Shades Valley High School / AP U.S. History Summer Assignment 2016 Ms. McDonald: amcdonald@jefcoed.com Welcome to Advanced Placement U.S. History (APUSH). This is a college level course that explores American history from the founding of the English colonies to the present. Enrollment in this course will require that you do some preparation before you arrive in August. There are 2 general purposes for this preparatory work:

1. To accelerate our movement through this topic. As you will come to learn, this course is simply too large for one school year. If there is one topic that most of you have already been exposed to, it is colonial America. Therefore, we will move quickly through this material.

2. To orient you to the workload you will have this year. Reading is your primary “homework” all year long. It is essential that college-bound students learn to interact with text in a positive and productive manner. Since it is logistically impossible for me to teach you all of the material you will need to know to do well on the AP test in May, it is extremely important that you learn to devise a strategy to keep up with assigned readings.

As part of the preparation process, you will complete the summer assignment detailed below. This assignment is due on the first day of class in August and will be your first grade for the year. You will also have a test over the 10 discussion questions within the first week of the start of school.

Part 1: Purchase an AP U.S. History Review Book of your choice. There are many from which to choose. I suggest

that you choose one which has summaries, practice multiple-choice questions, and practice essays. (REA and Kaplan are examples of brands or publishers.) Your AP Review Book will be used throughout the year. Using this book and internet sources, write a thorough (approximately ½ page) response to each of the following questions. Your responses must be handwritten.

1. Describe the Spanish conquest of Mexico and South America and identify the major features of Spanish colonization and expansion in North America.

2. Describe the impact of Europeans on Native American (Indian) cultures and the impact of native cultures on Europeans.

3. What were the differences in Spanish and English patterns of settlement and colonial administration? 4. To what extent did mercantilism affect the political and economic development of England’s 13 American

colonies? 5. How did the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies vary in their settlement patterns? Focus on the

motives of their founders, religious and social orientation, and economic pursuits. 6. How did the search for a viable labor force affect the development of the southern colonies? What was

the role of African American slavery in the early colonial settlements? 7. What were the causes and consequences of the Great Awakening? 8. What were the major sources of tension between the British and the colonists in the years after the

French and Indian War? 9. Why did the colonists resist the Stamp Act with such passion? What were the specific reasons for their

opposition? 10. Analyze the new American revolutionary ideology as expressed in “Common Sense”, by Thomas Paine.

Part Two:

Create a timeline of United States History incorporating the following 45 vocabulary terms. The

timeline should be hand-drawn, not downloaded or computer generated. The timeline should

start at 1600. The time periods between 1600 and 1750 may be compressed because of the

infrequency of dates. There should be approximately 50 years to an 8 ½ x 11 sheet of paper for

the years 1600-1750 and 25 years to a sheet for the years 1750-2010. In addition to placing all 45

vocabulary terms on a timeline, briefly define each one on a separate piece of paper. Identify the

Who, What, When, Where, and Why of each, elaborating in complete sentences on the Why part.

Terms to define and place on your timeline

Declaration of Independence Cotton Gin Missouri Compromise

Marbury v. Madison Tet Offensive New Deal

Watergate Alien and Sedition Acts (Adams) Emancipation Proclamation

Compromise of 1850 Spanish-American War Whiskey Rebellion

Coercive Acts Fort Necessity Zimmerman Telegram

John Rolfe Mayflower Compact Albany Plan

House of Burgesses Stono Rebellion Monroe Doctrine

Boston Massacre Challenger explosion 9/11

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Indian Removal Act (Jackson) Shays’ Rebellion

Uncle Tom’s Cabin Dred Scott Case Brown v. Board of Education

Hiroshima and Nagasaki Zenger Trial Pearl Harbor

Black Tuesday Harlem Renaissance Iran Hostage Crisis

Seneca Falls Convention Salem Witch Trials Lewis and Clark

Bacon’s Rebellion KKK-Force Acts The Alamo

Iran-Contra Manifest Destiny Truman Doctrine