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Key Concepts
This unit essentially covers four chapters in your book (8, 9, 10 &
11). Here are some of the key concepts for each chapter
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Key Concepts
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Chapter Eight
pp. 276-299
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- the emergence of important
new technologies and the role they played in shaping city life in the
U.S.
- the expansion of
public education and higher education in the United States
- The problems with
segregation and racial discrimination throughout the U.S. in the late
1800s
- the dawn of mass
culture, including sports, movies, the media, etc.
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Chapter
Nine
pp. 306-337
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- the basic goals and
causes of the larger progressive movement
- the role of the
muckrakers
- the wide variety of
progressive causes (racism, women's suffrage, temperance, political
corruption, pools and trusts, pure food and drugs, etc.)
- the key measures
progressives took to try and resolve these issues
- the wide variety of
people who were important progressives (Florence Kelley, Teddy
Roosevelt, WEB DuBois, Jane Addams, Bob LaFollette, Woodrow Wilson, etc.)
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Chapter Ten
pp. 338-369
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- The reasons why some
Americans pushed for imperialism (March of the Flag Speech) & the
debate over imperialism
- Growing U.S.
involvement in the Pacific (Hawaii, China, etc.)
- American involvement
in China and the Open Door Policy
- The ways in which
the U.S. was involved in Latin America in the 1890's
- The role of the
Yellow Press in starting the Spanish American War
- The course of the
Spanish American War (causes, fighting, outcomes)
- The development of
the Panama Canal
- Big Stick Diplomacy
(Roosevelt Corollary), Dollar Diplomacy, and Moral Diplomacy
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Chapter Eleven
pp. 370-407
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- The causes of WWI
- The course of WWI in
Europe prior to U.S. involvement (1914-1917)
- style of combat and
the impact of new weapons
- The reasons why many
Americans opposed U.S. involvement
- The main reasons
& events that finally brought the U.S. into the war
- The key aspects of
U.S. involvement (what did we help accomplish? How?)
- How did the war come to an end? What was President Wilson's
plan for peace?
- The steps the U.S.
government took to finance the war effort, manage the economy, and
enforce loyalty (these are key!)
- The significant ways
in which WWI changed our nation
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12/06
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Unit III
Test
No Essay in 2011 – Check the Review Games
The
essay question is going to ask you to tie together two of the three big
topics (Progressivism, Imperialism, & WWI) covered in this unit.
You need to pick the two you wish to focus on and describe each of them in
a fair amount of detail. Your final body paragraph should then
describe the ways in which the two major topics are connected. You
might want to consider:
- cause and effect
relationships
- ideas/beliefs that are
started in one and spill over to the other
- individuals and
groups that played an important role in both topics
- contradictions
between the two
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