Growth expanded opportunity, while economic instability led to new efforts to reform U.S. society and its economic system.
Innovations in communications and technology contributed to the growth of mass culture, while significant changes occurred in internal and international migration patterns.
Participation in a series of global conflicts propelled by the United States into a position of international power while renewing domestic debates over the nation’s proper role in the world.
Learning Targets:
I can use contextualization to explain why the U.S. was transformed into a limited welfare state during the Great Depression.
I can explain how different group identities, including racial, ethnic, class, and regional identities, have emerged and changed over time.
I can compare and contrast the reasons for and against U.S. diplomatic, economic, and military initiatives overseas.
I can analyze the results of U.S. diplomatic, economic, and military initiatives overseas.