Maps in Context 1877 Vol. I : A Workbook for American History

This skill-building workbook developed by an expert in historical cartography offers instructors a powerful tool to help their students comprehend the essential connections between geographic literacy and historical understanding. An excellent general resource,Maps in Contextpresents a wealth of map-centered projects and convenient pop quizzes that give students hands-on experience working with maps.

Volume 1

Introduction

Section One: Basic Geography

Worksheet A: The World on a Mercator Projection

Worksheet B: The World on a Peters Equal-Area Projection

Worksheet C: North American Rivers and Their Basins

Worksheet D: Geography of the United States

Worksheet E: The Atlantic World

Worksheet F: Large-Scale Maps

Worksheet G: States: Building the Union

Section Two: Mapping America’s History

Worksheet 1: Native American Peoples, 1492

Worksheet 2: Eastern North America in 1650

Worksheet 3: Africa and the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic Slave Trade

Worksheet 4: European Spheres of Influence, 1754

Worksheet 5: British Western Policy, 1763-1774

Worksheet 6: New Spain’s Northern Empire, 1763-1774

Worksheet 7: The Confederation and Western Land Claims, 1781-1802

Worksheet 8: Defining the National Boundaries, 1800-1820

Worksheet 9: The Missouri Compromise, 1820-1821

Worksheet 10: The Transportation Revolution: Roads and Canals, 1820-1850

Worksheet 11: The Removal of the Native Americans, 1820-1843

Worksheet 12: The Underground Railroad in the 1850s

Worksheet 13: The Mexican Cession, 1848-1853

Worksheet 14: The Conquest of the South, 1861-1865

Worksheet 15: The Barrow Plantation, 1860 and 1881

Section Three: One-Minute Map Quizzes

Quiz 1: The Spanish Encounter with Native Americans

Quiz 2: The Puritan Migration to America, 1620-1640

Quiz 3: Britain’s American Empire, 1713

Quiz 4: European Spheres of Influence, 1754

Quiz 5: British America, 1763-1775

Quiz 6: The War for Independence, 1775-1783

Quiz 7: Ratifying the Constitution of 1787

Quiz 8: Native American Frontier, 1789-1820

Quiz 9: The Missouri Comrpomise, 1820-1821

Quiz 10: The Transportation Revolution: Roads and Canals, 1820-1850

Quiz 11: The United States in 1830: National Leaders

Quiz 12: Major Communal Experiments before 1860

Quiz 13: Settlement of the Trans-Missouri West, 1835-1860

Quiz 14: The Civil War in Virginia, 1864-1865

Quiz 15: Reconstruction, 1865-1877

Answer Key

Outline Reference Maps

North America: Physical Geography

The United States: Political Divisions

The World: Physical Geography

The World: Political Divisions, 2003