NAME: PERIOD:

Period 7 1890-1945
DUE: Feb. 22 pp. 656-665
Key Concepts:
7.1 Growth expanded opportunity, while economic instability led to new efforts to reform U.S. society and its economic system.
7.2: Innovations in communications and technology contributed to the growth of mass culture, while significant changes occurred in
internal and international migration patterns.
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.
For each focus question below, write 3-5 pieces of supporting factual evidence

FOCUS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Discuss the origins and nature of the progressive movement.

Describe how the early progressive movement developed its roots at the city and state level.
 Period 7 1890-1945
DUE: Feb. 23 pp. 665-675
Key Concepts:
7.1 Growth expanded opportunity, while economic instability led to new efforts to reform U.S. society and its economic system.
7.2: Innovations in communications and technology contributed to the growth of mass culture, while significant changes occurred in
internal and international migration patterns.
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.
For each focus question below, write 3-5 pieces of supporting factual evidence

FOCUS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Tell how President Roosevelt began applying progressive principles to the national economy.
 Period 7 1890-1945
DUE: Feb. 24 pp. 675-678
Key Concepts:
7.1 Growth expanded opportunity, while economic instability led to new efforts to reform U.S. society and its economic system.
7.2: Innovations in communications and technology contributed to the growth of mass culture, while significant changes occurred in
internal and international migration patterns.
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.
For each focus question below, write 3-5 pieces of supporting factual evidence

FOCUS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Explain why Taft’s policies offended progressives, including Roosevelt.
 Period 7 1890-1945
DUE: Feb. 27 pp. 679-685
Key Concepts:
7.1 Growth expanded opportunity, while economic instability led to new efforts to reform U.S. society and its economic system.
7.2: Innovations in communications and technology contributed to the growth of mass culture, while significant changes occurred in
internal and international migration patterns.
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.
For each focus question below, write 3-5 pieces of supporting factual evidence

FOCUS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Discuss the key issues of the pivotal 1912 election and the basic principles of Wilsonian progressivism.
 Period 7 1890-1945
DUE: March 1 pp. 626-640
Key Concepts:
7.1 Growth expanded opportunity, while economic instability led to new efforts to reform U.S. society and its economic system.
7.2: Innovations in communications and technology contributed to the growth of mass culture, while significant changes occurred in
internal and international migration patterns.
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.
For each focus question below, write 3-5 pieces of supporting factual evidence

FOCUS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Explain why the United States suddenly abandoned its isolationism and turned outward at the end of the 19th
century.

Indicate how the Venezuelan and Hawaiian affairs expressed the new American assertiveness as well as American
ambivalence about foreign involvements.

Describe how America became involved with Cuba and explain why a reluctant President McKinley was forced to
go to war with Spain.
Analyze the long-term consequences and significance of the Spanish-American War.
 Period 7 1890-1945
DUE: March 2 pp. 640-652
Key Concepts:
7.1 Growth expanded opportunity, while economic instability led to new efforts to reform U.S. society and its economic system.
7.2: Innovations in communications and technology contributed to the growth of mass culture, while significant changes occurred in
internal and international migration patterns.
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.
For each focus question below, write 3-5 pieces of supporting factual evidence

FOCUS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Describe the Filipino rebellion against U.S. rule and the war to suppress it.

Explain the U.S. “Open Door” policy in China.

Discuss the significance of the “pro-imperialist” Republican victory in 1900 and the rise of Theodore Roosevelt as a
strong advocate of American power in international affairs.
Describe the aggressive steps Roosevelt took to build a canal in Panama and explain why his “corollary” to the
Monroe Doctrine aroused such controversy.
 Period 7 1890-1945
DUE: March 3 pp. 675-676, 685-695
Key Concepts:
7.1 Growth expanded opportunity, while economic instability led to new efforts to reform U.S. society and its economic system.
7.2: Innovations in communications and technology contributed to the growth of mass culture, while significant changes occurred in
internal and international migration patterns.
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.
For each focus question below, write 3-5 pieces of supporting factual evidence

FOCUS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Explain the difference between big stick, dollar and moral diplomacy.

To what extent was the foreign policy of the turn of the 20th century a departure from earlier American foreign
policy.

Describe America’s response to World War I and explain the increasingly sharp conflict over America’s policies
toward Germany.
 Period 7 1890-1945
DUE: Mar. 6 pp. 696-710
Key Concepts:
7.1 Growth expanded opportunity, while economic instability led to new efforts to reform U.S. society and its economic system.
7.2: Innovations in communications and technology contributed to the growth of mass culture, while significant changes occurred in
internal and international migration patterns.
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.
For each focus question below, write 3-5 pieces of supporting factual evidence

FOCUS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Explain what caused America to enter World War I.

Describe how Wilsonian idealism turned the war into an ideological crusade that inspired fervor and overwhelmed
dissent.

Describe America’s economic and military role in the war.

What were the consequences of World War I for labor, women, and African-Americans

Analyze Wilson’s attempt to forge a peace based on his 14 points, and explain why developments at home and
abroad forced him to compromise.
 Period 7 1890-1945
DUE: Mar. 7 pp. 711-719
Key Concepts:
7.1 Growth expanded opportunity, while economic instability led to new efforts to reform U.S. society and its economic system.
7.2: Innovations in communications and technology contributed to the growth of mass culture, while significant changes occurred in
internal and international migration patterns.
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.
For each focus question below, write 3-5 pieces of supporting factual evidence

FOCUS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Discuss the opposition of Lodge and others to Wilson’s “League,” and show how Wilson’s refusal to compromise
doomed the Treaty of Versailles.
 Period 7 1890-1945
DUE: Mar. 8 Roaring 20s Article
Key Concepts:
7.1 Growth expanded opportunity, while economic instability led to new efforts to reform U.S. society and its economic system.
7.2: Innovations in communications and technology contributed to the growth of mass culture, while significant changes occurred in
internal and international migration patterns.
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.
For each focus question below, write 3-5 pieces of supporting factual evidence

FOCUS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Analyze the movement toward social conservatism following World War I.

Describe the cultural conflicts over such issues as prohibition and evolution.
 Period 7 1890-1945
DUE: Mar. 9 pp. 732-745
Key Concepts:
7.1 Growth expanded opportunity, while economic instability led to new efforts to reform U.S. society and its economic system.
7.2: Innovations in communications and technology contributed to the growth of mass culture, while significant changes occurred in
internal and international migration patterns.
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.
For each focus question below, write 3-5 pieces of supporting factual evidence

FOCUS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Discuss the rise of the mass consumption economy led by the automobile industry.

Describe the cultural revolution brought about by radio, films, and changing sexual standards.
Explain how new ideas and values were reflected and promoted in the American literacy renaissance of the 1920s.

Explain how the era’s cultural changes affected women and African-Americans.
 Period 7 1890-1945
DUE: Mar. 10 pp. 746-757
Key Concepts:
7.1 Growth expanded opportunity, while economic instability led to new efforts to reform U.S. society and its economic system.
7.2: Innovations in communications and technology contributed to the growth of mass culture, while significant changes occurred in
internal and international migration patterns.
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.
For each focus question below, write 3-5 pieces of supporting factual evidence

FOCUS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Analyze the domestic political conservatism and economic prosperity of the 1920s.

Explain the Republican administration’s policies of isolationism, disarmament and high tariff protection.
Describe the international economic tangle of loans, war debts and reparations and indicate how the U.S. dealt with it.
 Period 7 1890-1945
DUE: Mar. 13 pp. 757-769
Key Concepts:
7.1 Growth expanded opportunity, while economic instability led to new efforts to reform U.S. society and its economic system.
7.2: Innovations in communications and technology contributed to the growth of mass culture, while significant changes occurred in
internal and international migration patterns.
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.
For each focus question below, write 3-5 pieces of supporting factual evidence

FOCUS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Explain how the stock market crash set off the deep and prolonged Great Depression.

Indicate how Hoover’s response to the depression was a combination of old time individualism and the new view of federal
responsibility for the economy.
 Period 7 1890-1945
DUE: Mar. 14 pp. 770-783
Key Concepts:
7.1 Growth expanded opportunity, while economic instability led to new efforts to reform U.S. society and its economic system.
7.2: Innovations in communications and technology contributed to the growth of mass culture, while significant changes occurred in
internal and international migration patterns.
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.
For each focus question below, write 3-5 pieces of supporting factual evidence

FOCUS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Explain how the early New Deal pursued the “3 R’s” of relief, recovery and reform.

Describe the New Deal’s effect on labor and labor organizations.

Discuss the early New Deal’s efforts to organize business and agriculture in the NRA and AAA.
 Period 7 1890-1945
DUE: Mar. 15 pp. 783-799
Key Concepts:
7.1 Growth expanded opportunity, while economic instability led to new efforts to reform U.S. society and its economic system.
7.2: Innovations in communications and technology contributed to the growth of mass culture, while significant changes occurred in
internal and international migration patterns.
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.
For each focus question below, write 3-5 pieces of supporting factual evidence

FOCUS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Describe the Supreme Court’s hostility to many New Deal programs, and explain why FDR’s “court packing” plan failed.

Explain the political coalition that Roosevelt mobilized on behalf of the New Deal and the Democratic Party.

Analyze the arguments presented by both critics and defenders of the New Deal.
 Period 7 1890-1945
DUE: Mar. 16 pp.800-810
Key Concepts:
7.1 Growth expanded opportunity, while economic instability led to new efforts to reform U.S. society and its economic system.
7.2: Innovations in communications and technology contributed to the growth of mass culture, while significant changes occurred in
internal and international migration patterns.
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.
For each focus question below, write 3-5 pieces of supporting factual evidence

FOCUS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Describe the isolationist motives and effects of FDR’s early foreign policies.

Explain how American isolationism dominated US Policy in the mid 1930s.

Explain how America gradually began to respond to the threat from totalitarian aggression while still trying to stay neutral.
 Period 7 1890-1945
DUE: Mar. 17 pp. 810-820
Key Concepts:
7.1 Growth expanded opportunity, while economic instability led to new efforts to reform U.S. society and its economic system.
7.2: Innovations in communications and technology contributed to the growth of mass culture, while significant changes occurred in
internal and international migration patterns.
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.
For each focus question below, write 3-5 pieces of supporting factual evidence

FOCUS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Describe Roosevelt’s increasingly bold moves toward aiding Britain in the fight against Hitler and the sharp disagreements
these efforts caused at home.

Discuss the events and diplomatic issues in the Japanese American conflict that led to Pearl Harbor.
 Period 7 1890-1945
DUE: Mar. 20 pp. 821-832
Key Concepts:
7.1 Growth expanded opportunity, while economic instability led to new efforts to reform U.S. society and its economic system.
7.2: Innovations in communications and technology contributed to the growth of mass culture, while significant changes occurred in
internal and international migration patterns.
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.
For each focus question below, write 3-5 pieces of supporting factual evidence

FOCUS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Tell how America reacted to Pearl Harbor and prepared to wage war against both Germany and Japan.

Describe the war’s effects on Japanese American society.

 Period 7 1890-1945
DUE: Mar. 21 pp. 832-842
Key Concepts:
7.1 Growth expanded opportunity, while economic instability led to new efforts to reform U.S. society and its economic system.
7.2: Innovations in communications and technology contributed to the growth of mass culture, while significant changes occurred in
internal and international migration patterns.
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.
For each focus question below, write 3-5 pieces of supporting factual evidence

FOCUS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Explain the final military efforts that brought Allied victory in Europe

Explain how the end of the war with Europe shape the Allied effort in Asia?
 Period 7 1890-1945
DUE: Mar. 22 pp. 842-849
Key Concepts:
7.1 Growth expanded opportunity, while economic instability led to new efforts to reform U.S. society and its economic system.
7.2: Innovations in communications and technology contributed to the growth of mass culture, while significant changes occurred in
internal and international migration patterns.
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.
For each focus question below, write 3-5 pieces of supporting factual evidence

FOCUS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Analyze the significance of the dropping of the atomic bomb: consider the reasoning behind the decision as well as the impact
of the bomb itself.

 
 FOCUS/PURPOSE:  1920s  
Key  Concept  1:  Growth  expanded  opportunity,  while  economic  instability  led  to  new  efforts  to  reform  
U.S.  society  and  its  economic  system.    (Themes:    Migration,  Geography,  Economy,  Society,  Politics)  
I.   The  United  States  continued  its  transition  from  a  rural,  agricultural  economy  to  an  urban,  
industrial  economy  led  by  large  companies.      
A.   (THESIS)  New  technologies  and  manufacturing  techniques  helped  focus  the  U.S.  economy  
on  the  production  of  consumer  goods,  contributing  to  improved  standards  of  living,  greater  
personal  mobility,  and  better  communications  systems.    
Example   Definition/Description   Significance  to  the  Thesis  
     
 
 
 
Henry  Ford’s  Model  T  
&  “moving”  assembly  
line  
 
 
 
 
     
 
 
Consumer  Goods  
Industry  (electric  
washing  machines,  
vacuums,  
refrigerators,  etc.)  
 
 
 
     
 
 
Telephone  
 
 
 
 
 
 
B.   (THESIS)  By  1920,  a  majority  of
 the  U.S.  population  lived  in  urban  centers,  which  offered  new  economic  
opportunities  for  women,  international  migrants,  and  internal  migrants.  
Example   Definition/Description   Significance  to  the  Thesis  
     
 
 
1920  Census  
Results  (urban  vs.  
rural  living)  
 
 
 
 
     
 
 
Women’s  
Role/Jobs  
 
 
 
 
 
 
Key  Concept  2:  Innovations  in  communications  and  technology  contributed  to  the  growth  of  mass  culture,  
while  significant  changes  occurred  in  internal  and  international  migration  patterns.    (Themes:    Migration,  
Economy,  Society,  Identity)  
I.   Popular  culture  grew  in  influence  in  U.S.  society,  even  as  debates  increased  over  the  effects  of  
culture  on  public  values,  morals,  and  American  national  identity.      
A.   (THESIS)-­  New  forms  of  mass  media,  such  as  radio  and  cinema,  contributed  to  the  spread  of  
national  culture  as  well  as  greater  awareness  
 of  regional  cultures.  
Example   Definition/Description   Significance  to  the  Thesis  
     
 
 
Radio  (KDKA)  
 
 
 
     
 
 
Motion  Pictures  
(Jazz  Singer)  
 
 
 
 
 
B.   (THESIS)  -­  Migration  gave  rise  to  new  forms  of  art  and  literature  that  expressed  ethnic  and  regional  
identities,  such  the  Harlem  Renaissance  movement.    
Example   Definition/Description   Significance  to  the  Thesis  
     
 
 
Harlem  
Renaissance  (&  
Langston  Hughes)  
 
 
 
     
 
 
 
Jazz  Age  
 
 
 
 
     
 
 
 
Lost  Generation  
(Fitzgerald  or  
Hemingway)  
 
 
 
     
 
 
 
Art  (Edward  
Hopper)  
 
 
 
 
 
  
C.   (THESIS)  -­  Official  restrictions  on  freedom  of  speech  grew  during  World  War  I,  as  increased  anxiety  
about  radicalism  led  to  a  Red  Scare  and  attacks  on  labor  activism  and  immigrant  culture.  
Example   Definition/Description   Significance  to  the  Thesis  
     
 
 
Red  Scare  &  
Palmer  Raids  
 
 
 
 
     
 
 
Sacco  &  Vanzetti  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
D.   (THESIS)  -­  In  the  1920s,  cultural  and  political  controversies  emerged  as  Americans  debated  gender  roles,  
modernism,  science,  religion,  and  issues  related  to  race  and  immigration.    
Example   Definition/Description   Significance  to  the  Thesis  
     
 
Fundamentalism  vs.  
Modernism  
 
 
 
 
     
 
 
Flappers  
 
 
 
 
     
 
 
Scopes  “Monkey”  
Trial  
 
 
 
 
     
 
 
Prohibition  
 
 
 
 
 
 
II.   Economic  pressures,  global  events,  and  political  developments  caused  sharp  variations  in  the  
numbers,  sources,  and  experiences  of  both  international  and  internal  migrants.    
A.   (THESIS)  -­  Immigration  from  Europe  reached  its  peak  in  the
 years  before  World  War  I.  During  
and  after  World  War  I,  nativist  campaigns  against  some  ethnic  groups  led  to  the  passage  of  
quotas  that  restricted  immigration,  particularly  from  southern  and  eastern  Europe,  and  
increased  barriers  to  
 Asian  immigration.  
Example   Definition/Description   Significance  to  the  Thesis  
     
 
 
Nativism  
 
 
 
 
     
 
 
National  Origins  Act  
of  1924  
 
 
 
 
 
B.   (THESIS)  -­  In  a  Great  Migration  during  and  after  World  War  I,  African  Americans  escaping  segregation,  
racial  violence,  and  limited  economic  opportunity  in  the  South  moved  to  the  North  and  West,  where  they  
found  new  opportunities  but  still  encountered  discrimination.  
Example   Definition/Description   Significance  to  the  Thesis  
     
 
 
Great  Migration  
 
 
 
 
     
 
 
Chicago  Race  
Riot  
 
 
 
 
     
 
 
Marcus  Garvey  &  
UNIA  
 
 
 
 
     
 
 
 
Revival  KKK  
 
 
 
 
 

 
 FOCUS/PURPOSE:  NEW  DEAL  
 
Key  Concept  1:  Growth  expanded  opportunity,  while  economic  instability  led  to  new  efforts  to  reform  
U.S.  society  and  its  economic  system.    (Themes:    Migration,  Geography,  Economy,  Society,  Politics)  
I.   The  United  States  continued  its  transition  from  a  rural,  agricultural  economy  to  an  urban,  industrial  
economy  led  by  large  companies.      
A.   (THESIS)  -­  Episodes  of  credit  and  market  instability  in  the  early  20th  century,  in  particular  the  
Great  Depression,  led  to  calls  for  a  stronger  financial  regulatory  system.    
Example   Definition/Description   Significance  to  the  Thesis  
     
 
 
Great  Depression  
(causes)  
 
 
 
     
 
 
“bank  holiday”  
 
 
 
 
     
 
 
FDIC  
 
 
 
     
 
 
Glass-­Steagall  Act  
 
 
 
 
II.   During  the  1930s,  policymakers  responded  to  the  mass  unemployment  and  social  upheavals  of  the  
Great  Depression  by  transforming  the  U.S.  into  a  limited  welfare  state,  redefining  the  goals  and  
ideas  of  modern  American  liberalism.      
A.   (THESIS)  Franklin  Roosevelt’s  New  Deal  attempted  to  end  the  Great  Depression
 by  
using  government  power  to  provide  relief  to  the  poor,  stimulate  recovery,  and  reform  the  
American  economy.  
 
Example   Definition/Description   Significance  to  the  Thesis  
     
 
 
3  R’s  
 
 
 
     
 
 
AAA  
 
 
     
 
CCC  
 
 
 
      
 
TVA  
 
 
 
     
 
 
Social  Security  
 
 
 
     
 
 
Wagner  Act  
 
 
 
 
B.   (THESIS)  -­  Radical,  union,  and  populist  movements  pushed  Roosevelt  toward  more  extensive  efforts  
to  change  the  American  economic  system,  while  conservatives  in  Congress  and  the  Supreme  Court  
sought  to  limit  the  New  Deal’s  scope.  
Example   Definition/Description   Significance  to  the  Thesis  
     
 
 
 
Huey  Long’s  “Share  
Our  Wealth”  program  
 
 
 
 
     
 
 
Liberty  League  
 
 
 
     
 
 
Shechter  v.  US,  
overturn  NIRA  
 
 
 
     
 
 
US  v.  Butler,  overturn  
AAA  
 
 
 
     
 
 
FDR’s  Court  Packing  
Plan  
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
C.   (THESIS)  Although  the  New  Deal  did  not  end  the  Depression,  it  left  a  legacy  of  reforms  and  regulatory  
agencies  and  fostered  a  long-­term  political  realignment  in  which  many  ethnic  groups,  African  
Americans,  and  working-­  class  communities  identified  with  the  Democratic  Party.  
Example   Definition/Description   Significance  to  the  Thesis  
     
 
 
Keynesian  
Economics  
 
 
 
     
 
SEC  (Securities  
and  Exchange  
Commission)  
 
 
     
 
“Roosevelt  
coalition”  in  
Election  1936  
 
 
 
 
Key  Concept  2:  Innovations  in  communications  and  technology  contributed  to  the  growth  of  mass  culture,  
while  significant  changes  occurred  in  internal  and  international  migration  patterns.    (Themes:    Migration,  
Economy,  Society,  Identity)  
I.   Economic  pressures,  global  events,  and  political  developments  caused  sharp  variations  in  the  
numbers,  sources,  and  experiences  of  both  international  and  internal  migrants.    
A.   (THESIS)  -­  The  increased  demand  for  war  production  and  labor  during  World  War  I  and  World  
War  II  and  the  economic  difficulties  of  the  1930s  led  many  Americans  to  migrate  to  urban  
centers  in  search  
 of  economic  opportunities.    
Example   Definition/Description   Significance  to  the  Thesis  
     
 
 
Dust  Bowl,  
“okies”  
 
 
 
 
B.   (THESIS)  Migration  to  the  United  States  from  Mexico  and  elsewhere  in  the  Western  Hemisphere  
increased,
 in  spite  of  contradictory  government  policies  toward  Mexican  immigration.  
Example   Definition/Description   Significance  to  the  Thesis  
     
 
 
Migrant  workers  
 
 
 
     
 
 
Deportations/discrimi
nation  
 
 
 
 
 
 FOCUS/PURPOSE:  WORLD  WAR  II  
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.    (Themes:    Migration,  
Economy,  Society,  Identity)  
I.   Economic  pressures,  global  events,  and  political  developments  caused  sharp  variations  in  the  
numbers,  sources,  and  experiences  of  both  international  and  internal  migrants.    
A.   (THESIS)  The  increased  demand  for  war  production  and  labor  during  World  War  I  and  
World  War  II  and  the  economic  difficulties  of  the  1930s  led  many  Americans  to  migrate  to  
urban  centers  in  search  
 of  economic  opportunities.    
Example   Definition/Description   Significance  to  the  Thesis  
     
 
 
Great  Migration  
 
 
 
     
 
Sunbelt  (growth  
South  &  West)  
 
 
 
 
B.   (THESIS)  -­  Migration  to  the  United  States  from  Mexico  and  elsewhere  in  the  Western  Hemisphere  
increased,
 in  spite  of  contradictory  government  policies  toward  Mexican  immigration.  
Example   Definition/Description   Significance  to  the  Thesis  
     
 
 
Great  Depression  era  
government  
deportations  
 
 
 
     
 
Bracero  Program  
 
 
 
 
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.    (Themes:    
America  in  the  World,  Society,  Identity)  
I.   World  War  I  and  its  aftermath  intensified  ongoing  debates  about  the  nation’s  role  in  the  world  and  how  
best  to  achieve  national  security  and  pursue  American  interests.      
A.   (THESIS)  -­  In  the  years  following  World  War  I,  the  United  States  pursued  a  unilateral  foreign  
policy  that  used  international  investment,  peace  treaties,  and  select  military  intervention  
to  promote  a  vision  of  international  order,  even  while  maintaining  U.S.  isolationism.  
Example   Definition/Description   Significance  to  the  Thesis  
     
 
Washington  Naval  
Conference  (1921-­
1922)  
 
 
     
 
Dawes  Plan  (1924)  
 
 
 
      
 
Kellogg  Briand  Pact  
(1928)  
 
 
 
 
B.   (THESIS)  -­  In  the  1930s,  while  many  Americans  were  concerned  about  the  rise  of  fascism
 and  
totalitarianism,  most  opposed  taking  military  action  against  the  aggression  of  
 Nazi  Germany  and  
Japan  until  the  Japanese  attack  on  Pearl  Harbor  drew  the  United  States  into  World  War  II.    
Example   Definition/Description   Significance  to  the  Thesis  
     
 
 
Japanese  invasion  
Manchuria  (1931)  
 
 
 
     
 
 
Stimson  Doctrine  
(1932)  
 
 
     
 
 
Neutrality  Acts  1936-­
1938  
 
 
 
     
 
 
FDR’s  “quarantine  
speech”  (&  reaction)  
 
 
     
 
Hitler  &  Austria,  
Sudtenland  
 
 
 
     
 
America  First  
Committee  
 
 
     
 
 
Neutrality  Act  of  1939    
(“cash  and  carry”)  
 
 
 
     
 
 
“destroyer  for  bases”  
 
 
 
      
 
 
German  invasion  
Poland  (1939)  
 
 
 
     
 
 
Japanese  attack  on  
Pearl  Harbor  (1941)  
 
 
 
 
 
II.   U.S.  participation  in  World  War  II  transformed  American  society,  while  the  victory  of  the  United  States  
and  its  allies  over  the  Axis  powers  vaulted  the  U.S.  into  a  position  of  global,  political,  and  military  
leadership.      
A.   (THESIS)  -­  Americans  viewed  the  war  as  a  fight  for  the  survival  of  freedom  and  democracy  
against  fascist
 and  militarist  ideologies.  This  perspective  was  later  reinforced  by  revelations  
about  Japanese  wartime  atrocities,  Nazi  concentration  camps,  and  the  Holocaust.    
Example   Definition/Description   Significance  to  the  Thesis  
     
 
FDR’s  “Four  
Freedoms”  speech  
 
 
 
     
 
Atlantic  Charter  (1941)  
 
 
 
     
 
Japanese  “rape  of  
Nanking”  
 
 
 
     
 
 
Nazi  Concentration  
Camps  &  Holocaust  
 
 
 
 
B.   (THESIS)  -­  The  mass  mobilization  of
 American  society  helped  end  the  Great  Depression,  and  the  
country’s  strong  industrial  base  played  a  pivotal  role  in  winning  the  war
 by  equipping  and  
provisioning  allies  and  millions  of  U.S.  troops.    
Example   Definition/Description   Significance  to  the  Thesis  
     
 
Government  
Mobilization/Financing  
(War  Production  
Board,  Office  Price  
Controls,  etc.)  
 
 
 
      
 
 
Office  of  War  
Information  
 
 
 
     
 
Consumer  Actions  
(victory  gardens,  
rationing  and  
collection,  etc.)  
 
 
 
 
C.   (THESIS)  -­  Mobilization  and  military  service  provided  opportunities  for  women  and  minorities  to  
improve  their  socioeconomic  positions  for  
 the  war’s  duration,  while  also  leading  to  debates  over  
racial  segregation.  Wartime  experiences  also  generated  challenges  to  civil  liberties.    
Example   Definition/Description   Significance  to  the  Thesis  
     
 
 
“Rosie  the  riveter”  
 
 
 
     
 
 
A.  Philip  
Randolph/March  on  
Washington/Fair  
Employment  Practices  
Commission  
 
 
 
     
 
Segregated  armed  
forces  
 
 
 
     
 
 
“Double  V”  campaign  
 
 
 
     
 
 
Executive  Order  9906  
&  internment  of  
Japanese  Americans  
 
 
 
     
 
 
Korematsu  v.  US  
 
 
 
      
 
 
Zoot  suit  riots  
 
 
 
     
 
 
Navajo  code-­talkers  
 
 
 
 
D.   (THESIS)  -­  The  United  States  and  its  allies  achieved  military  victory  through  Allied  cooperation,  
technological  and  scientific  advances,  the  contributions  of  servicemen  and  women,  and  campaigns  
such  as  Pacific  “island-­hopping”  and  the  D-­Day  invasion.  The  use  of  atomic  bombs  hastened  the  
end  of  the  war  and  sparked  debates  about  the  morality  of  using  atomic  weapons.  
Example   Definition/Description   Significance  to  the  Thesis  
     
 
Conferences  (Tehran,  
Yalta)  
 
 
 
     
 
Manhattan  Project  
 
 
 
     
 
Pacific  “island-­
hopping”  
 
 
     
 
 
D-­Day  invasion  
 
 
 
     
 
 
Hiroshima  and  
Nagasaki  
 
 
 
 
E.   (THESIS)  The  war-­ravaged  condition  of  Asia  and  Europe,  and  the  dominant  U.S.  role  in  the  Allied  
victory
 and  postwar  peace  settlements,  allowed  the  United  States  to  emerge  from  the  war  as  the  

 most  powerful  nation  on  earth.  
Example   Definition/Description   Significance  to  the  Thesis  
     
 
 
 
Potsdam  Conference  
 
 
 
 
 
      
 
 
United  Nations  
 
 
 
     
 
 
Nuremberg  Trials  
 
 
 
     
 
 
World  Bank  &  IMF