United States History:
Quarter 2
Chapter 9: The Civil War (1861 - 1865)
Chapter 9: The Civil War (1861 - 1865)
Essential Questions:
Essential Questions:
- Can the nation's union of states be broken?
- Should war be conducted against both military and civilian populations?
"I Can"
"I Can"
- Contrast the advantages and disadvantages for the North and South at the start of the Civil War.
- Identify why the Civil War is considered to be the first modern war.
- Express why it was necessary for both sides to resort to conscription.
- Evaluate the success of the Union's naval blockade of Southern ports.
- Explain why the Battle of Shiloh was an important battle in the West.
- Indicate why the Battle of Antietam was a crucial victory for the Union.
- Contrast the Northern and Southern economies during the Civil War.
- Explain why many African Americans enlisted in Union forces and how it may have helped to challenge racial prejudices.
- Describe what life was like for soldiers in the field and the women who aided the war effort.
- Indicate why Vicksburg was an important victory for Union forces.
- Identify why Gettysburg was considered a turning point in the war.
- Summarize how General Grant earned Lincoln's trust in guiding the Union forces.
- Evaluate the military strategies during the war's final year.
- Judge whether armies should treat civilians differently than soldiers during a war.
- Assess what I think life was like in the South at the conclusion of the war.
Wisconsin Standards for Social Studies
Wisconsin Standards for Social Studies
- SS.Hist1.a.h
- SS.Hist1.b.h
- SS.Hist2.a.h
- SS.Hist2.c.h
- SS.Hist3.a.h
- SS.Hist3.b.h
Chapter 10: Reconstruction (1865 - 1877)
Chapter 10: Reconstruction (1865 - 1877)
Essential Questions:
Essential Questions:
- How do nations recover from civil war?
- Was Reconstruction a success or failure?
"I Can"
"I Can"
- Contrast the Radical Republicans' and President Lincoln's Reconstruction plans.
- Describe how the Freedman's Bureau helped formerly enslaved African Americans.
- Assess why congressional Republicans were angry with President Johnson's Reconstruction plan.
- Analyze the methods that the Radical Republicans used to prevent President Johnson's interference with their Reconstruction plan.
- Describe how African Americans participated in politics during Reconstruction
- Identify the role of churches and schools in the lives of African Americans during and after Reconstruction.
- Evaluate how the federal government reacted to the Southern resistance groups that developed during Reconstruction.
- Appraise how political and economic issues during the Grant administration weakened Reconstruction.
- Explain why the Compromise of 1877 is considered to be the end of Reconstruction.
- Explain how the South's postwar economy forced many African Americans into difficult circumstances.
Wisconsin Standards for Social Studies
Wisconsin Standards for Social Studies
- SS.Hist1.a.h
- SS.Hist1.b.h
- SS.Hist2.a.h
- SS.Hist2.c.h
Chapter 11: Settling the West (1865 - 1890)
Chapter 11: Settling the West (1865 - 1890)
Essential Questions:
Essential Questions:
- Why would people take on the challenges of life in the West?
"I Can"
"I Can"
- Explain how mineral discoveries shaped the settlement of the West.
- Summarize why cattle ranching was an important business for the Great Plains.
- Appraise the relationship between Hispanics in the Southwest and new settlers.
- Evaluate what encouraged settlers to move west to the Great Plains.
- Classify new methods and technologies that revolutionized agriculture and made it practical to cultivate the Plains.
- Interpret how westward migration changed the Plains Indians' way of life
- Determine whether Native Americans were justified in leaving the reservations and refusing further relocation by the government.
Wisconsin Standards for Social Studies
Wisconsin Standards for Social Studies
- SS.Hist1.a.h
- SS.Hist1.b.h
- SS.Hist2.c.h
- SS.Hist3.b.h
Chapter 12: Industrialization (1865 - 1901)
Chapter 12: Industrialization (1865 - 1901)
Essential Questions:
Essential Questions:
- How did the United States become an industrialized society after the Civil War?
"I Can"
"I Can"
- Explain why the United States was successful at industrialization.
- Decide what invention from this period has the most impact on my daily life.
- Interpret how laissez-faire economics promoted industrialization.
- Analyze how the Transcontinental Railroad transformed the West.
- Appraise how government grants to build railroads resulted in large-scale corruption.
Wisconsin Standards for Social Studies
Wisconsin Standards for Social Studies
- SS.Hist1.a.h
- SS.Hist1.b.h
- SS.Hist2.a.h
- SS.Hist2.b.h
- SS.Hist2.c.h
Chapter 13: Urban America (1865 - 1896)
Chapter 13: Urban America (1865 - 1896)
Essential Questions:
Essential Questions:
- Why do people migrate?
- How is urban life different from rural life?
"I Can"
"I Can"
- Describe how immigrants of the late 1800s changed American society.
- Analyze why nativists opposed immigration.
- Summarize how life in big cities was different from life on the farms and small towns.
- Contrast how living conditions of the urban work class differed form those of other social classes.
- Explain the problems that developed due to the rapid growth of urban areas.
- Explain the main idea of Social Darwinism and compare it to the idea of individualism.
- Assess the methods and philosophies that were developed for helping the urban poor.
- Appraise why artists and writers started portraying America more realistically.
- Discuss why civil service reform was needed.
- Describe the kinds of problems farmers faced.
- Explain the goals of the People's Party.
- Discuss why the Populists supported the Democratic candidate -- William Jennings Bryan -- in the election of 1896.
- Describe how African Americans resisted racism and tried to improve their way of life following Reconstruction.
- Assess the laws passed in the South to impose segregation and deny African Americans their voting rights.
- Evaluate how the African American community leaders responded to legalized segregation.
Wisconsin Standards for Social Studies
Wisconsin Standards for Social Studies
- SS.Hist1.a.h
- SS.Hist1.b.h
- SS.Hist2.a.h
- SS.Hist2.c.h
- SS.Hist3.a.h
Chapter 14: Becoming a World Power (1872 - 1917)
Chapter 14: Becoming a World Power (1872 - 1917)
Essential Questions:
Essential Questions:
- How are empires built?
"I Can"
"I Can"
- Assess why the United States asserted itself as a world power.
- Analyze why the United States looked to the Pacific for new markets.
- Explain why the United States was willing to go to war with Spain over Cuba.
- Contrast the Spanish-American War from earlier U.S. wars.
- Describe how the United States developed an overseas empire.
- Summarize why the United States wanted to eliminate spheres of influence in China.
- Determine if President Roosevelt was correct in his belief that a strong military presence promoted global peace.
- Evaluate how 'moral diplomacy' shaped President Wilson's foreign policy.
Wisconsin Standards for Social Studies
Wisconsin Standards for Social Studies
- SS.Hist1.a.h
- SS.Hist1.b.h
- SS.Hist2.a.h
Chapter 15: The Progressive Movement (1890 - 1920)
Chapter 15: The Progressive Movement (1890 - 1920)
Essential Questions:
Essential Questions:
- Can politics fix social problems?
"I Can"
"I Can"
- Identify who the progressives were and what they believed caused social problems.
- Summarize how progressives hoped to make government more efficient and responsive to citizens.
- Appraise why the progressives supported the woman suffrage movement.
- Discuss the problems social-welfare progressives attempted to reform.
- Hypothesize how much a president's personal beliefs should shape national policy.
- Evaluate why President Roosevelt supported conservation.
- Discuss how President Taft's beliefs differed from the progressives' beliefs.
- Describe how the election of 1912 was different from previous presidential elections.
- Express how Wilson earned the respect of the progressives.
- Discuss the most important success and failure of the Progressive movement.
Wisconsin Standards for Social Studies
Wisconsin Standards for Social Studies
- SSHist1.a.h
- SSHist1.b.h
- SSHist2.b.h
- SSHist3.a.h
- SSHist3.b.h