United States History

Unit 1

• The First Americans
• Exploring the Americas
• European colonization of America
• Colonial life
• The Mayflower Compact
• Moves toward independence
• Founding documents

Unit 2

• The American Revolution
• Challenges of the new government
• Representative government
• Drafting of the Constitution (USA and State)
• Federalist Era
• Jeffersonian Era
• Louisiana Purchase

Unit 3

• War of 1812
• Conflicts between the North and South
• Slavery
• Missouri Compromise
• Monroe Doctrine
• Age of Jackson
• Westward expansion

Unit 4

• Conflicts with Native Americans
• Indian Removal Act
• Manifest Destiny
• U.S.-Mexican War
• Gold Rush
• Compromise of 1850
• Civil War
• Reconstruction