Tentative Table of Contents
ABOUT THE CURRICULUM
Rationale and Goals
Content and Organization
Organization of Chapters
Chapter and Values Chart
Word Count and Readability Chart
The Learning Activities
Questions and Answers About the Curriculum
Teaching the Chapters
Selecting Chapters and Frequency of Use
Length and Format of Lessons
Formats for Discussion
Conducting Discussions of Ethical Issues
Assessment and Grading
Testing for Grading
Substantive Criteria
Procedural Criteria
Negative Criteria
Overview
ANSWERS FOR LEARNING ACTIVITIES, VOLUME 1
PART I: The Colonial Era (1607–1775)
Chapter 1. Stamp of Approval: Father Junipero Serra and Spanish Settlement of California
Chapter 2. The Blame and Shame of It: Salem Witch Trials
Chapter 3. Defending the Redcoats: John Adams and the Boston Massacre
Chapter 4. A Luxury We Can't Afford: Thomas Jefferson and Slavery
PART II: The New Nation (1776–1800)
Chapter 5. Not One Morsel: The Petition of an Enslaved African Woman
Chapter 6. Washington for the British: Harry Washington and a Question of Loyalty
Chapter 7. The Power of a Fraction: James Wilson and the Three-Fifths Compromise
Chapter 8. A Little Rebellion Now and Then: The Whiskey Rebellion
PART III: Nation Building (1801–1828)
Chapter 9. Chilling Effect: The Greenleafs and Freedom of the Press
Chapter 10. Back to Africa: All Will Be Well: The American Colonization Society and Daniel Coker's Mission to Settle West Africa
Chapter 11. Gerry's Salamander: Governor Elbridge Gerry's 1812 Redistricting of Massachusetts
Chapter 12. A Bowl with One Spoon: Chief Tecumseh and the War of 1812
PART IV: Manifest Destiny Manifest (1829–1849)
Chapter 13. A Woman's Place Is in the Factory: The Lowell Mill Strikes and Labor Reforms
Chapter 14. The Will of the People: Cherokee Removal
Chapter 15. Foreigner in my Native Land: Juan Seguín and the Texas Revolution
Chapter 16. A Different Drummer: Henry David Thoreau
PART V: A House Divided (1850–1865)
Chapter 17. The Bloodhound Law: The Fugitive Slave Law and Northerners' Resistance
Chapter 18. Blow Ye the Trumpet: John Brown: Antislavery Zealot
Chapter 19. Tears of Blood: Robert E. Lee and the Civil War
Chapter 20. Rich Man's War, Poor Man's Fight: Andrew Carnegie and the Civil War Draft
ANSWERS FOR LEARNING ACTIVITIES, VOLUME 2
PART VI: Reconstruction And The Gilded Age (1866–1890)
Chapter 21. Pioneering Suffragists: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Universal Suffrage
Chapter 22. The Last Battle of the Civil War: The Presidential Election of 1876
Chapter 23. Kill the Indian and Save the Man: Luther Standing Bear and the Carlisle Indian Industrial School
Chapter 24. Telling a Lie to Discover the Truth: Nelly Bly’s Investigative Journalism
PART VII: Industrialization and Reform (1891–1918)
Chapter 25. Richest Man in the World: John D. Rockefeller and the Standard Oil Company
Chapter 26. The Wobbly Giant: Conflict Between Labor and Capital on the Frontier
Chapter 27. General Manager of the Nation: Nelson W. Aldrich and the Income Tax
Chapter 28. A War to End All Wars: American Entry into World War I
PART VIII: Between the Wars (1919–1940)
Chapter 29. Stealing North: Escaping Jim Crow
Chapter 30. Dust Can't Kill Me: Bank Foreclosures in the Great Depression
Chapter 31. Deportees: Deportation and Repatriation to Mexico: 1929-1939
Chapter 32. United We Sit: The Flint Sit-Down Strike
PART IX: Hot and Cold War (1941–1989)
Chapter 33. Yearning to Breathe Free: The Voyage of the St. Louis
Chapter 34. Tell Them We Love Them: Japanese Americans During World War II
Chapter 35. Naming of Names: Elia Kazan and McCarthyism
Chapter 36. Crime After Crime: The Burglary of an FBI Office
PART X: Contemporary America (1990–2017)
Chapter 37. 40 Acres and a Mule: Reparations for African Americans
Chapter 38. Bake Me a Cake: Wedding Cakes and the Constitution
Chapter 39. Accord Discord: The Paris Climate Accord of 2015
About the Authors
