United States History: Quarter 3
Chapter 16: World War I and Its Aftermath (1917 - 1920)
Chapter 16: World War I and Its Aftermath (1917 - 1920)
Essential Questions:
Essential Questions:
- Why do nations go to war.
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"I Can"
- Identify the political circumstances in Europe that led to World War I.
- Explain the events that motivated the United States to join the war.
- Summarize what Congress did to prepare the U.S. economy for war.
- Distinguish how progressive ideals were used in preparing the military for war.
- Discuss how new technologies increased the number of casualties compared with previous wars.
- Assess why the arrival of U.S. forces was so important to the war effort.
- Contrast President Wilson's ideas for peace negotiations from those of Clemenceau from France and Lloyd George from Britain.
Wisconsin Standards for Social Studies
Wisconsin Standards for Social Studies
- SSHist1.a.h
- SSHist1.b.h
- SSHist2.a.h
- SSHist2.b.h
- SSHist3.a.h
- SSHist3.b.h
Chapter 17: The Jazz Age (1921 - 1929)
Chapter 17: The Jazz Age (1921 - 1929)
Essential Questions:
Essential Questions:
- How was social and economic life different in the early twentieth century from that of the late nineteenth century?
- How has the cultural identity of the United States changed over time?
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- Appraise how Harding's effort to return to 'normalcy' was prevented by political scandals.
- Identify what government policies helped the economy recover from the postwar recession.
- Hypothesize whether it is possible to abolish war.
- Describe how new industries changed the lives of Americans in the 1920s.
- Evaluate how attitudes toward credit and consumerism changed in the 1920s.
- Summarize why the farmers missed out on the prosperity of the 1920s.
- Explain why nativism strengthened during the 1920s and how the government reacted to deal with the tensions.
- Hypothesize why some Americans feared the 'new morality'.
- indicate what the Harlem Renaissance revealed about African American culture in the 1920s.
- Contrast African American leaders in their approaches to political actions during the 1920s.
Wisconsin Standards for Social Studies
Wisconsin Standards for Social Studies
- SS.Hist.1.a.h
- SS.Hist1.b.h
- SS.Hist2.a.h
- SS.Hist2.c.h
Chapter 18: The Great Depression Begins (1929 - 1932)
Chapter 18: The Great Depression Begins (1929 - 1932)
Essential Questions:
Essential Questions:
- What causes the economy to change over time?
- How do 'depressions' affect societies?
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"I Can"
- identify the economic choices that caused the economy to become unstable in the late 1920s.
- Explain how the stock market crash triggered a chain of events that led to the Depression.
- Point out the underlying conditions that led to the collapse of the U.S. economy.
- Interpret how economic changes affected everyday life during the 1930s.
- Evaluate the ways in which culture reflected the Depression experience.
- Explain how President Hoover's governing philosophy influenced his efforts to combat the Great Depression.
- Summarize why citizens tried to change government policy during the Depression's early years.
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.Hist3.a.h
Chapter 19: Roosevelt and the New Deal (1933 - 1941)
Chapter 19: Roosevelt and the New Deal (1933 - 1941)
Essential Questions:
Essential Questions:
- Can the government fix the economy?
- Is the government responsible for the economic well-being of its citizens?
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"I Can"
- Describe what qualities make an effective leader.
- Evaluate why the first hundred days are so important for a President.
- Explain why Roosevelt broadcasted 'fireside chats'.
- Evaluate how New Deal legislation tried to stabilize agriculture and industry.
- Contrast New Deal programs from President Hoover's attempts to combat the Depression.
- Appraise why President Roosevelt decided to introduce new legislation to fight the Depression.
- Discuss how the Wagner Act and the Social Security Act affected Americans.
- Assess why I think Roosevelt easily won reelection in 1936.
- Express the impact of New Deal legislation on federal and state governments.
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.c.h
Chapter 20: A World in Flames (1931 - 1941)
Chapter 20: A World in Flames (1931 - 1941)
Essential Questions:
Essential Questions:
- Could World War II have been prevented?
- Why do some people fail to respond to injustice while others try to prevent injustice?
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"I Can"
- Assess what economic and political conditions following World War I encouraged dictatorships.
- Analyze how European nations tried to prevent war.
- Discuss why many Americans supported isolationism.
- Discuss why President Roosevelt supported internationalism.
- Explain how President Roosevelt assisted Britain while maintaining U.S. neutrality.
- Summarize how the United States tried to slow Japan's advances in the Pacific.
- Identify why many Jews remained in Nazi Germany and within Axis-controlled areas of Europe.
- Describe how the Nazis tried to exterminate Europe's Jewish population.
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
- SS.Hist3.a.h
- SS.Hist3.b.h
Chapter 21: America and World War II (1941 - 1945)
Chapter 21: America and World War II (1941 - 1945)
Essential Questions:
Essential Questions:
- What kinds of sacrifices does war require?
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"I Can"
- Describe the role of minorities and women in the armed forces during World War II.
- Explain how the U.S. government mobilized the economy for war.
- Evaluate how World War II changed life for women and minorities in the United States.
- Appraise how the wartime relocation of many Americans affected U.S. government and society.
- Organize the steps the government took to stabilize wages and prices.
- Discuss why the Doolittle Raid was important for U.S. forces in the Pacific.
- Explain why the Battle of Midway was a turning point in the war in the Pacific.
- Describe the military strategy behind 'island hopping' and evaluate is success.
- Explain why Churchill and Roosevelt wanted to attack German-controlled areas in North Africa before areas in Europe.
- Point out the goals of strategic bombing in Germany and the invasion of Sicily.
- Hypothesize what would have happened if D-Day had failed and Germany had defeated the Allies in Europe.
- Summarize why the Battle of the Bulge was so important for the Allied forces.
- Support or refute with evidence President Truman's decision to drop the atomic bombs.
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.Hist3.b.h
Chapter 22: The Cold War Begins (1945 - 1960)
Chapter 22: The Cold War Begins (1945 - 1960)
Essential Questions:
Essential Questions:
- How did the Cold War shape postwar international relations?
- How did Cold War tensions affect American society?
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- Describe how the conferences at Dumbarton Oaks and Yalta attempted to shape the postwar world.
- Evaluate why the Potsdam Conference further increased tensions between the United States and Soviet Union.
- Explain the policy of 'containment'.
- Analyze why the Korean War was a major turning point in the Cold War.
- Compare and contrast the post-WWII Red Scare with the one that following WWI.
- Express why many Americans believed Senator McCarthy's accusations.
- Summarize how fears of nuclear war affected American society.
- Contrast the policies of 'massive retaliation' and 'brinkmanship' from previous military policies.
- Explain why President Eisenhower wanted to use covert operations to combat the spread of communism.
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.b.h
Chapter 23: Postwar America (1945 - 1960)
Chapter 23: Postwar America (1945 - 1960)
Essential Questions:
Essential Questions:
- How does prosperity change the way people live?
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"I Can"
- Describe what happened when the nation returned to a peacetime economy, and how the government tried to ease the transition.
- Analyze how the Truman administration sought to continue New Deal goals.
- Summarize how Eisenhower's presidency signaled a more conservative direction for the government.
- Discuss how the lives of Americans changed after World War II.
- Explain how technological advances changed society.
- Appraise how the new mass media reflected the characteristics of the time.
- Hypothesize why young people developed their own popular culture in the 1950s and contrast it from previous generations.
- Analyze whether the people and regions most affected by poverty today are the same as the 1950s.
- Classify the factors that were blamed for the rise in juvenile delinquency in the 1950s.
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 24: The New Frontier and Great Society (1960 - 1968)
Chapter 24: The New Frontier and Great Society (1960 - 1968)
Essential Questions:
Essential Questions:
- Can government fix society's problems?
- How do you think Presidents Kennedy and Johnson changed American society?
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"I Can"
- Evaluate how the election of 1960 changed the way candidates ran their campaigns.
- Identify some domestic policies that were initiated when Kennedy took office.
- Assess how important some of the Warren Court rulings are for today's society.
- Contrast President Kennedy's programs to combat communism from programs of previous administrations.
- Identify and justify the most important foreign policy event of the Kennedy administration.
- Describe how President Johnson's experience in Congress helped him to get legislation passed as President.
- Appraise how Great Society legislation influences current government programs and philosophies.
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.Hist3.a.h
Chapter 25: The Civil Rights Movement (1954 - 1968)
Chapter 25: The Civil Rights Movement (1954 - 1968)
Essential Questions:
Essential Questions:
- Why do you think the civil rights movement made gains in postwar America?
- What motivates a society to make change?
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- Describe the techniques of the civil rights movement used to fight segregation.
- Summarize why the Montgomery Bus Boycott was successful.
- Explain how President Eisenhower responded to the civil rights movement.
- Identify the goals of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
- Indicate how the Kennedy administration's Justice Department helped the civil rights movement.
- Explain how the Civil Rights Act allowed the federal government to fight racial discrimination.
- Explain why the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was a turning point in the civil rights movement.
- Identify why riots broke out in dozens of U.S. cities in the late 1960s.
- Appraise why many young African Americans joined the black power movement.
- Evaluate how Martin Luther King, Jr.'s death affected the civil rights movement.
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.Hist3.b.h
- SS.Hist3.c.h