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UNIT 7 KEY CONCEPTS
KC-7.1
Growth expanded opportunity, while economic
instability led to new efforts to reform U.S.
society and its economic system.
KC-7.1.I
The United States continued its transition
from a rural, agricultural economy to an urban,
industrial economy led by large companies.
KC-7.1.II
In the Progressive Era of the early
20th century, Progressives responded to
political corruption, economic instability,
and social concerns by calling for greater
government action and other political and
social measures.
KC-7.1.III
During the 1930s, policymakers responded
to the mass unemployment and social
upheavals of the Great Depression by
transforming the U.S. into a limited welfare
state, redefining the goals and ideas of
modern American liberalism.
KC-7.2
Innovations in communications and technology
contributed to the growth of mass culture,
while significant changes occurred in internal
and international migration patterns.
KC-7.2.I
Popular culture grew in influence in U.S.
society, even as debates increased over the
effects of culture on public values, morals,
and American national identity.
KC-7.2.II
Economic pressures, global events, and
political developments caused sharp
variations in the numbers, sources, and
experiences of both international and
internal migrants.
KC-7.3
Participation in a series of global conflicts
propelled the United States into a position of
international power while renewing domestic
debates over the nation’s proper role in
the world.
KC-7.3.I
In the late 19th century and early
20th century, new U.S. territorial ambitions
and acquisitions in the Western Hemisphere
and the Pacific accompanied heightened
public debates over America’s role in
the world.
KC-7.3.II
World War I and its aftermath intensified
ongoing debates about the nation’s role in
the world and how best to achieve national
security and pursue American interests.
KC-7.3.III
U.S. participation in World War II transformed
American society, while the victory of the
United States and its allies over the Axis
powers vaulted the U.S. into a position of
global, political, and military leadership.
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- Imperialism Debate Quotes/Thought Web/Map of Expansion
- Progressivism Case Studies
- Muckraker Excerpt Analysis
- Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson Cartoon Analysis
- Roaring Twenties Advertisement Analysis
- Sacco and Vanzetti Case Document Analysis
- President Harding Reading/Reflection
- Black Tuesday and Stock Market Crash Document Analysis
- Fireside Chat - Bank Holiday Analysis
- Japanese Internment Document Work
- D-Day Reading and Questions
- Atomic Bomb Debate
- Reading Guides/ Packets for each textbook chapter
- Chapter/Unit Tests
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