Overview for Unit 1: Creating a New
America - How America Changed from the 1860s to 1900 |
To make
your work manageable, each Unit is divided into 3 smaller time periods, or
Parts. For example, Unit 1 is divided into
Part A, Part B, and Part C, each with its own major theme and its own quiz
(Quiz A, Quiz B, and Quiz C). .
Unit 1 focuses on how America changes from the
1860s to 1900. It covers how history changes:
To give you an idea of how much change
occurred, in most cases if you wrote about any of the items above, a
truth you said about 1865 could easily be false if you said it was still
true in 1899. Observing how we changed is a challenge, but it is key to
understanding this period—and the times we live in now.
What Iss
the Theme Covered and What Are the Chapters You Should Read Over |
What
Interactive Study Guide Shows You What You Need to Read in Those Chapters? |
What Quiz
to You Do for 10 Points |
Seeing How
History Changes Over Time, Over Space, and Sometimes Both Simultaneously at
One Time (The purpose says what you look for in the link.) |
Part A: Reconstruction Abandoned; Beginning of the
Gilded Age Chapters 16-17 (also requires 1860-1877 Quick Reference on the
Civil War and Reconstruction) |
Quiz A Check Your Knowledge quiz |
Quiz A |
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1860-1877 Quick Reference on the Civil War and
Reconstruction. – Includes essential content prior to Chapter
16 ·
Study Tool: Chronological Events of the 1867-1877
Era (compressed to 1 page) – Purpose:
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Events of
corruption and SCANDALS in this era ·
Who
exposes that corruption?
Optional Reference: ·
Key Parts of the Missouri Compromise including the
tally of Senators and Representatives in 1820. ·
Shows side by side the traits of North and South before the Civil War (and therefore after as well) Traits of
North and South from about the 1830s to 1860 – demographics, economy,
government and politics, social controls, religion, education, and more |
Part B: Gilded Age Transformations Chapters 17,
18 |
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Quiz B With Tips for Locating Information –
Use this version for tips and download it to record as you learn. ·
Quiz B
Without Tips – Use this version to decide your answers before
you take the online quiz. |
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Don’t forget to click here
or scroll to the bottom for Bringing It All Together. You can see how History
Changes from Part A, Part B, and Part C on multiple areas of American life. ·
Changes in
technology
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Without answers for
self-testing: Comparison of Knights of Labor and American Federation of Labor |
Part C: Turmoil and Expansion Chapters 19 |
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Quiz C With Tips for Locating Information – Use this
version for tips and download it to record as you learn. ·
Quiz C
Without Tips – Use this version to decide your answers before
you take the online quiz. |
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Don’t forget to click here
or scroll to the bottom for Bringing It All Together. You can see how History
Changes from Part A, Part B, and Part C on multiple areas of American life. ·
Expansion as America is Transformed Internationally |
Unit 1 also includes an Introductory Comparison
(1860s-1877) and a Comparison ending Unit 1 (1860s-1900). You will find the
possible topics and the required readings for each one in several locations
such as:
What Chapters to Read? |
How to Know What to Read? |
How to Find Content and Visuals to Help You Understand the
History? |
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Parts in the Unit and
Chapter #s |
Check Your Knowledge
Quizzes With and Without Tips |
Seeing How
History Changes Over Time, Over Space, and Sometimes Both Simultaneously at
One Time (The purpose says what you look for in the link.) |
Part A: Reconstruction Abandoned; Beginning of the Gilded
Age Chapters 16-17 (also requires 1860-1877 Quick Reference on the Civil War and
Reconstruction) |
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Quiz A With
Tips for Locating Information – Use this
version for tips and download it to record as you learn. (Record such things
as what you missed and why, the textbook page numbers where you found
information, and what quiz questions are also part of Comparison Topics.) ·
Quiz A
Without Tips for Locating Information – Use this version to decide your answers before you take the online quiz. (Measure what you think is true without looking anything up. After you take the
Check Your Knowledge quiz, then see what you missed and therefore have to
read with care.) Optional Reference: Key Parts
of the Missouri Compromise including the tally of Senators and
Representatives in 1820. |
·
1860-1877 Quick Reference on the Civil War and
Reconstruction. – Includes
essential content prior to Chapter 16 ·
Study Tool: Chronological Events of the 1867-1877
Era (compressed to 1 page) – Purpose:
·
Events of corruption
and SCANDALS in this era ·
Who
exposes that corruption?
Optional Reference: ·
Key Parts of the Missouri Compromise including the
tally of Senators and Representatives in 1820. ·
Shows side by side the traits of North and South before the Civil War (and therefore after as well) Traits of
North and South from about the 1830s to 1860 – demographics, economy,
government and politics, social controls, religion, education, and more |
Part B: Gilded Age Transformations Chapters 17, 18 |
·
Quiz B With
Tips for Locating Information – Use this version for tips and download it
to record as you learn. ·
Quiz B
Without Tips – Use this
version to decide your answers before you take the online quiz. |
·
Don’t forget to click here or scroll to the
bottom for Bringing It All Together. You can see how History Changes from
Part A, Part B, and Part C on multiple areas of American life. ·
Changes in
technology
·
Without answers for
self-testing: Comparison
of Knights of Labor and American Federation of Labor |
Part C: Turmoil and Expansion Chapters 19 |
·
Quiz C With
Tips for Locating Information – Use this version for tips and download it
to record as you learn. ·
Quiz C
Without Tips – Use this
version to decide your answers before you take the online quiz. |
·
Don’t forget to click here or scroll to the
bottom for Bringing It All Together. You can see how History Changes from Part
A, Part B, and Part C on multiple areas of American life. ·
Expansion as America is Transformed Internationally |
Seeing Change Over time - Snapshot of America in the 1870s-1890s (PDF) – This provides a searchable resource. |
Seeing Change Over Time - What Happens to Blacks in the
South: the same content as in the History
Changes Comparison |
Seeing Change Over Time –
Color-coded terms to help you notice what happened in the background period
from 1882 to 1893 and the active period of expansion after that to 1900: |
Labor, Farmers, and Government
Transformations ·
Without
answers for self-testing: Comparison
of Labor Events from 1874 through 1893 – and to the End of the 1890s ·
Without
answers for self-testing: Comparison of Farmer Events from 1869
through 1893 – and to the End of the 1890s ·
Without answers for
self-testing: Comparison of Governmental Actions from
1883 through the 1890s |
Copyright C. J. Bibus, Ed.D. 2003-2014 |
WCJC Department: |
History – Dr. Bibus |
Contact Information: |
281.239.1577 or bibusc@wcjc.edu |
Last Updated: |
2014 |
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