RUSH …Regents U.S. History and Government   Text: America :Pathways to the Present/Pearson                     

 Course Description: This course is designed to give you an understanding of the people and events that shaped America.

Quarter I  Units 1,2  1600-1820

 Essential Question:

-         How did the European conquest of North America transform indigenous civilizations, institutionalize African slavery, and ultimately lead to an independent and democratic United States?

 Units:

1. Indigenous People of North America

2. Three Worlds Converge

3. Colonial Development

4. American Revolution

5. Foundations of the American Government and Nation

Quarter II  Units 3,4  1820-1877

 Essential Question:

-         In what ways was the Civil War inevitable?

 Units:

6. Westward Expansion

7. Innovations and Inventions

8. Early Reform Movements

9. Causes of the Civil War

10. Civil War and Reconstruction

Quarter III   Units 5,6,7  1877-1939

 Essential Question:

-         What role did industrial capitalism play in American life and in the United States’ rise as a world power?

 Units:

11. Industrialization and Immigration

12. Imperialism and World War I

13. The Twenties and Thirties

Quarter IV   Units 8,9,10   1939-present

 Essential Question:

-         How have postwar social, political, and economic forces changed the United States internally and in its relationships with the rest of the world?

 Units:

14. World War II

15. The Cold War Era

16. The Rights Revolution

17. Vietnam and its Aftermath

18. Contemporary America