Reconstruction and the West

• Evaluate the outcomes of Reconstruction.
• Summarize the economic, political, and social characteristics of the New South.
• Describe the effect of western expansion and development on Native Americans.
• Explain the populist response to late 19th century development.

Industrialization and Progressivism

• Describe the economic, political, and social influence of industrialization on America.
• Explain the rise of Labor in response to factory conditions.
• Connect industrialization to urbanization and immigration during the Gilded Age and Progressive Era.
• Describe the effects of Progressivism on American society in the early 20th century.

Imperialism and the Great War

• Summarize American imperialism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
• Identify the relationship between military events and outcomes of the Spanish-American War.
• Examine the causes and results of American involvement in World War I.

The Jazz Age, Great Depression, and New Deal

• Trace the rise of consumerism in America during the 1920s.
• Identify social trends of the 1920s and their contributions to modern America.
• Explain the underlying causes of the Great Depression.
• Compare the responses of Hoover and Roosevelt to the economic crisis.
• Summarize the economic, political, and social characteristics of the New Deal.

World War II

• Identify the causes for American involvement in WWII.
• Discuss the economic, political and social characteristics of the American home front during WWII.
• Describe the military course of WWII across both Europe and the Pacific.
• Analyze Truman’s decision to drop the atomic bomb.