Failure of Reconstruction 👎

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how and why Reconstruction resulted in continuity and change in regional and national understandings of what it meant to be American

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes on Topic 5.11, highlighting the social, political, and economic changes and continuities during Reconstruction, as well as the events leading to the end of Reconstruction

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 5.11: Failure of Reconstruction (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 5.11: Failure of Reconstruction (Guided Notes)

Reconstruction 🏗

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the effects of government policy during Reconstruction on society from 1865 to 1877

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes on Topic 5.10, examing the governments established in the Southern states following the Civil War, the Reconstruction Amendments to the Constituton, and the women's movement after the war

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 5.10: Reconstruction (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 5.10: Reconstruction (Guided Notes)

Government Policies During the Civil War 🦅

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how Lincoln’s leadership during the Civil War impacted American ideals over the course of the war

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes on Topic 5.9, defining "martial law" and the suspension of habeas corpus at the start of the Civil War, and examining the implementation of the Conscription Act and the Emancipation Proclamation, the purpose of the Gettysburg Address, and the issues surrounding the Election of 1864

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 5.9: Government Policies During the Civil War (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 5.9: Government Policies During the Civil War (Guided Notes)

Military Conflict in the Civil War: Course and Conclusion 💥

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the various factors that contributed to the Union victory in the Civil War

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes on Topic 5.8b, highlighting the course of the war, the reasons why the Union won, and population and economic costs of the Civil War

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 5.8b: Military Conflict in the Civil War: Course and Conclusion (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 5.8b: Military Conflict in the Civil War: Course and Conclusion (Guided Notes)

Military Conflict in the Civil War: Mobilization and Opposition 💣

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the various factors that contributed to the Union victory in the Civil War

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes on Topic 5.8a, examining the attack on Fort Sumter, the mobilization efforts of the combatants, contributions and roles of the populace of both regions, and the opposition to the outbreak of conflict in both the Union and the Confederacy

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 5.8a: Military Conflict in the Civil War: Mobilization and Opposition (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 5.8a: Military Conflict in the Civil War: Mobilization and Opposition (Guided Notes)

Spring Break — No School 🏖

Clintondale High School is currently on Spring Break. Classes will resume on Monday, March 31, 2025, at 7:35 A.M.

Have a fun and relaxing time away, Dragons!

Spring Break Countdown ⏲

⏰ What We Did

• Due to low student census, played general trivia Kahoot!

Election of 1860 and Secession 🗳

🎯 Learning Targets

• Describe the effects of Lincoln’s election

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes on Topic 5.7, summarizing the Election of 1860 and both the developments and causes of Southern secession

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 5.7: Election of 1860 and Secession (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 5.7: Election of 1860 and Secession (Guided Notes)

Failure of Compromise 👎

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the political causes of the Civil War

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes on Topic 5.6, identifying the importance of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Dred Scott decision, the Second Party System, and the Republican Party

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 5.6: Failure of Compromise (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 5.6: Failure of Compromise (Guided Notes)

Sectional Conflict: Regional Differences: Tensions Over Slavery ⛓

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how regional differences related to slavery caused tension in the years leading up to the Civil War

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes on Topic 5.5b, highlighting the Free Soil and Abolitionist movements, as well as the views of those who defended slavery

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 5.5b: Sectional Conflict: Regional Differences (Tensions Over Slavery) (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 5.5b: Sectional Conflict: Regional Differences (Tensions Over Slavery) (Guided Notes)

Sectional Conflict: Regional Differences: Immigration 🏘

Today is St. Patrick's Day 🍀

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the effects of immigration from various parts of the world on American culture from 1844 to 1877

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes on Topic 5.5a, focusing on the experiences of the major groups of immigrants and the rise of nativism

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 5.5a: Sectional Conflict: Regional Differences (Immigration) (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 5.5a: Sectional Conflict: Regional Differences (Immigration) (Guided Notes)

The Compromise of 1850 🤝

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the similarities and differences in how regional attitudes affected federal policy in the period after the Mexican-American War

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes on Topic 5.4, highlighting the federal policies regarding slavery, the details of the compromise authored by Henry Clay, and the effects of the Fugitive Slave Act

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 5.4: The Compromise of 1850 (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 5.4: The Compromise of 1850 (Guided Notes)

Map Activity: Westward Expansion & Manifest Destiny 🗺

Half-Day Due to Parent-Teacher Conferences 🐲

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the causes and effects of westward expansion from 1844 to 1877

⏰ What We Did

• Described the process and significance of each acquisition of land on yesterday's Manifest Destiny map

Map Activity: Westward Expansion & Manifest Destiny 🗺

Late Start Day 🕣

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the causes and effects of westward expansion from 1844 to 1877

⏰ What We Did

• Geographically illustrated the westward territorial expansion of the United States in its goal of achieving Manifest Destiny

⚙️ Resources

• Manifest Destiny, 1783 - 1853 (Reference Maps)

Mexican-American War 💥

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the causes and effects of the Mexican-American War

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes on Topic 5.3, highlighting the conflict with Mexico, as well as the experiences of Mexicans and American Indians in the West

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 5.3: Mexican-American War (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 5.3: Mexican-American War (Guided Notes)

Manifest Destiny 🇺🇸

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the causes and effects of westward expansion from 1844 to 1877

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes on Topic 5.2, highlighting the westward expansion of the United States, the support of the expansion by the federal government, and the diplomatic efforts taken to achieve manifest destiny

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 5.2: Manifest Destiny (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 5.2: Manifest Destiny (Guided Notes)

The Society of the South in the Early Republic ⛲️

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how geographic and environmental factors shaped the development of the South from 1800 to 1848

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes while discussing Topic 4.13, focusing on the importance of cotton on the South's economy and how the regional identity of Southerners differed from those of other regions of the United States

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 4.13: The Society of the South in the Early Republic (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 4.13: The Society of the South in the Early Republic (Guided Notes)

African Americans in the Early Republic 🇺🇸

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the continuities and changes in the experience of African Americans from 1800 to 1848

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes while discussing Topic 4.12, highlighting the numerous rebellions and uprisings by African-American slaves, as well as the two communities of African Americans — enslaved and free

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 4.12: African Americans in the Early Republic (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 4.12: African Americans in the Early Republic (Guided Notes)

An Age of Reform 🌟

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how and why various reform movements developed and expanded from 1800 to 1848

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes while discussing Topic 4.11, specifically examining the temprance, abolition, women's rights, and similar social movements in the United States during the 1820s and 1830s

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 4.11: An Age of Reform (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 4.11: An Age of Reform (Guided Notes)

The Second Great Awakening ✝️

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the causes of the Second Great Awakening

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes while discussing Topic 4.10, highlighting what the Second Great Awakening was, its causes, and its effects on society in the early to mid-1800s

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 4.10: The Second Great Awakening (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 4.10: The Second Great Awakening (Guided Notes)

The Development of an American Culture 🖼

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain how and why a new national culture developed from 1800 to 1848

⏰ What We Did

• Took notes while discussing Topic 4.9, highlighting the influences of Europe on early American culture, elements of early American culture, and the differences of early American culture in the various regions of the country

⚙️ Resources

• APUSH Topic 4.9: The Development of an American Culture (Google Slides)
• APUSH Topic 4.9: The Development of an American Culture (Guided Notes)