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Gold Team Parents and Students:
Assignments for Mr. Nance's social studies class can be found on the Goldwork section of the school website.
We have finished Unit 6 on the "Struggle Over Culture" and now will be studying about how "Modern American Emerges." Our focus will be on the changes that took place in American society during the latter part of the nineteenth century to World War I. There will be no projects to complete during this part of Unit 7, the unit will culminate with a 100 points unit test.
Unit 7 Modern America Emerges
(1860-1918)
To
identify factors that nurtured the industrial revolution
To explain how business cycles reflected
rapid economic growth
To describe the growth of the steel and
electric-power industries
To analyze how inventions changed American
life
To analyze the funding for the first
transcontinental railroad
To identify the groups that worked on the
first transcontinental railroad
To describe the linking together of the two
railroads
To evaluate the changes brought about by the
railroads
To analyze the growth of corporations
To describe monopolies and trusts and
evaluate their effects
To summarize the positive and negative
aspects of the Gilded Age
To evaluate the development of the economy of
the South
To describe working conditions in the late
1800's
To trace the beginnings of the labor movement
To evaluate union setbacks and significant
strikes
To describe the founding of the American
Federation of Labor
To help students describe social
problems facing the nation
To help students identify problem
solving used by individuals to
improve social
conditions
To analyze the causes of World War I
To describe the alliance system and its
impact on the war
To describe significant battles of World War
I and Americas involvement
To evaluate the home front and American
sacrifices
To analyze propaganda and it effect on World
War I
To identify the goals of the Progressive
Movement
To help students understand some of the
complex issues involved in the acquisition of new territory
Aligns with state standards 14A, B, C, D, E; 15A; 16A, B, C; 17A; 18C
Click on the picture above to access the power point on "The Rise of Industry."
Click on the picture above to access the power point on "Railroads Transform the Nation"
Click on the picture above to access the power point on "The Rise of Big Business"
Click on the picture above to access the power point on "Workers Organize"
Click on the picture above to access the power point on "America Claims an Empire"
Click on the picture above to access the World War I PPt.
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