READ and OUTLINE Ch. 6 in yhe BLUE BOOK.
COMPLETE "IMPORTANT TERMS AND CONCEPTS" from "Industrial Revolution" to "Marbury v. Madison"
Friday, May 29, 2009
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Tonight's HW
Index Cards on p. 127:
"Industrial Revolution" to "Marbury v. Madison"
Complete an outline of a THEMATIC ESSAY.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Thematic Essay and DBQ Essay Index
http://mrteslersblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/updated-thematic-and-dbq-essay-index.html
Contains information for all of the Thematic and DBQ essays given since 2007.
Class Notes, and Tonight's HW
Hello, APUSHers:
Here's a link for today's class notes:
Tonight's HW:
Read and Outline Chapter 5 in your BLUE review book.
Complete the Index Cards for terms "Declaration of Independence" to "Homestead Act."
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Tonights HW - Cold War Thematic Essay
CLICK HERE. Download the Thematic Essay Question.
In case you can't...
Following World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union were engaged in
a conflict that became known as the Cold War. The Cold War created problems
that the United States addressed with specific actions. These actions had varying
degrees of success.
Identify two problems faced by the United States during the Cold War and for
each...
• Explain how the problem led to conflict between the United States and the
Soviet Union
• Describe one action taken by the United States in response to the problem
• Evaluate the extent to which the action taken was successful in solving the
problem
You may use any Cold War problems from your study of United States history. Some suggestions you might wish to consider include...
- the postwar economic upheaval in Western Europe (1945–1947),
- Soviet takeover of Eastern Europe (1945–1948),
- Threat of Communist takeover in Greece (1947),
- Soviet blockade of Berlin (1948),
- nuclear arms race (1950s–1970s),
- Placement of Soviet missiles in Cuba (1962).
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Tonight's HW 5/12/09
Hello, APUSHers:
Well, it's BACK TO WORK!!!
Here's tonight's HW assignment.
1. READ (yes we still have to do that) in the RED textbook, Chapter 26, Sections 1 and 2. Please outline the two sections.
2. COPY the VISUAL SUMMARY on p. 836 of the RED TEXTBOOK.
3. COMPLETE: "Main Ideas" Questions 1-5 on p. 836 of the RED TEXTBOOK.
4. PLEASE CLICK HERE. For tomorrow's lesson, please download and print one copy of each of the following. Bonus points for everyone, if we all have a copy.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Tonight's HW - 5/11/09
APUSHers:
So, we made it through the exam. Again, congratulations to everyone for completing the course and exam. I am very, very proud of all of you.
Anyway, here's tonight's HW.
Please write a letter to the students taking APUSH next year. The letter should be about a page. The letter should include some of the answers to the questions we discussed in our de-briefing session. Advise students of the things that you think that they should do in order to be successful in APUSH.
This is a very important assignment. I am looking forward to reading your letters.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Elections that Made Political History
EIGHT ELECTIONS THAT MADE POLITICAL HISTORY
1800: SUPRISING TIE
Four men competed for the offices of President and Vice President. U.S. President John Adams and Thomas Pinckney were both Federalists. Aaron Burr and U.S. Vice President Thomas Jefferson were Democratic-Republicans. The candidate who won the most electoral votes would become President; the runner-up would become Vice President.
It was a bitter campaign—the first to involve political party machinery and organized campaigning. But it made the record books for another reason. Jefferson and Burr tied for first place, with 73 electoral votes each. The House of Representatives took over, as the Constitution required. Its members chose Jefferson as President and Burr as Vice President. In office, Jefferson worked to change the method of electing Vice Presidents. The Constitution’s 12 th Amendment, ratified in 1804, instructs electors to cast separate votes for President and Vice President.
1824: UNPOPULAR VICTORY
In a four-way race, Andrew Jackson of Tennessee got the most popular votes (153,544) and electoral votes (99). Yet John Quincy Adams, with 108,740 popular votes and 84 electoral votes, became President. To win outright, a candidate has to win a majority. Then 131 votes—in the Electoral College. Since two other candidates won a total of 78 votes, no candidate had a majority in 1824. So, the U.S. House of Representatives took over, and its members chose John Quincy Adams. Throughout the U.S., there was a feeling that the House had gone against the will of the people. In the next election (1828), Jackson trounced Adams.
1860: A NATION DIVIDED
Of the four Presidential candidates, Abraham Lincoln was the least known. His chief rival, U.S. Senator Stephen A. Douglas, was a leading spokesman for the Democratic Party. However, that party, like the nations, was split on the slavery issue.
When Southerners bolted from the 1860 Democratic convention, the Northern Democrats, who stayed, nominated Douglas for President. The Southern Democrats chose John Breckinridge, and the Constitutional Union movement chose John Bell, another breakaway Democrat. To oppose these Democrats, the young, anti-slavery Republican party nominated Abraham Lincoln. Though Lincoln was not in favor of abolishing slavery, Southerners believed he was, and abolitionists supported him. Lincoln won. On hearing the news, South Carolina’s legislature called a state convention, which on December 20 voted to sever the state’s ties to the federal union. Over the next six weeks, 10 other Southern states seceded from the Union.
1876: A LOSER WINS
The Democrats nominated Samuel J. Tilden, a popular governor of New York. Tilden got 4,284,020 popular votes; Rutherford B. Hayes, the Republican governor of Ohio, got 4,036,072. Tilden won 184 electoral votes and Hayes won 166. But Tilden did not win the election. To do that, he needed 185 electoral votes-then a majority of the Electoral College. Neither candidate won a majority because of irregularities in three Southern states, which left 19 electoral votes in dispute and, therefore, uncounted. To settle the dispute, President Grant appointed an Electoral Commission. Seven of its members were Republicans; six were Democrats. Commission members negotiated with Southern governors, legislators, and electors. Deals were made. Finally, all 19 electoral votes went to Hayes, who ended up with 185 electoral votes to Tilden’s 184.
1912: THIRD-PARTY WEDGE
In a Presidential election, the incumbent usually has a advantage. But that was definitely not the case in 1912. Incumbent President William Howard Taft won only eight electoral votes! His Democratic opponent, Woodrow Wilson, won 435.
Taft’s problems resulted mostly from the candidacy of a former Republican President, Theodore Roosevelt. In 1908, Roosevelt had supported Taft. However, by 1912, a split had developed between the Republicans’ conservative wing, led by Taft, and its progressive wing, led by Roosevelt. When Taft was nominated at the Republican Convention, Roosevelt organized the Progressive “Bull Moose” Party. As the Progressive candidate, Roosevelt won 88 electoral votes.
1948: THE POLLSTERS’ DEFEAT
Democratic prospects seemed hopeless in 1948. Harry Truman, who had become President on Franklin D. Roosevelt’s death in 1945, had little popular appeal. He faced a strong Republican
contender, Thomas E. Dewey, and third-party pressures from Progressives and “Dixiecrats.” (Southern Democrats in the States’ Rights Party)
Political experts-and nearly every public opinion poll-predicted a Dewey victory. Chicago’s Tribune (see photo) felt safe in printing a “Dewey Defeats Truman” headline before all the votes were counted. Actually, Truman defeated Dewey-with 24,105,812 popular votes and 303 electoral votes. Dewey won 21,970,065 popular votes and 189 electoral votes.
1960: THE FIRST TV DEBATES
John Kennedy had two strikes against him, many thought. First, he was a Catholic, and many remembered how Herbert Hoover had beaten another Catholic, Alfred E. Smith, in 1928. Second, Kennedy faced a tough Republican opponent-Richard M. Nixon, who had been Vice President during the two Eisenhower Administrations.
But four TV debates-the firs ever for Presidential candidates-helped Kennedy defuse the religion issue and take some of the luster off Nixon’s image. On TV, Nixon appeared nervous, sweaty, tired, defensive, and in need of a shave.
Kennedy seemed calm, collected, sophisticated, and mature. Political analysts feel that the debates gave Kennedy the edge he needed to squeak through to victory.
1964: HARD-HITTING ADS
In 1964, hard-hitting TV ads became a major weapon in a Presidential candidate’s arsenal. The TV commercials used in the 1952, ’56, and ’60 campaigns were simple presentations of the candidates’ abilities and stands on issues. What made the TV ads in the ’64 campaign different were the “hidden messages” that put the opposition in a bad light. For instance, an ad for the Democratic candidate, Lyndon Johnson, showed a little girl counting backwards as she pulled petals from a daisy. The countdown ended with an atomic explosion. The not-so-hidden message: a vote for Barry Goldwater, the Republican candidate, could mean nuclear war.
The Goldwater camp used TV ads of this type, too. But the Johnson forces created the most. The TV ads were so hard-hitting-one media expert called them “bitter and vicious” – that some people wanted political ads outlawed. But, 20 years later, political ads on TV are still with us, along with the issue of their fairness and honesty.
1800: SUPRISING TIE
Four men competed for the offices of President and Vice President. U.S. President John Adams and Thomas Pinckney were both Federalists. Aaron Burr and U.S. Vice President Thomas Jefferson were Democratic-Republicans. The candidate who won the most electoral votes would become President; the runner-up would become Vice President.
It was a bitter campaign—the first to involve political party machinery and organized campaigning. But it made the record books for another reason. Jefferson and Burr tied for first place, with 73 electoral votes each. The House of Representatives took over, as the Constitution required. Its members chose Jefferson as President and Burr as Vice President. In office, Jefferson worked to change the method of electing Vice Presidents. The Constitution’s 12 th Amendment, ratified in 1804, instructs electors to cast separate votes for President and Vice President.
1824: UNPOPULAR VICTORY
In a four-way race, Andrew Jackson of Tennessee got the most popular votes (153,544) and electoral votes (99). Yet John Quincy Adams, with 108,740 popular votes and 84 electoral votes, became President. To win outright, a candidate has to win a majority. Then 131 votes—in the Electoral College. Since two other candidates won a total of 78 votes, no candidate had a majority in 1824. So, the U.S. House of Representatives took over, and its members chose John Quincy Adams. Throughout the U.S., there was a feeling that the House had gone against the will of the people. In the next election (1828), Jackson trounced Adams.
1860: A NATION DIVIDED
Of the four Presidential candidates, Abraham Lincoln was the least known. His chief rival, U.S. Senator Stephen A. Douglas, was a leading spokesman for the Democratic Party. However, that party, like the nations, was split on the slavery issue.
When Southerners bolted from the 1860 Democratic convention, the Northern Democrats, who stayed, nominated Douglas for President. The Southern Democrats chose John Breckinridge, and the Constitutional Union movement chose John Bell, another breakaway Democrat. To oppose these Democrats, the young, anti-slavery Republican party nominated Abraham Lincoln. Though Lincoln was not in favor of abolishing slavery, Southerners believed he was, and abolitionists supported him. Lincoln won. On hearing the news, South Carolina’s legislature called a state convention, which on December 20 voted to sever the state’s ties to the federal union. Over the next six weeks, 10 other Southern states seceded from the Union.
1876: A LOSER WINS
The Democrats nominated Samuel J. Tilden, a popular governor of New York. Tilden got 4,284,020 popular votes; Rutherford B. Hayes, the Republican governor of Ohio, got 4,036,072. Tilden won 184 electoral votes and Hayes won 166. But Tilden did not win the election. To do that, he needed 185 electoral votes-then a majority of the Electoral College. Neither candidate won a majority because of irregularities in three Southern states, which left 19 electoral votes in dispute and, therefore, uncounted. To settle the dispute, President Grant appointed an Electoral Commission. Seven of its members were Republicans; six were Democrats. Commission members negotiated with Southern governors, legislators, and electors. Deals were made. Finally, all 19 electoral votes went to Hayes, who ended up with 185 electoral votes to Tilden’s 184.
1912: THIRD-PARTY WEDGE
In a Presidential election, the incumbent usually has a advantage. But that was definitely not the case in 1912. Incumbent President William Howard Taft won only eight electoral votes! His Democratic opponent, Woodrow Wilson, won 435.
Taft’s problems resulted mostly from the candidacy of a former Republican President, Theodore Roosevelt. In 1908, Roosevelt had supported Taft. However, by 1912, a split had developed between the Republicans’ conservative wing, led by Taft, and its progressive wing, led by Roosevelt. When Taft was nominated at the Republican Convention, Roosevelt organized the Progressive “Bull Moose” Party. As the Progressive candidate, Roosevelt won 88 electoral votes.
1948: THE POLLSTERS’ DEFEAT
Democratic prospects seemed hopeless in 1948. Harry Truman, who had become President on Franklin D. Roosevelt’s death in 1945, had little popular appeal. He faced a strong Republican
contender, Thomas E. Dewey, and third-party pressures from Progressives and “Dixiecrats.” (Southern Democrats in the States’ Rights Party)
Political experts-and nearly every public opinion poll-predicted a Dewey victory. Chicago’s Tribune (see photo) felt safe in printing a “Dewey Defeats Truman” headline before all the votes were counted. Actually, Truman defeated Dewey-with 24,105,812 popular votes and 303 electoral votes. Dewey won 21,970,065 popular votes and 189 electoral votes.
1960: THE FIRST TV DEBATES
John Kennedy had two strikes against him, many thought. First, he was a Catholic, and many remembered how Herbert Hoover had beaten another Catholic, Alfred E. Smith, in 1928. Second, Kennedy faced a tough Republican opponent-Richard M. Nixon, who had been Vice President during the two Eisenhower Administrations.
But four TV debates-the firs ever for Presidential candidates-helped Kennedy defuse the religion issue and take some of the luster off Nixon’s image. On TV, Nixon appeared nervous, sweaty, tired, defensive, and in need of a shave.
Kennedy seemed calm, collected, sophisticated, and mature. Political analysts feel that the debates gave Kennedy the edge he needed to squeak through to victory.
1964: HARD-HITTING ADS
In 1964, hard-hitting TV ads became a major weapon in a Presidential candidate’s arsenal. The TV commercials used in the 1952, ’56, and ’60 campaigns were simple presentations of the candidates’ abilities and stands on issues. What made the TV ads in the ’64 campaign different were the “hidden messages” that put the opposition in a bad light. For instance, an ad for the Democratic candidate, Lyndon Johnson, showed a little girl counting backwards as she pulled petals from a daisy. The countdown ended with an atomic explosion. The not-so-hidden message: a vote for Barry Goldwater, the Republican candidate, could mean nuclear war.
The Goldwater camp used TV ads of this type, too. But the Johnson forces created the most. The TV ads were so hard-hitting-one media expert called them “bitter and vicious” – that some people wanted political ads outlawed. But, 20 years later, political ads on TV are still with us, along with the issue of their fairness and honesty.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Tonight's HW May 5 2009
CLICK HERE - . Read, and outline the presentations.
NOTE: If this comes up on your screen,
"This presentation contains content that your browser may not be able to show properly. This presentation was optimized for more recent versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer.
If you would like to proceed anyway, click here." IGNORE IT. CLICK AND JUST KEEP GOING!
THREE DAYS TO GO!!!
NOTE: If this comes up on your screen,
"This presentation contains content that your browser may not be able to show properly. This presentation was optimized for more recent versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer.
If you would like to proceed anyway, click here." IGNORE IT. CLICK AND JUST KEEP GOING!
THREE DAYS TO GO!!!
Multiple Choice Questions
CLICK HERE. Lots of interactive multiple choice questions by topic. Test Yourself!
CLICK HERE for more MC's to test yourself! Carefully read the answers for explanations.
GOOD LUCK!!!
CLICK HERE for more MC's to test yourself! Carefully read the answers for explanations.
GOOD LUCK!!!
Writing the DBQ ESSAY
DBQ WRITING TIPS
8-Step Strategy:
1. Read the question three times. Do not move on until you fully understand it.
2. Identify the task by circling the main words. (For example: assess the validity, compare and contrast, evaluate relative importance, analyze the significance, etc.)
3. Ask yourself “what do I have to prove?” (e.g. Foreign policy is more important than domestic policy).
4. Pay special attention to economic, political, social issues that need to be included.
5. Make a list (outline) of outside information (as if you were writing a standard essay).
6. Examine the documents, underlining any key words or phrases that you may use later in the essay. Reread the question again after reading the first three documents.
7. Construct a thesis that is well-developed and clear. If the thesis is a mystery to the writer, it will be a mystery to the reader!
8. Write your essay.
Some Key Points to Remember:
• • Start with outside information first & write it down; then read the documents; then construct a thesis.
• • Make your life easier by constructing a thesis that can reasonably include most/ all of the documents (even if you don’t really believe your thesis). It is better to be “practical” than “right.”
• • Use as many documents as you can as long as they fit your thesis.
• • Don’t explain documents -- that is not your task.! AP readers have a list and a summary for each document. Use documents to reinforce your main points and outside information.
• • Don’t rewrite large portions of documents. Try to limit quotations to 1 sentence or less.
• • Reference author’s you are citing (e.g. …“In the letter by Abraham Lincoln”)
• • Cite every document used, e.g., (Doc. A), (Doc. F)
• • All fundamental AP writing principles you have learned regarding standard essays apply to DBQ essays.
8-Step Strategy:
1. Read the question three times. Do not move on until you fully understand it.
2. Identify the task by circling the main words. (For example: assess the validity, compare and contrast, evaluate relative importance, analyze the significance, etc.)
3. Ask yourself “what do I have to prove?” (e.g. Foreign policy is more important than domestic policy).
4. Pay special attention to economic, political, social issues that need to be included.
5. Make a list (outline) of outside information (as if you were writing a standard essay).
6. Examine the documents, underlining any key words or phrases that you may use later in the essay. Reread the question again after reading the first three documents.
7. Construct a thesis that is well-developed and clear. If the thesis is a mystery to the writer, it will be a mystery to the reader!
8. Write your essay.
Some Key Points to Remember:
• • Start with outside information first & write it down; then read the documents; then construct a thesis.
• • Make your life easier by constructing a thesis that can reasonably include most/ all of the documents (even if you don’t really believe your thesis). It is better to be “practical” than “right.”
• • Use as many documents as you can as long as they fit your thesis.
• • Don’t explain documents -- that is not your task.! AP readers have a list and a summary for each document. Use documents to reinforce your main points and outside information.
• • Don’t rewrite large portions of documents. Try to limit quotations to 1 sentence or less.
• • Reference author’s you are citing (e.g. …“In the letter by Abraham Lincoln”)
• • Cite every document used, e.g., (Doc. A), (Doc. F)
• • All fundamental AP writing principles you have learned regarding standard essays apply to DBQ essays.
Friday, May 1, 2009
Weekend Assignments
APUSHers:
We're almost there! The BIG GAME is almost here. How cool is it, that we are participating in an activity with the entire country?
Anyway, here's the mission for the weekend. Here's a chance to prove that you can "hang with the big boys." It will take determination, concentration, and plain old hard work.
1. Finish the Multiple Choice Flash Cards.
2. LISTEN to Hip-Hop USH
3. CLICK HERE for the AP Quizzes. Work on your weak spots, first. Spend a lot of time on #43 (Multiple Time Frames).
4. GO TO BRAIN POP. I've signed up for a free 5 day pass. THE LOG IN: mrteslersclass THE PW: wjpswjps. Watch the movies, with CLOSED CAPTIONING ON.
5. Get outside for a little while, weather permitting. Do something fun, DON'T SPEND THE WHOLE WEEKEND LOCKED IN YOUR ROOM STUDYING!!!
Good Luck!
We're almost there! The BIG GAME is almost here. How cool is it, that we are participating in an activity with the entire country?
Anyway, here's the mission for the weekend. Here's a chance to prove that you can "hang with the big boys." It will take determination, concentration, and plain old hard work.
1. Finish the Multiple Choice Flash Cards.
2. LISTEN to Hip-Hop USH
3. CLICK HERE for the AP Quizzes. Work on your weak spots, first. Spend a lot of time on #43 (Multiple Time Frames).
4. GO TO BRAIN POP. I've signed up for a free 5 day pass. THE LOG IN: mrteslersclass THE PW: wjpswjps. Watch the movies, with CLOSED CAPTIONING ON.
5. Get outside for a little while, weather permitting. Do something fun, DON'T SPEND THE WHOLE WEEKEND LOCKED IN YOUR ROOM STUDYING!!!
Good Luck!
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