Download OCR A an AS History Unit Y216 Scheme of Work

UNIT Y216: THE USA IN THE 19TH CENTURY: WESTWARD EXPANSION AND CIVIL WAR
NOTE: BASED ON 2X 50 MINUTE LESSONS PER WEEK
TERMS BASED ON 6 TERM YEAR.
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The ideas that shaped
America
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Who were the first
Americans?
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• Access to History: America: Civil
War and Westward Expansion
1803-1890 Fifth Edition, Farmer
• An Introduction to American
History, Farmer and Sanders
• Access to History: America: Civil
War and Westward Expansion
1803-1890 Fifth Edition, Farmer
• An Introduction to American
History, Farmer and Sanders
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How does the US
political system
safeguard Liberty?
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How do the
economies of North
and South differ?
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Westward Expansion;
causes and impacts
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Factors that
contributed to the
opening of the West
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The first settlers to America (Why
did they come? Where did they
settle?)
Manifest Destiny
Indian Removal
Declaration of Independence
US Constitution and the Bill of
Rights
US Political System
States’ rights and limited
government
Industrialisation in the North
Agriculture, Slavery and the impact
of the Cotton Gin in the South
The Nature of Slavery and its
impact on the Southern economy
Abolitionism and Abolitionists
Debate over the future of slavery in
America and sectional tensions
Population Growth
Westward Expansion, Exploration
and the Fur Trade
Agriculture (cattle and farming)
Transport (roads, steamboats,
railways)
Industrialisation and mining
• Access to History: America: Civil
War and Westward Expansion
1803-1890 Fifth Edition, Farmer
• An Introduction to American
History, Farmer and Sanders
• Access to History: America: Civil
War and Westward Expansion
1803-1890 Fifth Edition, Farmer
• An Introduction to American
History, Farmer and Sanders
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7-8
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The impact of the
Federal Government
on Westward
Expansion
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The Economic, Social
and Political impact of
Westward Expansion
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Growth of sectional
tension 1850-1861
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11-13
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Main differences
between North and
South by 1850
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Growth of Sectional
Tension 1850-61
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Gold Rush
Urbanisation
The Mormons
Louisiana Purchase
Federal Government,
Communications and Mail
Homestead Act
Morrill Act
Migration West
Creation of new states
Increased tension with Native
Americans
Increased tension over property
rights and slavery
Missouri Compromise (and the
Louisiana Purchase)
Florida 1819
Texan Independence
War with Mexico
Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo
Impact of the Mexican War (Wilmot
Proviso, Calhoun Doctrine,
Compromise, Popular Sovereignty)
1848 Election
1850 Compromise
Fugitive Slave Act
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
1852 Election
Pierce and the Gadsden Purchase
Cuba
Kansas-Nebraska, Bleeding
Kansas and Bleeding Sumner
Resources
• Access to History: America: Civil
War and Westward Expansion
1803-1890 Fifth Edition, Farmer
• An Introduction to American
History, Farmer and Sanders
• Access to History: America: Civil
War and Westward Expansion
1803-1890 Fifth Edition, Farmer
• An Introduction to American
History, Farmer and Sanders
• Access to History: America: Civil
War and Westward Expansion
1803-1890 Fifth Edition, Farmer
• An Introduction to American
History, Farmer and Sanders
• Access to History: America: Civil
War and Westward Expansion
1803-1890 Fifth Edition, Farmer
• An Introduction to American
History, Farmer and Sanders
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Native Americans
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14-15
Native Americans in
the early 19th Century
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16-19
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Native Americans in
the late 19th Century
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Rise of the Republican Party
1856 Presidential Election
Panic of 1857
Dred Scott
Rise of Lincoln and the 1858
Congressional Elections
John Brown Affair
Conspiracy Theories; Slave power
and Black Republicanism
1860 Election and Secession
Creation of the Confederacy and
the role of Davis
Failure of Compromise
The first shots of war (Fort Sumter)
Political, social and economic
organisation of Native American
tribes
Impact of Westward Expansion
(Tecumseh Confederacy, Indian
Removal Act 1830)
Founding of the Bureau of Indian
Affairs 1824
Impact of the Gold Rush of 1849
Fort Laramie Treaty 1851. Fort
Wise Treaty 1861, Medicine Lodge
Treaty 1867, Fort Laramie Treaty
1868
Impact of Civil War including loss
of land
Plains Wars 1862-8 and the Sand
Creek massacre
Homestead Act 1862
Resources
• Access to History: America: Civil
War and Westward Expansion
1803-1890 Fifth Edition, Farmer
• An Introduction to American
History, Farmer and Sanders
• Access to History: America: Civil
War and Westward Expansion
1803-1890 Fifth Edition, Farmer
• An Introduction to American
History, Farmer and Sanders
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Term Week Number
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The Civil War
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The Confederate War
Effort
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The Union War effort
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Transcontinental Railway
Reservation Policy and life on
reservations
Indian Wars of 1870s (including
Battle of Little Bighorn)
Dawes Act 1887 and
Americanisation
Jefferson Davis
Congress
Finance
Economic management
Impact on Society
Confederate opposition to war
Relations with Britain
Lincoln as a leader
Relationship with cabinet
Relations with congress
Finance
Economic impact
Social impact
Union opposition to War
(Copperheads, Vallandigham, New
Resources
• Access to History: America: Civil
War and Westward Expansion
1803-1890 Fifth Edition, Farmer
• An Introduction to American
History, Farmer and Sanders
• The American Civil War 1861-5,
Farmer
• Lee Considered: General Robert
lee in Civil War History , Nolan
• Why the South lost the Civil
War, Donald
• Why the Confederacy Lost,
Boritt
• How the North Won, Hattaway
and Jones
• Fighting for Defeat: Union
Military Failure in the East 18615, Adams
• Access to History: America: Civil
War and Westward Expansion
1803-1890 Fifth Edition, Farmer
• An Introduction to American
History, Farmer and Sanders
• The American Civil War 1861-5,
Farmer
• Lee Considered: General Robert
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Term Week Number
Indicative Content
Extended Content
York draft riots)
lee in Civil War History , Nolan
• Why the South lost the Civil
War, Donald
• Why the Confederacy Lost,
Boritt
• How the North Won, Hattaway
and Jones
• Fighting for Defeat: Union
Military Failure in the East 18615, Adams
• Access to History: America: Civil
War and Westward Expansion
1803-1890 Fifth Edition, Farmer
• An Introduction to American
History, Farmer and Sanders
• The American Civil War 1861-5,
Farmer
• Lee Considered: General Robert
lee in Civil War History , Nolan
• Why the South lost the Civil
War, Donald
• Why the Confederacy Lost,
Boritt
• How the North Won, Hattaway
and Jones
• Fighting for Defeat: Union
Military Failure in the East 18615, Adams
• Access to History: America: Civil
War and Westward Expansion
1803-1890 Fifth Edition, Farmer
• An Introduction to American
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Nature of the war
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Union and Confederate strengths
Mass armies
Changing nature of weaponry
Importance of cavalry and artillery
Importance of communications
War at sea
Experience of soldiers (medical
care and desertion)
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The War 1861-2
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First Manassas
General McLennan
The Peninsular Campaign
The Shenandoah Campaign
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Indicative Content
The War 1863-5
Extended Content
Resources
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General Lee and the Seven Days
Second Manassas
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Shiloh
Kentucky and Tennessee
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Chancellorsville
Gettysburg and the Emancipation
Proclamation
Vicksburg
Chattanooga
Grant’s plan of 1864 and reasons
for failure
1864 election
March through Georgia
Reasons for Confederate
surrender
History, Farmer and Sanders
• The American Civil War 1861-5,
Farmer
• Lee Considered: General Robert
lee in Civil War History , Nolan
• Why the South lost the Civil
War, Donald
• Why the Confederacy Lost,
Boritt
• How the North Won, Hattaway
and Jones
• Fighting for Defeat: Union
Military Failure in the East 18615, Adams
• Access to History: America: Civil
War and Westward Expansion
1803-1890 Fifth Edition, Farmer
• An Introduction to American
History , Farmer and Sanders
• The American Civil War 1861-5,
Farmer
• Lee Considered: General Robert
lee in Civil War History , Nolan
• Why the South lost the Civil
War, Donald
• Why the Confederacy Lost,
Boritt
• How the North Won, Hattaway
and Jones
• Fighting for Defeat: Union
Military Failure in the East 18615, Adams
• The American Civil War 1861-5,
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Optional
Revision
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Key Topic
Term Week Number
Indicative Content
Extended Content
Resources
Farmer
• Lee Considered: General Robert
lee in Civil War History , Nolan
• Why the South lost the Civil
War, Donald
• Why the Confederacy Lost,
Boritt
• How the North Won, Hattaway
and Jones
• Fighting for Defeat: Union
Military Failure in the East 18615, Adams
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