Colonial America to Reconstruction History Digital Interactive Notebook Bundle

This interactive notebook mega-bundle includes everything you need to teach about American history from Colonial America through the Reconstruction period.

The organizers in this resource can be used on their own, or as a supplement to student notes. Interactive notebooks are a great tool to keep students organized and engaged in the lesson!

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This digital resource is completely PAPERLESS! It can be used with Google Drive, Google Slides, and Microsoft OneDrive!

In this resource you will find...

• 198 pages of activities

• Instructions

• Suggested answer key

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Material Included:

Colonial America Interactive Notebook

1. Key vocabulary - lost colony, meetinghouse, middle colonies, musket, New England colonies, plantation, Quakers, southern colonies, charter, House of Burgesses, great awakening, cash crops

2. Lost colony of Roanoke - location, original plans, first colony, second colony, disappearance, theories

3. Jamestown settlement - sailing to America, Jamestown, first settlers, first year, the Powhatan, John Smith, starving time

4. Plymouth Colony - why, sailing to America, the Mayflower Compact, Plymouth, first winter, the Wampanoag, Thanksgiving

5. Voyage of the Mayflower - size of the ship, route to America, life on the Mayflower, passengers, crew

6. The Thirteen Colonies - what is a colony, each of the colonies

7. Williamsburg, Virginia - Middle Plantation, William and Mary College, capital of Virginia, planned city, gunpowder incident, American Revolution, restoration

8. The Puritans - who were they, what did they believe, why did they go to America, Massachusetts Bay Colony, the Great Migration, Rhode Island, Connecticut

9. King Philip's War - who fought, where it was fought, leading up to the war, major battles & events, results and consequences

10. The French and Indian War - who fought, seven years war, where it was fought, leading up to the war, major battles & events, results and consequences

11. The Salem Witch Trials - belief in witches, how the trials started, panic, how many were killed, end of the trials

13. Who was a witch? - touch test, confession by dunking, lord's prayer, dreams, submersion, pressing

13. Men & women's clothing - 2 flippables to describe different pieces of clothing men and women wore

14. Daily life - on the farm vs. in the city

15. Colonial jobs - apothecary, blacksmith, cabinetmaker, cobbler, cooper, chandler, gunsmith, miller, printer, tailor, wheelwright, wig maker

16. Colonial women - education, legal status, work, maintaining a household, wealthy women, women in the city, slave women

17. Slavery in the colonies - indentured servants, beginning of slavery, jobs, clothes, homes, treatment

18. Important people - William Bradford, Henry Hudson, Pocahontas, William Penn, James Oglethorpe, John Smith, Roger Williams

Causes of the American Revolution Interactive Notebook (FREE)

1. The Stamp Act - paying for the war, no representation, reaction in the colonies, Stamp Act Congress, Sons of Liberty, Stamp Act repealed

2. The Townshend Acts - what were they, why were they made, importance, reaction in the colonies, results

3. The Boston Massacre - what happened, after the massacre, the trials, results

4. The Boston Tea Party - what was it, why were they protesting, was it planned, cost of the tea

5. The Intolerable Acts - Boston Port Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Administration of Justice Act, Quartering Act, Quebec Act, results

6. Continental Congress - First and second congresses, accomplishments

7. Declaration of Independence - who wrote it, agreement, July 4, 1776, signatures

American Revolution Interactive Notebook

1. Key vocabulary - colony, confederation, constitution, garrison, haversack, legislature, militia, minutemen, Parliament, Redcoat, Tory, Whigs

2. Causes of the war - French and Indian War, taxes and laws, protests in Boston, Intolerable Acts, Boston blockade, unity in the colonies, First Continental Congress, beginning of the war.

3. Sons of Liberty - who were they, how were they formed, how did they get their name, where did they meet, protesting the Stamp Act, Boston Tea Party, members

4. Patriots vs. Loyalists - what was a patriot/loyalist, why become a patriot/loyalist, famous patriots/loyalists

5. American military leaders - George Washington, Nathanael Greene, Henry Knox, Jean Baptiste de Rochambeau, Francois Joseph Paul de Grasse, Horatio Gates, Daniel Morgan, Marquis de Lafayette, John Paul Jones

6. British military leaders - William Howe, Henry Clinton, Charles Cornwallis, John Burgoyne, Guy Carleton, Thomas Gage

7. Battles of Lexington & Concord - Lexington, Concord, British Retreat

8. Capture of Ticonderoga - Green Mountain Boys, capturing the fort, siege of the fort, attack on the fort

9. Battle of Bunker Hill - where, leaders, what happened, results

10. Battle of Long Island (Brooklyn) - when and where, leaders, before the battle, battle, retreat, results

11. Washington crosses the Delaware - Hessian soldiers, battle of Trenton, importance, three crossings

12. Battle of Germantown - when and where, commanders, before the battle, battle, results

13. Battles of Saratoga - leaders, before the battle, Bennington, Freeman's farm, Bemis Heights, results

14. Battle of Yorktown - before the battle, siege of Yorktown, surrender

15. Valley Forge - where, why, American leaders, conditions

16. The Treaty of Paris - negotiations, major points, other points

17. African Americans - patriots, separate regiments, British side, American side

18. Spies - secret messages, disguises, Culper spy ring

19. Famous spies - Nathan Hale, Benjamin Tallmadge, Abraham Woodhull, Lydia Darragh, Benedict Arnold, Hercules Mulligan, Daniel Bissell, Nancy Hart

20. Roles of women - nurses, spies, camp followers, soldiers

21. Famous women - Abigail Adams, Kate Barry, Lydia Darragh, Mary Draper, Nancy Hart, Molly Pitcher, Betsy Ross, Deborah Sampson, Mercy Otis Warren, Martha Washington

22. Weapons - Musket, bayonet, cannon, other weapons

23. Soldiers - militia, Continental Army, number of soldiers, payment, who joined, ages, diseases and medicine, prisoners of war

Articles of Confederation Interactive Notebook

1. Key vocabulary - constitution, Articles of Confederation, compromise, Anti-Federalist, Federalist, impeachment, popular sovereignty, amendment, veto, enumerated powers, concurrent powers, shared powers

2. Articles of Confederation - who wrote them, when each state ratified them

3. 13 Articles - summarize each of the 13 Articles

4. Strengths and weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation

5. Constitutional Convention - purpose, president, draft, signing, ratification

6. Proposed plans - Virginia Plan, New Jersey Plan, Hamilton's Plan, Pinckney's Plan, the Great Compromise

7. Branches of government - executive, legislative, judicial

8. Checks and balances - separation of powers, checks on the branches, power of the states

9. Bill of Rights - summarize each of the 10 amendments

Early American Republic Interactive Notebook

1. Key vocabulary - domestic policy foreign policy, neutrality, impressment, factory system, cabinet, internal improvements, John Marshall, nationalism, precedent, Nonintercourse Act, tariff

2. Washington's administration - inauguration, cabinet, District of Columbia, Northwest Indian War, economic policy, foreign affairs, farewell address

3. Party System - Federalists vs. Democratic-Republicans

4. Whiskey Rebellion - whiskey tax, grievances, resistance, insurrection, federal response

5. Adams administration - election of 1796, presidency, cabinet, quasi-war with France, Alien and Sedition Acts

6. XYZ Affair - commission to France, reaction in the U.S., reaction in France, treaty

7. Jefferson Administration - elections of 1800 and 1804, cabinet, domestic and foreign policies

8. Louisiana Purchase - more land, cost, size, borders, opposition

9. Lewis & Clark Expedition - Lewis & Clark, exploration, Native American encounters, the Great Falls, the Rocky Mountains, Pacific Ocean, accomplishments

10. Marbury v. Madison - Judiciary Acts of 1789, 1801, and 1802, Adams appoints Marbury, Jefferson denies Marbury, decision

11. McCulloch v. Maryland - 1816 Act, case, decision

12. Gibbons v. Ogden - background, case, decision

13. First Industrial Revolution - duration, cultural changes, transportation, working conditions

14. Burr-Hamilton duel - background, Burr's intentions, Hamilton's intentions, aftermath, anti-dueling movement

15. War of 1812 - causes, leaders, U.S. attacks Canada, U.S. victories, British fight back, Battle of Baltimore, Battle of New Orleans, peace

16. Era of Good Feelings - post-war nationalism, Great Goodwill Tour, Monroe and political parties

17. Monroe Doctrine - main points, why, long-term effects

Age of Jackson Interactive Notebook

1. Key vocabulary - Jacksonian democracy, spoils system, Indian Removal Act, Trail of Tears, nullification, secession, depression, inflation, Panic of 1837, Donner Party, Forty-Niners, Whig party

2. Second party system - Democratic party, Whig party, leaders of each party

3. Jackson's presidency - petticoat affair, purging corruption, spoils system, foreign affairs, removal of deposits and censure, assassination attempt

4. Indian Removal Act - background, five civilized tribes, support, opposition, passage, implementation

5. Trail of Tears - Choctaw, Seminole, Creek, Chickasaw, Cherokee

6. Seminole Wars

7. Nullification Crisis - background, tariffs, South Carolina, tariff of 1832

8. Bank war - background, veto, election of 1832

9. Jacksonian democracy - philosophy, common man, new Democratic party

10. Second Great Awakening - theology, burned-over district, camp meetings, church membership

Industrial Revolution Interactive Notebook

1. Key vocabulary - industrial revolution, breaker boy, Bessemer process, cottage industry, cotton gin, labor union, luddites, spinning jenny, strike, textile, telegraph, working class

2. Origins - first and second Industrial Revolution

3. Famous people - Alexander Graham Bell, Andrew Carnegie, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Robert Fulton, John D. Rockefeller, Eli Whitney

4. Inventions - steam power, electricity, textile technology, communication, transportation

5. Steam Engine - how it works, importance, invention, today

6. Factory system - before, centralized workplace, division of labor, unskilled workers, standardized parts, women and children, society

7. Transportation - steamboats, canals, railroads, roads

8. Erie Canal - length, building, importance

9. Labor unions - purpose, improvements, first unions, great railroad strike of 1877, homestead steel mill strike of 1892, Pullman strike of 1894

10. Working conditions - long days, unsafe facilities, dangerous work, living conditions, government regulation

11. Child labor - jobs, money, how many children, end

12. Women - Lowell mill girls, away from the farm, wages, civil war, women’s rights movement

Westward Expansion Interactive Notebook

1. Key vocabulary - bronco, boomtown, cattle drive, cowboy, frontier, ghost town, gunslinger, manifest destiny, Northwest Territory, pioneer, reservations, telegraph

2. California gold rush - gold found, forty niners, panning for gold, supplies

3. Transcontinental Railroad - route, pacific railroad act, building the railroad, workers, the golden spike

4. The Homestead Act - the law, opportunity, land rush, sooners

5. Louisiana Purchase - more land, cost, size, borders, opposition

6. Mexican-American War - background, Texas becomes a state, war with Mexico, capture of Mexico city, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

7. Battle of the Alamo - the Alamo, before the battle, leaders, the battle, aftermath

8. Oregon Trail - route, covered wagons, dangers, supplies

9. Pony Express - how it worked, route, riders, duration, end

10. Daily Life - work, frontier women, children, education, entertainment, log cabins

11. Famous People - Daniel Boone, Sam Houston, Lewis and Clark, Annie Oakley, James K. Polk, Sacagawea, Thomas Jefferson

12. Famous gunfighters - Wild Bill Hickok, Billy the Kid, Jesse James, John Wesley Hardin, Wyatt Earp, The Wild Bunch

Civil War Interactive Notebook

1. Key vocabulary - abolitionist, antebellum, bayonet, commutation, copperhead, Dixie, Dred Scott Decision, Fugitive Slave Law, Mason-Dixon Line, plantation, sectionalism, Yankee

2. Causes of the Civil War - slavery, industry vs. farming, states’ rights, expansion, bleeding Kansas, President Lincoln, secession

3. Slavery - beginning, slaves from Africa, slave codes, slave vs. free states, underground railroad

4. Underground Railroad - railroad terms, workers, travel, danger, duration, escaped slaves, Fugitive Slave Act

5. Harpers Ferry raid - John Brown, plan, raid, capture, consequences

6. The South Secedes - South Carolina, leaders, Confederate States of America

7. Border States - Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Delaware, West Virginia

8. Union generals - Ulysses S. Grant, George McClellan, William Tecumseh Sherman, Joseph Hooker, Winfield Scott Hancock, George Thomas

9. Confederate generals - Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, J.E.B. Stuart, P.G.T. Beauregard, Joseph Johnson

10. Important people - Clara Barton, Jefferson Davis, Dorthea Dix, Andrew Johnson, Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Tubman, Eli Whitney

11. Daily Life - life, poor men, women at home, war in the South, children in the army

12. Life as a soldier - typical day, medical conditions, age, food, pay

13. Uniforms - start of the war, confusion on the battlefield, Union and Confederate uniforms, weapons, gear

14. African Americans - not allowed to fight, African American soldiers, first black regiments, African Americans in the South

15. Civil War spies - Union & Confederate spy networks, famous Union and Confederate spies

16. Medicine - hospitals, doctors, infection, treatments, disease

17. Weapons and technology - rifles and muskets, hand to hand combat, cannons, submarines and ironclads, balloons, the telegraph, railroads

18. Submarines - use, first submarines, H.L. Hunley, crew, weapons, air, sinking a ship, Hunley sinks

19. Union blockade - duration, the anaconda plan, cotton for weapons, how it worked, getting through the blockade, results

20. Battle of Fort Sumter - Fort Sumter, leaders, before the battle, the battle

21. 1st Battle of Bull Run - when, leaders, the battle, results

22. Battle of the Ironclads - the Merrimack, the Monitor, the battle, results

23. Battle of Shiloh - before the battle, Confederate plan, the battle, the hornet’s nest, results

24. Battle of Antietam - Robert E. Lee on the offensive, the battle, results

25. Battle of Fredericksburg - before the battle, the battle, results

26. Battle of Chancellorsville - before the battle, the battle, results

27. Siege of Vicksburg - importance of Vicksburg, before the battle, the battle, results

28. Battle of Gettysburg - the battle, results, the Gettysburg Address

29. Sherman’s March to the Sea - before the march, march to Savannah, taking Savannah

30. Emancipation Proclamation - freeing the slaves, why wait, the 13th Amendment

31. Robert E. Lee Surrenders - before the surrender, surrender, terms, the Southern army, Jefferson Davis captured, the war over

32. President Lincoln’s assassination - location, how he was killed, conspiracy, Booth captured

Reconstruction Interactive Notebook

1. Key vocabulary - reconstruction, Radical Reconstruction, carpetbaggers, Ku Klux Klan, scalawags, sharecropper, amnesty, freedmen, impeach, cash crops, segregation, lynching

2. Important people - Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Oliver O. Howard, Hiram Revels, Blanch K. Bruce, Thaddeus Stevens, Charles Sumner, Ulysses S. Grant, Frederick Douglass, Jefferson Davis

3. Lincoln’s Plan - ten percent plan, proclamation of amnesty and reconstruction, readmission to the Union, support

4. Andrew Johnson’s Plan - Presidential reconstruction, readmission to the Union

5. Radical Reconstruction - Congressional reconstruction, reconstruction acts, readmission to the Union

6. Johnson’s impeachment - reason, vote

7. Ulysses S. Grant administration - accomplishments, corruption

8. Reconstruction amendments - 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments

9. Sharecropping - origins, how it worked, result, end

10. Black codes - purpose, Mississippi, examples, vagrancy laws, northern reaction, purpose

11. Black suffrage - grandfather clause, literacy test, poll tax

12. The Ku Klux Klan - 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Klan

13. Freedmen’s Bureau - goal, achievements, education, end of the bureau

14. Ending Reconstruction - President Grant, election of 1876, result

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