Unit 7: The Birth of Modern America (1890-1945)

An increasingly pluralistic United States faced profound domestic and global challenges, debated the proper degree of government activism, and sought to define its international role. In less than one lifetime, Americans went from buggies to automobiles to airplanes, as a communications and transportation revolution created a modern consumer culture. Within three decades, the nation experienced two horrific global wars, a colossal economic boom, and the worst depression in the world’s history.

Period 7 Key Concepts:

Key Concept 7.1: The technological advances, large-scale production methods, and the opening of new markets encouraged the rise of industrial capitalism in the United States.

Key Concept 7.2: The migrations that accompanied industrialization transformed both urban and rural areas of the United States and caused drastic social and cultural changes.

Key Concept 7:3: The Gilded Age produced new cultural and intellectual movements, public reform efforts, and political debates over economic and social policies.

Period 7 Topics:

7.1 Contextualization

7.2 Imperialism: Debates

7.3 The Spanish-American War

7.4 The Progressives

7.5 World War I: Military and Diplomacy

7.6 World War I: Home Front

7.7 1920's: Innovation in Communications and Technology

7.8 1920's: Cultural and Political Controversies

7.9 The Great Depression

7.10 The New Deal

7.11 Interwar Foreign Policy

7.12 World War II: Mobilization

7.13 World War II: Military

7.14: Postwar Diplomacy

Period 7/Unit 7 Calendar

Period Packet 7 & Textbook Chapter Questions (Chapter 19 , Chapter 20, Chapter 21, Chapter 22, Chapter 23, Chapter 24, Chapter 25, Chapter 26)

Amsco AP United States History (Review Book ~ Period 7) ... Imperialism, the Progressive Movement, World War I, The Roaring '20's, The Great Depression and New Deal, WWII

(Including Amsco Practice Multiple Choice, SAQ, LEQ, DBQ Questions and Answers; Amsco Answers)

Daily Agenda

Thursday, January 30 (American Imperialism)

HW: Chapter 19 (Imperialism) Textbook questions/answers (due Friday, Jan. 31)

Friday, January 31 (American Imperialism)

  • Period 6 Stimulus Test grades
  • Reasons for American Imperialism (Chapter 19 Q. #1/Powerpoint notes) and Hawaii annexation (Chapter 19 Q. #2/Powerpoint notes)
  • Mapping American Imperialism annotated map assignment work time

HW: Chapter 20 Textbook questions/answers (due Friday, February 7)

Monday, February 3 (NO CLASS)

Course Registration meeting in Auditorium . . . receive transcripts and registration forms

Tuesday, February 4 (American Imperialism) . . . 2 Hour Delay/Modified Schedule

  • Mapping American Imperialism annotated map assignment work time

Chapter 20 Textbook questions/answers (due Friday, February 7)

Wednesday, February 5 (American Imperialism) . . . Modified Minny Skinny schedule)

  • Mapping American Imperialism annotated map assignment work time

(1) Annotated Imperialism Map (due Thursday, February 6)

(2) Chapter 20 Textbook questions/answers (due Friday, February 7)

Thursday, February 6 (American Imperialism)

  • Powerpoint Notes: The Philippines (Philippine-American War, anti-imperialism)
  • Imperialism DBQ: Source Analysis (Doc.'s #1-2)

Chapter 20 Textbook questions/answers (due Friday, February 7)

Friday, February 7 (American Imperialism)

  • Imperialism DBQ: Source Analysis (all Doc.'s)/Prompt focused

HW: (1) Imperialism DBQ Source Analysis (all Doc.'s)/Prompt focused

Monday, February 10 (American Imperialism)

  • Imperialism DBQ: Graphic Organizer (Sourcing, Evidence beyond the Documents, Thesis, etc + Sample Imperialism DBQ . . . (see Task sheet here)

HW: Imperialism DBQ due Tuesday/Wednesday

HW: Chapter 21 Textbook questions/answers (due Thursday, February 13)

Tuesday, February 11/Wednesday February 12 (The Progressive Era)

HW: Chapter 21 Textbook questions/answers (due Thursday, February 13)

Thursday, February 13 (The Progressive Era)

*African-Americans: Video: Booker T Washington v. W.E.B DuBois; Roosevelt and Civil Rights; NAACP Timeline

*Women's Suffrage: Political Cartoon; Women's Suffrage Parade (1913); Alice Paul Wilson White House Picket

HW: Chapter 22 Textbook questions/answers (due Tuesday 2/18/Wednesday 2/19 or Thursday 2/20

Tuesday, February 18/Wednesday, February 19 (The Great War)

HW: (1) Chapter 22 Textbook questions/answers (due by Thursday 2/20) (2) Great War One Pager (due Monday, 2/24)

Thursday, February 20 (The Great War)

HW: (1) Great War One Pager (due Monday, 2/24) (2) Chapter 23 Textbook questions/answers (due by Thursday, 2/27)

Friday, February 21 (The Great War)

HW: (1) Great War One Pager (due Monday, 2/24) (2) Chapter 23 Textbook questions/answers (due by Thursday, 2/27)

Monday, February 24 (The Great War)

  • Content Test Study Guide
  • One Pager Viewing
  • African Americans in the Great War and 1920's: Ken Burns "Jazz"
  • Harlem Renaissance Poetry analysis

(1) Chapter 23 Textbook questions/answers (due by Thursday, 2/27) (2) Content Test (Friday, 2/28)

Tuesday, February 25/Wednesday, February 26 (The Roaring '20's)

  • Harlem Renaissance poetry analysis
  • "Crash Course U.S. History # " The Roaring '20's (worksheet)
  • 1920's Primary Source Analysis (packet here)

HW: (1) Chapter 23 Textbook questions/answers (due by Thursday, 2/27) (2) Content Test (Friday, 2/28) . . . Study Guide here

Thursday, February 27 (The Roaring '20's/Causes of the Great Depression)

  • 1920's Primary Source Analysis (packet here)
  • Jenga Causes of the Great Depression (+Overview)

HW: (1) Content Test (Friday, 2/28) . . . Study Guide here (2) Chapter 24 Textbook questions/answers (due Monday, March 2)

Friday, February 28 (Period 7 Content Assessment)

HW: Chapter 24 Textbook questions/answers (due Monday, March 2 or Tues. 3/3/Wed. 3/4)

Monday, March 2 (The Great Depression)

  • Period 7 Content Test grades
  • Hardship and Suffering: Stock Market Crash/Bank Failures, Video "Stormy Weather", Impact on Americans (worksheet here)

HW: Chapter 24 Textbook questions/answers (Tues. 3/3/Wed. 3/4); Chapter 25 Textbook questions/answers (due Friday 3/6)

Tuesday, March 3/Wednesday, March 4 (The Great Depression and New Deal)

HW: Chapter 25 Textbook questions/answers (due Friday 3/6)

Thursday, March 5 (The New Deal)

  • March Madness New Deal Agencies bracket competition
  • The New Deal in Documents worksheet (documents here)

HW: Chapter 25 Textbook questions/answers (due Friday 3/6)

Friday, March 6 (The Great Depression and New Deal)

HW: Chapter 26 questions/answers (due Friday 3/13)

Monday, March 9 (The Interwar Years)

  • New Deal SAQ Self-Scoring (AP Scoring Guide)
  • K.C. 7.3 II D: The Interwar Years U.S. Foreign Policy Textbook notes

HW: Chapter 26 questions/answers (due Friday 3/13)

Tuesday, March 10/Wednesday, March 11 (The Road to War)

  • K.C. 7.3 II D: Review Notes & Summary Statements
  • Video: "The Century, America's Time: Civilians at War" (0:00 -8:30/32:45-41:30); Notes "The Road to War"; F.D.R.'s Four Freedoms Stimulus Based M.C. . . . Video Guided worksheet here

HW: Chapter 26 questions/answers (due Friday 3/13)

Thursday, March 11 (Fighting the War: Mobilization)

  • F.D.R.'s Four Freedoms Speech/Stimulus M.C. practice
  • Guest Speaker Japanese American Internment: Stacey Johnson MRHS Math Teacher
  • "The Century, America's Time: Homefront (0:00-17:37). . . Video Guided worksheet here

*Period 7 Review Sheet here

HW: (1) Chapter 26 questions/answers (due Friday 3/13) (2) Period 7 Stimulus Test (Monday, 3/16) (3) Period 7 DBQ (Tues. 3/18 & Wed. 3/19)

Friday, March 13 (Ending the War/DBQ)

HW: (1) WWII Mini-DBQ (due Tuesday, March 17 midnight) (2) Chapter 27 (due Friday, March 20) (3) Period 7 Stimulus Test (Monday, 3/16) (2) Period 7 DBQ (Tues. 3/18 & Wed. 3/19) (POSTPONED)

*Period 7 Review Sheet here