Welcome to AP US History!
Here you will find the Rules & Policies hand out, instruction sheets for long term projects, helpful AP rubrics & test prep materials, and useful passwords and links. Please feel free to e-mail if you have any questions about projects or assignments!!
Study Guide for Monday's Quiz:
The quiz will be 3 questions and will deal with the politics of the causes of the Civil War and the politics involved in the Civil War.
Documents to Study: Crittenden Compromise, Causes charts (not the foreign affairs one), Lincoln & Davis' Inaugural Addresses, Reading about Lincoln as a wartime leader, Reading on Davis & How the Confederacy Fought Itself, Civil War politics questions
Question Topics:
1) Relating the Compromise of 1850 & the Kansas-Nebraska Act to the major issues & deepening division in the nation present in the Elections of 1848, 1852, 1856, & 1860. (Don't forget political parties formed & ended...)
2) Arguments Lincoln made in his 1st Inaugural Address & how they relate to issues that caused the war
3) Politics as a factor in administering the war.... Lincoln & Davis as wartime leaders. Be prepared with 3 challenges that each faced as a wartime leader & how they dealt with each of those challenges. How did either the people or the government of the CSA & USA respond to their respective president's leadership methods?
Final Exam Review Guides:
AP US 1 Final Exam Department Review Guide.pdf
AP US 1 Final Exam Written Exam Review Guide.pdf
Gettysburg Address Close Reading:
Gettysburg Address Close Reading by Matthew Pinsker
When you get to the web page, scroll down to the section with the close reading videos. You'll watch the first one, which is 10:21 long, by Matthew Pinsker of Dickinson College (titled "Understanding Lincoln") in order to complete the note sheet. You might also want to listen to the "Audio Version" reading of the Gettysburg Address -- it's done by an actor based on accounts of hearing Lincoln give speeches.
Gallery Walk moved to Monday, June 5**
Gallery Walk Instructions:
Research Paper Gallery Walk Instructions.pdf
Mexican-American War Mini Debate:
Against Declaration of War Readings.pdf
Support of Declaration of War Readings.pdf
Homework due Tuesday 5/2:
AP Manifest Destiny Timeline.pdf
John L. O'Sullivan Manifest Destiny Reading.pdf
Research Paper Handouts:
Research Paper Recommendations.pdf
AP Research Paper Grade Sheet.pdf
Tips for Writing an Opening Paragraph(2).pdf
Tips for Putting Citations in your Research Paper AP.pdf
Bill of Rights Additional Readings
These readings correspond with the amendments in the Bill of Rights that you'll read about tonight. You do not need to print them out; they are for clarification, to help with the vocab definitions, & to make connections to the history we've been studying.
Intro to Bill of Rights & Amendments 9 & 10.pdf
Freedom of Religion pp 203-204.pdf
Freedom of the Press pp 208-209.pdf
Freedom of Assembly & Petition p 216.pdf
Freedom of Association pp 219-220.pdf
Right to Privacy pp 224-225.pdf
Amendment 5 Self-Incrimination pp 229-230.pdf
Protecting the Rights of the Accused pp 234-239.pdf
Hamilton/Jefferson Mini Debate Analysis Questions
AP Hamilton Jefferson Mini Debate Analysis.pdf
Washington Essay Outline Instructions
AP Washington Essay Outline Format.pdf
Constitutional Convention Vocabulary
Constitutional Convention Vocabulary.pdf
British & American Strategies in Revolution Overview
AP British & American Strategy in Revolution Notes.pdf
Period 8! Here are the rest of today's notes!
AP British Unwritten Constitution Document Notes.docx
British Bill of Rights Doc & Info
Background Notes for British Bill of Rights.pdf
Colonial Slavery Primary Source Analysis
Slave Rebellions Primary Source Analysis.pdf
South Carolina Slave Code 1740 excerpts.pdf
**This document was originally 20+ pages... I narrowed it down to the parts that pertain to this assignment. You don't have to print this out; I'll have copies for you tomorrow in class.**
Test Days: Monday & Wednesday
General AP Information:
AP US 1 Class Rules & Policies.pdf
How to Access the School Library Databases from Home:
Go to the High School website
Click on the "Academics" link at the top of the page
Click on the "Media Center" link at the bottom of the drop down menu
Click on "Electronic Databases" on the left side of the page
You can access any library database from home using:
Login: nj08807
Password: panthers