Unit 5: Progress of a Nation (Closing the West & Gilded Age)-2
Introduction
In this Unit we will cover:
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Unit Compelling Question: How can innovations and relationships influence change in society?
Describe the political, social, and economic changes experienced in the United States as a result of the Industrial Revolution.
Identify how individuals and groups took action to institute reform for political, social, and economic problems.
Analyze the challenges and opportunities faced by the nation in the face of rapid innovation.
Summarize the driving factors for American expansionism/imperialism at the turn of the century.
Analyze post-Civil War economic factors, industries, and agriculture of both North Carolina and the United States.
Summarize of the impact of technological innovations on agriculture and industry in the late 19th century America.
Evaluate the implications of the Plessey v Ferguson case on society in relation to the goals of Reconstruction.
Describe the role of Jim Crow laws on segregation and the conflict that resulted.
Summarize women’s suffrage and evaluate multiple perspectives through analysis of primary sources.
Identify a problem during this unit, summarize the progressive goals, and create an alternative reform movement.
Create a chart that displays a list of political, social and cultural movements and comparisons between each occurring in North Carolina and the
United States.
Analyze primary and secondary sources to analyze trends in society in a post-reconstruction society.
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Standards:
History
8.H.1.1 - Construct charts, graphs, and historical narratives to explain particular events or issues.
8.H.1.2 - Summarize the literal meaning of historical documents in order to establish context.
8.H.1.3 - Use primary and secondary sources to interpret various historical perspectives.
8.H.1.4 - Use historical inquiry to evaluate the validity of sources used to construct historical narratives (e.g. formulate historical questions, gather data from a variety of sources, evaluate and interpret data and support interpretations with historical evidence).
8.H.1.5 - Analyze the relationship between historical context and decision-making
8.H.2.1 - Explain the impact of economic, political, social, and military conflicts (e.g. war, slavery, states’ rights and citizenship and immigration policies) on the development of North Carolina and the United States.
8.H.2.2 - Summarize how leadership and citizen actions (e.g. the founding fathers, the Regulators, the Greensboro Four, and participants of the Wilmington Race Riots, 1898) influenced the outcome of key conflicts in North Carolina and the United States.
8.H.2.3 - Summarize the role of debate, compromise, and negotiation during significant periods in the history of North Carolina and the United States.
8.H.3.2 - Explain how changes brought about by technology and other innovations affected individuals and groups in North Carolina and the United States (e.g. advancements in transportation, communication networks and business practices).
8.H.3.3 Explain how individuals and groups have influenced economic, political and social change in North Carolina and the United States.
8.H.3.4 - Compare historical and contemporary issues to understand continuity and change in the development of North Carolina and the United States
Civics & Government
8.C&G.1.1 - Summarize democratic ideals expressed in local, state, and national government (e.g. limited government, popular sovereignty, separation of powers, republicanism, federalism and individual rights).
8.C&G.1.3 - Analyze differing viewpoints on the scope and power of state and national governments (e.g. Federalists and anti-Federalists, education, immigration and healthcare).
8.C&G.1.4 - Analyze access to democratic rights and freedoms among various groups in North Carolina and the United States (e.g. enslaved people, women, wage earners, landless farmers, American Indians, African Americans and other ethnic groups).
8.C&G.2.3 - Explain the impact of human and civil rights issues throughout North Carolina and United States history
Economics
8.E.1.1 - Explain how conflict, cooperation, and competition influenced periods of economic growth and decline (e.g. economic depressions and recessions)
Geography
8.G.1.1 - Explain how location and place have presented opportunities and challenges for the movement of people, goods, and ideas in North Carolina and the United States.
8.G.1.3 - Explain how human and environmental interaction affected quality of life and settlement patterns in North Carolina and the United States (e.g. environmental, disasters, infrastructure development, coastal restoration and alternative sources of energy)
Culture
8.C.1.1 - Explain how influences from Africa, Europe, and the Americas impacted North Carolina and the United States (e.g. Columbian Exchange, slavery and the decline of the American Indian populations).
8.C.1.2 - Summarize the origin of beliefs, practices, and traditions that represent various groups within North Carolina and the United States (e.g. Moravians, Scots-Irish, Highland Scots, Latinos, Hmong, Africans, and American Indians
Vocabulary:
Tenant farming -
Industrialization -
Innovation -
Reservations -
Prohibition -
Inflation -
Monopoly -
Capitalism -
Progressivism -
Muckrakers -
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Suffrage -
Plessy v. Ferguson -
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Urbanization -
Immigration -
Tenement -