LEARNING OBJECTIVES FOR HISTORY 1613
1. Discuss the origins of American Indians and the cultural diversity which these Native Americans had achieved before the arrival of the Europeans. Give specific examples.
2. Describe the European background of New World colonization and identity motives of those who migrated to the western hemisphere.
3. Explain the diversity of English -speaking colonies of North America.
4. Describe the societies that evolved in the English colonies of North America, together with the development of unfree labor systems.
5. Explain the economic and political relationships between the English colonies and the Mother Country.
6. Describe the economic, religious, and political developments in eighteenth century Colonial America.
7. Identify the wars fought by English colonists in North America and evaluate the impact of those wars, particularly the French and Indian War.
8.Trace the growing alienation of the colonies from Great Britain, which ended with the decision to declare independence.
9. Describe the course of the American Revolution to the winning of independence, including significant campaigns and the diplomatic maneuvers that helped gain victory.
10. Explain the impact of the American Revolution on American society and politics and the problems that arose after independence.
11. Describe the restructuring of the Republic at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and the fight for the ratification of the Constitution.
12. Trace the rise and development of political parties (associations) during the 1790's, including the contributing domestic and foreign policy differences and the attempted suppressiion of the Republicans by the High Federalists.
13. Describe the key events and developments of the Jefferson and Madison administrations, including the attempts to avoid war with Britain, together with the outcome of the War of 1812.
14. Describe territorial expansion and economic developments after the War of 1812.
15. Trace the social, economic, and political developments of the Jacksonian Era which democratized the United States and transformed the party system.
16. Identify the religious developments and reform movements of the Antebellum Era.
17. Describe the territorial and internal expansion of the United States during the 1830s and 1840s, including the war with Mexico.
18. Trace the expansion of slavery in the early nineteenth century and explain the effects of that expansion on American society and politics.
19. Describe the African-American experience under slavery.
20. Explain the events from the Compromise of 1850 to the election of 1860 which led to the disruption of the Union.
21. Trace the course of the Civil War from secession to Appomattoox, paying particular attention to the social, economic, and political effects of the conflict.
22. Describe the reconstruction of the South and explain its failure.
23. Identify the major problems of the Grant administration and evaluate his handling of those problems.
Objectives 1-7 cover chapters 1-4 and are included in Unit I test.
Objectives 8-13 cover chapters 5-8 and are included in Unit II test.
Objectives 14,15.16,18,19 cover chapters 9,10,11,13 and are included in Unit III test.*
Objectives 17,20,21,22,23 cover chapters 12,14,15,16 and are included in Unit IV test.*
*Notice that chapter 13 (and its objectives) is covered in Unit III test, and that chapter 12 is covered in Unit IV test.
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