Prentice Hall America Pathways to the Present, Survey Edition 2005 Alabama Course of Study, Social Studies, United States History from 1877 to the Present (Grade 11) ELEVENTH GRADE United States History From 1877 to the Present Students will: 1. Explain the transition of the United States from an agrarian society to an industrial nation prior to World War I. Examples: urbanization, development of Birmingham, Sherman Antitrust Act, mechanized farming, Turner frontier thesis Describing the impact of Manifest Destiny on the economic development of the post-civil War West, including mining, the cattle industry, railroads, Great Plains farming, and the Grange Contrasting the arguments over the currency issue, including the silver issue, greenbacks, and the gold standard SE/ Looking to the West, 486 487; Moving West, 488 490; Conflict with Native Americans, 491 497; Mining, Ranching, and Farming, 498 506; Populism, 507 513; Review and Assessment, 514 515 486A 486D Unit Books, History Outline Map SE/ Populism, 507 513; Review and Assessment, 514 515 486A 486D Unit Books, History Outline Map 1
Describing the impact of the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the Dawes Act on the United States between Reconstruction and World War I Comparing the volume, motives, and settlement patterns of immigrants from Asia, Africa, Europe, and Latin America Describing the impact of entrepreneurship and mutual aid in the lives of African Americans and immigrants. Examples: National Negro Business League, Independent Order of St. Luke, Polish National Alliance SE/ Dawes Act, 496; Indian Removal Act, 301; Review and Assessment, 514 515 486A 486D Unit Books, History Outline Map SE/ People on the Move, 527 533 Unit Books, History Outline Map SE/ The World of Jim Crow, 564 568 Unit Books, History Outline Map 2. Describe the social and political origins, accomplishments, and limitations of Progressivism. Examples: women s suffrage, political reform, contributions of third parties Explaining the Populist Movement as a forerunner of Progressivism SE/ Populism, 507 513; Review and Assessment, 514 515 486A 486D Unit Books, History Outline Map 2
Identifying the impact of the Muckrakers on public opinion during the Progressive Movement Analyzing the political and social motives that shaped the 1901 Alabama Constitution to determine their long-term effect on the politics and economics of Alabama Explaining Supreme Court decisions affecting the Progressive Movement. Example: Plessy versus Ferguson Determining the influence of the Niagara Movement, Booker T. Washington, William Edward Burghardt (W.E.B.) DuBois, and Carter G. Woodson on the Progressive Era SE/ The Origins of Progressivism, 614 619 Unit Books, History Outline Map SE/ For related information see The Progressive Reform Era pages 612 641. Unit Books, History Outline Map SE/ Plessy v. Ferguson, 566 567; Progressive Legislation, 621 627; Progressivism Under Taft and Wilson, 628 634; Review and Assessment, 640 641 Unit Books, History Outline Map SE/ Niagara Movement, 557, 567; Booker T. Washington, 427, 556, 564, 567, 568, 634; W.E.B. DuBois, 556, 557, 568, 937 Unit Books, History Outline Map 3
Comparing the presidential leadership of Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson in obtaining the passage of measures regarding trust-busting, the Hepburn Act, the Pure Food and Drug Act, conservation, and Wilson s foreign relations SE/ Progressive Legislation, 621 627; Progressivism Under Taft and Wilson, 628 634; Review and Assessment, 640 641 Chapter 19: Unit Books, History Outline Map Book, Constitution Study Guide, 3. Explain the impact of American imperialism, including the geographic changes due to the Open Door Policy and the Roosevelt Corollary, on the foreign policy of the United States between Reconstruction and World War I. Example: territorial expansion in the Pacific and Caribbean Describing the causes and consequences of the Spanish-American War, including yellow journalism. Examples: causes economic interest of the United States in Cuba, sinking of the Maine; consequences Treaty of Paris (1898), insurgency in the Philippines Identifying Alabama s significant contributions to the United States between Reconstruction and World War I, including those of William Gorgas, Joe Wheeler, and John T. Morgan SE/ The Spanish-American War, 589 596 Chapter 17: Unit Books, History Outline Map Book, Constitution Study Guide, ROM; American Heritage Video Program and SE/ William Gorgas, 611 Unit Books, History Outline Map 4. Describe the causes and impact of the intervention by the United States in World War I. Identifying major events of World War I SE/ World War I Era, 644 645; The Road to War, 646 652; The United States Declares War, 653 656; Americans on the European Front, 657 663; Americans on the Home Front, 664 668; Global Peacemaker, 669 673; Review and Assessment, 674 675 4
(continued) Identifying major events of World War I Explaining how the mobilization of the United States for World War I affected the population of the United States Describing economic, political, and social changes on the home front during World War I Explaining the controversies over the Treaty of Versailles (1919), Fourteen Points, and the League of Nations Comparing the short- and long-term effects of changing boundaries in pre- and post-world War I Europe on European nations (continued) 644A 644D Chapter 19: Unit Books, History Outline Map Book, SE/ The United States Declares War, 653 656; Americans on the Home Front, 664 668; Review and Assessment, 674 675 644A 644D Chapter 19: Unit Books, History Outline Map Book, SE/ Americans on the Home Front, 664 668; Review and Assessment, 674 675 644A 644D Chapter 19: Unit Books, History Outline Map Book, SE/ Global Peacemaker, 669 673; Review and Assessment, 674 675 644A 644D Chapter 19: Unit Books, History Outline Map Book, SE/ Maps: The War in Europe, 647; Europe After World War, I, 672; Global Peacemaker, 669 673; Review and Assessment, 674 675 644A 644D Chapter 19: Unit Books, History Outline Map Book, 5
5. Describe the impact of social changes and the influence of key figures in the United States from World War I through the 1920s, including Prohibition, the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, the Scopes trial, immigration, the Red Scare, Susan B. Anthony, Margaret Sanger, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the Harlem Renaissance, the Great Migration, W. C. Handy, the Jazz Age, and Zelda Fitzgerald. Comparing the domestic policies of Presidents Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover Describing the impact of American writers, mass entertainment, and technological innovations on the culture of the United States from the end of World War I through the 1920s. Examples: American writers characterization of 1920s by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry Louis (H. L.) Mencken, and Ernest Hemingway; mass entertainment provision of cheap entertainment through movies and baseball; technology introduction of vacuum cleaners, automobiles, and telephones for average citizens Describing the changing economic behavior of American consumers. Examples: stock market speculation, use of credit SE/ Cultural Conflicts, 699 705; Review and Assessment, 706 707; Politics and Prosperity, 710 711; A Republican Decade, 712 721; A Business Boom, 723 729; A Republican Decade, 712 721; The Economy in the Late 1920s, 730 733; Review and Assessment, 734 735 Constitution Study Guide, SE/ Mass Media and the Jazz Age, 691 697 Chapter 20: Unit Books, History Outline Map SE/ A Business Boom, 723 729; The Economy in the Late 1920s, 730 733; Review and Assessment, 734 735 Chapter 21: Unit Books, History Outline Map 6
6. Describe the social and economic conditions from the 1920s through the Great Depression, the factors leading to a deepening crisis, and the successes and failures associated with the programs and policies of the New Deal. Examples: social false sense of prosperity; economic collapse of farm economy, consequences of stock market speculation, monetary and banking policies, impact of economic policies Describing the impact of the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act on the global economy Describing the impact of the TVA, the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA), and the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) on Alabama and the Southeast Analyzing the conditions created by the Dust Bowl for their impact on migration patterns during the Great Depression Identifying notable authors of the period. Examples: John Steinbeck, William Faulkner, Zora Neale Hurston SE/ Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act, 757, 818 SE/ Forging a New Deal, 768 776; The New Deal s Critics, 777 783; Last Days of the New Deal, 785 791; Review and Assessment, 792 793 Chapter 23: Unit Books, History Outline Map Book, SE/ Dust Bowl, 746 747, 788; Map, 739 SE/ John Steinbeck, 709, 788; Zora Neale Hurston, 696, 697, 788 7
7. Explain the entry by the United States into World War II and major military campaigns in the European and Pacific Theaters. Examples: Operation Torch, Operation Overlord, island hopping Identifying the role of significant leaders, including Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, and Adolph Hitler Explaining the isolationist debate as it evolved from the 1920s to Pearl Harbor Describing the changing home front, including wartime economic measures, population shifts, racial and ethnic tensions, industrialization, science, and technology SE/ World War II: The Road to War, 798 799; Rise of Dictators, 800 806; Europe Goes to War, 807 812; Japan Builds an Empire, 813 816; From Isolationism to War, 817 821; Review and Assessment, 822 823; World War II: Americans at War, 824 825; Mobilization, 826 831; Retaking Europe, 832 840; The Holocaust, 841 845; The War in the Pacific, 846 854; The Social Impact of the War, 855 861; Review and Assessment, 862 863 Chapters 24 & 25: Unit Books, History Outline Map Book, SE/ From Isolationism to War, 817 821; Review and Assessment, 822 823; World War II: Americans at War, 824 825; Mobilization, 826 831 Chapters 24 & 25: Unit Books, History Outline Map Book, SE/ World War II: Americans at War, 824 825; Mobilization, 826 831; The Social Impact of the War, 855 861; Review and Assessment, 862 863 Chapter 25: Unit Books, History Outline Map Book, 8
Explaining Alabama s participation in World War II, including the Tuskegee Airmen, the Aliceville Prisoner of War (POW) camp, the growth of Mobile, Birmingham steel, and military bases Explaining the events and consequences of war crimes committed during World War II, including the Holocaust, the Bataan March, and the Nuremberg Trials Describing the consequences of World War II on the lives of American citizens. Examples: G.I. Bill, desegregation of the military SE/ World War II: Americans at War, 824 825; Mobilization, 826 831; The Social Impact of the War, 855 861; Review and Assessment, 862 863 Chapter 25: Unit Books, History Outline Map Book, SE/ The Holocaust, 841 845; Review and Assessment, 862 863 SE/ The Social Impact of the War, 855 861; Review and Assessment, 862 863 Chapter 25: Unit Books, History Outline Map Book, 8. Describe the international role of the United States from 1945 through 1960 relative to the Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, Berlin Blockade, and NATO. Describing Cold War policies and issues, including the Domino Theory and McCarthyism and their consequences. Examples: consequences institution of loyalty oaths under Harry Truman, Alger Hiss case, House Committee on Un-American Activities, executions of the Rosenbergs SE/ The Cold War, 866 867; Origins of the Cold War, 868 874; The Cold War Heats Up, 876 883; The Korean War, 884 888; The Continuin Cold War, 889 893; Review and Assessment, 894 895 Chapter 26: Unit Books, History Outline Map Book, 9
Locating areas of conflict during the Cold War from 1945 to 1960. Examples: East and West Germany, Hungary, Poland, Cuba, Korea, China SE/ The Cold War, 866 867; Origins of the Cold War, 868 874; The Cold War Heats Up, 876 883; The Korean War, 884 888; The Continuin Cold War, 889 893; Review and Assessment, 894 895 Chapter 26: Unit Books, History Outline Map Book, 9. Describe the major domestic events and issues of the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations. Explaining the impact of the New Frontier and the Great Society on the people of the United States Describing Alabama s role in the space program under the New Frontier 10. Describe major foreign events and issues of the Kennedy Presidency, including the construction of the Berlin Wall, the Bay of Pigs invasion, and the Cuban Missile Crisis. SE/ The Kennedy and Johnson Years, 966 967; The New Frontier, 968 973; The Great Society, 975 982; Review and Assessment, 992 993 SE/ For related information see: Space Exploration page 892. SE/ Foreign Policy in the Early 1960s, 983 991; Review and Assessment, 992 993 11. Trace the course of the involvement of the United States in Vietnam from the 1950s to 1975. Examples: Dien Bien Phu, Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, Tet Offensive, Laos, Cambodia, fall of Saigon 10
Locating the divisions of Vietnam, the Ho Chi Minh Trail, and major battle sites Describing the creation of North and South Vietnam Describing the strategies of the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army, including the Ho Chi Minh Trail 12. Trace the events of the modern Civil Rights Movement from post-world War II to 1970 that resulted in social and economic changes, including the Montgomery bus boycott, the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School, the march on Washington, and the Freedom Rides. SE/ Maps: French Indochina, 1025; The Vietnam War, 1034; Vietnam, 1045 SE/ The Vietnam War, 1022 1023; The War Unfolds, 1024 1029; Fighting the War, 1030 1036; Review and Assessment, 1050 1051 1022A 1022D SE/ The Vietnam War, 1022 1023; The War Unfolds, 1024 1029; Fighting the War, 1030 1036; The End of the War, 1044 1049; Review and Assessment, 1050 1051 1022A 1022D SE/ The Civil Rights Movement, 928 929; Demands for Civil Rights, 930 935; Leaders and Struggles, 936 940; The Struggle Intensifies, 941 947; The Political Response, 948 953; The Movement Takes a New Turn, 954 959; Review and Assessment, 960 961 928A 928D Chapter 28: Unit Books, History Outline Map Book, 11
Tracing the federal government s involvement in the modern Civil Rights Movement, including the abolition of the poll tax, the desegregation of the armed forces, the nationalization of state militias, Brown versus Board of Education, the Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1964, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 Explaining the contributions of individuals and groups to the modern Civil Rights Movement, including Martin Luther King, Jr., James Meredith, Medgar Evers, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) Identifying people and events in Alabama that influenced the modern Civil Rights Movement, including Rosa Parks, Autherine Lucy, Governor John Patterson, Governor George C. Wallace, Vivian Malone, Fred Shuttlesworth, the Children s March, the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing, and the Selma-to-Montgomery march Describing the development of a Black Power movement, including the change in focus of the SNCC, the rise of Malcolm X, and Stokely Carmichael and the Black Panther Movement Describing the impact of African-American entrepreneurs on the Modern Civil Rights movement. Examples: S. B. Fuller, Arthur George (A. G.) Gaston SE/ The Civil Rights Movement, 928 929; Demands for Civil Rights, 930 935; Leaders and Struggles, 936 940; The Struggle Intensifies, 941 947; The Political Response, 948 953; The Movement Takes a New Turn, 954 959; Review and Assessment, 960 961 928A 928D Chapter 28: Unit Books, History Outline Map Book, SE/ The Civil Rights Movement, 928 929; Demands for Civil Rights, 930 935; Leaders and Struggles, 936 940; The Struggle Intensifies, 941 947; The Political Response, 948 953; The Movement Takes a New Turn, 954 959; Review and Assessment, 960 961 928A 928D Chapter 28: Unit Books, History Outline Map Book, SE/ The Movement Takes a New Turn, 954 959; Review and Assessment, 960 961 928A 928D Chapter 28: Unit Books, History Outline Map Book, SE/ For related information see The World of Jim Crow pages 564 568 and Racial Tensions pages 703 705. 12
(continued) Describing the impact of African-American entrepreneurs on the Modern Civil Rights movement. Examples: S. B. Fuller, Arthur George (A. G.) Gaston (continued) 13. Describe the women s, Hispanic, and Native- American movements during the 1950s and 1960s. Describing changing conditions in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s that were influenced by music and cultural and environmental concerns. Examples: music impact of Elvis Presley and the Beatles; cultural Beatniks, impact of television, American Indian Movement, César Chávez, Ayn Rand, Andy Warhol; environmental influence of Silent Spring by Rachel Carson SE/ The Postwar Years at Home, 898 899; The Postwar Economy, 900 906; The Mood of the 1950s, 907 911; Domestic Politics and Policy, 912 919; Review and Assessment, 920 921; An Era of Activism, 994 995; The Women s Movement, 996 1002; Ethnic Minorities Seek Equality, 1003 1008; The Counterculture, 1009 1012; The Environmental and Consumer Movements, 1013 1017; Review and Assessment, 1018 1019 14. Trace significant foreign policies and issues of presidential administrations from Nixon to the present. Examples: significant campaign issues; Nixon s policy of détente; pardon of Nixon; Iran hostage situation; Iran-Contra scandal; Libya; Gulf War; end of Cold War; September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks; War on Terrorism; war in Iraq Describing the political and economic policies that led to the collapse of Communism and the Cold War. Examples: Reagan s Star Wars Initiative, Reagan s tear down this wall speech in Berlin SE/ Reagan s Second Term, 1108 1113, The George H. W. Bush Presidency, 1114 1120; The United States in a New World, 1133 1141 13
Tracing significant domestic policies and issues of presidential administrations from Nixon to the present. Examples: Watergate, Reaganomics, Clinton impeachment Describing the technological, social, and economic changes occurring in the United States from the 1970s to the present. Examples: technological introduction of computers, Internet, calculators; social advancement of women and minorities in the workplace; economic Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) SE/ Nixon s Domestic Policy, 1058 1063; The Watergate Scandal, 1070 1076; The Carter Administration, 1083 1089; Roots of the New Conservatism, 1096 1100; The Reagan Revolution, 1102 1107; Politics in Recent Years, 1126 1131; Americans in the New Millennium, 1142 1149 SE/ Politics in Recent Years, 1126 1131; Americans in the New Millennium, 1142 1149; Oil Crisis, 1060; NAFTA, 1147 Reference: http://www.alsde.edu/html/sections/documents.asp?section=54&sort=21&footer=sections 14