Course Objectives: A. Apply terms relevant to the content appropriately and accurately. B. Identify and interpret different types of primary and secondary sources of fundamental importance and relevance to topical inquiry and understanding. C. Interpret timelines of key historical events, people, and periods; locate significant historical places and events on maps. D. Analyze the importance of context and point of view in historical interpretation (e.g., interpret past events and issues in historical context rather than in terms of present norms and values); recognize that historians interpret the same events differently due to personal values and societal norms. E. Analyze and evaluate historical sources and interpretations (e.g., credibility, perspective, bias, and authenticity; verifiable or unverifiable; fact or interpretation). K. Analyze how the past influences the lives of individuals and the development of societies
Standard C2: Rebuilding a Nation (Increasing Influence and Challenges) Course Objectives: A. Identify and explain significant issues and components of the Populist movement and their impacts
B. Explain the origins and accomplishments of the Progressive movement
C. Analyze the efforts to achieve women’s suffrage in the early twentieth centuries
Essential Vocabulary
- Populism
- Progressivism
- Bi-Medalism
- The Grange
- Anti-Trust Legislation
- Teddy Roosevelt
- Bull Moose Party
- William Taft
- Woodrow Wilson
- Commerce Act
- Federal Reserve
- Progressive Agenda
- Muckrakers
- Upton Sinclair
- The Jungle
- Food Laws
a. Urban reforms;
b. Conservation;
c. Business regulation and antitrust legislation;
d. The movement for public schooling;
e. The regulation of child labor
People and Societies Benchmark C: Analyze the ways that contacts between people of different cultures result in exchanges of cultural practices.
5. Explain the effects of immigration on society in the United States:
a. Housing patterns;
b. Political affiliation;
c. Education system;
d. Language;
e. Labor practices;
f. Religion.
Economics Benchmark A: Compare how different economic systems answer the fundamental economic questions of what goods and services to produce, how to produce them, and who will consume them.
2. Analyze the development and impacts of labor unions, farm organizations and business organizations on the U.S. economy.
Economics Benchmark B: Explain how the U.S. government provides public services, redistributes income, regulates economic activity, and promotes economic growth and stability.3. Demonstrate how United States governmental policies, including taxes, antitrust legislation and environmental regulations affect individuals and businesses.
4. Explain the reasons for the creation of the Federal Reserve System and its importance to the economy.
Citizen Rights and Responsibilities Benchmark A: Analyze ways people achieve governmental change, including political action, social protest and revolution.1. Describe the ways in which government policy has been shaped and set by the influence of political parties, interest groups, lobbyists, the media and public opinion with emphasis on:
a. Extension of suffrage;
b. Labor legislation;
f. Business regulation;
g. Educational policy.
a. Extension of suffrage;
b. Labor legislation;
f. Business regulation;
g. Educational policy.
