2. Students will understand the impact immigration and urbanization had on the United States.(Ch. 7)
3. Students will understand the impact of the Progressive Era on the United States.(Ch. 9)
4. Students will understand the impact imperialism had on the United States and world.(Ch. 10)
5. Students will understand the causes for US involvement in World War I and the effects it had on the United States.(Ch. 11)
Focus on these topics for the test:
-Causes of WWI
-Causes for US involvement
-Trench Warfare and weapons
-US Homefront
-Wilson's 14 Points and the Treaty of Versailles
6. Students will understand the political, social and economic changes that occurred in the 1920’s in the United States.(Ch. 12/13)
Focus on these topics for the test:
-Roaring 20's and the return to normalcy
-Red Scare
-Republican philosophy
-Prohibition
Do not study the topics below this line-Those are 2nd Semester topics.
Essentials for US History--Semester 2
7. Students will understand the causes and effects of the Great Depression.
1. Students will understand the impact the Great Depression and New Deal had on the US.
2. Students will understand the causes, effects and major events of WWII.
3. Students will understand how/why the Allies won WWII.
4. Students will understand the causes, effects and major events of the Cold War.
5. Students will understand the causes, effects and major events of the Korean Conflict.
6. Students will understand the causes, effects and major events of the Vietnam Conflict.
7. Students will understand the causes and effects of the Persian Gulf Wars as well as the War on Terror.
8.Students will understand the major economic, political, and social changes made during the 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 1980's, 1990's and 2000's.
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