Directions:

You and your partners will be creating a US History Workbook over the next few days.  This workbook will be called “Antebellum US to 1860”. DUE November 28th

First you will create a cover for your book.

    The cover should include pictures appropriate to the time period and the title.

Next you will create your workbook.  Your workbook will have five chapters. (Explained in detail below)

Each chapter MUST include: 

1.      A 1-2 page description of the historical event/theme. 

a.       A brief review covering all the topics included.

b.      Important terms should be bolded (vocabulary terms)

2.      Pictures related to the topic.

3.      5 – 10 Questions on the Reading

4.      1 Primary Source Document Activity  with 1-3 questions related to the document

5.      1 creative Activity (Crossword Puzzle / Word Search etc.)

At the end of your workbook you need to include

1.      A key of answers for ALL of the activities

2.      A reference page of links used for the material (you may just list the html sites)

3.      BONUS: A 25 pt quiz (and key) over the entire book.

Schedule:

           Thursday: Work in Computer Lab Room 171 researching topics

            Friday:  Work in Class to design worksheets and cover

            Monday: Work in Computer lab Room 171 to make booklets

            Tuesday: Work in Computer lab Room 171 to make booklets

            All Workbooks are due Wednesday November 28th

Below you will find a list of chapters and information that must be included in your chapters. 

Antebellum US to 1860

Chapter 1: Territorial Expansion

Texas & Mexico

Gold Rush

Monroe Doctrine

Manifest Destiny

Louisiana Purchase

Adams-Onis Treaty: Florida

Gadsden Purchase 

Chapter 2:  The War of 1812

Causes: Violation of the Treaty of Paris & Freedom of the Seas, War Hawks

Notable battles and wartime facts (Star Spangled Banner)

Results: stalemate, impact on natives, Manifest Destiny, foreign policy (Monroe   

               Doctrine), and nationalism (Clay’ American System)

Native American Involvement: Tecumseh

Chapter 3:  Age of Jackson

Bank War

Spoils System

Native American issues: Trail of Tears, Indian Removal Act, Worchester v Georgia

Chapter 4:  Expansion of slavery Nationalism/Sectionalism

Cotton Gin 

Uncle Tom's Cabin, Underground RR

Abolition

Nullification

Missouri Compromise

Compromise of 1850

Kansas Nebraska Act

Bleeding Kansas

Chapter 5: The Early Women’s Suffrage Movement

1848 Seneca Falls

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Lucretia Mott

Susan B. Anthony

Elizabeth Blackwell