APUSH Stuff
Hi everyone. I hope you are all enjoying the snow and finding a way to stay warm. For Christmas this year I am giving all my AP students not one, not two, but three gifts. Ho, Ho, Ho.
Gift #1: Read ch. 23 and take notes. Do not put much effort into the presidents and presidencies after Grant. Starting with the Hayes election, the presidents over the next twenty years are all very unremarkable. Pretty much you just have to know the following: they are fat, ugly, lazy, corrupt, and not very smart. Since part of this chapter covers Reconstruction stuff that we have already discussed, and part covers presidents that you don't need to worry about, this should be a fast chapter. Due Monday, Jan. 5th.
Gift #2: Read ch. 24 and take notes. This will take a little while, because it is lengthy and packed with important stuff. This is actually due on Tuesday, Jan 6th, but don't wait until Monday night to do this one.
Gift #3: The lusty DBQ. Click below for the essay prompt and documents. I would recommend that you do this first while the info is still fresh in your mind, and so that you don't have it hanging over your head. Follow these steps: 1) analyze the prompt to make sure you understand exactly what it is asking you to do, 2) prewrite ideas to support the prompt, 3) determine a thesis, 4) read the documents looking for docs that will support your thesis, 5) organize the docs and your prewrite, 6) begin writing. Since you are doing this at home, you may use outside sources to help you with outside info if you wish. DO NOT PLAGIARIZE anything from the internet.
If you have any questions, email me at jrettmann@hotmail.com
After loading the DBQ below, I have learned that the documents that are graphics would not load. Here is a description of them. If you really want the actual document, email me and I will send it to you as an attachment: Document F: a map of the U.S. showing which states voted for Hayes and which state voted for Tilden in the 1876 election. It is titled "The Hayes-Tilden Disputed Election". Document H is titled "Military Reconstruction". It is a map of the South showing the five military districts. Document J is a political cartoon by Thomas Nast that says "Tilden or Blood". It shows a stack of newspapers that are talking about he possibility of another Civil War if Tilden is not given the presidency. On top of the papers is a pistol. A hand is grasping the pistol. Another hand…..forget it, it is hard to explain.