By the end of this section, you will be able to:Assess Kennedy’s Cold War strategyDescribe Kennedy’s contribution to the civil rights movement

By the end of this section, you will be able to:Discuss the similarities and differences in the lives of slaves and free blacksDescribe the independent culture and customs that slaves developed

Political Corruption in Postbellum AmericaKey Political Issues: Patronage, Tariffs, and GoldFarmers Revolt in the Populist EraSocial and Labor Unrest in the 1890s

By the end of this section, you will be able to:Explain the labor-intensive processes of cotton productionDescribe the importance of cotton to the Atlantic and American antebellum economy

By the end of this section, you will be able to:Explain the expansionist goals of advocates of slaveryDescribe the filibuster expeditions undertaken during the antebellum era

By the end of this section, you will be able to:Assess the distribution of wealth in the antebellum SouthDescribe the southern culture of honorIdentify the main proslavery arguments in the years prior to the Civil War

By the end of this section, you will be able to:Compare and contrast the development and character of the French and Dutch colonies in North AmericaDiscuss the economies of the French and Dutch colonies in North America

By the end of this section, you will be able to:Identify the first English settlements in AmericaDescribe the differences between the Chesapeake Bay colonies and the New England coloniesCompare and contrast the wars between native inhabitants and English colonists in both the Chesapeake Bay and New England coloniesExplain the role of Bacon’s Rebellion in the rise of chattel slavery in Virginia

Spanish Exploration and Colonial SocietyColonial Rivalries: Dutch and French Colonial AmbitionsEnglish Settlements in AmericaThe Impact of Colonization

By the end of this section, you will be able to:Identify the main Spanish American colonial settlements of the 1500s and 1600sDiscuss economic, political, and demographic similarities and differences between the Spanish colonies

By the end of this section, you will be able to:Explain the reasons for the rise of slavery in the American coloniesDescribe changes to Indian life, including warfare and huntingContrast European and Indian views on propertyAssess the impact of European settlement on the environment

By the end of this section, you will be able to:Compare and contrast monarchy and republican governmentDescribe the tenets of republicanism

By the end of this section, you will be able to:Explain the development of state constitutionsDescribe the features of the Articles of ConfederationAnalyze the causes and consequences of Shays’ Rebellion

By the end of this section, you will be able to:Describe the status of women in the new republicDescribe the status of nonwhites in the new republic

Common Sense: From Monarchy to an American RepublicHow Much Revolutionary Change?Debating DemocracyThe Constitutional Convention and Federal Constitution

By the end of this section, you will be able to:Identify the central issues of the 1787 Constitutional Convention and their solutionsDescribe the conflicts over the ratification of the federal constitution

By the end of this section, you will be able to:Identify regions where the English, French, and Dutch explored and established settlementsDescribe the differences among the early coloniesExplain the role of the American colonies in European nations’ struggles for domination

Portuguese Exploration and Spanish ConquestReligious Upheavals in the Developing Atlantic WorldChallenges to Spain’s SupremacyNew Worlds in the Americas: Labor, Commerce, and the Columbian Exchange

By the end of this section, you will be able to:Describe how Europeans solved their labor problemsDescribe the theory of mercantilism and the process of commodificationAnalyze the effects of the Columbian Exchange

By the end of this section, you will be able to:Describe Portuguese exploration of the Atlantic and Spanish exploration of the Americas, and the importance of these voyages to the developing Atlantic WorldExplain the importance of Spanish exploration of the Americas in the expansion of Spain’s empire and the development of Spanish Renaissance culture