U.S. History 1-Term 1 (civics term)

Unit 1: Political Causes and Effects of the American Revolution
Covering-The Colonial Experience, The French and Indian War, The Steps to Revolution, The Declaration of Independence and the American revolution.

Unit 2: The Critical Period
Covering- The Articles of Confederation, the Constitutional Convention

Unit 3: The United States Constitution
Covering- The Principle of U.S. Government, The Legislative Branch, The Executive Branch, The Judicial Branch. and Articles IV-VII

Unit 4: The Bill of Rights
Covering- The Bill of Rights and Civil Liberties

Unit 5: Amendments 11-27
Covering- The early post of the Bill of Rights, Amendments arising from the Civil War, the 20th Century Amendments and the Civil Rights.

Unit 6: State Government
Covering- General State Governments with a detailed look at Connecticut State Government

Unit 7: Local Government
Covering- Types of local governments, government provided services and local issues to Bethany, Orange and Woodbridge.

Unit 8: Citizen's Rights and Responsibilities
Covering- Citizenship, the voting process, Taxes and Jury Duty

U.S. History 1-Term 2

Unit 1: The Federalist Era
Covering- Problems of the young Republic, the 1st Presidency, President John Adams and The Revolution of 1800 (Jefferson defeating Adams)

Unit 2: Jeffersonian Democracy
Covering- Jefferson Presidency, the War of 1812, "The American System", the Era of Good Feelings, the Missouri Compromise, John Marshall and the Supreme Court, and the Monroe Doctrine.

Unit 3: Jacksonian Democracy
Covering- the "New Democracy", the "corrupt Bargain" of 1824, President John Q. Adams, the Tariff of Abominations, President Andrew Jackson, the rise of the Whig Party, and the establishment of the two-party system.

Unit 4: Westward Expansion
Covering- Manifest Destiny, Revolution in Texas, the Annexation of Texas, Oregon and California, and the War with Mexico.

Unit 5: Reform
Covering- The Germans and the Irish, the Temperance Movement, Women's roles and rights, Utopian experiments, Religion reforms, and Transcendentalism.

Unit 6: Sectionalism and Secession
Covering- the "Cotton Kingdom", results of the War with Mexico, the Compromise of 1850, Kanas-Nebraska Act, the Abolitionist movement, Dred Scott, Lincoln and the Republican victory, and the Secessionist Exodus.

Unit 7: The Civil War
Covering- key battles, European intervention, the Emancipation Proclamation, Lee and Grant, Sherman, the economic impact of the war, Lincoln and civil liberties, Wartime politics, Appomattox and Lincoln's assassination.

Unit 8: The Era of Reconstruction
Covering- the toll of the Civil War, freed slaves, Reconstruction policies, Military Reconstruction, "Black Reconstruction", Black Codes, KKK, Disenfranchisement, President Johnson, corruption and reform, President Grant, Compromise of 1877 and the end of reconstruction, and the legacy of reconstruction.