Poster Map Project

Create a map with your group that shows a layout of the portion of America that is being discussed during this unit.  Poster board will be provided for you and your group to draw your map. 
Your map will need to be labeled with key points of interests and events that took place during the unit covered WITH a short explanation of the importance of each place to the unit being covered. 
Below is a list of events and points of interests that need to be included in your map.  Please go beyond this list in adding additional important information.
 
* = label only                                      MAPS MUST BE COLORED
 

Unit 1 - Worlds Collide

Atlantic Ocean*
Bacon’s Rebellion
Britain
France
Jamestown
Roanoke Isalnd
​Spain
Treaty of Tordesillas
Triangle Trade
Virginia
​Voyage of
   Christopher Columbus
   Francisco de Coronado
   Hernando Cortés
   Hernando de Soto
   Juan Ponce de Leon

Unit 2 - Adolescent Colonies

Baltimore
Boston
Charles Town
Connecticut
Delaware
Georgia
King Philip’s War
​Maryland
Massachusetts Bay Colony
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Netherlands/York
New York City
​North Carolina
​Pennsylvania
Pequot War
Philadelphia
​Plymouth Colony
Providence
Rhode Island
South Carolina

Unit 3 - Seeds of Rebellion

Albany
Atlantic Ocean*
Boston
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
Connecticut*
Delaware*
Florida
Fort Duquesne
​Georgia*
Lexington and Concord
Maryland*
Massachusetts
Mississippi River
Montreal
​New Hampshire*
New Jersey*
New York* 
​New Orleans
Ohio River
Pennsylvania*
Proclamation of 1763
Quebec
Rhode Island*
South Carolina*
St. Lawrence River
Virginia*

Unit 4 - Revolutionary America

Atlantic Ocean*
Battle of Lexington
Battle of Concord
Battle of Bunker Hill
Battle of New York
Battle of Trenton
Battle of Saratoga
Battle of Savannah
Battle of Charleston
​Battle of Camden
Battle of Kings Mountain
Battle of Cowpens
Battle of Guilford Court House
Battle of Yorktown
Boston
Charleston
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Maryland
Massachusetts
Mississippi River
New Hampshire
​New Jersey
New York
New York City
North Carolina
Ohio River
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Treaty of Paris Land
Virginia
Valley Forge

Unit 5 - The New Republic

Battle of Lake Champlain
Battle of Lake Erie
Battle of New Orleans
Battle of Tippecanoe
Bombing of Ft. McHenry
​Boston*
Election of 1789 & 1800
Hartford Convention
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Louisiana Purchase
​New Orleans
USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere
Washington D.C.
Whiskey rebellion
​States and Territories From 1789-1814

Unit 6 - Expansion and Reform

“54-40 or Fight”
36-30 Line
Battle of Buena Vista
Battle of Mexico City
Battle of Monterrey
Battle of the Alamo
Battle of Veracruz
Erie Canal
Hudson River School
Mexican Cession
Mormon & Oregon Trail
Oregon Territory
Seneca Falls Convention
Sutter’s Mill
Trail of Tears
​States and Territories From 1815-1849

Unit 7 - Crisis, Civil War and Reconstruction

Appomattox Court House
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Atlanta
Battle of Bull Run
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Mobile Bay
Battle of the Monitor v. Merrimack
Battle of New Orleans
Battle of Petersburg
Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Vicksburg
Border States*
Confederate States of America
Fort Sumter
Harper’s Ferry, WV
Mississippi/Ohio River 
Montgomery, AL
New Orleans
Overland Campaign
Peninsula Campaign
Richmond, VA
Sherman’s March to the Sea
Union Blockade
Washington D.C*
​States and Territories From 1849-1865

Unit 8 - The Great West

Battle of Little Big Horn
Black Hills
Chisholm Trail
Comstock Lode
Exodus of the Nez Perce
Fort Laramie
Gadsden Purchase
Indian Territory
Promontory Point, UT
Sand Creek Massacre
Transcontinental Railroad
Wounded Knee Massacre
​States and Territories From 1865-1896

Unit 9 - Immigration and Industrialization

Angel Island
Chicago*
Detroit, MI
Ellis Island
Haymarket Affair
Homestead Strike
Menlo Park, NJ
New York City (boroughs)*
    Brooklyn Bridge*
    China Town*
    Coney Island*
    Harlem*
    Liberty Island
    Little Italy*
​Pittsburgh, PA
Pullman Strike
Titusville, PA
​States and Territories From 1865-1896

Unit 10 - The Progressive Era

Anthracite Coal Strike
Chicago*
Election of 1912
Federal Reserve Bank Locations
Grand Canyon*
Great Migration
Kill Devil Hills, NC
​​New York City*
Railroad lines controlled by Northern 
      Securities
States with women’s suffrage pre
​      19th Amendment
Tuskegee Institute
Wisconsin
Yosemite National Park*
Yellowstone National Park*
​States and Territories From 1896-1916

Unit 11 - The American Empire

Alaska
Allies (World War I)
American Samoa
Battle of Manila Bay
Battle of Marne
Battle of San Juan Hill
Caribbean Sea
Central Powers (World War I) China
Cuba
Election of 1916
Explosion of the U.S.S. Maine
Guam
Hawaii
​Mexico
New York City*
Palmer Raids
Panama Canal
Philippines
Puerto Rico
Schenck v. United States
​Sinking of the Lusitania
Sinking of the Sussex
Spain
Tokyo, Japan
Treaty of Versailles
U.S. Virgin Islands
Wilson’s Treaty Tour
​States and Territories From 1896-1920

Unit 12 - Prosperity and Depression

​Black Tuesday
Bonus Army
Charles Lindbergh’s Flight
Coney Island
Dust Bowl
Harlem Renaissance
New Deal Program Areas
New York City
     Harlem
     NY Stock Exchange
    Wall Street
​Prohibition Routes
Scopes Trial
Teapot Dome, WY
Tennessee Valley Authority
Washington D.C.
​States and Territories From 1920-1939

Unit 13 - Prosperity and Depression

Allies (World War II)
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Auschwitz, Poland
Axis Powers (World War II)
Battle of Britain
Battle of Iwo Jima
​Battle of Leyte Gulf
Battle of Midway
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of the Bulge
Casablanca Conference
Concentration Camps (locations)
D-Day
Hiroshima
Korea
Los Alamos, NM
Nagasaki
​Nuremberg, Germany
Poland
Potsdam Conference
Operation Barbarossa
Tehran Conference
Tokyo
Yalta Conf.
​States and Territories From 1939-1945

Unit 14 - Cold War Tensions

Bay of Pigs
Berlin Airlift
Britain
Cape Canaveral
China
Cuba
East Germany
Houston, TX
Iron Curtain
Israel
Langley, VA
Levittown, PN
N.A.T.O. Members
North Korea
South Korea
Soviet Union
Taiwan
U.N. Security Council Members
United States
West Germany
​All U.S. States 

Unit 15 - Conflicts and Resolutions

Cambodia
China
Greensboro, NC
Gulf of Tonkin
Ho Chi Minh City
​Ho Chi Minh Trail
Houston, TX
Kent State University
Laos
Little Rock, AK
Los Angeles, CA
Love Canal, NY
Mai Lai
March on Washington
Memphis, TN
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Tet Offensive
Three Mile Island
Vietnam
Watergate Hotel
Woodstock
​All U.S. States 

Unit 16 - Modern America

​Afghanistan
Africa Embassy Bombings Bombing of the U.S.S. Cole
Camp David
Challenger Explosion
Iranian Hostage Crisis
Iran-Contra Scandal
Iraq War
Islamic State (ISIS)
Israel
Kosovo
NAFTA Nations
New York City
Nicaragua
Grenada
Lebanon
Somalia
Oklahoma City Bombing
OPEC Nations
Pentagon, VA
Persian Gulf War
Routes of 9/11 Flights
Saudi Arabia
Shanksville, PA
Soviet Union (former)
Washington D.C.
Waco, TX
​All U.S. States