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| In the News FLASH! In 1810 there were 7,036,491 people in the United States. FLASH! People need goods from Europe. American ships sail across the Atlantic Ocean to trade with Europeans. FLASH! U.S. Congress declars war against the British. FLASH! British burn the U.S. Capitol and the White House. FLASH! Francis Scott Key writes the words for the Star-Spangled Banner as he watched the British attack Ft. McHenry in Baltimore Harbor. FLASH! Members of the American Colonization Society oppose slavery and work to return freed slaves to Africa. FLASH! There are now 20 states, and the flag has a star and stripe for each. FLASH! The first Mardi Gras is selatrated in New Orleans. FLASH! John Lafitte, the pirate comes American folk hero because of his actions at the Battle of New Orleans. |
| The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submission on the other. Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever. Thomas Jefferson, 1782 |
| 1st Day (in class) Assessment Essay � Assess the following statement:
The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge or determine right. Give therefore to the first class a distinct permanent share in the government... Can a democratic assembly who annually revolve in the mass of the people be supposed steadily to pursue the public good? - Alexander Hamilton Unit 1 Founding the New Nation CH . 1- NEW WORLD BEGINNINGS, 33,000 B.C. - A.D. 1769 Review Quiz CH. 2- THE PLANTING OF ENGLISH AMERICA, 1500-1733 Map Quiz TEST CH 1 & 2 In Class Essay Workshop: types of essays, topic, thesis, conclusion, how to evaluate the prompt, etc. CH. 3- SETTLING THE NORTHERN COLONIES, 1619-1700 Review Quiz CH. 4- AMERICAN LIFE IN THE 17TH CENTURY, 1607-1692 Review Quiz TEST CH 3 & 4 ESSAY: COMPARE/CONTRAST DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH AMERICAN COLONIES (FRQ) CH. 5- COLONIAL SOCIETY ON THE EVE OF REVOLUTION, 1700-1775 TEST CH 5 Unit 1 Founding the New Nation Discovery and Settlement of the New World A. Europe in the sixteenth century B. Spanish, English, and French exploration C. First English settlements 1. Jamestown- Powhatan, Starving Time 2. Plymouth - Puritans, Pilgrims - Mayflower Compact D. Spanish & French settlements-long-term influence- Florida (Georgia � buffer), Canada.(fur trade) E. American Indians - differences in relationships with British, French, Spanish America and the British Empire (1650-1754) A. Chesapeake country MD, VA (House of Burgesses), Northeast. NC B. Growth of New England C. Restoration Colonies D. Origins of slavery - Bacon�s Rebellion - end of the indentured servant E. Colonies found for religious reasons Colonial Society in the Mid-Eighteenth Century A. Social structure 1. Family, life expectancy, ratio of male to female 2. Farm and town life; the economic differences, mercantilism, Adam Smith B. Culture 1. Great Awakening (1st mass movement, grains of self-rule) 2. The American mind diverges from its European cousins� minds 3. "Folkways" C. New immigrants CH 6 THE DUEL FOR NORTH AMERICA, 1608-1763 Map Quiz CH 7 THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION, 1763-1775 CH 8 AMERICA SECEDES FROM THE EMPIRE, 1775-1783 Review Quiz CH 6-8 TEST UNIT II: Building the New Nation, 1776-1860 CH 9 THE CONFEDERATION AND THE CONSTITUTION, 1776-1790 Constitution Quiz CH 10 LAUNCHING THE NEW SHIP OF STATE, 1789-1800 Review Quiz CH 9-10 TEST Essay: 2005A Exam-DBQ Political, social, and economic effects of Revolution 1775-1800 on American society Examine Mayflower Compact, Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution, Federalist Papers, Antifederalist Papers What is in the documents, is implied by documents, outside information? CH 11 THE TRIUMPH OF AND TRAVAILS OF JEFFERSONIAN DEMOCRACY, 1800-1812 CH 11 Quiz CH 12 THE SECOND WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE AND THE UPSURGE OF NATIONALISM, 1812-1824 CH 12 TEST CH 12 ESSAY CRITIQUE - DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA assigned CH 13 THE RISE OF MASS DEMOCRACY, 1824-1840 CH 13 TEST Essay: "Historians have disagreed as to the meaning of Jacksonian Democracy. Although there were 'signs' of Increased political participation, there were still many people excluded. However, expanding opportunities in a democracy are ideals that are worked toward rather than achieved totally. The differing idea of democracy is a changing definition of human nature." Assess the validity of this statement. From Mr. Terry Jordan, Orange High School, Ohio CH 14 FORGING THE NATIONAL ECONOMY, 1790-1860 Review Quiz CH 15 THE FERMENT OF REFORM AND CULTURE, 1790 � 1860 Review Quiz CH 14-15 TEST UNIT II: Building the New Nation, 1776-1860 Road to Revolution A. Anglo-French rivalries and Seven Years' War, Ohio River Valley B. Mercantilism; the Dominion of New England and the end of Salutary Neglect C. Imperial reorganization of 1763 1. Stamp Act 2. Declaratory Act 3. Townshend Acts 4. Boston Tea Party D. Philosophy of the American Revolution The American Revolution (1775-1783) A. Continental Congress B. Declaration of Independence �Jefferson (influence from John Locke), property or pursuit of happiness, Franklin C. The war 1. French alliance, Saratoga, Spain, The Netherlands 2. War and society; Loyalists, women�s roles, 3. War economy D. Articles of Confederation � problems E. Treaty of Paris 1783 F. Creating state governments, state Bill of Rights 1. Political organization 2. Social reform: women, slavery Constitution and New Republic (1776-1800) A. Philadelphia Convention: drafting the Constitution � secrecy, Madison, document of compromises B. Federalists versus Anti-Federalists Chart C. Bill of Rights - Memorize D. Washington's presidency 1. Hamilton's financial program 2. Foreign and domestic difficulties, France and Britain at War, Spain and New Orleans, Whiskey Rebellion 3. Beginnings of political parties - AH and TJ at war E. John Adams' presidency Father of the American Navy 1. Quasi War 2. Alien and Sedition Acts 3. XYZ affair 4. Election of 1800 The Age of Jefferson (1800-1816) A. Jefferson's presidency 1. Louisiana Purchase and Constitutionality 2. Burr conspiracy 3. The Supreme Court under John Marshall, Marshall�s Legacy 4. Neutral rights, impressment, Embargo Act, Ograbme Political Cartoon analysis Macon�s Bill No. 2 B. Madison C. War of 1812 Mr. Madison�s War, Dolley saves a painting, FS Key 1. Causes 2. Invasion of Canada 3. Hartford Convention � end of the Federalist Party 4. Conduct of the war 5. Treaty of Ghent 6. New Orleans � Jackson becomes a hero Read/play �Battle of New Orleans� Nationalism and Economic Expansion A. James Monroe - Era of Good Feelings, American System, Sectional differences B. Panic of 1819 C. Settlement of the West D. Missouri Compromise - Clay E. Foreign Affairs: Canada, Florida(Adams-On�s), the Monroe Doctrine F. Election of 1824: End of Virginia dynasty �Corrupt Bargain?� Just how much did Clay despise Jackson? Age of Jackson (1828-1848) A. Democracy and the "common man" Define common man 1. Expansion of suffrage, end of property requirement 2. Rotation in office - Spoils System B. Second party system 1. Democratic Party 2. Whig Party C. Internal improvements and states' rights: the Maysville Road veto D. The Nullification crisis 1.Tariff issue - Tariff of Abominations SC Exposition 2.The Union: Calhoun and Jackson Peggy Eaton E. The Bank War: Jackson and Biddle, pet banks F. Martin Van Buren 1.Independent treasury system 2. Panic of 1837 causes Creating an America Culture A.Cultural nationalism B.Education reform/professionalism � Mann, Webster, McGuffey C.Religion; revivalism 2nd Great Awakening D.Utopian experiments and Mormons, Oneida Community, Brook Farm, Harmony E. Transcendentalists- Emerson, Thoreau F. National literature,art, architecture-Cooper, Melville, etc G. Reform crusades 1.Feminism; roles of women in the nineteenth century - Mott, Stanton, Seneca Falls 2.Abolitionism-Garrison, Douglass, Tubman 3.Temperance-Dow 4.Criminals and the insane-Dix UNIT III: Testing the New Nation CH 16 THE SOUTH AND THE SLAVE CONTROVERSY, 1793-1860 CH 16 TEST CH 17 MANIFEST DESTINY AND ITS LEGACY, 1841-1848 CH 17 TEST ESSAY: Explain the significance of the choice of the slogan "manifest destiny" to identify the expansionist urge of the American people in the 1840's and discuss its effects on the United States. From Mr. Terry Jordan, Orange High School, Ohio CRITIQUE - DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA DUE CH 18 RENEWING THE SECTIONAL STRUGGLE, 1848-1854 CH 19 DRIFTING TOWARD DISUNION, 1854-1861 CH 18 AND CH 19 TEST CH 20 GIRDING FOR WAR: THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH, 1861-1865 CH 21 THE FURNACE OF WAR, 1861-1865 Map Quiz CH 20 AND 21 TEST CH 22 THE ORDEAL OF RECONSTRUCTION, 1865-1877 CH 22 TEST Essay: Comment on the observation of C. Vann Woodward that the Compromise of 1877 "shaped the future of four million freedmen and their progeny for generations to come." Pay particular attention to the success or failure of Reconstruction (1865-1877) in bringing about the social and economic equality of opportunity of the former slaves. From Mr. Terry Jordan, Orange High School, Ohio UNIT III CONTENT: Testing the New Nation Sectionalism A. Economic revolution 1. Early railroads and canals 2. Expansion of business a. Beginnings of factory system b. Early labor movement; women c. Social mobility; extremes of wealth 3. The cotton revolution in the South 4. Commercial agriculture B. The South 1. Cotton Kingdom 2. Southern trade and industry 3. Southern society and culture a. gradations of white society b. nature of slavery: "peculiar institution" c. the mind of the South C. The North 1. Northeast industry a. Labor (wage slavery) b. Immigration c. Urban slums 2. Northwest agriculture D. Westward expansion 1. Advance of agricultural frontier 2. Significance of the frontier 3. Life on the frontier; squatters 4. Removal of American Indians-Florida Indian Wars, Trial of Tears Territorial Expansion and Sectional Crisis A.Manifest Destiny and mission B.Texas annexation, the Oregon boundary, and California C.James K. Polk and the Mexican War; slavery and the Wilmot Proviso D.Later expansionist efforts The 1850s: Decade of Crisis A. Compromise of 1850 B. Fugitive Slave Act and Uncle Tom's Cabin - Little woman who started this great big war. C. Kansas-Nebraska Act and realignment of parties 1.Demise of the Whig Party 2.Emergence of the Republican Party D. Dred Scott decision, Taney, and Lecompton crisis E. Lincoln-Douglas debates, 1858, Freeport Doctrine, House Divided Speech F. John Brown's raid, Bleeding Kansas G. The election of 1860; Abraham Lincoln H. The secession crisis Civil War A.The Union 1.Mobilization and finance 2.Civil liberties, suspension of habeas corpus 3.Election of 1864, Sherman in Atlanta Sept 1, 1864 B.The South 1.Confederate constitution, slavery and any state can leave Confederacy 2.Mobilization and finance, draft and income tax, greenbacks 3.States' rights and the Confederacy C.Foreign affairs and diplomacy, Trent Affair, Napoleon III D.Military strategy, campaigns, and battles E. The abolition of slavery 1.Confiscation Acts 2.Emancipation Proclamation (Antietam) 3.Freedmen's Bureau 4.Thirteenth Amendment F. Effects of war on society 1.Inflation and public debt 2.Role of women, at home and as spies 3.Devastation of the South 4.Changing labor patterns Reconstruction to 1877 A.Presidential plans: Lincoln and Johnson, 10% B.Radical (congressional) plans Sumner, Stevens 1.Civil rights and the Fourteenth Amendment 2.Military reconstruction, carpetbaggers, scalawags, KKK emerges 3.Impeachment of Johnson, Tenure of Office Act 4.African-American male suffrage: the Fifteenth Amendment C.Southern state governments: problems, achievements, weaknesses, Republican D.Compromise of 1877 and the end of Reconstruction, Hayes E. Politics in the New South 1.The Redeemers 2.White and African Americans in the New South, Jim Crow UNIT IV FORGING AN INDUSTRIAN SOCIETY Critique for The Jungle assigned CH 23: POLITICAL PARALYSIS IN THE GILDED AGE, 1869-1896 CH 23 TEST CH 24: INDUSTRY COMES OF AGE, 1865-1900 CH 25: AMERICA MOVES TO THE CITY, 1865-1900 CH 24 AND 25 TEST CH 26: THE GREAT WEST AND THE AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION, 1865-1890 Essay Test "Unlike the wage earner, the farmer demands government intervention on his behalf. He wants the government as a partner, not as a referee." To what extent do you agree with this statement about the objectives of wage earners and farmers? Confine your discussion to evidence drawn from these TWO periods: 1790-1845 and 1860-1900. Ch 27: The Path of Empire, 1890-1899 Map Quiz CH 27 TEST UNIT VI CONTENT: New South and the Last West A.Politics in the New South 1.The Redeemers 2.White and African Americans in the New South 3.Subordination of freed slaves: Jim Crow B.Southern economy; colonial status of the South 1.Sharecropping, tenant farming 2.Industrial stirrings C.Cattle kingdom 1.Open-range ranching (cheating the Homestead Act) 2.Day of the cowboy D.Building the Western railroad E. Subordination of American Indians: dispersal of tribes, Nez, Perce, Sioux, Wounded Knee F. Farming the plains; problems in agriculture, winter wheat, overproduction G. Mining bonanza Industrialization and Corporate Consolidation A.Industrial growth: railroads, iron, coal, electricity, steel, oil, banks B.Laissez-faire conservatism 1.Gospel of Wealth, Carnegie 2.Myth of "self-made man" 3.Social Darwinism; survival of the fittest 4.Social critics and dissenters C.Effects of technological development on worker/workplace D.Union movement 1.Knights of Labor and American Federation of Labor, Gompers 2.Haymarket, Homestead, and Pullman Urban Society A.Lure of the city B.Immigration, Southern and Eastern Europe, China C.City problems 1.Slums, dumbbell tenements 2.Machine politics, Tweed D.Awakening conscience; reforms 1.Social legislation 2.Settlement houses: Jane Addams and Lillian Wald 3.Structural reforms in government Intellectual and Cultural Movements A.Education 1.Colleges and universities, Morrill Land Grants 2.Scientific advances 3.Professionalism and the social sciences B.Realism in literature and art, Ashcan School C.Mass culture 1.Use of leisure, sports 2.Publishing and journalism 3. Catalogs, Sears, Montgomery Ward National Politics, the Gilded Age (1877-1896) A. A conservative presidency B.Issues 1.Tariff controversy 2.Railroad regulation 3.Trusts Sherman Anti-trust Act, use of 14th Amendment by the trusts C.Agrarian discontent, abuse by the railroads, etc. D.Crisis of 1890s 1.Populism from the Grange, Granger Laws struck down by the courts 2.Silver question 3.Election of 1896: McKinley versus Bryan, Cross of Gold, Hanna UNIT V STRUGGLING FOR JUSTICE AT HOME AND ABOARD CH 28: AMERICA ON THE WORLD STAGE, 1899-1909 CH 29: PROGRESSIVISM AND THE REPUBLICAN ROOSEVELT, 1901-1912 CH 28 AND 29 TEST Essay DBQ 2003B Progressive Movement 1900-1920 Critique for The Jungle due CH 30: WILSONIAN PROGRESSIVISM AT HOME AND ABROAD, 1912-1916 CH 31: THE WAR TO END WAR, 1917-1918 CH 30 AND 31 TEST CH 32: AMERICAN LIFE IN THE "ROARING TWENTIES," 1919-1929 CH 33: THE POLITICS OF BOOM AND BUST, 1920-1932 CH 32 AND 33 TEST CH 34: THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND THE NEW DEAL, 1933-1939 CH 34 TEST Essay 2003A FDR�s responses to Great Depression 1929-1941 from AP Central CH 35: FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT AND THE SHADOW OF WAR, 1933-1941 CH 36: AMERICA IN WORLD WAR II, 1941-1945 CH 35 AND 36 TEST UNIT V CONTENT: Foreign Policy, (1865-1914) A. Seward and purchase of Alaska Seward�s Folly B. The new imperialism 1.Blaine and Latin America 2.International Darwinism: missionaries, politicians, and naval expansionists 3.Spanish-American War a.Cuban independence b.Debate on Philippines, insurgency C.The Far East: John Hay and the Open Door D.Theodore Roosevelt � Big Stick Policy 1.The Panama Canal 2.Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine 3.Far East E. Taft and Dollar Diplomacy F. Wilson and Moral Diplomacy � Wilson Idealist or Realist, moralist/racist Progressive Era A.Origins of Progressivism- 1.Progressive attitudes and motives 2.Muckrakers-Tarbell, Steffens, Riis 3.Social Gospel-Salvation Army, YMCA 4. Who were the progressives- Addams, Dewey, etc. B.Municipal, state, and national reforms 1.Political: suffrage 2.Social and economic: regulation C.Socialism: alternatives D.Black America 1.Washington, Du Bois, and Garvey � Atlanta Compromise, Niagara, back to Africa 2.Urban migration 3.Civil rights organizations-NAACP E. Women's role: family, work, education, unionization, and suffrage F. Roosevelt's Square Deal 1.Managing the trusts-good and bad trusts 2.Conservation-Pinchot G. Taft 1.Pinchot-Ballinger controversy 2.Payne-Aldrich Tariff H. Wilson's New Freedom 1.Tariffs 2.Banking reform-Federal Reserve Act 3.Antitrust Act of 1914 The First World War A.Problems of neutrality 1.Submarines-Uboats 2.Economic ties to European powers 3.Psychological and ethnic ties German-American name changes Mueller to Miller B.Preparedness and pacifism C.Mobilization 1.Fighting the war -draft 2.Financing the war 3.War boards 4.Propaganda, public opinion, civil liberties �Debs, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Creel D.Wilson's Fourteen Points 1.Treaty of Versailles- Big Four, punishment of Germany 2.Ratification fight � Wilson�s fight and stroke New Era: The 1920s A. Postwar demobilization 1.Red scare 2.Labor strife B.Republican governments 1.Business creed 2.Harding scandals C. Economic development 1.Prosperity and wealth 2.Farm and labor problems D.New culture 1.Consumerism: automobile, radio, movies 2.Women, the family 3.Modern religion 4.Literature of alienation 5.Jazz age 6.Harlem Renaissance E.Conflict of cultures 1.Prohibition, bootlegging 2.Nativism � immigration limitations 3.Ku Klux Klan 4.Religious fundamentalism versus modernists F. Myth of isolation 1.Replacing the League of Nations 2.Business and diplomacy Depression (1929-1933) A.Wall Street crash B.Depression economy C.Moods of despair 1.Agrarian unrest 2.Bonus march D.Hoover-Stimson diplomacy: Japan The New Deal A.Franklin D. Roosevelt 1.Background, ideas 2.Philosophy of New Deal B.100 Days; "alphabet agencies" C.Second New Deal D.Critics, left and right E. Rise of CIO; labor strikes F. Supreme Court fight G. Recession of 1938 H. American people in the Depression 1.Social values, women, ethnic groups 2.Indian Reorganization Act 3.Mexican-American deportation 4.The racial issue Diplomacy in the 1930s A.Good Neighbor Policy: Montevideo, Buenos Aires change from dollar diplomacy B.London Economic Conference C.Disarmament D.Isolationism: neutrality acts E. Aggressors: Japan (Manchuria/Rape of Nanking), Italy(Ethiopia), and Germany(Austria, Czech.) F. Appeasement-�peace in our time? G. Rearmament; Blitzkrieg; Lend-Lease H. Atlantic Charter FDR& Churchill I. Pearl Harbor 12/07/41 The Second World War A.Organizing for war 1. Mobilizing production 2. Propaganda 3. Internment of Japanese Americans Supreme Court B.The war in Europe, Africa, and the Mediterranean; D Day C.The war in the Pacific: Hiroshima, Nagasaki D.Diplomacy 1.War aims 2.War-time conferences: Teheran, Potsdam UNIT VI: Making Modern America 1945-Present CH 37: THE COLD WAR BEGINS, 1945-1952 QUIZ CH 38: THE EISENHOWER ERA, 1952-1960 CH 37 AND 38 TEST CH 39: THE STORMY SIXTIES, 1960-1968 CH 39 TEST Essay: How did George Kennan�s containment doctrine change during the Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations? Which president was the most successful in containing Communism? CH 40: THE STALEMATED SEVENTIES, 1968-1980 CH 40 TEST CH 41: THE RESURGENCE OF CONSERVATISM, 1980-2000 Essay: Critically analyze President Reagan�s influence on American history by examining his foreign policy and its impact, his domestic reforms, his conservative agenda, his military restructuring, his nuclear policy and his power of personality on the American people. CH 42: THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FACE A NEW CENTURY CH 41 & 42 TEST Truman and the Cold War A. War-time conferences (cont.): Yalta B. Postwar atmosphere; the United Nations C.Postwar domestic adjustments D.The Taft-Harley Act E.Civil rights and the election of 1948 - the armed forces F.Containment in Europe and the Middle East 1.Truman Doctrine-extension of Monroe Doctrine 2.Marshall Plan 3.Berlin crisis-Airlift 4.NATO E. Revolution in China, who is to blame? F. Limited war: Korea, MacArthur, MacArthur fired Eisenhower and the Modern Republicanism A.Domestic frustrations; McCarthyism, Nixon, 2nd Red Scare B.Civil rights movement 1.The Warren Court and Brown v. Board of Education reverses Plessey 2.Montgomery bus boycott, Rosa Parks, Emmett Till 3.Greensboro sit-in C.John Foster Dulles's foreign policy 1.Crisis in Southeast Asia 2.Massive retaliation 3.Nationalism in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Latin America 4.Khrushchev and Berlin D.American People: homogenized society- conformity 1.Prosperity: economic consolidation 2.Consumer culture � two cars 3.Consensus of values � suburbia E. Space race-Sputnik Kennedy's New Frontier; Johnson's Great Society A. New domestic programs 1.Tax cut 2.War on poverty, Great Society programs 3.Affirmative action 4. Civil Rights laws B. Civil rights and civil liberties 1.African Americans: political, cultural, and economic roles 2.The leadership of Martin Luther King, Jr. 3.Resurgence of feminism 4.The New Left and the Counterculture 5.Emergence of the Republican party in the South � Segregation now. Segregation forever. 6. MLK, Jr., Malcolm X assassinations C. Foreign Policy 1.Bay of Pigs 2.Cuban missile crisis 3.Vietnam quagmire Nixon A.Election of 1968 - a realigning election 1. Vietnam 2. Wallace factor 3. Assassination of RFK B.Nixon-Kissinger foreign policy 1.Vietnam: escalation and pullout 2.China: restoring relations 3..Soviet Union: d�tente C.New Federalism D.Supreme Court and Roe v. Wade E.The Supreme Court and the Miranda decision F Oil Crisis 1973-OPEC, Yom Kippur War G Watergate crisis and resignation H Ford - WIP Whip Inflation Now 1. Fall of Saigon 2. Helsinki Accords I. Election of 1976 1. Jimmy Carter - the outsider 2. Ted Kennedy 3. Gerald Ford 4. Ronal Reagan J. Carter Administration 1. Energy Crisis 1979 2. Camp David Accords 3. USSR invades Afghanistan � 1980 Olympics 4. Iranian Hostage Crisis New Conservatism, Election of 1980 A.Reagan 1.Tax cuts and budget deficits, Black Monday 2.Defense buildup 3.New disarmament treaties 4.Foreign crises: the Persian Gulf and Central America-Iran Contra B. Society 1.Old and new urban problems 2.Asian and Hispanic immigrants 3.Resurgent fundamentalism 4.African Americans - local, state, and national politics C. End to the Cold War D. The Gulf War � Bush 41 E. Panama and NAFTA F. The 1992 Presidential Election - It�s the economy, stupid! G. Clinton takes office-fight for universal healthcare, perjury charges 1. The American Economy in the 1990s 2. American Foreign Relations in the Clinton Years H. A nation of Immigrants I. The Election of 1996 and the Political Aftermath 1. Dole/Kemp vs Clinton/Gore 2. Third-Party and Independent Candidates a. Perot b. Ralph Nader J. Intimations of Terrorism a. World Trade Center bombing - 1993 b. American Embassy bombing in Africa -1998 K. The Presidential Election of 2000 and the War on Terror L. The 2004 Presidential Election |