Unit 1: Who won the Revolution? (3 weeks)

Constitution & Early Democracy

Unit 2: To what extent was American Expansion justified? (3 to 4 weeks)

SQ1: What was gained as a result of territorial expansion?

"Northwest Territory"

SQ2: What policies did the U.S. government implement that displaced populations?

SQ3: How did Expansion create conflict?

Unit 3: Slavery & Civil War (Why is the American Civil War still Controversial)

Unit 4: To what extent should Americans welcome Immigration?

SQ1: How did slavery question our founding ideals?

Human Experience of Slavery (Joy & Genius Too)

SQ3: How did the Civil War change the nation?

Slavery & Election of Lincoln

SQ4: What were the successes and failures of Reconstruction (Make this the ending point, Comp. 1877)

Native Americans???

Manifest Destiny

SQ1: Immigration @ Turn of Century

EuropeanWaves

Chinese / Asian Immigration

Unit 6: Distributing the Fruits of America

Missouri Compromise

SQ2: How did the conflicts over slavery threatened nationhood?

Compromise of 1850

Kansas - Nebraska Act

Election of 1860

Unit 5: International Conflict

Discrimination & Dissent

SQ1: Wealth @ Turn of the Century

How Other Half Lives

SQ2: Economies of the 20s & 30s

Stock Market Crash

SQ3: Post WW2 Changes

50s Consumerism

SQ1: How did U.S. become a Superpower

Spanish-American War

Neutrality to War: WW1

SQ2: Forces driving foreign policy during the Cold War

Who started it?

Cuban Missile Crisis

SQ3: U.S. Evolving Role