Unit Two Essential Questions
Reconstruction
What needed to be "reconstructed" after the Civil War?
How did the south recover after the war?
Who was Jim Crow?
What amendments changed our government during this period?
How did Reconstruction end?
Essential Questions: the new west
What caused people to move west?
Who lived in the west?
What was it like to live in the west?
What impact did the transcontinental rail road have on the country?
What is populism and what were its goals?
How did white Americans deal with the American Indians?
How did American Indians react to American intervention?
Unit Four Essential Questions The Industrial revoultion
What inventions changed American society?
How did these inventions change American society?
What are labor unions?
What was life like in Industrial America?
How did people deal with living and working conditions?
What is organized labor?
How did organized labor develop?
Essential Questions Immigration
Why did people come to America?
What are the push and pull factors for immigration?
What caused cities to grow?
What is the difference between new and old immigrants?
What was life like for new immigrants?
How does the movie "Far and Away" relate to this unit and others?
Essential Questions Progressivism and reorm
What is progressivism?
How did progressivism change America?
What is the Gilded Age?
What are muckrakers?
How did Teddy Roosevelt add to progressivism in America?
How did American women seek justice and the right to vote?
How does "Iron Jawed Angels" relate to this unit?
Ch. 20: US Imperialism
Essential Questions
How did America's role in foreign affairs change over time?
How does foreign policy shape American history?
What is imperialism?
Why did the US expand?
What new territory did America gain?
How did expansion affect the people of the US and other countries?
What were the causes of the Spanish American War?
What were the result of the Spanish American War?
What is "Big Stick Policy"?
What is the importance of the Panama Canal?
How did American imperialist policy influence Latin America?
Ch. 21: World War IEssential Questions
How did America's role in foreign affairs change over time?
How does foreign policy shape American history?
What are the MAIN causes of WWI?
What is isolationism?
What caused America to join the war?
What were some major occurrences in WWI?
What is the importance of the Treaty of Versailles?
What is the importance of Wilson's 14 Points?
How did American civilians contribute to the war?
CH21 roaring 20s
Essential Questions
How did American life change during the 1920s?
Why are the '20s known as the "roaring '20s"?
In what ways did American life change during the 1920s?
Did everyone prosper during the '20s?
What was prohibition?
What was the importance of the Harlem Renaissance?
Ch. 21: The Roaring TwentiesEssential Questions
How did American life change during the 1920s?
Why are the '20s known as the "roaring '20s"?
In what ways did American life change during the 1920s?
Did everyone prosper during the '20s?
What was prohibition?
What was the importance of the Harlem Renaissance?
Essential Questions CH23 great depression
How did American life change during the Great Depression?
How did American government change as a result of the Great Depression?
How did American attempt to deal with the Great Depression?
Was the New Deal successful?
What were the causes of the Great Depression?
How did American government respond to the economic crisis?
What is the New Deal?
How did the depression affect Americans?
What was the Dust Bowl?
Essential Questions ch 23 WWII http://www.pbs.org/thewar/ http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/politicaldrseuss/seuss_fla.html
Why did the war become a world war?
How did WWII change America's role in world affairs?
How was WWII different than other wars?
What were the causes of WWII?
What caused American to join the war?
Who were the allied and axis powers?
What happened at Pearl Harbor?
How did the US prepare for war?
What was life like on the American home front?
What happened on D-Day?
How did the US and its allies win the war?
Unit 12: The Cold War
Unit Twelve Essential Questions
What is the Cold War?
How did America's role in the world change because of the Cold War?
How did America become a superpower?
Why is the Cold War called the "cold" war?
What caused the Cold War?
What was the space race?
What was the US reason for aiding Korea?
What was the result in Korea?
Unit 13: The 1960'sAssignments
Unit Thirteen Essential Questions
How are the '60s a reaction to the '50s?
What caused the US to get involved in Vietnam?
What was the reaction at home to the war in Vietnam?
What was the Civil Rights Movement?
Who were leaders in the Civil Rights Movement?
What happened in Little Rock, AK?
Unit 14: The 1970's - 1990's
Unit Fourteen Essential Questions
How did American change during the 20th century?
How did America's role in the world change?
What ended the war in Vietnam?
What was the Watergate scandal?
What caused the end of the Cold War?
What was Johnson's Great Society?
What caused the fuel shortage?
What is conservatism?
What affect does a global economy have on the United States?
Unit 15: America at Present
Unit Fifteen Essential Questions
What happened on September 11, 2001?
What should I know about the 2008 election?
How does a global economy affect the US?
What is terrorism?
What is the War Against Terrorism?
Reconstruction
What needed to be "reconstructed" after the Civil War?
How did the south recover after the war?
Who was Jim Crow?
What amendments changed our government during this period?
How did Reconstruction end?
Essential Questions: the new west
What caused people to move west?
Who lived in the west?
What was it like to live in the west?
What impact did the transcontinental rail road have on the country?
What is populism and what were its goals?
How did white Americans deal with the American Indians?
How did American Indians react to American intervention?
Unit Four Essential Questions The Industrial revoultion
What inventions changed American society?
How did these inventions change American society?
What are labor unions?
What was life like in Industrial America?
How did people deal with living and working conditions?
What is organized labor?
How did organized labor develop?
Essential Questions Immigration
Why did people come to America?
What are the push and pull factors for immigration?
What caused cities to grow?
What is the difference between new and old immigrants?
What was life like for new immigrants?
How does the movie "Far and Away" relate to this unit and others?
Essential Questions Progressivism and reorm
What is progressivism?
How did progressivism change America?
What is the Gilded Age?
What are muckrakers?
How did Teddy Roosevelt add to progressivism in America?
How did American women seek justice and the right to vote?
How does "Iron Jawed Angels" relate to this unit?
Ch. 20: US Imperialism
Essential Questions
How did America's role in foreign affairs change over time?
How does foreign policy shape American history?
What is imperialism?
Why did the US expand?
What new territory did America gain?
How did expansion affect the people of the US and other countries?
What were the causes of the Spanish American War?
What were the result of the Spanish American War?
What is "Big Stick Policy"?
What is the importance of the Panama Canal?
How did American imperialist policy influence Latin America?
Ch. 21: World War IEssential Questions
How did America's role in foreign affairs change over time?
How does foreign policy shape American history?
What are the MAIN causes of WWI?
What is isolationism?
What caused America to join the war?
What were some major occurrences in WWI?
What is the importance of the Treaty of Versailles?
What is the importance of Wilson's 14 Points?
How did American civilians contribute to the war?
CH21 roaring 20s
Essential Questions
How did American life change during the 1920s?
Why are the '20s known as the "roaring '20s"?
In what ways did American life change during the 1920s?
Did everyone prosper during the '20s?
What was prohibition?
What was the importance of the Harlem Renaissance?
Ch. 21: The Roaring TwentiesEssential Questions
How did American life change during the 1920s?
Why are the '20s known as the "roaring '20s"?
In what ways did American life change during the 1920s?
Did everyone prosper during the '20s?
What was prohibition?
What was the importance of the Harlem Renaissance?
Essential Questions CH23 great depression
How did American life change during the Great Depression?
How did American government change as a result of the Great Depression?
How did American attempt to deal with the Great Depression?
Was the New Deal successful?
What were the causes of the Great Depression?
How did American government respond to the economic crisis?
What is the New Deal?
How did the depression affect Americans?
What was the Dust Bowl?
Essential Questions ch 23 WWII http://www.pbs.org/thewar/ http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/politicaldrseuss/seuss_fla.html
Why did the war become a world war?
How did WWII change America's role in world affairs?
How was WWII different than other wars?
What were the causes of WWII?
What caused American to join the war?
Who were the allied and axis powers?
What happened at Pearl Harbor?
How did the US prepare for war?
What was life like on the American home front?
What happened on D-Day?
How did the US and its allies win the war?
Unit 12: The Cold War
Unit Twelve Essential Questions
What is the Cold War?
How did America's role in the world change because of the Cold War?
How did America become a superpower?
Why is the Cold War called the "cold" war?
What caused the Cold War?
What was the space race?
What was the US reason for aiding Korea?
What was the result in Korea?
Unit 13: The 1960'sAssignments
Unit Thirteen Essential Questions
How are the '60s a reaction to the '50s?
What caused the US to get involved in Vietnam?
What was the reaction at home to the war in Vietnam?
What was the Civil Rights Movement?
Who were leaders in the Civil Rights Movement?
What happened in Little Rock, AK?
Unit 14: The 1970's - 1990's
Unit Fourteen Essential Questions
How did American change during the 20th century?
How did America's role in the world change?
What ended the war in Vietnam?
What was the Watergate scandal?
What caused the end of the Cold War?
What was Johnson's Great Society?
What caused the fuel shortage?
What is conservatism?
What affect does a global economy have on the United States?
Unit 15: America at Present
Unit Fifteen Essential Questions
What happened on September 11, 2001?
What should I know about the 2008 election?
How does a global economy affect the US?
What is terrorism?
What is the War Against Terrorism?
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