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* every issue, dispute, event, etc., represents someone’s perspective, interest, ideal or outlook | * every issue, dispute, event, etc., represents someone’s perspective, interest, ideal or outlook | ||
* identify distributions of power and their impact on events, groups, and individuals | * identify distributions of power and their impact on events, groups, and individuals | ||
* what motivates historical choices? | * what motivates historical choices?<br><br> | ||
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<big>'''Causality'''</big> | <big>'''Causality'''</big> | ||
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** sectionalism | ** sectionalism | ||
** slavery and its impact & legacies<br><br> | ** slavery and its impact & legacies<br><br> | ||
<big>'''Core issues & themes in US history '''</big> | |||
* central bank | |||
* civil rights | |||
* economic winners & losers | |||
* faction | |||
* immigration & ethnic identity | |||
* judicial review & court activism | |||
* majority v. minority | |||
* political parties | |||
* populism | |||
* reform movements | |||
* slavery | |||
* states rights | |||
* tariffs | |||
* urban v. rural | |||
* westward & territorial expansion<br><br> | |||
<big>'''Constitutionalism'''</big> | <big>'''Constitutionalism'''</big> | ||
* the US Constitution created the extent and limits of the federal government | |||
** based on theory of ''limited government'' and ''checks & balances'' | |||
** the '''Bill of Rights''' expressly reserved, or protected from government infringement (violation) certain individual rights and liberties | |||
* elements to constitutionalism include: | |||
** Constitutional interpretation | |||
** federal supremacy | |||
** judicial review | |||
** limited government | |||
** rule of law | |||
* some questions to consider: | * some questions to consider: | ||
** ''why do Americans generally abide by the Constitution, or do they?'' | ** ''why do Americans generally abide by the Constitution, or do they?'' | ||
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** discrimination | ** discrimination | ||
* self-governance & political participation | * self-governance & political participation | ||
=== Cognitive dissonance in the American experience === | |||
* cognitive dissonance = "maintaining opposing thoughts at the same time | |||
** ''cognitive'' = relating to mental processes; ''dissonance'' = tension between disharmonious elements | |||
* American history includes widely diverse experiences, points of view, locales, cultures, economies, etc. | |||
* at the same time, American history yields commonalities that have bound Americans, including: | |||
** common conception of the nature of civil liberties | |||
** constitutionalism & rule of law | |||
** dominant white, protestant population | |||
*** starting as mostly English, other European ethnic groups merged into "white" America over time | |||
** English language | |||
* APUSH students may wish to consider how these ''dissonant'' elements act out across US History | |||
=== European colonialism === | === European colonialism === | ||