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Last updated October 8, 2015
Period 1: 1491 – 1607
| Period Number | Key Concept | Subtopic | Related Albert.io Questions |
| Period 1: 1491 – 1607 | Key Concept 1.1: As native populations migrated and settled across the vast expanse of North America over time, they developed distinct and increasingly complex societies by adapting to and transforming their diverse environments. | 1.1.I.A | 1. Cause of Maize Cultivation
2. Impact of Maize Cultivation |
| 1.1.I.B | 1. Influences on Native Cultures | ||
| 1.1.I.C | 1. Depiction of Native Life | ||
| 1.1.I.D | 1. Comparing Native Cultures | ||
| Key Concept 1.2: Contact among Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans resulted in the Columbian Exchange and significant social, cultural, and political changes on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. | 1.2.I.A | 1. West and East | |
| 1.2.I.B | 1. Impact of Interaction | ||
| 1.2.I.C | 2. Causes of Exploration | ||
| 1.2.II.A | 1. Condition of Natives | ||
| 1.2.II.B | 1. Impact of Native Conditions | ||
| 1.2.II.C | 1 Process of Slave Trade | ||
| 1.2.II.D | 1. African and European relationships | ||
| 1.2.III.A | 1. Columbus and Natives | ||
| 1.2.III.B | 1. European Perspectives | ||
| 1.2.III.C | 1. European Responses
6. Quilombos |
Period 2: 1607 – 1754
| Period Number | Key Concept | Subtopic | Related Albert.io Questions |
| Period 2: 1607 – 1754 | Key Concept 2.1: Europeans developed a variety of colonization and migration patterns, influenced by different imperial goals, cultures, and the varied North American environments where they settled, and they competed with each other and American Indians for resources. | 2.1.I.A | 1. Native Subjugation
3. Contributing Attitudinal Factors 6. Similarity 9. Similarity |
| 2.1.I.B | 1. Native American Alliances | ||
| 2.1.I.C | 1. Native American Alliances | ||
| 2.1.II.A | 1. Who Benefits from Slave Trade | ||
| 2.1.II.B | 1. New England Economy | ||
| 2.1.II.C | 1. Columbian Exchange | ||
| 2.1.II.D | 1. Sectional Difference | ||
| 2.1.II.E | 1. A Crisis Situation | ||
| 2.1.III.A | 1. Treaty of 1722
4. Assimilation |
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| 2.1.III.B | |||
| 2.1.III.C | |||
| 2.1.III.D | 1. Early Government | ||
| 2.1.III.E | 1. Testing Alliances
4. POV |
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| 2.1.III.F | |||
| Key Concept 2.2: The British colonies participated in political, social, cultural, and economic exchanges, with Great Britain that encouraged both stronger bonds with Britain’s and resistance to Britain’s control. | 2.2.I.A | 1. Mayflower Compact | |
| 2.2.I.B | 1. Puritan Intolerance | ||
| 2.2.I.C | 1. Trade in Context | ||
| 2.2.I.D | 1. Rights of Englishman
3. Settlement of Massachusetts |
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| 2.2.II.A | 1. British Beliefs
2. Strict Laws 3. Labor 4. Contracts |
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| 2.2.II.B | 1. Triangular Trade | ||
| 2.2.II.C |
Period 3: 1754 – 1800
| Period Number | Key Concept | Subtopic | Related Albert.io Questions |
| Period 3: 1754 – 1800 | Key Concept 3.1: The competition among the British, French and American Indians for economic and political advantage in North America culminated in the Seven Years’ War (the French and Indian War), in which Britain defeated France and allied American Indians. | 3.1.I.A | 1. Colonial and British Conflicts |
| 3.1.I.B | 1. Resistance to Independence | ||
| 3.1.I.C | 1. British and Indian Interaction | ||
| 3.1.II.A | 1. Regional US Interests | ||
| 3.1.II.B | 1. Justifying Rebellion | ||
| 3.1.II.C | 1. Join or Die | ||
| 3.1.II.D | |||
| 3.1.II.E | 1. The French | ||
| Key Concept 3.2: The American Revolution’s democratic and republican ideals inspired new experiments with different forms of government. | 3.2.I.A | 1. Declaration of Independence | |
| 3.2.I.B | 1. Impact of Common Sense
8. Thomas Paine 10.Common Sense |
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| 3.2.I.C | 1. John Locke | ||
| 3.2.I.D | 1. Republican Motherhood | ||
| 3.2.I.E | 1.Legacy of the Revolution | ||
| 3.2.II.A | 1. Articles of Confederation | ||
| 3.2.II.B | 1. Foreign Policy Impact | ||
| 3.2.II.C | 1. Reasons for the Constitution | ||
| 3.2.II.D | 1. Slavery in the Constitution | ||
| 3.2.II.E | 1. Constitutional Compromise | ||
| 3.2.III.A | 1. Economic Importance | ||
| 3.2.III.B | 1. French Revolution | ||
| 3.2.III.C | |||
| 3.2.III.D | |||
| Key Concept 3.3: Migration within North America and competition over resources, boundaries, and trade intensified conflicts among peoples and nations. | 3.3.I.A | 1. Indian Relations | |
| 3.3.I.B | 1. Continued Indian Relations | ||
| 3.3.I.C | 1. 1790s Foreign Policy | ||
| 3.3.I.D | 1. Pontiac | ||
| 3.3.I.E | 1. The Horrors of Colonization
2. The New Laws |
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| 3.3.II.A | 1. British and French | ||
| 3.3.II.B | 1. Washington’s Warnings | ||
| 3.3.II.C | 1. Committees of Correspondence |
Period 4: 1800 – 1848
| Period Number | Key Concept | Subtopic | Related Albert.io Questions |
| Period 4: 1800-1848 | Key Concept 4.1: The United States began to develop a modern democracy and celebrated a new national culture, while Americans sought to define the nation’s democratic ideals and change their society and institutions to match them. | 4.1.I.A | 1. First Political Parties
10. North v War 1812 |
| 4.1.I.B | 1. McCulloch v Maryland | ||
| 4.1.I.C | 1. Whig Platform
12. Opposing Jackson |
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| 4.1.I.D | 1. South and Tariffs
5. Embargo Act 8. Slave Trade 10. New Slave Issues 12. Necessary Evil |
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| 4.1.II.A | 1. Religion’s Effect | ||
| 4.1.II.B | 1. White House
10. Mormon Faith 11. Mormon’s Fate 12. Know-Nothings 13. Nativism 18. Cherokee Action 19. Cherokee Fate 20. Power Struggle |
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| 4.1.II.C | 1. Transcendentalism | ||
| 4.1.II.D | 1. Gag Rule
7. Nat Turner |
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| 4.1.III.A | 1. Religion’s Effect | ||
| 4.1.III.B | 1. Garrison’s Beliefs
5. Gag Rule 10. North’s Freemen |
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| 4.1.III.C | 1. Status of Women | ||
| Key Concept 4.2: Innovations in technology, agriculture, and commerce powerfully accelerated the American economy, precipitating profound changes to U.S. society and to national and regional identities. | 4.2.I.A | ||
| 4.2.I.B | 1. Erie Canal | ||
| 4.2.I.C | 1. Erie Canal | ||
| 4.2.II.A | 1. Factory Girls
5. Irish Jobs |
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| 4.2.II.B | 1. Controlling Workers | ||
| 4.2.II.C | 1. Factory Girls | ||
| 4.2.III.A | 1. Replacing Workers | ||
| 4.2.III.B | |||
| 4.2.III.C | 1. Slave Numbers
6. King Cotton |
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| 4.2.III.D | 1. Erie Canal | ||
| Key Concept 4.3: The U.S. interest in increasing foreign trade and expanding its national borders shaped the nation’s foreign policy and spurred government and private initiatives. | 4.3.I.A | 1. Monroe’s Speech
10. Drawing Settlers 11. Polk’s Goals 13. Oregon Treaty |
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| 4.3.I.B | 1. Seminole War | ||
| 4.3.II.A | 1. Texas Independence | ||
| 4.3.II.B | 1. Protesting the War | ||
| 4.3.II.C | 1. Fire Bell in the Night |
Period 5: 1844 – 1877
| Period Number | Key Concept | Subtopic | Related Albert.io Questions |
| Period 5: 1844 – 1877 | Key Concept 5.1: The United States became more connected with the world, pursued an expansionist foreign policy in the Western Hemisphere, and emerged as the destination for many migrants from other countries. | 5.1.I.A | 1. Westward Trends |
| 5.1.I.B | 1. Ideological Development | ||
| 5.1.I.C | 1. Controversies
2. Expansion 3. Supporters 4. Responses 5. Fights 6. Advocates 7. Principles |
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| 5.1.I.D | 1. Causes of Movement | ||
| 5.1.I.E | 1. Diplomatic Goals | ||
| 5.1.II.A | 1. Immigrants in the US | ||
| 5.1.II.B | 1. Social TrendsSocial Oppositions | ||
| 5.1.II.C | 1. Impact of Movement | ||
| Key Concept 5.2: Intensified by expansion and deepening regional divisions, debates over slavery and other economic, cultural, and political issues led the nation into civil war. | 5.2.I.A | 1. Major Difference | |
| 5.2.I.B | 1. Douglas and the Fourth | ||
| 5.2.I.C | 1. Calhoun as a Source | ||
| 5.2.II.A | 1. Cause of Political Change | ||
| 5.2.II.B | 1. Challenging Argument | ||
| 5.2.II.C | 1. Political Benefits | ||
| 5.2.II.D | 1. Impact of Statement | ||
| Key Concept 5.3: The Union victory in the Civil War and the contested reconstruction of the South settled the issues of slavery and secession, but left unresolved many questions about the power of the federal government and citizenship rights. | 5.3.I.A | ||
| 5.3.I.B | 1. Continuity of Ideas | ||
| 5.3.I.C | |||
| 5.3.I.D | 1. Impact of Differences
2. Significance of Differences 4. Key Battle |
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| 5.3.II.A | 1. Supporters of Change
3. Challenging the Challengers 6. Major Change |
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| 5.3.II.B | 1. Later Change | ||
| 5.3.II.C | 1. Causes of Change | ||
| 5.3.II.D | 1. Example of Argument | ||
| 5.3.II.E | 1. Shifts in Power |
Period 6: 1865-1898
| Period Number | Key Concept | Subtopic | Related Albert.io Questions |
| Period 6: 1865-1898 | Key Concept 6.1: Technological advances, large-scale production methods, and the opening of new markets encouraged the rise of industrial capitalism in the United States. | 6.1.I.A | 1. Results of Railway Act |
| 6.1.I.B | 1. Patently Obvious | ||
| 6.1.I.C | |||
| 6.1.I.D | |||
| 6.1.I.E | 1. Mahan’s Beliefs
6. Need for War |
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| 6.1.II.A | 1. Support of Big Business | ||
| 6.1.II.B | 1. Mine Workers
2. Child Labor |
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| 6.1.II.C | 1. Terrance-Powderly | ||
| 6.1.II.D | 1. Southern Occupations | ||
| 6.1.III.A | |||
| 6.1.III.B | 1. Farmer Discontent | ||
| 6.1.III.C | 1. Populist Platform | ||
| Key Concept 6.2: The migrations that accompanied industrialization transformed both urban and rural areas of the United States and caused dramatic social and cultural change. | 6.2.I.A | 1. The New Colossus | |
| 6.2.I.B | 1. Upper Class Lifestyle | ||
| 6.2.I.C | 1. Slowing Immigration
7. Hating Irish |
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| 6.2.I.D | 1. Dangers of Cities | ||
| 6.2.I.E | 1. Social Classes | ||
| 6.2.II.A | |||
| 6.2.II.B | |||
| 6.2.II.C | 1. Pressuring Natives | ||
| 6.2.II.D | 1. Upsetting Native Americans | ||
| 6.2.II.E | 1. I Will Fight No More | ||
| Key Concept 6.3: The Gilded Age produced new cultural and intellectual movements, public reform efforts, and political debates over economic and social policies. | 6.3.I.A | 1. Belief of Big Business | |
| 6.3.I.B | 1. Gospel of Wealth | ||
| 6.3.I.C | 1. Jane Addam’s Beliefs | ||
| 6.3.II.A | |||
| 6.3.II.B | 1. Women’s Suffrage Tactics | ||
| 6.3.II.C | 1. Atlanta Exposition Address |
Period 7: 1890 – 1945
| Period Number | Key Concept | Subtopic | Related Albert.io Questions |
| Period 7: 1890-1945 | Key Concept 7.1: Growth expanded opportunity, while economic instability led to new efforts to reform U.S. society and its economic system. | 7.1.I.A | 1. The Tractor Revolution |
| 7.1.I.B | 1. Looking Back
4. Paranoia |
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| 7.1.I.C | 5. Cross of Gold
8. Bank Run 9. Run Sympathy 10. Run Causation |
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| 7.1.II.A | 1. Mary Elizabeth Lease | ||
| 7.1.II.B | 1. Trust Hunting | ||
| 7.1.II.C | 1. Public Awareness of Policy
3. Conservation |
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| 7.1.II.D | |||
| 7.1.III.A | 1. Essential Freedoms | ||
| 7.1.III.B | |||
| 7.1.III.C | |||
| Key Concept 7.2: Innovations in communications and technology contributed to the growth of mass culture, while significant changes occurred in internal and international migration patterns. | 7.2.I.A | ||
| 7.2.I.B | 1. The Birth of a Nation | ||
| 7.2.I.C | 1. Free Speech? | ||
| 7.2.I.D | 1. Anti-Evolution
2. No Support 3. Influences 4. D.W Griffith and Continuity 6. Resistance |
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| 7.2.II.A | 1. Looking Back
4. Paranoia 5. Peopling |
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| 7.2.II.B | |||
| 7.2.II.C | |||
| 7.2.II.D | 1. Braceros | ||
| Key Concept 7.3: Participation in a series of global conflicts propelled the United States into a position of international power while renewing domestic debates over the nation’s proper role in the world. | 7.3.I.A | 1. Roosevelt Corollary | |
| 7.3.I.B | 1. Anti-Imperialist Influences | ||
| 7.3.I.C | 1. McKinley the Tailor | ||
| 7.3.II.A | 1. Followers of Washington | ||
| 7.3.II.B | 1. Liberty Loans | ||
| 7.3.II.C | |||
| 7.3.II.D | 1. Neutrality After WWI | ||
| 7.3.II.E | |||
| 7.3.III.A | |||
| 7.3.III.B | 1. Decades of Unemployment
2. Data Support |
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| 7.3.III.C | 1. Code Talking
3. Making WAVES 4. WAVE Intent 8. Response of Double V for Victory 10. Turning Point |
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| 7.3.III.D | 1. Atomic Danger | ||
| 3. Results of Truman’s Sentiments | |||
| 7.3.III.E |
Period 8: 1945 – 1980
| Period Number | Key Concept | Subtopic | Related Albert.io Questions |
| Period 8: 1890-1945 | Key Concept 8.1: The United States responded to an uncertain and unstable postwar world by asserting and working to maintain a position of global leadership, with far-reaching domestic and international consequences. | 8.1.I.A | 1. Marshall Plan Reactor ion |
| 8.1.I.B | |||
| 8.1.I.C | 1. The Cuba Project
2. Cuba Trends |
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| 8.1.I.D | 1. Declaration of Independence | ||
| 8.1.I.E | 1. The Cuba Project
2. Cuba Trends |
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| 8.1.II.A | 1. Communists in our Midst
2. Red Scare 3. J. Edgar Hoover’s Motivation 8. Containment 9. Dominoes |
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| 8.1.II.B | 1. Kent State | ||
| 8.1.II.C | |||
| 8.1.II.D | |||
| Key Concept 8.2: New movements for civil rights and liberal efforts to expand the role of government generated a range of political and cultural responses. | 8.2.I.A | 1. Racial Exclusion and Discrimination | |
| 8.2.I.B | 1. Ban on Segregation
10. Sweatt Support |
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| 8.2.I.C | 1. Opposition to the Court | ||
| 8.2.II.A | 1. Stonewall | ||
| 8.2.II.B | |||
| 8.2.II.C | |||
| 8.2.II.D | 1. Continuity
4. Clean Air 6. 55mph |
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| 8.2.III.A | |||
| 8.2.III.B | 1. Medicare
2. Future Tense 5. Complicating the War on Poverty 6. War on Poverty Compares to… 7. Expansion of Social Security 11. Engle v Vitale 13. Continuing Thing |
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| 8.2.III.C | 1. Goldwater on Taxation | ||
| 8.2.III.D | 1. Weatherman Comparisons | ||
| 8.2.III.E | 1. Repercussions of Watergate | ||
| Key Concept 8.3: Postwar economic and demographic changes had far-reaching consequences for American society, politics, and culture. | 8.3.I.A | ||
| 8.3.I.B | |||
| 8.3.I.C | 1. Late 20th Century Immigration | ||
| 8.3.II.A | 1. Levittown
3. Little Boxes |
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| 8.3.II.B | |||
| 8.3.II.C | 1. Falwell’s Supporters |
Period 9: 1980 – Present
| Period Number | Key Concept | Subtopic | Related Albert.io Questions |
| Period 9: 1980-Present | Key Concept 9.1: A newly ascendant conservative movement achieved several political and policy goals during the 1980s and continued to strongly influence public discourse in the following decades. | 9.1.I.A | |
| 9.1.I.B | |||
| 9.1.I.C | 1. Gingrich’s Reflection | ||
| Key Concept 9.2: Moving into the 21st century, the nation experienced significant technological, economic, and demographic changes. | 9.2.I.A | ||
| 9.2.I.B | 1. Technological Patterns | ||
| 9.2.I.C | |||
| 9.2.I.D | 1. Economic Trends | ||
| 9.2.II.A | |||
| 9.2.II.B | 1. Trends in Foreign Born | ||
| 9.2.II.C | 1. Impact of Foreign Born | ||
| Key Concept 9.3: The end of the Cold War and new challenges to U.S. leadership forced the nation to redefine its foreign policy and role in the world. | 9.3.I.A | 1. Reagan’s Sentiments | |
| 9.3.I.B | |||
| 9.3.I.C | 1. Clinton’s Response | ||
| 9.3.II.A | 1. Impact of Remarks | ||
| 9.3.II.B | 4. ACLU Responds | ||
| 9.3.II.C | 1. Energy Impact | ||
| 9.3.II.D |
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