United States History Second Nine Weeks Syllabus
Tuesday, March 24. 2008 - June 6, 2008
Textbook – American Vision
Progressivism (Reference pages: 508 - 512; 546 - 553; 555 - 559; 562 - 570)
Objectives
Explain the conditions that led to the rise of Progressivism. (7.01)
Analyze how different groups of Americans made economic and political gains
in the Progressive Period. (7.02)
Evaluate the effects of racial segregation on different regions and segments
of the United States society. (7.03)
Examine the impact of technological changes on economic, social, and
cultural life in the United States. (7.04)
Tuesday, March 24 - Wednesday, March 25 - Thursday, March 26 -
Friday, March 28/Monday, March 31
People, Places, Terms, & Events
*Progressives*muckrakers*Bull Moose Party/Progressive party*Ida Tarbell
*The Jungle*N.A.A.C.P.*Lincoln Steffens*Robert M. LaFollette*Booker T.
Washington*direct primary*conservation*Clayton Antitrust Act*Square Deal
*trust buster*W.E.B. DuBois*Pure Food & Drug Act*Gifford Pinchot*Federal
Reserve System*William H. Taft*Theodore Roosevelt*Woodrow Wilson
*New Nationalism*New Freedom
Report cards issued on Monday, March 31
Alternative Assessment on Progressivism due Tuesday, April 1
World War I and the Treaty of Versailles (Reference pages: 576 - 589; 592 -
597; 599 - 603)
Tuesday, April 1 - Wednesday, April 2 - Thursday, April 3 - Friday, April 4
Objectives
Examine the reasons why the United States remained neutral at the beginning
of World War I, but later became involved. (8.01)
Identify political and military turning points of the war and determine
their significance to the outcome of the conflict. (8.02)
Assess the political, economic, social, and cultural effects of the war on
the United States and other nations. (8.03)
People, Places, Terms, & Events
*Sussex Pledge*Henry Cabot Lodge*Archduke Franz Ferdinand*u-boat*Zimmermann
Note*League of Nations*Lusitania*He kept us out of war.*Reparations
*Doughboys*369th Infantry Regiment*Big Four*John J. Pershing*Herbert Hoover
*War Industries Board*Woodrow Wilson*victory gardens*Espionage & Sedition
Acts*Fourteen Points
Spring Break! (Monday, April 7 - Friday, April 11)
Tuesday, April 15
Test! World War I & the Treaty of Versailles
Flash cards and notebooks due
Boom, Bust, Depression, and New Deal
Objectives:
Elaborate on the cycle of economic boom and bust in the 1920's and 1930's.
(9.01)
Analyze the extent of prosperity for different segments of society during
this period.(9.02)
Analyze the significance of social, intellectual, and technological changes
of lifestyles in the United States. (9.03)
Describe challenges to traditional practices in religion, race, and gender.
(9.04)
Assess the impact of New Deal reforms in enlarging the role of the federal
government in American life. (9.05)
Monday, April 14 - Wednesday, April 16 - Thursday, April 17
The Roaring Twenties (Reference pages: 610 - 616; 620 - 623; 626 - 630;
636 - 650)
People, Places, Terms, & Events
*speakeasies*Scopes' Trial*Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?*Clarence Darrow
*William Jennings Bryan*Bonus Army*Al Capone*a noble experience*bread
& soup lines*the Red Scare*Ku Klux Klan*buying on margin*Sacco & Vanzetti
*flappers*overspeculation*Nineteenth Amendment*Carrie Chapman Catt*Black
Tuesday*tabloids*Ballyhoo*depression*Charles Lindbergh*Charlie Chaplin
*Herbert Hoover*The Jazz Singer*F. Scott Fitzgerald*Langston Hughes
*the Charleston*Warren Harding*Marcus Garvey*Calvin Coolidge*Teapot Dome
scandal*Black is Beautiful*isolationalism
Friday, April 18/Monday, April 21 - Tuesday, April 22
FDR and the New Deal (Reference pages: 656 - 665; 668 - 672; 678 - 700)
People, Places, Terms, & Events
*FDR*Eleanor Roosevelt*Happy Days are Here Again*New Deal*Bank Holiday
*relief, recovery, & reform*Fireside Chats*CCC*court-packing*Hundred Days
*Dust Bowl*Wagner Act*TWA*swing*Francis Perkins*Social Security Act
*Mary McLeod Bethune*Amelia Earhart*WPA*Orson Welles*Black Cabinet
*Okkies & Arkies
Thursday, April 24
Test! Boom, Bust, Depression, and New Deal
Flash cards and notebooks due
The Rise of Dictatorships, World War II, and the Rise and Fall of the Cold
War
Objectives:
Elaborate on the causes of World War II and reasons for the United States
entry into the war. (10.01)
Identify military, political, and diplomatic turning points of the war and
determine their significance to the outcome and aftermath of the conflict.
(10.02)
Describe and analyze the effects of the war on American economic, social,
political, and cultural life. (10.03)
Elaborate on changes in direction of foreign policy related to the
beginnings of the Cold War. (10.04)
Assess the role of organizations established to maintain peace and examine
their continuing effectiveness. (10.05)
Identify the causes of United States' involvement in Vietnam and examine how
this involvement affected society. (11.04)
Summarize significant events in foreign policy since the Vietnam War. (12.01)
Wednesday, April 23/Friday, April 25 - Monday, April 28
The Rise of Dictatorships and World War II
(Reference pages: 708 - 730; 736 - 747; 749 - 761; 764 - 772)
People, Places, Terms, & Events
*Kellogg-Briand Pact*Adolf Hitler*Date that will live in infamy.*Nazi party
*Mussolini*Nisei*fascism*totalitarian*Hiroshima*appeasement*Neutrality Acts
*WAC*Winston Churchill*Non-Aggression Pact*A. Philip Randolph*blitzkrieg
*Battle of Britain*Rosie the Riveter*Axis Powers*Allies*O.P.A.*Lend-Lease
*Atlantic Charter*Nuremberg Trials*Pearl Harbor*Holocaust*United Nations
*Harry Truman8Franklin Roosevelt*Potsdam*Stalingrad*El Alamein*Yalta*D-Day
*Battle of the Bulge*Big Three*V-E Day*V-J Day*Dwight Eisenhower*kamikaze
*Manhatten project*Douglas MacArthur*Selective Service system
Oral History Project Due on Monday, April 28!
Tuesday, April 29 - Wednesday, April 30 - Thursday, May 1 - Friday, May 2
Major events in the Rise and Fall of the Cold War
(Reference pages: 778 - 802; 846 - 850; 892 - 901; 904 - 914; 1001 - 1005)
People, Places, Terms, and Events
*Cold War*Iron Curtain*Star Wars*Berlin Airlift*Berlin Wall*SALT*Cuban
Missile Crisis*Sputnik*Tiananmen Square*Korean War*Vietnam*Oliver
North*Persian Gulf War*George H.W. Bush*Kennedy & Khrushchev*Reagan &
Gorbachev*NATO*Marshall Plan*Truman Doctrine*Eisenhower Doctrine*Nixon
Doctrine*Reagan Doctrine*Peace Corps*a new world order*Eisenhower's Farewell
Address
Interim reports issued on Wednesday, April 30
Tuesday, May 6
Test! Dictatorships, World War II, and the Cold War
Flash cards and notebooks due
America Since World War II
Objectives:
Describe the effects of the Cold War on economic, political, and social life
in America.(11.01)
Trace major events of the Civil Rights Movement and evaluate its impact.
(11.02)
Identify major social involvements including, but not limited to, those
involving women,young people, and the environment, and evaluate the impact
of these movements on the United States' society. (11.03)
Identify the causes of United States' involvement in Vietnam and examine how
this involvement affected society. (11.04)
Examine the impact of technological innovations that have impacted American
life.(11.05)
Identify political events and the actions and reactions of the government
officials and citizens, and assess the social and political consequences.
(11.06)
Summarize significant events in foreign policy since the Vietnam War.
((12.01)
Evaluate the impact of recent constitutional amendments, court rulings, and
federal legislation on United States' citizens. (12.02)
Identify and assess the impact of economic, technological, and environmental
changes in the United States. (12.03)
Identify and assess the impact of social, political, and cultural changes in
the United States. (12.04)
Assess the impact of growing racial and ethnic diversity in American
society. (12.05)
Monday, May 5
Suburbia (Reference pages: 808 - 825; 828 - 832)
People, Places, Terms, & Events
*suburbs*Levittown*Ed Sullivan*the baby boom*beatniks*G.I. Bill*conformity
*television*rock and roll*Rock Around the Clock*drive-in movies*Elvis Presley
*McCarthyism
Wednesday, May 7 - Thursday, May 8 - Friday, May 9
The Civil Rights Movement & Other Protest Movements
(Reference pages: 866 - 886; 920 - 930: 932 - 937; 939 - 943)
People, Places, Terms, & Events
*Rosa Parks*We Shall Overcome*Brown v. Board of Education*Martin L. King,
Jr.*Black Power*Little Rock Central High School*sit-in*Thurgood Marshall
*Voting Rights Act of 1965*Black Panthers*Malcolm X*Civil Rights Act of 1964
*SDS*NOW*The Feminine Mystique*Silent Spring*affirmative action*AIM
*UFW*Cesar Chavez*Earth Day*Gray Panthers
Monday, May 12
Innovations and Challenges (Reference pages: 942; 995 -996; 998 - 999;
1012 - 1015)
People, Places, Terms, & Events
*laser*computers*pollution*space station*cable television*religious pluralism
*cell phones*microwave ovens*diversity*Greenhouse effect*MTV*space shuttle
*Silicon Valley*Bill Gates*biotechnology
Project Due! on Monday, May 12
Tuesday, May 13 - Wednesday, May 14 - Thursday, May 15 - Friday, May 16/
Monday, May 19 - Tuesday, May 20 - Wednesday, May 21 - Thursday, May 22 -
Friday, May 23
The American Presidency Since 1953
(Reference pages: 840 - 852; 854 - 860; 904 - 914; 952 - 974; 980 - 991;
994 - 959; 1001 - 1006; 1016 - 1029; 1031 - 1037)
People, Places, Terms, & Events
*Dwight Eisenhower*I Like Ike*welfare to work*John F. Kennedy*New Frontier
*campaign reform*Lyndon Johnson*Great Society*liberal*Richard Nixon*New
Federalism*Moral Majority*Pentagon Papers*moon landing*Reaganomics*Woodstock
*reverse discrimination*Bill Clinton*Jimmy Carter*Gerald Ford*George H.W.
Bush*Ronald Reagan*executive privilege*Revolution of 1980*Sunbelt*recession
*O.P.E.C.*wage and price controls*stagflation*WIN*Watergate*Election of 2000
*September 11, 2001
Presentation for That _______ Decade on Thursday, May 22 -
Friday, May 23
Tuesday, May 27
Test! Americana Since the 1950s
Notebook & Flash cards due
Monday, May 26
Memorial Day Holiday!
Wednesday, May 28 - Thursday, May 29 - Friday, May 30
Monday, June 2 - Tuesday, June 3 - Wednesday, June 4 -
Thursday, June 5
End-of-Course Exams/Semester Exams/VOCATs
Friday, June 6
Last Day of School
