ERA 7

Emergence of Modern America


THE STANDARDS CULTURE ECONOMICS GEOGRAPHY GOVERNMENT HISTORY INTERACTIONS

STANDARD 1: CULTURE

Understand social tensions and their consequences after the turn of the century. Understand the cultural changes in the early 20th century.

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STANDARD 2: ECONOMICS
Recognize how industrialization of World War I changed the United States economy. Understand the economy of the United States in the 1920s.

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STANDARD 3: GEOGRAPHY
Identify the countries involved in World War I. Understand the geographic scope of American imperialism.

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STANDARD 4: GOVERNMENT AND CIVICS

Understand the reforms and changes in American politics and government as a result of the Progressive Movement. Understand the governmental policies that affected America and the world during the 1890s- 1930s.

STANDARD 5: HISTORY
Understand the role of the United States in world affairs. Understand the causes for WWI and the reasons for Americas entry into the war.

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STANDARD 6: INDIVIDUALS, GROUPS, AND INTERACTIONS

Understand the role of the United States in world affairs. Understand the causes for WWI and the reasons for Americas entry into the war.

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THE SPECIFICS
THE PROGRESSIVE AGE IN 10 MINUTES: HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH? V=6_MX6ZAQYMM&FEATURE=SHARE&LIS T=PL47F868B521713645


7.1 Identify causes of American imperialism (i.e., raw materials, nationalism, missionaries, militarism, Monroe Doctrine).

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7.2 Identify consequences of American imperialism (i.e. Spanish American War, expanding trade, extractive economies, Panama Canal, the idea of a superior Anglo-Saxon culture, yellow journalism, military occupation).
http://www.history.com/videos/roosevelt-ghts-in-spanish-american-war Enlightening Video... but may be PG13: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Lj0nMjuBn4 Yellow Journalism: http://library.thinkquest.org/C0111500/spanamer/yellow.htm Everything you need to know: http://www.pbs.org/crucible/ Panama Canal: http://geography.about.com/od/specicplacesonterest/a/panamacanal.htm

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7.3 Recognize the progress of political and social reform in America during this era (i.e., Women's Suffrage, Regulation of food and drug, Initiative, Referendum, and Recall, protection of workers' rights, Antitrust Supreme Court decisions, Muckrakers,).

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Progressive Era: http://www.learner.org/courses/amerhistory/units/15/video/ Food and Drug Administration: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZnYr-RmAD4 Antitrust: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5mQ5KuSSG0 Antitrust: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gobh02pQKg8 Muckrakers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwV2lWOgX1M

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7.4 Identify the causes of American involvement in World War I (i.e., security concerns, economic benets, Wilsonian diplomacy, propaganda). http://www.history.com/shows/the-ultimate-guide-to-the-presidents/videos/woodrow-wilsonshealth-crisis http://www.history.com/videos/u-boats-sink-the-lusitania-in-1915 http://www.rstworldwar.com/posters/index.htm End of WWI: http://www.history.com/videos/treaty-of-versailles-end-world-war-i

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7.5 Recognize the new trends, ideas, and innovations of the 1920's popular culture (i.e., radio, automobile, phonograph, Prohibition, birth control, organized crime, sports). http://www.history.com/videos/1920s-inventions http://www.history.com/videos/america-goes-dry-with-prohibition http://www.history.com/shows/cities-of-the-underworld/videos/cities-of-the-underworld-3-mobgreen-mill http://www.history.com/shows/gangland/videos/gangster-al-capone-exploits-prohibition http://www.history.com/audio/edison-phonograph-message http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRUzrfTOjRk http://womenofthe1920s.tripod.com/birth-control-in-the-1920s.html http://www.enotes.com/1920-lifestyles-social-trends-american-decades/birth-control-movement

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7.6 Recognize the role of Tennessee in the women's suffrage movement. (i.e., "the perfect 36", Anne Dallas Dudley, Harry Burn, Governor Albert Roberts). http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/woman-suffrage/ratication-tn.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJXWRZI8Wsw http://www.teachamericanhistory.org/File/Harry_T._Burn.pdf http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=1134

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7.7 Determine the possible factors that led to the economic collapse of 1929 (i.e., over production of agriculture and industry, expansion of credit, nancial speculation, agricultural crop failures, tariff barriers, laissez- faire). laissez-faire economics: the government should not interfere in the market because the market can regulate itself. http://video.about.com/americanhistory/Causes-of-the-Great-Depression.htm http://nancial-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/speculation http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=148477 http://quizlet.com/18790239/causes-of-the-great-depression-ash-cards/

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7.8 Read and interpret a primary source document reecting the social dynamics of the 1920's. (e.g. Harlem Renaissance, Lost Generation). http://www.history.com/videos/the-harlem-renaissance-an-artistic-explosion http://www.biography.com/tv/classroom/harlem-renaissance http://www.biography.com/people/groups/movement/harlem-renaissance http://people.howstuffworks.com/culture-traditions/generation-gaps/lost-generation.htm http://quizlet.com/5479026/ch24-s3-the-harlem-renaissance-ash-cards/

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7.9 Compare and contrast the philosophies of DuBois, Washington and Garvey. http://www.biography.com/people/web-du-bois-9279924/videos/web-dubois-rivalry-withbooker-t-washington-15039555659 http://www.biography.com/people/marcus-garvey-9307319 http://www.biography.com/people/web-du-bois-9279924/videos http://www.biography.com/people/booker-t-washington-9524663

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http://quizlet.com/ 20001331/washingtonvs-dubois-ash-cards/

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7.10 Analyze the American isolationist position versus interventionist arguments. Root Words: isolate: to set apart or cut off from others. intervene: to involve oneself in a situation so as to alter or hinder an action or development

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