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Unit1AEconomic
Standards
SSUSH1ThestudentwilldescribeEuropeansettlementinNorthAmericaduringthe17thcentury.
a.
b.
c.

ExplainVirginiasdevelopment,includingtheVirginiaCompany,tobaccocultivation,relationshipswith
NativeAmericanssuchasPowhatan,developmentoftheHouseofBurgesses,BaconsRebellion,andthe
developmentofslavery.
ExplainthereasonsforFrenchsettlementofQuebec.
Analyzetheimpactoflocationandplaceoncolonialsettlement,transportation,andeconomic
development;includethesouthern,middleandNewEnglandcolonies.

SSUSH2ThestudentwilltracethewaysthattheeconomyandsocietyofBritishNorthAmericadeveloped.
a. ExplainthedevelopmentofmercantilismandthetransAtlantictrade.
b. DescribetheMiddlePassage,growthoftheAfricanpopulationandAfricanAmericanculture.

In1607JamestownwasfoundedbytheVirginiacompany,whichwasaJointStockcompany
basedoutofLondon.JamestownwasinamuchmoresuperiorlocationthanRoanokewas,since
ithadgoodharbors,navigablerivers,andmorefertilesoil.InvestorsinJamestownwerelooking
foraquickgoldstrikethough,andwhennonewasfoundmanystarvedbecausetheywerent
preparedtofarm.Thecolonywasntprofitableandcolonistswantedtogohome.Inanattemptto
savethecolony,thecompanyallowedcoloniststoworkthelandasprivateproperty.However,
thecolonywasstillinneedofacashcroptomakeitsuccessful.Tobaccobecamethestaple
cropandwasthemainsuppliertoEngland,whichultimatelymadethecolonysurvive.Tobacco
cultivationpromotedtheplantationsystemandin1619aDutchshiparrivedandsold20
Africans.Inthe1700s,Britishcoloniesimportedabout1.5millionslavesfromAfrica.Slaves
werebroughttoAmericaalongtheMiddlePassage,whichwasabrutal2monthtripinwhich
10%died.Duetotrade,almostallcolonieswerecoastalorclosetoaport.Additionally,the
French,justliketherestofEuropewereimperializingtoo.TheFrenchsettlementofQuebecwas
amajorturningpointintheexpansionofFrancesgrowingempire,itbecameFrancesfirst
NorthAmericancolony.Quebecwasidealforfurtrade,fishing,farming,andtransportoftheSt.
Lawrenceriver.
RelatedVocab
CashCrop
VirginiaCompany
IndenturedServant
JointStockCompany

Mercantilism
MiddlePassage/Triangular
SlaveTrade
ProprietaryColony

NorthwestPassage

Unit1APolitical
SSUSH1ThestudentwilldescribeEuropeansettlementinNorthAmericaduringthe17thcentury.
d.
d.

ExplainVirginiasdevelopment,includingtheVirginiaCompany,tobaccocultivation,relationshipswith
NativeAmericanssuchasPowhatan,developmentoftheHouseofBurgesses,BaconsRebellion,andthe
developmentofslavery.
DescribethesettlementofNewEnglandincludingreligiousreasons,relationswithNativeAmericans
includingKingPhillipsWar,theestablishmentoftownmeetingsanddevelopmentofalegislature,
religioustensionsthatledtocoloniessuchasRhodeIsland,thehalfwaycovenant,SalemWitchTrials,
andthelossofMassachusettscharter.

d.
SSUSH3ThestudentwillexplaintheprimarycausesoftheAmericanRevolution.
a. ExplainhowtheendofAngloFrenchimperialcompetitionasseenintheFrenchandIndianWarandthe
1763TreatyofParislaidthegroundworkfortheAmericanRevolution.
b. ExplaincolonialresponsetosuchBritishactionsastheProclamationof1763,theStampAct,andthe
IntolerableActsasseeninSonsandDaughtersofLibertyandCommitteesofCorrespondence.

TheHouseofBurgesseswasthefirstrepresentativebodyincolonialAmerica.Male
landownerswereabletovotefortwoBurgessestorepresenttheirsettlement.TheBurgesses
wereabletomakelawsandraisetaxes.TheHouseofBurgessesbeganastrongtraditionof
representativedemocracy.In1676Baconsrebellionoccurred.Virginiaspopulationwas
continuingtoincrease,sosettlerswereforcedtomovefurtherinlandtolessfertilelandthatwas
moredifficulttofarmon.TheRoyalgovernorWilliamBerkleyincreasedtaxesonfarmers,
Nativeswerealsoattackingsettlersduringallofthis.Settlersrequestedgovernmenthelp.
However,NathanBacontookmattersintohisownhands,leadingBaconsrebellionwheremany
NativeAmericanswerekilled,ultimatelyBerkelywasreplacedandtaxeswerereduced.Bacons
rebellionshowedthatifAmericanswhineenoughtheycangettheirway.Thelossofthe
MassachusettscharterwasduetothecolonistsrefusaltoobeytheNavigationActs,leadingto
antiBritishfeelingsinthecolonies.TheFrenchandIndianwaralsocausedtensionbetweenthe
coloniesthatledtotheRevolutionaryWar.TheBritishfelttheAmericansshouldpayforthewar
throughactssuchastheStampact.TheSonsofLibertywereagroupofcolonistmenwho
foughtforcolonistsrightsandagainstBritishtaxation,andweretheleadersoftheBostonTea
Party,whichledtotheintolerableacts.TheSonsofLibertyactedthroughviolence,including
tarringandfeatheringtaxcollectors.TheDaughtersofLibertywereanonviolentgroupwho
showedloyaltytothecoloniesbyboycottingBritishgoodsandmakingtheirownfabric.The
CommitteesofCorrespondencehelpedmakecolonistsactionseffectivebyproviding
organizationneededforeffectiveprotestfromthecolonies.

Vocab
BaconsRebellion
HouseofBurgesses
MayflowerCompact
NavigationActs
RoyalColony
SalutaryNeglect
FirstContinentalCongress

TreatyofParis1763
Proclamationof1763
StampAct
IntolerableActs/Coercive
Acts
SonsofLiberty
DaughtersofLiberty

Committeesof
Correspondence
QuarteringAct
TownshendActs
BostonMassacre
BostonTeaParty
AlbanyPlanofUnion

Unit1ASocial
SSUSH1ThestudentwilldescribeEuropeansettlementinNorthAmericaduringthe17thcentury.
g.

ExplainVirginiasdevelopment,includingtheVirginiaCompany,tobaccocultivation,relationshipswith
NativeAmericanssuchasPowhatan,developmentoftheHouseofBurgesses,BaconsRebellion,andthe
developmentofslavery.
g. DescribethesettlementofNewEnglandincludingreligiousreasons,relationswithNativeAmericans
includingKingPhillipsWar,theestablishmentoftownmeetingsanddevelopmentofalegislature,
religioustensionsthatledtocoloniessuchasRhodeIsland,thehalfwaycovenant,SalemWitchTrials,
andthelossofMassachusettscharter.
g. ExplainthedevelopmentofthemidAtlanticcolonies,includingtheDutchsettlementofNewAmsterdam
andsubsequentEnglishtakeover,andthesettlementofPennsylvania.
SSUSH2ThestudentwilltracethewaysthattheeconomyandsocietyofBritishNorthAmericadeveloped.
c. DescribetheMiddlePassage,growthoftheAfricanpopulationandAfricanAmericanculture.
c. ExplainthesignificanceoftheGreatAwakening.
SSUSH3ThestudentwillexplaintheprimarycausesoftheAmericanRevolution.
c. ExplaintheimportanceofThomasPainesCommonSensetothemovementforindependence.

ThefirstPuritanemigrantscrossedtheAtlanticontheMayflowerin1620,theyleftdueto
persecutionfromtheKing.TheysurvivedwhentheygottoAmericaduetohelpfromNative
Americans.RhodeIslandwastolerantofallreligions,therewasnomajorfaiththere.Also,in
NewEnglandwheneveranythingwentwrong,NewEnglanderssuspectedevilmagic;victims
wouldblamethosetheydidntlike.In1675Indiansrebelledagainstcolonists,Metacom(aka
KingPhillip)believedtohaveorganizedtheuprising.TheIndianslostlandduringthis,and
wouldlaterteamupwithFranceagainsttheUSA.ThiseventcametobeknownalsoasKing
Phillipswar.Slaverywascontinuingtodevelopinthecoloniestoo,especiallyintheSouthern
colonies,as40%oftheChesapeakeregionwasslaves.Aroundthesametime,theGreat
Awakeningoccurred,whichwasareligiousrevivalinthecoloniesthatultimatelycausedpeople
tothinkthatyoudontalwayshavetodowhatpeoplesay,peoplewerebeginningtothinkon
theirown.ThomasPainescommonsensealsoprovokedpeopletothinkaboutindependence,as
itcausedcoloniststobelievethatindependencewaslogicalandGodordained.
Vocab
GreatAwakening
Halfwaycovenant
KingPhillipswar

Mayflowercompact
Powhatan
Puritans

Quakers
FrenchandIndianWar
IntolerableActs

PontiacsRebellion
Pilgrims/Separatist
SalemWitchTrials
SonsofLiberty

DaughtersofLiberty
Committeesof
Correspondence
CommonSense

BostonMassacre
BostonTeaParty

Unit2BSocial
SSUSH9Thestudentwillidentifykeyevents,issues,andindividualsrelatingtothecauses,course,
andconsequencesoftheCivilWar.
a.
ExplaintheKansasNebraskaAct,thefailureofpopularsovereignty,DredScottcase,andJohn
BrownsRaid.
SSUSH10Thestudentwillidentifylegal,political,andsocialdimensionsofReconstruction.
b.
ExplaineffortstoredistributelandintheSouthamongtheformerslavesandprovideadvanced
education(MorehouseCollege)anddescribetheroleoftheFreedmensBureau.
d.
ExplainBlackCodes,theKuKluxKlan,andotherformsofresistancetoracialequalityduring
Reconstruction.
TheKansasNebraskaactessentiallyundidtheMissouricompromiseandallowedwhitemalesto
decidewhetherornotthestatewouldallowslaverythroughpopularsovereignty.Thiscausedlotsof
disagreementbetweenthoselivingintheterritories,suchasBleedingKansas.Tensionscontinuedto
risewhenintheDredScottcaseblackswereruledaspropertyratherthanpeople.JohnBrownsraidalso
addedtothetensioneventhoughtheattemptedrebellionwasunsuccessful.Afterthecivilwarefforts
weremadetohelpformerslaves,suchastheopeningofMorehouseCollegewhichwasspecificallyfor
AfricanAmericans.TheFreedmansBureauprovidedfoodandnecessitiestoformerslavesandthepoor
intheSouth.However,duringreconstruction,therewasresistancetoblacksgainingfreedom.Black
codeswereputinordertorestrictblacksrightsandmakethemworkalowerpayingjob.TheKuKlux
KlanwastoopposenewlyfreedblacksandNortherncarpetbaggers,theywereresponsibleformany
violentoutbreaks.Althoughslaverywasabolished,manySouthernershadmadeitclearthatracismwas
notjustathingofthepastfortheUS.
Vocab:
KansasNebraskaAct

Carpetbagger

KuKluxKlan

PopularSovereignty

FreedmensBureau

BleedingKansas

DredScottv.Sanford

MorehouseCollege

UndergroundRailroad

BlackCodes

BlackCodes

FreedmansBureau

Unit2BPolitical
STANDARD9:Identifykeyevents,issuesandindividualsrelatingtothecauses,course,and
consequencesoftheCivilWar.
b.
DescribePresidentLincolnseffortstopreservetheUnionasseeninhissecondinauguraladdress
andtheGettysburgspeechandinhisuseofemergencypowers,suchashisdecisiontosuspendhabeas
corpus.
c.
DescribetheroleofUlyssesGrant,RobertE.Lee,StonewallJackson,WilliamT.Sherman,
andJeffersonDavis.
d.
ExplaintheimportanceofFortSumter,Antietam,Vicksburg,Gettysburg,andtheBattlefor
Atlanta.
PresidentLincolntriedtopreservetheUnionbycallingoutstatemilitias,increasingthesizeof
theNavy,orderinganavalblockadeoftheSouth,approvingmilitaryfundingwhileCongresswasnotin
session,suspendingHabeasCorpusinareasnotrebelling,andarrestingSouthernsympathizers.Ulysses
GrantwasthegeneraloftheUnionandledtheUniontovictoryovertheConfederacyinthecivilwar.
RobertELeewastheConfederategeneralandJeffersonDaviswasthepresident.Antietamwasthe
bloodiestdayinthewar,GettysburgwasafailedattemptfortheSouthtoadvance,andtheBattlefor
AtlantawaswhereShermanburnedeverythinginsight.
Vocab
KansasNebraskaAct

GettysburgAddress

BleedingKansas

PopularSovereignty

HabeasCorpus

AnacondaPlan

StatesRights

LincolnsSecondInagural
Address1865

RepublicanParty

Secession

Unit2BEconomic
STANDARD 9: Identify key events, issues and individuals relating to the causes, course,
and consequences of the Civil War.
1. Explain the Kanas- Nebraska Act and Dred Scott case.
2. Describe the Gettysburg speech.
3. Explain the importance of Fort Sumter, Antietam, Vicksburg, Gettysburg, and the Battle
of Atlanta.
4. Explain the importance of the growing economic disparity between the North and South
through an examination of population, functioning railroads, and industrial output.
STANDARD 10: Identify legal, political, and social dimensions of Reconstruction.
1. Explain advanced education such as Morehouse College.
WhentheCivilwarstarted,theNorthwaseconomicallyadvantagedcomparedtothe
ruralSouth.Itsfactories,largerpopulation,moremoney,andawelldevelopedrailroadsystem
provedt0beadvantageous.TheSouthhoweverreliedonaplantationsystemthatexported
mainlycotton.TheSouthwashurtwhentheNorthstoppedbuyingfromthem,alongwithother
cashcrops.Freedblackssufferedeconomicallymanytimesduringthiseratoo.Manywere
involvedinsharecropping,whichwasadeadend.Theonlypersonwhogainedfromthissystem
wastheplantationowner,whenitcametosharecroppingandtenantfarming.
Vocab
Sharecropping
Tenant Farming

Unit3AEconomic

STANDARD11:DescribethegrowthofbigbusinessandtechnologicalinnovationsafterReconstruction.
1.
2.
3.

Explaintheimpactoftherailroadsonotherindustries,suchassteel,andontheorganizationofbig
business.
DescribetheimpactoftherailroadsinthedevelopmentoftheWest,includingthetranscontinentalrailroad,
andtheuseofChineselabor.
IdentifyJohnD.RockefellerandtheStandardOilCompanyandtheriseoftrustsandmonopolies.

STANDARD12:AnalyzeimportantconsequencesofAmericanindustrialgrowth.
5.

DescribeEllisIsland,thechangeinimmigrantsoriginstosouthernandeasternEurope,andtheimpactof
thischangeonurbanAmerica.

Railroadsimpactedotherindustriesbecauseitrequiredsomuchsteeltobuildthem,andthey
connectedtheWestandEastcoast,creatinganationalmarketratherthanjustaregionalone.
Chineselaborersbuilttherailroads,becausetheywouldworkforlowwages.Rockefellercreated
andownedtheStandardOilCompany,and90%oftheoilindustry,bymeansoftrusts,so
standardoilbecameamonopoly.ManyEuropeanimmigrantscametotheUSthroughEllis
IslandinNewYork.Theseimmigrantswouldcomefrompooreconomicsituationsandwere
willingtoworkforlowwagesinpoorconditions.
Vocab
Monopoly
Trust
Robber baron
Social Darwinism
Sweatshop
entrepreneur
laissez faire
patent

Bessemer Process
Mass production
corporation
cartel
Horizontal Integration
vertical integration
Company town
Mass transit

skyscrapers
Gilded Age
protective tariff
Gospel of Wealth
Captains of Industry

Unit3APolitical

STANDARD11:DescribethegrowthofbigbusinessandtechnologicalinnovationsafterReconstruction.
6.
6.

DescribethegrowthofthewesternpopulationanditsimpactonNativeAmericanswithreferencetoSitting
BullandWoundedKnee.
Describethe1894Pullmanstrikeasanexampleofindustrialunrest.

STANDARD13:IdentifymajoreffortstoreformAmericansocietyandpoliticsintheProgressiveEra.
9.
9.
9.

ExplainUptonSinclairsTheJungleandfederaloversightofthemeatpackingindustry.
ExplainIdaTarbellsroleasamuckraker.
Describetheconservationmovementandthedevelopmentofnationalparksandforests;includetheroleof
TheodoreRoosevelt

STANDARD14:ExplainAmericasevolvingrelationshipwiththeworldattheturnofthetwentiethcentury.
14. ExplaintheChineseExclusionActof1882andantiAsianimmigrationsentimentonthewestcoast.

AsWesternpopulationcontinuedtogrow,NativeAmericanswerepushedevenfurther,and
eventuallyhadtofleetoreservations.ThelasteffortmadebyNativeswastheMassacreof
WoundedKnee,wheremanySiouxwerekilled.ThePullmanstrikesshowedgovernmentsiding
withbigbusinessratherthanlaborers,creatingresentmentforthegovernment.Muckrakers
exposedbigbusinesses,likeIdaTarbellwithStandardOil,andUptonSinclairsbookTheJungle
gainedenoughpublicattentiontocausetheMeatInspectionActtobepassed.Muckrakers
exposedcorruptionandoftenledtogovernmentaction.TheChinesewereresentedafterthe
completionoftherailroadbecausetheywerestealingAmericanjobs,sofor10yearsno
ChinesewereallowedtocometotheUS.
Vocab
JimCrowLaws
Progressivism
Initiative
Referendum
Recall

Settlementhouse
Directprimary
NAACP
18THAmendment
19thAmendment

HorizontalIntegration
verticalintegration
Socialism
DawesAct
PollTax

literacytest
PopulistParty
landgrants
HomesteadAct

Grandfatherclause
SquareDeal
MeatInspectionAct
PureFoodandDrugAct

ProgressiveParty

Unit3ASocial
STANDARD11:DescribethegrowthofbigbusinessandtechnologicalinnovationsafterReconstruction.
4.

DescribetheinventionsofThomasEdison,includingtheelectriclightbulb,motionpictures,andthe
phonograph,andtheirimpactonAmericanlife.

STANDARD12:AnalyzeimportantconsequencesofAmericanindustrialgrowth.
8.

IdentifytheAmericanFederationofLaborandSamuelGompers.

STANDARD13:IdentifymajoreffortstoreformAmericansocietyandpoliticsintheProgressiveEra.
12. IdentifyJaneAddamsandHullHouseanddescribetheroleofwomeninreformmovements.
12. DescribetheriseofJimCrow,Plessyv.Ferguson,andtheemergenceoftheNAACP.
12. Describethesignificanceofprogressivereformssuchastheinitiative,therecall,andreferendumdirect
electionofsenators;reformoflaborlaws;andeffortstoimprovelivingconditionsforthepoorincities.

ThomasEdisonslightbulballowedpeopletoworkandfunctionpastdaylight,motionpictures
andthephonographwereotherinventionsthatbothshowedAmericansqualityoflifewas
improving,andmuchmanuallaborwasremovedfromeverydaylife.TheAFL,whichwasledby
SamuelGompers,foughtforbetterworkingconditions,whichalsoimprovedAmericansquality
oflife.JaneAddamscreatedtheHullhousethathelpedimmigrantsgetjobsandhavehelpasthe
assimilatedintoAmericanculture;womenwerekeyinreformmovements.Althoughslaveryhad
beenofficiallyover,racismwasstillprevalentintheSouthasJimCrowlawswerepassedtotry
andsuppressblacks,andinthePlessyvsFergusoncase.Inresponse,theNAACPwascreatedto
helpwiththeadvancementofblackpeople.Progressivereformsduringthistimealsoaddedto
gradualimprovementsinAmericansdailylivesandsafety.
Vocab
Nativism
Urbanization
Tenement

JimCrowLaws
Muckraker
Settlementhouse

EllisIsland
motionpicturecamera
AmericanFederationof

Labor
HullHouse
cartel
Collectivebargaining
Socialism
KnightsofLabor

AngelIsland
Americanization
PollTax
literacytest
Meltingpot
skyscrapers

massculture
NewSouth
Grandfatherclause
suspensionbridge
timezones
ProgressiveParty

Unit 3B Economic
STANDARD 14: Explain Americas evolving relationship with the world at the turn of the
twentieth century.
1. Explain U.S. involvement in Latin America, as reflected by the Roosevelt Corollary to
the Monroe Doctrine and the creation of the Panama Canal. (604-609)
ThePanamaCanalwasbuiltthroughLatinAmerica,asaresultofAmericanimperialism
andthedesireformoremoneyandpower.Thecanalwouldmaketrademucheasierand
shorterfortheUS.ThecontinentalUSbenefittedgreatlyfromanextractivepolicyover
smallercountrieswehadbecameinvolvedwithduetoBigStickDiplomacy.DuringWorld
WarI,theAmericaneconomyflourished.Moregoodsweresoldandtradedthaneverbefore
internationally,andnationally.However,theeconomywasntreallyasgodasitappeared,it
justappearedtobesoduetopoorfinancialpractices.
Vocab
Imperialism
Reparations

New Freedom
Panama Canal

Hepburn Act
Extractive Economy

Unit 3B Political
STANDARD 15: Analyze the origins and impact of U.S. involvement in World War I.
1. Explain Wilsons Fourteen Points and the proposed League of Nations. (641-645)
2. Describe passage of the Eighteenth Amendment, establishing Prohibition, and the
Nineteenth Amendment, establishing woman suffrage. (578, 561-562)
3. Describe the Spanish-American War, the war in the Philippines, and the debate over
American expansionism. (592-598, 599-601, 598)
STANDARD 16: Identify key developments in the aftermath of WWI.
1. Explain how rising communism and socialism in the United States led to the Red Scare
and immigrant restriction. (649-650)
President Theodore Roosevelt was more active with managing business than in previous
decades, leading to trustbusting, which would prevent any monopolies. He also enacted an
open door policy which would encourage trade with China. Roosevelt also restated the
Monroe doctrine with the Roosevelt Corollary, which reinstated that the West wasnt open for
intervention and European involvement. After Pearl Harbor, the US entered WWI. After the
war, Woodrow Wilson came up with the fourteen points, which was designed to prevent
another war of this caliber. However, it did not work as the US wouldnt even join the
League of Nations, which it came up with. The US also signed the Platt Amendment that
allowed for the Us to get involved with Cuba as it became independant.
Vocab
Boxer Rebellion
Open Door Policy
Big Stick Diplomacy
Dollar Diplomacy
Moral Diplomacy
Roosevelt Corollary

U-boat
Espionage Act
Alsace-Lorraine
League of Nations
Armistice
Central Powers
Selective Service Act

Treaty of Versailles
Federal Reserve Act
National Reclamation Act
Rough Riders
Treaty of Paris
Sphere of influence

Great White Fleet Fourteen

Points

Platt Amendment

Unit 3B Social
STANDARD 14: Explain Americas evolving relationship with the world at the turn of the
twentieth century.
1. Describe the movement from U.S. neutrality to engagement in World War I, with
reference to unrestricted submarine warfare. (624-625, 626)
2. Explain the domestic impact of World War I, as reflected by the origins of the Great
Migration, the Espionage Act, and socialist Eugene Debs. (634, 632)
Yellow Journalism became prominent in this time period, as dramatic headlines were placed
in newspapers. This led to lots of misinformation being said. This time period also included
the Red Scare, which led to an overreaction in the US. Sacco and Vanzetti were convicted,
although evidence was scarce on their case, and the Palmer Raids helped fuel American fears.
Additionally during WWI, many job slots were filled by women and blacks in
factories/production. The Great Migration also occurred, as many blacks who couldnt find
work in the South moved North.
Vocab
Yellow Press
Jingoism
Militarism
Great Migration

Red Scare
Palmer Raids
Urban League
Anti-Defamation League

Lusitania
Zimmerman Note
Conscientious Objector
Sacco and Vanzetti

Unit 4A Economic
Standards:
SSUSHS18: Identify key developments in the aftermath of WWI.
Identify Henry Ford, mass production, and the automobile. (660-663)
SSUSHS17: Analyze the causes and consequences of the great depression.
Describe the causes, including overproduction, under-consumption, and stock market
speculation that led to the stock market crash of 1929 and the Great Depression. (702-706)
Explain the impact of the drought in the creation of the Dust Bowl. (714-715)
The economy appeared to be booming leading up to the Great Depression. People
began to buy more than ever with buying on credit. Cars had also became more affordable
than ever, and due to over speculation and too little actual buying, a crash was inevitable.
Farming wasnt doing great either due to the dust bowl, which led to the record highs for
unemployment and low income rates. While things were done to help during this time period,
it was still one of the darkest times in American history.
Vocab
Mass Production
Model T
Bull Market
Buying on Margin
Business Cycle
Speculation
Great Depression

Bread Line
Dust Bowl
Black Tuesday
Localism
Trickle Down
Economics
Hoover Dam

Reconstruction Finance
Corporation
Welfare State
Consumer Revolution
Automobiles
Assembly Lines

Unit 4A Political
SSUSHS18: Describe franklin Roosevelts new deal as a response to the depression and
compare the ways governmental programs aided those in need.
Explain the social and political impact of widespread unemployment that resulted in
developments such as Homervilles. (710-712)
Describe the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority as a works program and as an effort
to control the environment. (736)
Explain the Wagner Act and the rise of industrial unionism. (744)
Explain the passage of the Social Security Act as a part of the second New Deal. (741, 738)
Identify Eleanor Roosevelt as a symbol of social progress and womens activism. (748-749)
Identify the political challenges to Roosevelts domestic and international leadership; include
the role of Huey Long, the court packing bill, and the Neutrality Act. (746, 739, 779)
Following WWI many social and economic changes occurred, and less political. The
Volstead act was passed along with the 18th amendment, making the sale, consumption, or
creation of alcohol illegal. The Teapot dome scandal also occurred, which showed the shady
political acts happening within our government. During FDRs presidency he enacted the New
Deal which created several government agencies to alleviate the effects of the great depression
and ensure it never happened again. He created the TVA and the Emergency Banking Act, along
with several others. Many people felt the government was controlling too much during this time,
and the courts tried to lessen it. However FDR attempted to pack the court with justices that
would approve of New Deal acts and plans, this did not work though and the public was unhappy
with him. In his Second New Deal later, the Wagner act was passed, which protected workers
right to collective bargaining, giving unions legitimate power.
Vocab
Teapot Dome Scandal
Kellogg Briand Pact
Dawes Plan
Quota System

18th amendment
Volstead Act
Bonus Army
New Deal

Fireside Chats
TVA
Second New Deal
Social Security Act

Court Packing
Collective Bargaining

Black Cabinet
Wagner Act

Unit 4A Social
Standards:
SSUSHS18: Identify key developments in the aftermath of WWI.
Explain the social and political impact of widespread unemployment that resulted in
developments such as Hoovervilles. (710-712)
Identify Henry Ford, mass production, and the automobile. (660-663)
Describe the impact of radio and the movies. (680-681)
Describe modern forms of cultural expression; include Louis Armstrong and the origins of
jazz, Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance, Irving Berlin, and Tin Pan Alley. (690663)
With WWI just ending, people were celebrating more than ever, leading to a time with major
social changes. Prohibition may have been put in place, but it just led to more organized crime
and a wild nightlife, as drinking had to be done in secret. Jazz musicians and authors developed
new styles and techniques, and African American culture flourished with the Harlem
Renaissance. The Scopes trial showed the broad disconnect between the two sides of society
though. In 1929, this party era abruptly ended with the stock market crash.
Vocab
Modernization
Fundamentalism
Scopes Trial
Prohibition

Bootlegger
Flapper
Lost Generation
Jazz

Harlem Renaissance
Okies
Hoovervilles
The Wizard of Oz

Unit 4B Economic
Standards:
SSUSH21: The student will explain the impact of technological development and economic
growth on the United States, 1945-1975.
a. Describe the impact of competition with the USSR as evidenced by the launch of Sputnik
I and President Eisenhowers actions. (865, 895)
b. Describe the creation of the Marshall Plan, U.S. commitment to Europe, the Truman
Doctrine, and the origins and implications of the containment policy. (850, 848)
Upon the beginning of WWII, the economy of the US benefitted greatly. After the Great
Depression, New Deal Acts helped some, but couldnt alleviate the effects completely. The US
tried to stay out of WWII and passed the Neutrality act of 1939. However, the Axis powers still
attacked the US, forcing us to enter the war. Trading with the Allied powers made economic
improvement better than ever before. A rationing system was put into place to ensure everyone
got enough, and math and science education was improved on here in the US. The US and USSR
also competed to enter space, and Russia launched Sputnik I. This led to the cold war, post
WWII.
Vocab
Rationing
Neutrality Act of 1939

Unit 4B Political
USHS19: IDENTIFY THE ORIGINS, MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS, AND THE
DOMESTIC IMPACT OF WORLD WAR II, ESPECIALLY THE GROWTH OF THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
a. Explain A. Philip Randolphs proposed March on Washington, D.C., and President
Franklin D. Roosevelts response. (810)
b. Explain the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the internment of Japanese- Americans,
German-Americans, and Italian-Americans. (789, 813)
c. Explain major events: include the lend-lease program, the Battle of Midway, D-Day, and
the fall of Berlin. (785, 807, 819, 823)
d. Describe war mobilization, as indicated by rationing, war-time conversion, and the role of
women in war industries. (792, 814, 809)
e. Describe Los Alamos and the scientific, economic, and military implications of
developing the Atomic Bomb
f. Compare the geographic locations of the European Theater and the Pacific Theater and
the difficulties the U.S. faced in delivering weapons, food, and medical supplies to
troops.
SSUSH20: The student will analyze the domestic and international impact of the Cold War
on the United States
a. Describe the creation of the Marshall Plan, U.S. commitment to Europe, the Truman
Doctrine, and the origins and implications of the containment policy. (850, 848)
b. Explain the impact of the new communist regime in China, the outbreak of the Korean
War, and how these events contributed to the rise of Senator Joseph McCarthy. (854, 855857, 873-875)
Explain the role of geography on the U.S. containment policy, the Korean War
Lots of things were happening politically during this time period. Military strategies such
as island hopping helped the US be successful in the war, and overcome the Axis powers who
relied on Kamikazes and Blitzkrieg methods. Post-war, the Geneva Convention was held, and the

US entered a standoff with the Soviet Union, known as the Cold War. NATO, SEATO, and the
UN were all formed during this time too, to prevent another World War. The US shortly
afterwards went to South Korea to help in the Korean war, as result of the Eisenhower Doctorine.
As result of the Marshall plan, the US also provided aid to Western Europe post-war. The CIA
and NASA were also created during this time period in response to the Soviet Union during the
Cold War.
Vocab
Lend-Lease Act
Executive Order
8802
Manhattan Project
Kamikaze
Island Hopping
Appeasement
Allied Powers
Axis Powers
Internment
Atom Bomb
Marshall Plan

Truman Doctrine
Totalitarianism
Anschluss
Blitzkrieg
Unconditional
Surrender
Tuskegee Airmen
Nuremberg Trials
Genocide
Yalta Conference
United Nations
Geneva Convention

Satellite State
Cold War
Iron Curtain
Containment
NATO
Warsaw Pact
SEATO
38th Parallel
Arms Race
Brinkmanship
Eisenhower
Doctrine

Red Scare
McCarthyism
Julius and Ethel
Rosenberg
Munich Pact
Atlantic Charter
CIA
NASA
Blacklist

Unit 4B Social
SSUSH22: The student will identify dimensions of the Civil Rights Movement, 1945 1970.
a. Explain the importance of President Trumans order to integrate the U.S. military and the
federal government.
Holocaust The mass killing of Jews and other groups led by Nazi Germany during WWII to
create one superior race.
Los Alamos Town in New Mexico where the Manhattan Project was worked on.
Anti-Semitic A hatred for Jews.
Hollywood 10 A group of celebrities who had ties to communism
WWII effected America at home, just as much as it effected the entire world. Japanese
Americans were placed into internment camps after Pearl Harbor, and the Second Red Scare
came about. While all this was happening, the Manhattan Project was well underway. Although
many people worked on it, only a select few knew what they were working on. Many colleges
were involved in it too, including Stanford. Truman also attempted to integrate the military at
this time, along with other federal jobs. McCarthyism also plagued the US, as many people were
accused of communism, including the Hollywood 10 and many politicians, even though
McCarthys allegations had flimsy facts they were based on. Cold war fears also led to the USs
education system to focus more on math and science than they had before.
Vocab
Rationing

Internment

AntiSemitic

ManhattanProject

AtomBomb

TuskegeeAirmen

Holocaust

Totalitarianism

NurembergTrials

Genocide

Armsrace

McCarthyism

ColdWar

Brinkmanship

JuliusandEthelRosenberg

IronCurtain

RedScare

Blacklist

Containment

HollywoodTen

Unit 5A Social
SSUSH21 The student will explain the impact of technological development and economic growth
on the United States, 1945-1975.
1. Describe the baby boom and its impact as shown by Levittown and the Interstate Highway Act. (883,
889, 890)
2. Analyze the impact television has had on American life; include the development of the personal
computer and the expanded use of air conditioning.
3. Describe the impact television has had on American culture; include the presidential debates
(Kennedy/ Nixon, 1960) (897, 900, 953)
4. Describe the impact of competition with the USSR as evidenced by the launch of Sputnik I and
President Eisenhowers actions. (865, 895)
SSUSH22 The student will identify dimensions of the Civil Rights movement, 1945 1970.
1.
Explain the importance of President Truman order to integrate the U.S. military and the federal
government.
2. Identify Jackie Robinson and the integration of baseball.
3. Explain Brown v. Board of Education and efforts to resist the decision.
4. Describe the significance of Martin Luther King, Jr.s Letter from a Birmingham Jail and his I Have
a Dream speech.
5. Describe the causes and consequences of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of
1965.

The baby boom affected America by creating a need for more housing, which Levittowns
provided. It also led to a need for more highways to connect suburbs and cities where people
worked, which led to the Interstate Highway Act. The television also impacted Americans
everyday life by allowing them to view presidential debates and footage from the Vietnam war,
which directly influenced their views and opinions. The television is a significant reason why

Kennedy was voted into office, because the American people thought he seemed more
presidential than Nixon. The launch of Sputnik I caused President Eisenhower to push for
American advancement in science, including improving education and putting a man on the
moon. The civil rights movement was one of the most extreme in American history. Sit-ins,
boycotts, and freedom rides were all things Civil Rights activists took part in. The Supreme
Court responded to many controversial cases during this time, such as Brown v. Board of
Education, where separate but equal in schools was deemed unconstitutional, and Roe v. Wade
where a womans right to an abortion was made legal. There was also a large counterculture
starting to develop at the time amongst the younger generation. Civil rights activists took part in
many forms of peaceful protest.
Vocab
Deferment
Sit-in
De Facto
Freedom summer
Baby Boom
SNCC
segregation
Medicaid
Interstate
Freedom ride
Brown V Board of
Hawks
Highway Act
Civil Rights Act
Education
Doves
air conditioning
of 1964
Letters from a
Students for a
personal computer
Black power
Birmingham Jail
Democratic
rock-and-roll
Black Panthers
March on
Society
beatnik
Nuclear family
Washington
Kent State
Civil Rights Act
Television
Counterculture
University
of 1957
De jure
Generation gap
Montgomery Bus
segregation
Equal Right
Boycott
Amendment

Unit 5A Political
SSUSH20: The student will analyze the domestic and international impact of the Cold War
on the United States
1. Describe the Cuban Revolution, the Bay of Pigs, and the Cuban missile crisis. (956-958)
2. Describe the Vietnam War, the Tet offensive and growing opposition to the war. (984-991,
995-996)
3. Explain the role of geography on the U.S. containment policy, the Korean War, the Bay of
Pigs, the Cuban missile crisis, and the Vietnam War.
SSUSH23 The student will describe and assess the impact of political developments between
1945 and 1970.
1. Describe the Warren Court and the expansion of individual rights as seen in the Miranda
decision. (972-973)
2. Explain Lyndon Johnsons Great Society, including the establishment of Medicare. (969-971)
3. Describe the social and political turmoil of 1968, including the assassinations of Martin
Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, and the events surrounding the Democratic National
Convention. (996-999)

The Bay of Pigs was the CIAs attempt to use Cuban exiles to overthrow the Cuban
dictator. The operation failed miserably, and President John F. Kennedy was blamed. The US
also located missiles in Cuba that were aimed at the US. Kennedy then enacted a quarantine of
Cuba until the missiles were removed.
The Vietnam War proved to be much longer and harder than the US had anticipated,
which the Tet offensive demonstrated. American men were being killed and the US was gaining
nothing, so at home more people grew to opposing the war, especially since the media could now
cover and show the war like they had never before.
The USs containment policy was to limit the spread of communism by supporting non
communist countries financially. The US also believed that countries surrounded by communist
countries would also fall to communism, which was called the Domino Theory.
The Warren Court, was one of the most liberal in history, and became known for passing
progressive legislation. One well-known Supreme Court case of the time was Miranda v.
Arizona, which ensures that an accused person is aware of their rights at the time of their arrest.
Lyndon Johnsons Great Society put many social programs in order, including
establishing Medicare which provided inexpensive health care for elderly people, and Medicaid
which provided medical care for those who couldnt afford it.
Vocab
Domino Theory
Bay of Pigs
Tet Offensive
Vietnam War
Cuban Missile Crisis
1960 Kennedy Nixon
Debate
Warren Court
Johnsons Great Society

Medicare
National Organization of
Women
Silent Spring
EPA
Conservative movement
Miranda v. Arizona
Democratic National
Convention

Taft-Hartley Act
Fair Deal
AFL-CIO
Inner city
Urban renewal
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Equal Right Amendment
Roe v Wade
Medicaid

Unit 5A Economic
SSUSH24: The student will analyze the impact of social change movements and
organizations of the 1960s
1. Describe the National Organization of Women and the origins and goals of the modern
womens movement. (1023)
2. Analyze the anti-Vietnam War movement. (992-994, 998-999, 1002-1003)
3. Analyze Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers movement. (1029-1030)
4. Explain the importance of Rachel Carsons Silent Spring and the resulting developments;
include Earth Day, the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the modern
environmentalist movement. (1034-1035, 1036-1037))
5. Describe the rise of the conservative movement as seen in the presidential candidacy of Barry
Goldwater (1964) and the election of Richard M. Nixon (1968). (968-969, 999)
Vocab
consumerism

National Organization of
Women

United Farm Workers

Sunbelt

Information industries
Franchise business

AFL-CIO
Multinational corporations

Sunbelt
United Farm Workers

Unit 5B Economic
SSUSH25: The student will describe changes in national politics since 1968.
1. Describe domestic and international events of Ronald Reagans presidency, including
Reagonomics, the Iran-contra scandal, and the collapse of the Soviet Union. (1081-1083, 10871091)
2. Explain the relationship between Congress and President Bill Clinton, including the North
American Free Trade Agreement and his impeachment and acquittal. (1111-1112, 1115, 1113)
Clinton improved American relations with Canada and Mexico, by enacting NAFTA,
which stimulated trade between the three countries by reducing regulation and limitations. Bill
Clinton proved to fail morally with the Monica Lewinsky incident, and was impeached for lying
to Congress. However, he remained in office.
Reaganomics was a system of trickle-down economics, where money would go from the
government to the banks, then it went to businesses, who pay employees, therefore to everyday
citizens.
Vocab
Stagflation
Supply-side Economics

NAFTA
EU

Savings and Loan Crisis

Unit 5B Political
SSUSH25: The student will describe changes in national politics since 1968.
1. Describe President Richard M. Nixons opening of China, his resignation due to the
Watergate scandal, changing attitudes toward government, and the Presidency of Gerald Ford.
(1009, 1010, 1049-1052, 1055-1057)
2. Explain the Carter administrations efforts in the Middle East including the Camp David
Accords, his response to the 1979 Iranian Revolution and Iranian hostage crisis. (1065-1067)
President Nixons watergate scandal was an attempt to break into the Democratic office,
that was supported by the Nixon administration. The scandal ultimately ruined his chances at
reelection as he was forced to resign, putting Gerald Ford into office.
The Camp David accords were an attempt of the US to help mend relations between
Egypt and Israel, bringing peace to the Middle East. The Iranian Hostage Crisis occurred in the
beginning of his administration, and made him look inexperienced therefore creating
unhappiness with his administration amongst the public.
Vocab
Silent Majority
SALT I
OPEC
Southern Strategy
Affirmative Action
Watergate
25th Ammendment
Executive Privilege
Pardon
Amnesty
Helsinki Accords
SALT II

Camp David Accords

Iranian Hostage Crisis
Glasnost
Perestroika
Iran Contra Affair
Impeachment
Bush v. Gore
Taliban
Weapons of Mass
Destruction
9/11

Operation Enduring
Freedom
Strategic Defense Initiative
Apartheid
Operation Desert Storm
Contract with America
Al Qaeda
Department of Homeland
Security
Patriot Act
No Child Left Behind

Unit 5B Social
SSUSH25: The student will describe changes in national politics since 1968.
1. Explain the impact of Supreme Court decisions on ideas about civil liberties and civil rights,
including such decisions as Roe v. Wade (1973) and the Bakke decision on affirmative action.
(1026, 1083, 1062)
Affirmative action was declared unconstitutional by the supreme court. In Roe v. Wade,
abortion was declared legal, having to do with womens rights and privacy. Essentially, the
decision confirmed womens rights to their bodies and privacy.
Vocab
Conservative Movement
Christian Fundamentalist
New Right

Moral Majority
AIDS