8th History

Syllabus

• Major events leading to the founding of the nation and the development of American constitutional democracy.

• The U.S Constitution.

• The American political system and the ways in which citizens should participate in it.

• Ideals of the people of the new nation and U.S foreign policy.

• Challenges that the American people from the early 1800's to the mid-1800’s faced.

• Attempts to abolish slavery and realize the ideals of the Declaration of Independence.

• Multiple causes, key events, and complex consequences of the Civil War.

• The history of the nation leading up to World War I.