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Essential Questions:

Identity

How did continuing debates over immigration and assimilation reflect changing ideals of national and ethnic identity? How did class identities change in this period?

Work, Exchange,

and Technology

How did movements for political and economic reform take shape in this period, and how effective were they in achieving their goals?

Peopling

Why did public attitudes towards immigration become negative during this time period? How and why did people migrate within the U.S. during this time period?

Politics and

Power

How did reformist ideals change as they were taken up by reformers in different time periods? Why did opposition emerge to various reform programs?

America in the

World

Why did U.S. leaders decide to become involved in global conflicts such as the Spanish American War, World War I, and World War II? How did debates over intervention reflect public views of America’s role in the world?

Environment

and Geography

Why did reformers seek for the government to wrest control of the environment and national resources from commercial interests?

Ideas, Beliefs,

And Cultures

How did “modern” cultural values evolve in response to developments in technology? How did debates over the role of women in American public life reflect changing social realities?

Key Concepts: 7.1-7.3

Readings: American Pageant, pages 641-874

A People's History, The Empire and the People, War is the Health of the State, Self Help in Hard Times, A People's War?

Pagaent Notes: chapter 29, chapter 30, chapter 31, chapter 32, chapter 33, chapter 34,

chapter 35, chapter 36, chapter 37, chapter 38

Timeline: 1900-1929, 1929-1945

PowerPoint Help: World War I (1914/17-1918), The 1920s, Great Depress (Part 1), Great Depression (Part 2), WWII (Part 1), WWII (Part 2)

Video Review: Period 7 - 1890-1945

Maps: APUSH – Maps 7.ppsx

Documents: APPARTS Outline

Platform of the Anti-Imperialist League

Beveridge’s Salute to Imperialism