Unit 7 Key Concepts (Period: 1898-1945): 

Key Concept 7.1 — Growth expanded opportunity, while economic instability led to new efforts to reform U.S. society and its economic system.

Key Concept 7.2 — Innovations in communications and technology contributed to the growth of mass culture, while significant changes occurred in internal and international migration patterns.

Key Concept 7.3 — Participation in a series of global conflicts propelled the United States into a position of international power while renewing domestic debates over the nation’s proper role in the world.

 Chapters in Text: 27-35

Unit 7 Part a: Imperialism, Progressivism, World War I (Chapters 27-30)

Unit 7 Part b: 1920s, Great Depression & New Deal, World War II (Chaptes 31-35)

Unit 7 Part a Primary Sources

1. (Content Area: Imperialism) Albert Beveridge’s The March of the Flag (1898)

http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/gilded/empire/text5/beveridge.pdf

2. (Content Area: Imperialism) William James’ The Philippines Tangle (1899)

http://www.uky.edu/~eushe2/Pajares/JamesPhilippineTangle.pdf

3. (Content Area: Imperialism) School Begins Political Cartoon (1899)

http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2012647459/

4. (Content Area: Progressivism) Teddy Roosevelt’s New Nationalism Speech (1910)

http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/new-nationalism-speech/

5. (Content Area: World War I) Wilson’s 14 Points Speech (Jan. 1918)

http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/President_Wilson%27s_Fourteen_Points

6. (Content Area: World War I) Wilson's Case for a League of Nations (1919)

http://www.classzone.com/cz/books/americans_rec05/resources/pdfs/psource/TAR03_11_399_PS.pdf

7. (Content Area:World War I) Henry Cabot Lodge’s Speech to the Senate (Feb. 28, 1919)

http://web.mit.edu/21h.102/www/Lodge,%20Opposition%20to%20the%20League%20of%20Nations.html

Unit 7 Part b Primary Sources

1. (Content Area: Great Depression/NewDeal) FDR’s Speech to the Commonwealth Club, San Francisco 1932

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/fdrcommonwealth.htm

2. (Content Area: Great Depression/NewDeal) Herbert Hoover’s Speech at Madison Square Garden (Oct. 1932)

http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=23317

3. (Content Area: World War II) FDR’s Fireside Chat on the Great Arsenal of Democracy (Dec. 1940)

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/fdrarsenalofdemocracy.html

4. (Content Area: World War II) FDR’s Executive Order 9066 (Feb. 1942)...view the "document info" and "document transcript"

http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=74

5. (Content Area: World War II) Henry Stimson’s The Decision to Use the Bomb (1947)

http://inf2149decisionmaking.wikispaces.com/file/view/Stimson+-+Harper+Feb+1947+-+Decision+to+Use+the+Atomic+Bomb.pdf

Assessments for the 3rd Quarter:

Participation: 

(1) The Main Idea and Significance Portions ONLY of APPARTS for Each Content Area of Part a Primary Sources

(2) The Main Idea and Significance Portions ONLY of APPARTS for Each Content Area of Part b Primary Sources

 Assessments: 

(1) Unit 7 Part a In-Class Test(M.C. and Short Answer) ~50 points

(2) Unit 7 Part b In Class Test (M.C. and Short Answer) ~60 points

(3) DBQ on Imperialism ~10 points; no revisions for extra credit

(4) FRQ on America's Role in the World Wars OR The Role of Government Activism in the Economy (~40 points)

**Note that there is NO Take Home Test for this Unit.

Homework:

(1) 6 Degrees of Separation (done in class, but counted as a HW grade)

**Extra Credit: 

1. Revisions on In-Class Test & Unit Essay Test (1/2 credit)
2. Completion of the Extra Credit Template (see General Info and Materials tab of website)for the Unit Key Concepts (Up to 10 % points added onto your Unit Essay/Project/or Presentation Grade.  In the event that the unit does not have an Essay/Project/or Presentation portion, the extra credit will be applied to the In-Class Test for that Unit.)
3. Extra Credit for Part a requires Key Concepts 7.1 & 7.3
4. Extra Credit for Part b requires All 3 Key Concepts.