Class 1
Focus: In what ways does the U.S Constitution establish an economic structure?

Class 2
Focus: How did Alexander Hamilton’s plan create a self-sustaining economic structure for the United States?


Class 3
Focus 1: How did the different economics systems of the North and South impact their performance in the Civil War?
Focus 2: How & why did the lives of yeoman farmers/small craftsmen change with the market, transportation and manufacturing revolutions?


Class 4-5
Focus: What factors drove industrialization in the United States throughout the 1800s? How did the rise of industrialization cause the Artisan’s world to fall apart?



Class 6-8 - Populism & Labor Issues
Focus: How was industrialization a catalyst for labor reform - both in urban and rural areas?