
Quiz one Don't forget, questions may look back to earlier chapters
Quiz two Do this one, too 
Take this  quiz and email results to me

Chapter: 8
Ch. 9
"Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day." 
Th. Jefferson on educating the masses

Thomas Jefferson Brief bio.
Read This  short essay on Jeffersonian Democracy
Jefferson Era  Period outline
Lewis and Clark Expedition Skim the text and have a look at a few of the maps
John Adams Brief bio.
Read This summary of Madison's Presidency
Marbury v Madison decision. Read this one!
Andrew Jackson biography
War of 1812 In addition to information, you may try one of the quizzes
Old Ironsides Website for USS Constitution -- Enjoy
Hartford Convention Read about the proposed amendments
Monroe Doctrine Excerpt from speech
James Monroe Brief bio.
Read This summary of Monroe's Presidency
Quiz One Do this
Quiz two ... and this
Quiz three ... and this
Quiz Four ... and this
Take this quiz and email results to me

Chapter: 9
Ch. 10 (continues in next list)
Indian Removal Act, 1830  Read this
Trail of Tears read this short summary
Erie Canal 

Chapter: 10
Ch.10
The 1824 Election READ
The Corrupt Bargain  READ
Jackson coalition read this 
Bank Wars good background - READ this
Battle of the Bank Read this
Nullification Crisis  Read this
Jackson's Response Read the intro - skim the rest
Reform Movement Read about the beginnings
Women's Suffrage look at this timeline and bookmark for future reference
Abolition Read the entry and poke around the page and links, then ...
Read this anti-abolition handbill
Quiz one do this
Take this quiz and email results to me

Chapter: 11
Child labor very short
Fashion see the illustrations and read the text
Etiquette  very interesting - read
Art short read
Take this quiz and email results to me

Chapter: 12
Ch: 11
Slavery go here and read From Indentured Servitude to Racial Slavery, The African Slave Trade and the Middle Passage, The Growth of Slavery in North America and look around at other essays
Ante-bellum life read this entire essay regarding plantation life in the South
Urban life in Louisiana includes information about the "cotton economy" READ
Immigration READ about the nation's second busiest port during the ante-bellum period 
One First-hand view of slavery If you read this, you should read
Another First-hand view of slavery   
Quiz one Do this
Quiz two and this
Take this quiz and email results to me
Make yourself feel good with this T/F quiz send results if you like

Ch. 12
Rise of American Industry
Lowell Mills Includes account of strike of 1836
Erie Canal 
Eli Whitney READ THIS
A little more Whitney VERY interesting short piece
John Jacob Astor Read about America's First Millionaire
Thoreau Read about the transcendentalists movement
Evangelicalism READ this too

Chapter: 13
Ch: 13, 14
Whig Party Read and pay attention to connections to later parties
Irish Potato Famine Read this and look at links that interest you
Remember the Alamo Links to biographies and other info
Texas Page offered for you to nose about a bit
Oregon Trail Read All About the Trail and look through some of the first hand documents
Manifest Destiny Go here and read three or four of the essays
Expansion and President Tyler - this is well worth reading, but I leave it to your discretion
Mexico and US Compares roots, etc. READ
Wilmot Proviso short summary
Timeline up to Mexican-American War. Bookmark for reference
Treaty Read the two paragraph intro. You may wish to look over the text
Borderlands Go here and READ one of the essays
The West on PBS Go to this site.  Highlight "events" at top of page. Examine events from 1840 through 1860.  You may decide to read some of them. Bookmark this site; the "events" summaries are worth returning to again and again.
Gold is Discovered in California
The Journey to Gold Country interesting read
Gold Rush Go here and look around.  Enjoy
Quiz one do this
Quiz two and this
Quiz three and this, too

Chapter: 14
Ch: 15
Interesting site just for fun
Georgia before the war - read this
Sectionalism read this, then ask Mr. Joeb about Sparknotes.com
Search for compromise long-ish transcription of lecture (Scott Ried)
Compromise of 1850 read this
Missouri Compromise read this
Kansas - Nebraska Act read this
Kansas - Nebraska Act another summary
Dred Scott case summary
Frederick Douglas Read this short piece
Underground Railroad this site has lots of information
Uncle Tom's Cabin is a site that has far more than just the book
John Brown's Raid Read this account from Confederate journals
Crittendon's Proposal -Read this
Thurlow Weed's suggestion - read this short piece
Chase's more radical ideas - read this short bit
Horace Greely's thoughts - this is short, too - read it
Last Minute compromise proposals deserve a look
Chronology of secession crisis is a useful tool
Quiz Do this
Quiz and this
Take This quiz and send results by email

Chapter: 15
Ch: 16
Kate Carney's Diary First person account of life on the Southern home front. Read Entries for Monday, April 15, 1861, through April 18.  Read the entry for April 28, then May 3, 6 and 25.  Next read June 3,4 and 9.  Finish with entries from May 7 - 9, 1862.
Introduction that begins about half-way down this page is a MUST READ.
Read this short essay on economic background 
Background very brief - read
Lincoln's early actions - read
Letter to Lincoln from Ft. Sumter
Reaction to the letter
Civil War time-line - This site has photos and is a good resource
Life of a Union soldier Good info. if you have time and interest
What and Where is Fort Sumter?
What and Where is Fort Pickens?
Records of the 105th. U.S. Colored Troops for the Union Army
Christmas 1861-1865 Go to this site and read two or three selections from Union and Confederate points of view.  You may read more, of course.
Major General William T. Sherman’s March of Destruction Go to this site. Read sections on "The Fall of Atlanta" and "Foraging." Feel free to explore other sections of this essay as well.
Attitudes toward Civilians Read General Atkins remarks (top of page) then scroll down reading anything that catches your attention.
Economic Impact in the South - Read this outline and enlarge on it from your other readings.
Impact on the Home Front Read this
Makeshifts Read this
Civil War Flags are on this page
An analysis of the Right of Secession This is a fairly long "debate" essay.  If you are very interested in this issue, this is a great site.  
Quiz do this
Quiz and this
Quiz do this and send results via email

Chapter: 16
Ch: 17
There is much to read in this section.  Don't procrastinate.  
Time Line of African American History, 1852-1880 Useful tool
Reconstruction in Outline Form may prove very useful as you study
Short summary read this
Reconstruction Read all of parts one, two and three
The committee of fifteen read this
Steps toward reconstruction read this
Carpetbaggers read this
Frederick Douglas' article read and compare this with the information above
First hand account read this short document
First hand account read this short document
Black Codes here if you'd care to look
Reconstruction in Georgia Read this
Richard Irby's outline and commentary on Three Reconstructions - interesting
This site  has a first hand account from a Florida Cracker "Immokalee" - Read and note comments on schools.  Read also the piece on "carpetbaggers" then read and compare the two first person pieces on reconstruction.  All of these are accessed from the titles to right of the opening page.
Racial attitudes worth a look
AFTER you've read the chapter and the assigned readings above ...
Quiz do this
Quiz and this
Quiz do this and send results via email

MID-TERM

Chapter: 17
Ch: 18

Building the Railroad  Quick read from PBS connection
Custer Battlefield  Have a look at the major biographies
Ojibwa Indians  MUST READ
The American Buffalo  Interesting links ... may be of interest
Views of the West around 1900  Not a must read, but certainly worth browsing
Self Test Chapter 17:   The Trans-Mississippi West

Chapter: 18
Ch: 19 
Andrew Carnegie must read - short piece
Then Read Revenge against Unions MUST read
The hazards of coal mining in the 19th century
The Avondale Disaster of 1869
A view of coal mining in 1877
The Work of a Coal Miner
The Overthrow of the Molly Maguires
Stephen Crane, IN THE DEPTHS OF A COAL MINE (from McClure's in 1894)
    This is worth reading, but not required
The Life of a Coal Miner (1902) Short read - good illustrations
The Anthracite Strike of 1900 as above
The Boys in the Breakers (1904) Must Read
Mr. Coal's Story (an appeal to end child labor in the mines) Must Read
Labor History  Browse this site. Read some of the good stuff.
The Ram's Horn  Visit this site full of visuals.  Look around at the political cartoons, etc.  Very well worth a look.  (make note of the organization that published these).
Triangle Shirtwaist  Lots of interesting additional material
Liz Szabo My Heart Bleeds To Tell It All- Women, Domesticity, And The American Ideal In Mary Anne Sadlier's Romance Of Irish Immigration
A site with many links to "progressive" causes.  You would do well to check it out.
 Self test Chapter 18:   The Rise of Industrial America

Chapter: 19
Ch: 19
Urban Planning
Must read this lecture on Foreign Immigrants  
Influenza Epidemic: Must read the following items.
    Timeline
    People and Events
    Maps
Go to the Great Chicago Fire, browse around, learn something.
Self test Chapter 19:  

Chapter: 20
Consult these as addenda to 19-21
Click on Temperance movement  Then read "History."
Check out these Prohibition Party political cartoons
Look at the Women's Crusade
From the "other side" of prohibition You SHOULD read this entire piece, from which the following quote is taken.

    "It is the fads and restrictions that are part and parcel of their lugubrious notion of Godworship which they eventually hope to impose upon the rest of humanity; a Sunday without a smile, no games, no recreation, no pleasures, no music, card-playing tabooed, dancing anathematized, the beauties of art decried as impure-in short, this world reduced to a barren, forbidding wilderness in which we, its inhabitants, are to pass our time contemplating the joys of the next.

Must Read Fiorella H. LaGuardia testimony to the policy's failure in hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, U.S. Senate, 69th Congress
Must Read Ohio State's "Why Prohibition?"
Must read this piece about black "migration."
Go to Entertainment and browse these sites
Take a tour of the World's Fair 1893
This is an exhaustive look at conditions in New York around the turn of the century.  It is full of anecdotes, illustrations, facts, etc.  Rather than assigning several must read chapters from it, I'll simply ask that you browse and read excerpts that catch your attention.
Self test Chapter 20:

Chapter: 21
Ch: 20

Read this lecture on the rise of populism
An attempt to educate people about "specie"
Vasar provides this website about the 1896 campaign. Browse it.
This lecture on America's rise to power is a must read
Justification of Imperialism as "The White Man's Burden"
Expansion in the Pacific is a must read
More Pacific footholds. Must read
Remember the Maine is a must read
Must read A Splendid Little War
More on the Spanish/American War. Must read
Must read this piece on Panama Canal
The US in Latin America is worth looking at
TR Political cartoons.  Go there if you don't mind a "busy" website
Try this quiz
And this quiz
Chapter 21: Self Test 

Chapter: 22
Ch: 21
Must Read this lecture on Progressivism  
Teddy Roosevelt's love of the limelight
Roosevelt's worldview
Check this piece on Feminism in the progressive era
Lecture notes on TR, Wilson and Power 
Try this quiz 
and this one 
Chapter 22: Self test 

Chapter: 23
Ch: 22
This site has all sorts of WWI information 
This site has multi-media from WW I.  Check it out here.
A look at the British perspective is located here.
An "agreement" involving a thinly veiled U.S. threat against Germany is here
Go here. Read through definitions of "armed forces," and note some of the rules
Some of you may enjoy these WWI models 
Browse this site.  There's lots here.
This is a site full of aviation information from WWI
Follow the "next" buttons through this site. Must read 
This site has some poetry from WWI - Mr. Cloyd's students might go here
Take this quiz 
Now, try this self test 

Chapter: 24
Ch:23
Must Read this lecture 
This page is a FUN site about the Jazz Age.
Another fun site about the movies of the time
For a year be year account of the "Roaring Twenties," click here
Here is an F. Scott Fitzgerald page.  AP Lit. students should have a double look
Read this prohibition lecture 
Take this quiz 
and this quiz 
Self Test 

Chapter: 25
Ch: 24
Browse this collection of images from the depression era
MUST READ this Fireside Chat about Banking Industry
Roosevelt outlines the New Deal. MUST READ 
Read this Chat about recovery efforts and MUST READ the section dealing with gold
Read this article about "relief" from a 1936 edition of The Nation.
Visit this site and browse around.  The text and photos were produced by the WPA
Take this quiz and this self test

Chapter: 26
You are responsible for this chapter's links.  Browse the I-net, find GOOD sites dealing with American culture in the thirties (Radio, movies as escapism [find out who Nick and Nora Charles are]), development of unions, development of political ideologies that mirrored those in Europe, isolationism, Roosevelt's "Good neighbor" policy, Jewish refugees and the reaction to developments in Europe.  You may wish to begin your search with background information and/or with Pearl Harbor myths.
When you find a good site, email the URL to me at teacherjoe@aol.com.
Now take this quiz and this self test.

Chapter: 27
Ch: 25

Read this very brief Pearl Harbor piece 
Browse the Pearl Harbor site
Must Read this lecture about WWII and the home front
Spend some time browsing this excellent site
Must read this page
and this page
must read this one too
and this one
You are encouraged to browse the site from which the previous four links came.
Women and the War is a short worthwhile piece
This brief timeline is worth a bookmark for future reference
You may appreciate this page concerning the men of the Bataan Death March
Go to this page. Scroll down to A-Bomb museum and the links below.  Browse.
Take this quiz  
and this self test  

Chapter: 28 
Ch: 26
Must read this lecture 
This page should be book-marked for reference throughout the balance of the book.  Use it.
Browse the NATO site
Read those sections that interest you on this McCarthyism site.
Try this quiz 
and this self test 

Chapter: 29
Ch: 26 & 27

Check this fifties timeline 
The Beat Generation and Jazz
Read this short excerpt from On the Road 
You should read this account of a symposium including Kerouac
Just FYI, check this glossary of jazz terms
Read this review of Ellison's Invisible Man 
Must read this account of the first sustained, controlled nuclear reaction
    After reading the above, Ask Mr. Joeb about "Fermi's Constant" in class
Click here to download, then play instructions re. A-Bomb attack
Read this essay about "atomic anxieties"
This essay about the workings of the Communist Party of the USA (CPUSA) is well worth reading.  Good background for the period
Here is an essay about anti-communism and its growth
Must read this brief piece about the McCarran Act 
If you're so inclined, an unclassified primer on building A-bombs is here. 
Check out the fifties by browsing this site
Browse this excellent site 
Bringing Civil Rights to the attention of all - must read about Rosa Parks 
Must read this piece on cultural change (it includes the Marilyn Monroe Playboy Centerfold picture)
Here's a site dedicated to that cultural icon MM 
Check out TV shows from the fifties
Your grandparents will enjoy this site for Burma Shave signs.  You may, too
Take this quiz 
and this self test 

Chapter: 30 
Ch: 28
Look at this sixties time-line
Read this essay about JFK and Viet Nam 
Must read this civil rights lecture
Must read this domestic issues lecture 
Check out this photo essay about the late sixties
Browse this Viet Nam site 
Go to the Cold War Museum and browse the sixties (lots of good information)
Must read the entire essay at this site
Take this quiz 
and this quiz 
and this and this 
Now do this self test 

Chapter: 31 
Ch: 29

Go to this sixties link. Must read both "precursor" entries - browse others
Must read this lecture transcript
Elvis meets the President 
Have a look at this high school project site
Browse this Woodstock site - ask Mom and Dad about it
Must read this lecture transcript
Watergate site 
Must read this history of Viet Nam Conflict 
Go here to access more Viet Nam information 
This history/account of S.E. Asia is worth reading 
Take this quiz 
and this self test 

Chapter: 32 
Ch: 30 - 31 (include next to go to text's end)
MUST READ this essay on the "black experience." Yes, it is a bit lengthy (by your standards) but it is very insightful. 
Check this eighties time-line 
This AIDS related page is full of interesting statistics 
Gerald Ford biography
Jimmy Carter biography 
See this brief account of one of Pres. Carter's greatest achievements 
To understand the beginnings of the "Reagan Revolution," you must read this essay.
Read this short essay about the importance of there being TWO superpowers
Ronald Reagan biography 
Take this quiz 
and this self test 

Chapter: 33 
George Bush (the daddy) biography 
Read this essay about the Gulf War - other items at that site are good too
Browse this Gulf War site 
Look at documents in this site about student protests in Communist China 
Bill Clinton biography 
Take this quiz 
and this self test 
and finally, try this quiz