Bishop England High School— Paul Spence

Social Studies

U.s. history course overview

Course Overview:  This is a year long course which provides an in-depth study of American history from the colonial period into the twentieth century.

 

Topics Covered

 

           Colonial America and the American Revolution

           Federalism and the creation of a New Nation

           Nationalism  and Sectionalism

           Great Awakening and the Market Revolution

           The Late Great Unpleasantness   and the Reconstruction

           Western Frontier and the Industrial Age

           Turn of the 20^th Century and the Progressive Era

           World War I  and the Roaring Twenties

           Great Depression and the New Deal

World War II