Explain how innovations in technology during the 1920s influenced consumerism.
Expansion of electivity and other luxury items such as dishwashers and refrigerators
Explain a key cause of the Spanish-American War
Yellow Journalism (The sinking of the USS Maine)
Explain how a specific historical development of Period 6 could provide helpful context for understanding the international conflicts of Period 7, such as the Spanish-American War.
The closure of the American West as well as the expansion of new markets in Asia
Describe an innovation in communication or technology that emerged in the 1920s.
Radios, Cars, Mechanized farming equipment, access to electricity
Describe a key aspect of United States foreign policy during the interwar period.
Isolationism (From Europe) Interventionist in Latin America
Describe a significant political reform that occurred during the Progressive Era.
17th Amendment ( direct election of Senators), Secret Ballots, Initiative, Referendum and Recall
Describe a way that new technologies changed American culture during the first half of the 20th century.
American culture began to see an emerging Middle Class who would have disposable income to buy luxury items
What was a key diplomatic consideration for the United States in the immediate aftermath of World War II?
How to rebuild post war Europe
What was a major cultural controversy that characterized the 1920s in America?
Fundamentalism V. Modernism
. Explain how debates over civil liberties and individual rights were affected by events in the first half of the 20th century and name the two SC cases.
The Surpeme Court ruled that restricting personal freedoms were resonable during times of war (Schenck V U.S. and Korematsu V U.S.)
Describe a continuity in American identity during the first half of the 20th century
Rugged individualism and nativesim
How might developments in Period 6 provide context for understanding the beginning of Period 7?
The Gilded Age and conditions in cities led to the Progressive Era and Muckrackers
. What was a major diplomatic challenge the United States faced at the outset of World War I?
How to maintain economic relations with the belligernets without being drawn into the war themselves
Identify a way the home front in the United States was affected by World War I.
Crucial war materials were rationed, Women began to take men's role in factories and the Great Migration
What was the first consumer protection act?
Meat inspection Act
What role did migration play in shaping American society during the period of 1890-1945
Migration saw an increase in Urbanization as more people began to move to industry hubs were jobs are located
Which reformer wanted African Americans to have immediate rights and founded the NAACP
W.E.B. Dubois
Describe a significant goal of the Progressives in the early 20th century.
To address poor working conditions, inadequate consumer protections and to reign in the Laissez-Faire polices
Explain a primary cause of the Great Depression in the United States
Buying on Margin and the Stock Market collapse as well as inaction by the Hoover administration
What overarching movement is generally associated with the start of women's suffrage movement
The Third Great Awakening
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