Invader's Realm: APUS History Notes
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Chapter 1: New World Beginnings
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Covers early history of the Americas, the Age of Exploration,
famous Spanish explorers, and briefly runs through early
settlements.
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Chapter 2: The Planting of English
America
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Describes the English setters in America, the founding of the
colonies, life in the colonial period, hardships, challenges,
and culture.
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Chapter 3: Settling The Northern
Colonies
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Discusses the settling of the Northern Colonies, the role of
Protestantism, the pilgrims, Massachusetts, New York,
Pennsylvania, and the Middle Colonies.
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Chapter 4: American Life In The 17th
Century
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Details the tobacco farming, early slavery, the Southern
Colonies, the New England way of life as compared to the rest
of the colonies, and various events.
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Chapter 5: Colonial Society On The
Eve of The Revolution
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Talks about the technology, work, society, and life in America
just before the Revolutionary War broke out, as well as the
Great Awakening, schools, and colleges.
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Chapter 6: The Duel For North
America
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Describes the various wars, including a few that are
considered "world wars," such as the French and Indian War and
the War for Jenkin's Ear.
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Chapter 7: The Road To Revolution
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Discusses mercantilism, the Intolerable Acts, events leading
up to war, and the beginning of the American Revolutionary
War.
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Chapter 8: America Secedes From The
Empire
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Details battles fought during the Revolutionary War,
Loyalists, the Declaration of Independence, war's end, and the
beginning of the United States.
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Chapter 9: The Confederation And The
Constitution
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Compares and contrasts the Articles of the Confederation and
the U.S. Constitution, early American government, and the
controversy over the drafting of the Constitution.
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Chapter 10: Launching of The New Ship
of State
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Describes the new U.S. government, the Bill of Rights,
Federalism, Hamilton vs. Jefferson, the effects of the French
Revolution, John Adams, and Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions.
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Chapter 11: The Triumphs And Travails
of Jeffersionian Democracy
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Discussed are the presidency of Thomas Jefferson, the rulings
of John Marshall, the Louisiana Purchase, the rise of James
Madison, and the War of 1812.
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Chapter 12: The Second War of
Independence And The Upsurge of Nationalism
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Outlines the War of 1812, the death of the Federalists, the
"American System" and Henry Clay, James Monroe, the growing
West and the Missouri Compromise, John Marshall, the Oregon
acquisition, and the Monroe Doctrine.
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Chapter 13: The Rise of Jacksonian
Democracy
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Among the subjects elaborated upon are Andrew Jackson, Henry
Clay, John Quincy Adams, and Daniel Webster.
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Chapter 14: Jacksonian Democracy At
Flood Tide
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The roots of the Civil War begin to take place, nullification
is discussed, Jackson kills the Bank of the United States and
moves Indian tribes, Martin Van Buren becomes president, and
the Whigs emerge as a political party with the election of
William H. Harrison.
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Chapter 15: Forging The National
Economy
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Introduced is the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, with
the new advances in technology, and the march to the West is
also elaborated upon.
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Chapter 16: The Ferment of Reform And
Culture
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Various religious and social upheavals were occurring during
this time, which saw the rise of the Mormon faith and
transcendentalism the beginnings of the protest against
alcoholism, and the start of the fight for women's rights.
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Chapter 17: The South And The Slavery
Controversy
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Eli Whitney's cotton gin revolutionized the economy of the
South, which encouraged the use of slaves, but as time passed,
the North abolished its slaves while the South kept them, and
this abolitionist trend caused friction which would eventually
explode into the Civil War.
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Chapter 18: Manifest Destiny And Its
Legacy
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A new spirit of expansion hit America in the form of the idea
of Manifest Destiny, which was complimented by Oregon fever,
and President Polk eventually led the United States into a
very successful war with Mexico, gaining all the
formerly-Mexican territory from California to parts of Texas.
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Chapter 19: Renewing The Sectional
Struggle
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The newly gained land resulted in another argument over
incoming slave-free and slave-holding states, but the
Compromise of 1850 luckily abated the situation for a while,
and during this time, the Whig Party effectively died out,
merging into the surging Republican Party, which gained power
over the disintegrated Democratic Party.
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Chapter 20: Drifting Towards
Disunion
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Harriet Tubman's Uncle Tom's Cabin created an uproar over
slavery that was worsened by the bloody situation in Kansas
and the Dred Scott case, and after the Republican Abraham
Lincoln won the presidency, several Southern states seceded
from the Union, an act that would spark the Civil War.
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Chapter 21: Girding The War: The
North And South
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This chapter outlines the social, political, and economical
situations surrounding the Civil War, though the actual
battles are not described here.
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Chapter 22: The Furnace of The Civil
War
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The battles of the Civil War are elaborated upon, from the
initial surprise of the South over the North to the resurgence
of the North and its eventual victory and peace settlement,
but after the war, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
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Chapter 23: The Ordeal of
Reconstruction
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After the war, the process of Reconstruction was slow and
arduous, with the North forcing the South to free its slaves,
though the South circumvented many rules and held the
African-Americans in slave-like status for many years via
legal loopholes or plain terror, like from the Ku Klux Klan.
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Chapter 24: Politics In The Gilded
Age
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The Gild Age was an era of corruption in politics, heavily
influenced by big businesses and monopolies, and this resulted
in an economically tumultuous period.
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Chapter 25: Industry Comes of Age
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Railroads revolutionized the United States with their improved
methods of transportation, though they were also responsible
for harming farmers and other wrongdoings, and during this
time, big industry really took off, with steel, oil, and news
giants like Andrew Carnegie and John Rockefeller; in response,
labor unions began to gain strength, though steps were taken
to limit their influence.
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Chapter 26: America Moves To The
City
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Documented are the new trends in immigration, the growth of
cities and slums, the new desire for learning, especially
among African Americans, the power of the press, and the
accomplishments of numerous writers.
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Chapter 27: The Great West And The
Agricultural Revolution
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Native Americans were pressured, their rights and lands
increasingly reduced, which sparked revolt and violence, while
farmers pushed west but encountered hardships on the land and
economically.
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Chapter 28: The Revolt of The
Debtor
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The Populist Party rose during this time, advocating new ideas
like using silver as the national standard instead of gold,
but the Republicans still triumphed, incorporating many
Populist ideas.
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Chapter 29: The Path of Empire
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Detailed are the naval buildup, the events coming before the
Spanish-American War, the explosion of war, the rise in power
of America, and its intrusions into the idea of taking over
lands to add to its "empire."
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Chapter 30: America On The World
Stage
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America's attempt to keep the Philippines was a violent
hassle, while Theodore Roosevelt initiated his "Big Stick
Diplomacy," raising America onto the happenings of the world.
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Chapter 31: Progressivism And The
Republican Roosevelt
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The rise of Progressives to fight against monopolies,
corruption, and inefficiency battled social ills and sparked
an interest in environmental preservation, but later, it
played a part in Theodore Roosevelt's split of the Republican
Party when he turned against former friend William Taft.
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Chapter 32: Wilsonian Progressivism
At Home And Abroad
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President Wilson combined Progressive ideas into his own
agenda and helped America avoid war during the first few years
of World War I, but eventually, the U.S. was plunged into war,
though Wilson was incapacitated at the end of his term due to
a stroke.
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Chapter 33: The War To End War
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This chapter covers World War I, or the First Great War, and
its battles and social and economical situations that covered
the various countries during this time.
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Chapter 34: American Life In The
Roaring Twenties
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After the initial exposure of corruption under the Harding
administration, America enjoyed relative prosperity and
happiness during the 1920s, but during this time, illicit
doings by companies in the stock market built up a "house of
cards" that eventually collapsed at the start of the Great
Depression.
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Chapter 35: The Politics of Boom And
Bust
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Warren G. Harding's Teapot Dome scandal was a shocker, though
Calvin Coolidge restored legitimacy to the presidency, but the
Great Depression was quite ruinous, despite Herbert Hoover's
efforts; also, on the world stage, Japan unleashed its power
when it attacked and surprisingly conquered China.
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Chapter 36: The Great Depression And
The New Deal
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Herbert Hoover's useless efforts led to Franklin D. Roosevelt
steamrolling over him in the 1932 election, and F.D.R.
initiated a plethora of programs under the New Deal (some
struck down by the Supreme Court) in order to alleviate the
depression.
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Chapter 37: Franklin D. Roosevelt And
The Shadow of War
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This details Hitler's belligerency before World War II, the
outbreak of war, Roosevelt's breaking of the two-term
tradition, and the attack on Pearl Harbor, which entered the
U.S. into the war.
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Chapter 38: America In World War
II
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America was initially unwilling to enter the war, but after
Pearl Harbor, the U.S. plunged into war with gusto, and this
action shook the nation out of the Great Depression, and
ultimately, the United States and the Allied Nations defeated
Japan, Italy, and Germany.
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Chapter 39: The Cold War Begins
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The end of the war brought new worries that the nation would
fall into depression again, but that was not the case, as
American remained a power and the Cold War against the Soviet
Union began, a part of which was the Korean War.
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Chapter 40: The EisenHower Era
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The 1950s featured the push for desegregation, the creation of
the interstate highway system, and the beginning of the space
race, while the 1960s featured more protest for African
American rights and the continuation of the Cold War.
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Chapter 41: The Stormy Sixties
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Details the turbulent atmosphere of the 1960s, with its
movements for women, civil rights, and peace instead of war,
as well as the near explosion of the Cold War in Cuba and the
Cuban Missile Crisis, the Great Society program, and the
tragedy and folly of the Vietnam War.
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Chapter 42: The Stalemated
Seventies
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Discusses the ending years of the Vietnam War, the impact of
Richard Nixon, the oil embargo and energy crisis, the actions
of Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter, and the Iranian hostage
humiliation.
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Chapter 43: The Resurgence of
Conservatism
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Ronald Reagan brought the conservatives back, enjoying
widespread popularity despite a few scandals like the Iran
Contra Scandal and greatly increasing the budget to battle the
U.S.S.R. in the Cold War, and eventually, the Soviet Union
fell; also detailed are the terms of President Bush and
President Clinton.