US History Name: _____________________________

Unit 1 Guide: The Nation’s Beginnings

Learning Targets Learning Target Statements

Knowledge Targets ❑ I know the reasons why people began to immigrate to the new colonies in North
America.
“What I need to
know.”
❑ I know the differences of the economies of the Northern colonies versus the
Southern colonies.
❑ I know details of the events leading up to the American Revolution, including: the
Proclamation of 1763, the Stamp Act, the Quartering Act, the Townshend Acts, the
Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, the Intolerable Acts, the First Continental
Congress, Lexington and Concord.
❑ I know what the Declaration of Independence is and why it is significant.
❑ I know that according to the Declaration of Independence, all persons are born with
certain unalienable rights and citizens should have the ability to abolish any
government that violates those rights.
❑ I know what the Emancipation Proclamation is and why it is important to the history
of slavery in the United States
❑ I know what the Constitution is, and why there were groups of people who
supported it and were against it.
❑ I know the differences between Federalists and Anti-Federalists, and the opinions of
both groups .
❑ I know what the Bill of Rights is and why it was essential to the passing of the
Constitution.
❑ I know how the United States expanded westward, including: Manifest Destiny, land
purchases, and land acquisition.
❑ I know the events leading up to the Civil War.
❑ I know what the Reconstruction Era was, and the policies that were implemented.
❑ I know that despite the attempts made, Reconstruction was not considered
successful.

Reasoning/Skills ❑ I can examine and interpret a passenger ship list to conclude information about the
Targets passengers traveling to the colonies.
“What I can do
❑ I can explain how the differences in the economies of the Northern colonies and the
with what I know.” Southern colonies changed the way those colonies developed, and the lasting impact.
❑ I can explain the cause and effect of the events leading up to the American
“What I can Revolution, including: the Proclamation of 1763, the Stamp Act, the Quartering Act, the
demonstrate.” Townshend Acts, the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, the Intolerable Acts, the
First Continental Congress, Lexington and Concord.
❑ I can explain the content and significance of the Declaration of Independence.
❑ I can explain why the Emancipation Proclamation is important to the history of
slavery in the United States.
❑ I can explain the argument of those who supported the Constitution. I can explain
the argument of those who opposed the Constitution.
❑ I can explain what modifications were made in order to pass the Constitution.
❑ I can interpret the painting “American Progress” and can explain how it is symbolic
 of Manifest Destiny.
❑ I can explain the cause and effect of the events leading up to the Civil War.
❑ I can explain the successes and failures of Reconstruction.
❑ I can explain how the informal and formal segregation brought on by the Jim Crow
laws during the Reconstruction era, as well as the 13th, 14, and 15th Amendments, laid
a foundation for the Civil Rights Movement of the twentieth-century.
❑ I can read and interpret various documents from the time period, including:
speeches, pamphlets, and political cartoons.

Key Vocabulary ❑ 13 Colonies

“I can explain all of

❑ 13th Amendment
these vocabulary ❑ 14th Amendment
terms in my own ❑ 15th Amendment
words, and can ❑ Abolition
appropriately use
them in a ❑ Amendments
sentence.” ❑ American Revolution
❑ Anti-Federalists
❑ Bill of Rights
❑ Boston Massacre
❑ Boston Tea Party
❑ Checks & Balances
❑ Civil War
❑ Compromise of 1850
❑ Compromise of 1877
❑ Constitution
❑ Declaration of Independence
❑ Emancipation Proclamation
❑ Federalists
❑ First Continental Congress
❑ Fugitive Slave Act
❑ Gettysburg Address
❑ Intolerable Acts
❑ Jim Crow
❑ Judicial Review
❑ Ku Klux Klan
❑ Lexington and Concord
❑ Manifest Destiny
❑ Mercantilism
❑ Missouri Compromise
❑ Proclamation of 1763
❑ Quartering Act
❑ Reconstruction
❑ Townshend Acts
❑ Trail of Tears