Students must submit TWO of these identification terms in paragraph form through the Assignments Tab if Canvas by the deadline specified in the Syllabus and in Assignments. They are each worth ten points. Students may submit a third identification term for five points of extra credit (three points for content information, one point for original thoughts and insight, and one point for proper citations, both in text and bibliographic). Be sure to cite properly, as per the MLA Format every time that any information is directly.  Be sure to cite properly, as per the MLA Format every time that any information is directly copied (and quotation marks are needed), paraphrased (writing someone else’s ideas in your own words) or for any facts that are not common knowledge (like “the sky is blue”). Be sure to provide a works cited section with a bibliographic citation of each source used; be sure to include the Date Accessed is the date that YOU previewed a particular website or watched a Youtube video because website/video content can change. As per the syllabus, students must use a minimum of two sources, that are to be cited in the body of the paragraph as well as the works cited section for that identification term to be counted for a grade. For more information, please consult the “Weekly Assignments” section of the syllabus. Please note that the textbook is an acceptable source for all of the identification terms: David Shi, America: A Narrative History, Volume 1 , Eleventh Edition. New York:  W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2019. Chapter 8: Erie Canal What individuals (both businessmen and politicians) wanted this canal?  When was it dug, what issues were there with its creation, and what were its endpoints?  What social and economic consequences did this canal have for the USA? History.com Editors, “Erie Canal.”   History A&E Television Networks August 21, 2018.  https://www.history.com/topics/landmarks/erie-canal  Date Accessed: Gertz, Jerry, “Erie Canal History.”  No Date Listed.  https://eriecanalcruises.com/history/  Date Accessed: Hughes, Hip, “The Erie Canal Explained: US History Review.”   Youtube May 31, 2015.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIOZcfHJoF8  Date Accessed: khunk, “Erie Canal-Bruce Springsteen (Lyrics).”   Youtube November 24, 2011.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Koj5yGigFNU  Date Accessed: Know Nothing-Party What did this party believe in? Why the name? Approximately when did it begin and end (why did it end)? Name some leaders and elected positions held by these politicians. No Author Listed, “Know-Nothing Party.”   Ohio History Central , No Date Listed.  https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Know-Nothing_Party  Date Accessed: Landis, Michael Todd, “How the Know Nothing Party Turned Nativism into Political Strategy.”   Zocalo Public Square July 12, 2018.    https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2018/07/12/know-nothing-party-turned-nativism-political-strategy/ideas/essay/  Date Accessed: Hughes, Hip, “The K ...

1. Students must submit TWO of these identification terms in
paragraph form through the Assignments Tab if Canvas by the
deadline specified in the Syllabus and in Assignments.
They are each worth ten points.
Students may submit a third identification term for five points
of extra credit (three points for content information, one point
for original thoughts and insight, and one point for proper
citations, both in text and bibliographic). Be sure to cite
properly, as per the MLA Format every time that any
information is directly. Be sure to cite properly, as per the
MLA Format every time that any information is directly copied
(and quotation marks are needed), paraphrased (writing
someone else’s ideas in your own words) or for any facts that
are not common knowledge (like “the sky is blue”).
Be sure to provide a works cited section with a bibliographic
citation of each source used; be sure to include the Date
Accessed is the date that YOU previewed a particular website or
watched a Youtube video because website/video content can
change.
As per the syllabus, students must use a minimum of two
sources, that are to be cited in the body of the paragraph as well
as the works cited section for that identification term to be
counted for a grade.
For more information, please consult the “Weekly Assignments”
section of the syllabus.
Please note that the textbook is an acceptable source for all of
the identification terms:

2. David Shi,
America: A Narrative History, Volume 1
, Eleventh Edition. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.,
2019.
Chapter 8:
Erie Canal
What individuals (both businessmen and politicians) wanted this
canal? When was it dug, what issues were there with its
creation, and what were its endpoints? What social and
economic consequences did this canal have for the USA?
History.com Editors, “Erie Canal.”
History
A&E Television Networks August 21, 2018.
https://www.history.com/topics/landmarks/erie-canal Date
Accessed:
Gertz, Jerry, “Erie Canal History.” No Date Listed.
https://eriecanalcruises.com/history/ Date Accessed:
Hughes, Hip, “The Erie Canal Explained: US History Review.”
Youtube
May 31, 2015.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIOZcfHJoF8 Date
Accessed:
khunk, “Erie Canal-Bruce Springsteen (Lyrics).”
Youtube
November 24, 2011.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Koj5yGigFNU Date
Accessed:
Know Nothing-Party

3. What did this party believe in? Why the name? Approximately
when did it begin and end (why did it end)? Name some leaders
and elected positions held by these politicians.
No Author Listed, “Know-Nothing Party.”
Ohio History Central
, No Date Listed. https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Know-
Nothing_Party Date Accessed:
Landis, Michael Todd, “How the Know Nothing Party Turned
Nativism into Political Strategy.”
Zocalo Public Square
July 12, 2018.
https://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2018/07/12/know-nothing-
party-turned-nativism-political-strategy/ideas/essay/ Date
Accessed:
Hughes, Hip, “The Know Nothings Explained.”
YouTube
July 22, 2019.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_Ld2ibpoHA Date
Accessed:
Chapter 9:
The Missouri Compromise
What were the reasons for this compromise? Who negotiated
this compromise? What were the terms, of this compromise, and
what were the consequences of those terms? When did the
compromise begin, and when did it end? Why did it end when it
did (hint: for more information see Chapter 13).
History.com Editors, “Missouri Compromise.”

4. History
A&E Television Networks September 27, 2019.
https://www.history.com/topics/abolitionist-
movement/missouri-compromise Date Accessed:
No Author Listed, “The Missouri Compromise.”
American Battlefield Trust
No Date Listed.
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/missouri-
compromise Date Accessed:
Hughes, Hip, “The Missouri Compromise Explained: US History
Review.”
YouTube
September 3, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-
Id8pqA-O4 Date Accessed:
The Monroe Doctrine:
What events brought about its creation…When? Exactly what is
the Monroe Doctrine? What were its long term consequences?
History.com Editors, “Monroe Doctrine.”
History
A&E Television Networks September 20, 2019.
https://www.history.com/topics/westward-expansion/monroe-
doctrine
Date Accessed:
Office of the Historian, “Milestones: 1821-1829 Monroe
Doctrine, 1823.”
United States Department of State
No Date Listed.

5. https://history.state.gov/milestones/1801-1829/monroe Date
Accessed:
Jocz Productions, “Monroe Doctrine APUSH Review.”
YouTube
September 30, 2014.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apKiEixzyDs Date
Accessed:
Chapter 10
Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the Trail of Tears:
What caused these events? Who was involved and what
happened? What were the consequences?
History.com Editors, “Trail of Tears.”
History
A&E Television Networks February 21, 2020.
https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/trail-
of-tears
Date Accessed:
Weiser, Kathy, “Indian Removal Act of 1830.”
Legends of America
December 2019. https://www.legendsofamerica.com/na-
indianremovalact/ Date Accessed:
Weiser, Kathy, “The Cherokee Trail of Tears.”
Legends of America
May 2020. https://www.legendsofamerica.com/na-trailtears/
Date Accessed:
Reading Through History, “History Brief: Indian Removal.”
YouTube

6. June 20, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8Hd42J-
tzs Date Accessed:
Martin Van Buren:
Who was he? When did he live? What were his political
views? What were his political goals and accomplishments?
History.com Editors, “Martin Van Buren.”
History
A&E Television Networks May 27, 2020.
https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/martin-van-buren
Date Accessed:
Freidel, Frank and Sidey, Hugh, “Martin Van Buren.”
The White House Historical Association
“The Presidents of the United States of America” 2006.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-
house/presidents/martin-van-buren/ Date Accessed:
Paradenews, “American President #8: Martin Van Buren (1829-
1837).
YouTube
May 18, 2010.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHMHKU7yv-0 Date
Accessed: