Morgan Poole

HUSH/Fall 15
Mrs. Giresi
Portfolio Narrative
Social/1A
Standards
SSUSH1 The student will describe European settlement in North America during the 17 th century.
a. relationships with Native Americans such as Powhatan
b. religious reasons, relations with Native Americans including King Phillips War, religious tensions that led to
colonies such as Rhode Island, the half-way covenant, Salem Witch Trials
SSUSH2 The student will trace the ways that the economy and society of British North America developed.
b. growth of the African population and African-American culture
d. Explain the significance of the Great Awakening
SSUSH3 The student will explain the primary causes of the American Revolution
c. Explain the importance of Thomas Paines Common Sense to the movement for independence.
Narrative:
In Europe people were starting to go against the Church. This lead to persecution that required the persecuted to
migrate to the colonies. These original colonizers were mainly Puritans who believed in being the purest they could
be because of how corrupt the church they left behind was. After two generations in the colonies, membership
started dropping in the Puritan church. To solve this problem the Half-Way House was created. This let the second
generation have a membership in the church, but they wouldnt be held to as high of standards. The people that
openly opposed the ideals of the Puritan church were banned to Rhode Island, where they became the Quakers.
Along with the struggle in religious areas, the colonists were struggling with fighting for land from the Indians. The
colonists were pushing the Native Americans away from the shore line. When the Native Americans retaliated it
caused things like Pontiacs Rebellion. Even though the colonists inhabited the colonies Great Britain was still in
control of them. The more controlling Great Britain the more angered the colonists became. The Intolerable Acts
caused rebellions among the people. To fix this Great Britain created the Quartering Act. Finally Great Britain
created the Navigation Acts which in the colonists eyes denied them of their well-deserved land. Even though the
Sons of Liberty and Daughters of Liberty tried to help these acts created finalized ideas of rebellion and
separation from Great Britain. With the help of Thomas Paine when he wrote Common Sense, more people
dedicated themselves to the cause of breaking away from Great Britain.
Terms:
Great Awakening
Half-Way Covenant
King Phillips War
Navigation Acts
Powhatan
Puritans
Quakers
Intolerable Acts
Pontiacs Rebellion
Pilgrims
Salem Witch Trials
Sons of Liberty
Daughters of Liberty

Common Sense
Quartering Act
Boston Massacre
Roger Williams
Anne Hutchinson
William Penn
Patrick Henry
George Whitfield
James Oglethorpe
Lord Baltimore
Thomas Paine
Benedict Arnold

Morgan Poole
HUSH/Fall 15
Mrs. Giresi
Portfolio Narrative
Political/1A
Standards
SSUSH1 The student will describe European settlement in North America during the 17 th century.
a. development of the House of Burgesses, Bacons Rebellion
b. the establishment of town meetings and development of a legislature
c. Explain the development of the mid-Atlantic colonies, and the settlement of Pennsylvania.
SSUSH2 The student will trace the ways that the economy and society of British North America developed.
c. Identify Benjamin Franklin as a symbol of social mobility and individualism.
SSUSH3 The student will explain the primary causes of the American Revolution.
a. Explain how the end of Anglo-French imperial competition as seen in the French and Indian War and the 1763
Treaty of Paris laid the groundwork for the American Revolution.
b. Explain colonial response to such British actions as the Proclamation of 1763, the Stamp Act, and the Intolerable
Acts as seen in Sons and Daughters of Liberty and Committees of Correspondence.
Narrative:
After an era of industrialization and agricultural revolution, the U.S. was ready to spread their economic influence
abroad. As factories continued to produce manufactured goods, the U.S. needed foreign markets to sell to. China
became a country of great interest, and the Open Door Policy of 1899 allowed equal trading rights there. American
businesses also began to invest in Latin American countries, such as Cuba, which was rich in sugar. Although linked
with political motives, the Dollar Diplomacy of William Howard Taft encouraged further investments in foreign
territories. Another sugar-rich territory, Hawaii was desired by many for annexation, especially after the McKinley
Tariff raised the price of sugar. With all these foreign markets improving businesses, corporations became more
successful, and Theodore Roosevelts and Tafts regulation of them further helped them progress. Even more
significant, the Federal Reserve Act of 1913, which was partially a result of the Panic of 1907, helped make
currency more flexible, which was significant in WWI. During the Great War, the Food Administration and Fuel
Administration helped the war effort, and women played their role as well by working in the factories. In addition,
the neutral shipping before the U.S. entered the war helped make the U.S. into a major creditor. Agriculture
continued to play a prominent role in the West, as immigrants from Mexico and Asia flocked to the countryside.
Terms:
Bacons Rebellion
House of Burgesses
Mayflower Compact
Proprietary colony
Royal colony
Salutary neglect
First Continental Congress
French and Indian War
Treaty of Paris 1763
Albany Plan of Union
Committees of Correspondence
Boston Tea Party
John Winthrop

John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Sam Adams
John Hancock

Morgan Poole
HUSH/Fall 15
Mrs. Giresi
Portfolio Narrative
Economic/1A
Standards
SSUSH1 The student will describe European settlement in North America during the 17 th century.
a. Explain Virginias development, including the Virginia Company, tobacco cultivation
b. the loss of Massachusetts charter
c. including the Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam and subsequent English takeover
d. Explain the reasons for French settlement of Quebec.
e. Analyze the impact of location and place on colonial settlement, transportation, and economic development;
include the southern, middle and New England colonies.
SSUSH2 The student will trace the ways that the economy and society of British North America developed.
a. Explain the development of mercantilism and the trans-Atlantic trade.
b. Describe the Middle Passage
Narrative:
Along with the social reasons many colonists had for traveling the distance across the sea, many wealthy men saw
the new land as an opportunity to prosper further. In many areas, including the founding town, Jamestown, wealthy
men came together to invest their money to create and manage towns. One example of this is the Virginia
Company. After this idea of joint ownership of towns was created, Joint Stock Companies were created to serve
the same purpose; many wealthy men put their money together to own and manage a company. Even Great Britain
wanted to take advantage of the new land. They offered land plots to people who offered to pay for other peoples
passage over to the colonies. In return this person would be an indentured servant for five to seven years. These
indentured servants worked the plantations. Many of these plantations were tobacco which was a cash crop. Cash
crops were to make money off of and not to be grown to feed people. When the indentured servants five to seven
years were up they were free people. With the indentured servants coming to term, plantation owners were desperate
for a labor force. They needed to keep making money, and they needed cheap workers to do it. This lead to the
buying of slaves and the journey of the Middle Passage. Slavery was now prominent in the south on plantations and
helped agriculture boom. Great Britain, knowing how wealthy people were becoming and needing money because of
the French and Indian War started creating acts like the Stamp Act and Townshend Act. These acts highly taxed
common used goods so that the colonists would be paying for the money detriment in Great Britain.
Terms:
Cash Crop
Virginia Company
Indentured Servants
Joint Stock Company
Mercantilism
Middle Passage
Proclamation of 1763
Stamp Acts
New Amsterdam
Northwest Passage
Townshend Acts
John Smith
John Rolfe

Christopher Columbus

Morgan Poole
HUSH/Fall 15
Mrs. Giresi
Portfolio Narrative
Social/1B
Standards
SSUSH3 The student will explain the primary causes of the American Revolution
a. Explain the importance of Thomas Paines Common Sense to the movement for independence
SSUSH4 The student will identify the ideological, military, and diplomatic aspects of the American
Revolution.
c. and the life of a common soldier, crossing the Delaware River, and Valley Forge.
STANDARD 6: Analyze the nature of territorial and population growth, and its impact in the early decades
of the new nation.
a. Explain the Northwest Ordinances importance in public education
Narrative:
The Colonists were starting to get irritated with Great Britain, more specifically with the King. Up to this point
many people were angry, but no one was thinking about going to war over the injustices. Tension was rising with
occurrences like the Boston Massacre where the colonists were openly harassing the British soldiers. These soldiers
feared for their lives so they shot into the crowd and killed five people. Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense,
which outlined the reasons why the colonists should be furious and fight back against the King. Once the colonists
started accepting war as an option, they became segregated in their ideas. The Patriots were for the war and the idea
of becoming independent from Great Britain. The Loyalists thought that it was a bad idea to go against the King and
thought the colonies should stay a part of Britain. The Sons of Liberty were trying to deal with the issues in a civil
manner, but realized it was no use and that the King was not willing to compromise. Eventually tensions grew so
great that shots were fired and the war began. The War was not an easy one for the soldiers. For the colonists many
of the fighters were militias made from angry farmers who had no official training. Many of these units were highly
underfunded and food and supplies would often be late.
Terms:
Valley Forge
Saratoga
York Town
Intolerable Acts
Sons of Liberty
Boston Massacre
Militia
Natural Rights
Alien and Sedition

War of 1812
Manumission
Loyalists
John Locke
Thomas Paine
Lord Cornwallis
Benjamin Franklin
Impressment
War Hawks

Morgan Poole
HUSH/Fall 15
Mrs. Giresi
Portfolio Narrative
Political/1B
Standards
SSUSH4 The student will identify the ideological, military, and diplomatic aspects of the American
Revolution.
a. Explain the language, organization, and including the writing of John Locke and Montesquieu of the Declaration
of Independence and the role of Thomas Jefferson.
b. Explain the reason for and significance of the French alliance and foreign assistance and the roles of Benjamin
Franklin and the Marquis de Lafayette.
c. Analyze George Washington as a military leader, including the creation of a professional military
d. Treaty of Paris, 1783
SSUSH5 The student will explain specific events and key ideas that brought about the adoption and
implementation of the United States Constitution.
a. Explain how weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation led to a call for a stronger central government.
b. Evaluate the major arguments of the anti-Federalists and Federalists during the debate on ratification of the
Constitution as put forth in The Federalists Papers concerning form of government, factions, checks and balances,
and the power of the executive, including the roles of Alexander Hamilton and James Madison.
c. Explain the key features of the Constitution, specifically the Great Compromise, separation of powers, limited
government
d. Analyze how the Bill of Rights serves as a protector of individual and states rights
e. Explain the importance of the Presidencies of George Washington and John Adams; include the, non-intervention
in Europe, and the development of political parties
STANDARD 6: Analyze the nature of territorial and population growth, and its impact in the early decades
of the new nation.
b. Describe Jeffersons diplomacy in obtaining the Louisiana Purchase from France
c. Explain major reasons for the War of 1812 and the wars significance on the development of a national identity.
Narrative:
Terms:
Shays Rebellion
Federalist
Anti-Federalist
Checks and balances
Great Compromise
Separation of power
Bill of Rights
Limited government
Precedent
Cabinet
Treaty of Paris 1783
North West Ordinance
Constitutional convention
John Jay
Patrick Henry

Democratic Republican Party

Federalist Party
Committees of correspondence
Common Sense
Bicameral congress
Anti-federalists
First Continental Congress
Second Continental congress
Virginia plan
New Jersey Plan
Popular sovereignty
Electoral College
Loose constitution
Thomas Jefferson
Aaron Burr

Strict Constitution
XYZ affair
Virginia and Kentucky Resolution
Judicial Review
Unicameral legislation
Ratification
Articles of Confederation
Declaration of Independence
The Federalists papers
The Constitution
Bill of Rights
John Adams
George Washington
James Madison

Morgan Poole
HUSH/Fall 15
Mrs. Giresi
Portfolio Narrative
Economic/1B
Standards
SSUSH5 The student will explain specific events and key ideas that brought about the
adoption and implementation of the United States Constitution.
a. Daniel Shays Rebellion
b. Alexander Hamilton
STANDARD 6: Analyze the nature of territorial and population growth, and its impact in the early decades
of the new nation.
a. Explain the Northwest Ordinances importance in the westward migration of Americans, on slavery, public
education, and the addition of new states
Narrative:
Terms:
Land Ordinance of 1785
Stamp Act
Whiskey Rebellion
Tariff
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Mercenaries
Alexander Hamilton
Daniel Shay

Morgan Poole
HUSH/Fall 15
Mrs. Giresi
Portfolio Narrative
Social/2A
Standards
STANDARD 7: Explain the process of economic growth, its regional and national impact in the first half of
the 19th century, and the different responses to it.
b. Describe the westward growth of the United States including the emerging concept of Manifest Destiny.
c. Describe reform movements, specifically temperance, abolitionism, and public school.
d. Explain womens efforts to gain the suffrage, including Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Seneca
e. Expanding the suffrage, and the development of American nationalism
SSUSH8 The student will explain the relationship between growing north-south divisions and westward
expansion.
a. The slave rebellion of Nat Turner and the Rise of Abolitionism
b. The issue of slavery in western states and territories
c. development of sectionalism
d. Wilmot Proviso
Narrative
Terms:
Sojourner Truth
Mormon
Fredrick Douglas
Industrial Revolution
Utopian City
Nat Turner
Nationalism
Freedman
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Indian Removal Act
Womens movement
Revivalist
Trail of Tears\
Expansionist
Dorothea Dix
Transcendentalist
Mountain Men
Cotton Gin
Second Great AwakeningOregon Trail
Lucretia Mott
Temperance Movement
Hudson River School
Nativist
Abolitionist Movement
Fugitive Slave Act
Neal Dow
Suffrage
Declaration of Sentiments
Labor Union
Seneca Fall Convention
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Joseph Smith
Manifest Destiny
Henry David Thoreau
Wilmont Proviso
Public School Reform
Horace Mann
Nat Turners Rebellion
Samuel F.B. Morse
Nullification Crisis
Susan B. Anthony
Sectionalism
Grimke Sisters

Morgan Poole
HUSH/Fall 15
Mrs. Giresi
Portfolio Narrative
Political/2A
Standards
STANDARD 6: Analyze the nature of territorial and population growth, and its impact in the early decades
of the new nation.
b. Describe the reasons for and importance of the Monroe Doctrine.
STANDARD 7: Explain the process of economic growth, its regional and national impact in the first half of
the 19th century, and the different responses to it.
e. Explain Jacksonian Democracy, the rise of popular political culture, and the development of American
nationalism
SSUSH8 The student will explain the relationship between growing north-south divisions and westward
expansion.
a. Explain how slavery became a significant issue in American politics
b. Explain the Missouri Compromise
c. Describe the Nullification Crisis and the emergence of states rights ideology; include the role of John C. Calhoun
d. Describe the war with Mexico
e. Explain how the Compromise of 1850 arose out of territorial expansion and population growth.
Narrative:

Terms:
John Quincy Adams
Adams-Onis Treaty
Monroe Doctrine
Spoils System
Jacksonian Democracy
Compromise of 1850
Missouri Compromise
Mexican American War
Whig
Daniel Webster

Lone Star Republic

Alamo
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Tariff of Abomination
Secede
Marbury vs. Madison
Henry Clay
Andrew Jackson
John Marshall
John C. Calhoun

Morgan Poole
HUSH/Fall 15
Mrs. Giresi
Portfolio Narrative
Economic/2A
Standards
STANDARD 6: Analyze the nature of territorial and population growth, and its impact in the early decades
of the new nation.
a. Describe the construction of the Erie Canal, the rise of New York City, and the development of the nations
infrastructure.
STANDARD 7: Explain the process of economic growth, its regional and national impact in the first half of
the 19th century, and the different responses to it.
a. Explain the impact of the Industrial Revolution as seen in Eli Whitneys invention of the cotton gin and his
development of interchangeable parts for muskets
Narrative:

Terms:
Francis Cobot Lowell
Turnpike
National Road
Erie Canal
Interchangeable Parts
Lowell Girl
Tariff of 1816
American System
Santa Fe Trail
California Gold Rush
Forty-niners
Gadsen Purchase
Eli Whitney
Samuel Slater
Robert Fulton

Morgan Poole
HUSH/Fall 15
Mrs. Giresi
Portfolio Narrative
Social/2B
Standards
STANDARD 9: Identify key events, issues and individuals relating to the causes, course, and consequences of
the Civil War.
a. Dred Scott case, and John Browns Raid
b. Second inaugural address and the Gettysburg speech
d. Explain the importance of Fort Sumter, Antietam, Vicksburg, Gettysburg.
e. Describe the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation.
STANDARD 10: Identify legal, political, and social dimensions of Reconstruction
b. Explain efforts to redistribute land in the South among the former slaves and provide advanced education such as
Morehouse College, and the Freedmens Bureau.
c. Describe the significance of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments.
d. Explain Black Codes, the Ku Klux Klan, and other forms of resistance to racial equality during Reconstruction.
Narrative

Terms:
Popular Sovereignty
Dred Scott vs. Stanford
Emancipation Proclamation of 1863
Thirteenth Amendment
Fourteenth Amendment
Fifteenth Amendment
Black Codes
Carpet Bagger
Scalawag
Freedmens Bureau
Tenant Farming
Gettysburg Address
Sectionalism
Habeas Corpus
Presidential Reconstruction

Reconstruction
Morehouse College
Ku Klux Klan
Compromise of 1877
Lincolns Second Inaugural Speech 1867
Bleeding Kansas
Underground Railroad
Harpers Ferry
Civil Rights Act of 1866
blockade
Copperhead
Dred Scott
John Brown
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Battle For Atlanta

Morgan Poole
HUSH/Fall 15
Mrs. Giresi
Portfolio Narrative
Political/2B
Standards
STANDARD 9: Identify key events, issues and individuals relating to the causes, course, and consequences of
the Civil War.
a. Explain the Kansas-Nebraska Act (334-336), the failure of popular sovereignty,
b. Describe President Lincolns efforts to preserve the Union, in his use of emergency powers, such as his decision
to suspend habeas corpus.
c. Describe the role of Ulysses Grant (364), Robert E. Lee (361), Stonewall Jackson, William T. Sherman (386),
and Jefferson Davis
STANDARD 10: Identify legal, political, and social dimensions of Reconstruction
a. Compare and contrast Presidential Reconstruction with Radical Republican Reconstruction.
e. Explain the impeachment of Andrew Johnson in relationship to Reconstruction.
f. Analyze how the presidential election of 1876 and the subsequent Compromise of 1877 marked the end of
Reconstruction.
Narrative:
Terms:
Kansas-Nebraska Act
States Rights
Secession
Impeach
Andrew Johnsons Impeachment
1876 Presidential Election
Know Nothing
Anaconda Plan
Republican Party
John C. Calhoun
Ulysses S. Grant

Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
William T. Sherman
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson

Morgan Poole
HUSH/Fall 15
Mrs. Giresi
Portfolio Narrative
Economic/2B
Standards
STANDARD 9: Identify key events, issues and individuals relating to the causes, course, and consequences of
the Civil War.
f. Explain the importance of the growing economic disparity between the North and the South through an
examination of population, functioning railroads, and industrial output.
Narrative:
During this time a large economic disparity occurred between the North and the South. In the Northern states
industry was taking off and becoming extremely popular and profitable. In the South they still maintained their
agricultural ways. This difference was most notable during the Civil War. The North was able to mass produce the
supplies that they needed to continue to fight in the war while the South was only able to hand make things. The
economic situations were very different between the two areas also. In the North people were becoming richer with
higher paying jobs and mass production. In the South there were families of rich plantation owners who owned large
plots of land. With the minority of these rich while families there were slaves. Before and during the Civil War the
slaves had no money because they were not even seen as humans. After the war, in the South, they still werent
viewed as humans, but were now legally free. This sudden freedom handicapped many African Americans because
the only thing they knew how to do was be a slave. This lead to share cropping. It was a way for Southerners to get
around the legality of owning slaves while still trapping the African Americans into a contract they couldnt escape.
Another thing that lead to the Northern states becoming wealthier was the railroads. Goods could now be transported
faster which made the cost of transportation cheaper. This either made the products selling price cheaper or a larger
profit for the company.
Terms:
Sharecropper

Morgan Poole
HUSH/Fall 15
Mrs. Giresi
Portfolio Narrative
Social/3A
Standards
STANDARD 11: Describe the growth of big business and technological innovations after Reconstruction.
2. Describe the impact of the railroads in the development of the West, including the transcontinental railroad, and
the use of Chinese labor.
4. Describe the inventions of Thomas Edison, including the electric light bulb, motion pictures, and the phonograph,
and their impact on American life.
STANDARD 12: Analyze important consequences of American industrial growth.
5. Describe Ellis Island (466-470), the change in immigrants origins to southern and eastern Europe (464-465), and
the impact of this change on urban America
6. Identify the American Federation of Labor and Samuel Gompers
8. Describe the 1894 Pullman strike as an example of industrial unrest.
STANDARD 13: Identify major efforts to reform American society and politics in the Progressive Era.
9. Explain Upton Sinclairs The Jungle and federal oversight of the meatpacking industry.
10. Identify Jane Addams and Hull House and describe the role of women in reform movements.
11. Describe the rise of Jim Crow, Plessy v. Ferguson, and the emergence of the NAACP.
14. Describe the conservation movement and the development of national parks and forests
STANDARD 14: Explain Americas evolving relationship with the world at the turn of the twentieth century.
14. Explain the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and anti-Asian immigration sentiment on the west coast.
Narrative:
The continental rail road connected the Eastern end of the US with the Western portion. The main labor force behind
it was Chinese laborers. The railroad is just one part of the rise in industry. Captains of Industry or if they are
ruthless and cruel robber barons owned the large corporations such as the oil companies and the steel industry. They
often times dont treat the workers well which was leading to a rise in labor unions. Things like sky scrapers were
being built, but the common work man was still having to use his labor unions to get what he deserves in the work
place. Many time the unions would use collective bargaining to get the work conditions raised, but company owners
were starting to refuse to discuss anything with the labor unions. This led to the formation of the Knights of Labor.
One thing that was improved was the condition with which meats had to be to be sold. This was called the meat
inspection act. They were more concerned about the condition the food was in when it left and not how the workers
handling the food were treated. Many of these workers had a hard time fighting for good working conditions
because they were immigrants who arrived either at Ellis Island or Angle Island. They had to be assimilated into the
American culture, which is also called Americanizing, at the Hull House. This is why the United States was being
called the melting pot. Immigrants from all over were melting into the US lower class.
Terms:
Social Darwinism
Sweatshop
Nativism
Urbanization
Tenement
Assimilate
Jim Crowe Laws
Progressivism
Settlement House
NAACP
18th Amendment

Ellis Island
Motion Picture Camera
American Federation of Labor
Hull House
Entrepreneur
Patent
Corporation
Company Town
Collective Bargaining
Socialism
Knights of Labor

Americanization
Literacy Test
Melting Pot
Mass Transit
Skyscraper
Mass Culture
New South
Land Grants
Homestead Act
Grandfather Clause
Suspension Bridge

Morgan Poole
HUSH/Fall 15
Mrs. Giresi
Portfolio Narrative
19th Amendment
Captains of Industry
Thomas Edison
Horatio Alger
Ida B. Wells

Angle Island
Meat Inspection Act
Samuel Gompers
Margret Sanger

Time Zones
Pure Food and Drug Act
Upton Sinclair
Henry Grady

Morgan Poole
HUSH/Fall 15
Mrs. Giresi
Portfolio Narrative
Political/3A
Standards
STANDARD 12: Analyze important consequences of American industrial growth.
7. Native Americans (497-500) with reference to Sitting Bull and Wounded Knee
STANDARD 13: Identify major efforts to reform American society and politics in the Progressive Era.
12. Explain Ida Tarbells role as a muckraker
13. Describe the significance of progressive reforms such as the initiative, the recall, and (554-555) referendum
direct election of senators; reform of labor laws; and efforts to improve living conditions for the poor in cities
Narrative:
This period of history brings an end to the Native Americans. They are stripped of their land and many of their
people in the name of Manifest Destiny. The final battle between the colonists and the Native Americans was
Wounded Knee. The Native Americans were surrounded and canons were shot at them until the majority of the
Indians were killed or severely wounded. While this was happening in the West, the cities and industrial areas were
also having issues. The government was supporting big business in favor of the workers that kept the business
going. The government did nothing about how the big businesses were monopolizing on many industries and
leaving people without a penny. People called muckrakers were trying to write to point out the issues with the
government doing nothing about the captains of industry. One famous muckraker is Ida Tarbell. Her father was left
broke because Rockefeller took over his small business and left him with nothing. Along with the muckrakers trying
to prove to the government and others of an issue, people were now allowed to start a petition to get things changed.
This was called an initiative. For the initiative to work a minimum number of registered voters had to sign and then
the vote would be sent to the government.
Terms:
Muckraker
Initiative
Recall
Direct Primary
Progressive Party
Dawes Act
Doll Tax
Populist Party
Sitting Bull
Ida Tarbell
Booker T. Washington
Theodore Roosevelt
Eugene V. Debs
Jacob Riis
Laissez Faire

Morgan Poole
HUSH/Fall 15
Mrs. Giresi
Portfolio Narrative
Economic/3A
Standards
STANDARD 11: Describe the growth of big business and technological innovations after Reconstruction.
1. Explain the impact of the railroads on other industries, such as steel, and on the organization of big business.
3. Identify John D. Rockefeller and the Standard Oil Company and the rise of trusts and monopolies.
Narrative:
The Robber Barons and the Captains of Industry owned the major corporations during this time. John Rockefeller
owned 90% of the oil companies at the peak of his carrier and Andrew Carnegie owned a large portion of the steel
industries. Rockefeller was able to amass so much of the oil because he created the trust system. He would buy the
smaller oil company and add it to the group called the trust. The owner would now not have many rights to his
company left. This led to Rockefeller having a monopoly on the oil. He owned pretty much all of it. Andrew
Carnegie also amassed much wealth from his steal company. He motto was called the Gospel of Wealth. This
means that someone should spend their life trying to amass as much money as they deem necessary, but when they
get older they should give it all away. Another thing that made these rich men richer was horizontal integration and
vertical integration. Vertical integration means that they buy companies that all sell the same thing they do.
Horizontal integration means that they buy any company that is profitable and it doesnt have to relate to the
company they already own.
Terms:
Monopoly
Trust
Robber Baron
Bessemer Process
Mass Production
Cartel
Horizontal Integration
Vertical Integration
Gilded Age
Protective Tariff

Gospel of Wealth
Square Deal
John Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie

Morgan Poole
HUSH/Fall 15
Mrs. Giresi
Portfolio Narrative
Social/3B
Standards
STANDARD 15: Analyze the origins and impact of U.S. involvement in World War I.
b. Explain the domestic impact of World War I, as reflected by the origins of the Great Migration, the Espionage Act,
and socialist Eugene Debs.
d. establishing Prohibition, and the Nineteenth Amendment, establishing woman suffrage.
STANDARD 16: Identify key developments in the aftermath of WWI.
a. Explain how rising communism and socialism in the United States led to the Red Scare and immigrant restriction.
Narrative:
With the start of WWI and many of the men going off to war there were shifts at home. The first big shift was the
Great Migration. This is where a large majority of the African Americans in the South move up to the cities to fill
the now empty jobs left by the men who went to war. Another large shift was how the people were living. People
were growing victory gardens and eating less to help send food to the troops. Propaganda also became big during
this time. The government was selling victory bonds to anyone who wanted to support the war effort. Most of the
posters for the victory bonds made people feel like they were really helping by buying the bonds. Towards the end of
the war and some time after Communism became a big issue. People were scared that communism would find its
way into America. People were turning on each other and not trusting anyone. There were even Palmer raids which
was a mass round up and persecution of people deemed to be communist. This was also an issue because many
immigrants were coming from previously communist countries and were being discriminated against. This fear of
Communism was called the Red Scare. With the Prohibition that came after the war crime increased significantly.
Mobs and Mafias were starting to rise. An example of the rise in crime in Sacco vs. Vanzetti.
Terms:
Yellow Press
Jingoism
Boxer Rebellion
U-Boat
Great Migration
Reparations
Red Scare
Palmer Raids
Urban League
Anti-Defamation League
Great White Fleet
Lusitania
Conscientious Objector
Sacco vs. Vanzetti
Alfred T. Manan
William R. Hearst
John Pershing

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HUSH/Fall 15
Mrs. Giresi
Portfolio Narrative
Political/3B
Standards
STANDARD 14: Explain Americas evolving relationship with the world at the turn of the twentieth century.
b. the war in the Philippines
c. Explain U.S. involvement in Latin America, as reflected by the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine and
the creation of the Panama Canal.
STANDARD 15: Analyze the origins and impact of U.S. involvement in World War I.
a. Describe the movement from U.S. neutrality to engagement in World War I, with reference to unrestricted
submarine warfare.
c. Explain Wilsons Fourteen Points and the proposed League of Nations
d. Describe passage of the Eighteenth Amendment, establishing Prohibition, and the Nineteenth Amendment
Narrative:
The US created the Monroe Doctrine to keep every other country out of Latin America. They wanted everyone to
know that the US was the only one who could mess with Latin America. One reason the US wanted Latin America
all to themselves was the Panama Canal. The US took control of the Panama Canal to receive the large amounts of
money involved with passing through the canal and also because it gave the US greater naval defense. When the
start of WWI began the US wasnt going to get involved. They became angry when the Germans decided to bomb
British passenger boats with Americans on it. The Germans used the u-boats to do this because they thought that the
US was supplying the British with ammunition and other war supplies. Another thing that pushed the US to join the
war was the Zimmerman note. This was a note from Germany to Mexico promising Mexico their land back if they
helped the Germans in the war. This note was intercepted by British Interpol and given to the US to see. The US
then decided to go to war. With the help of the extra soldiers and supplies the Allied powers were able to defeat the
Central Powers. When the war was over Woodrow Wilson had the idea to create the League of Nations. It was a
good idea but the Supreme Court wouldnt allow the US to be a part of it because they said it would take away too
much of the United States power. What did happen was the Treaty of Versailles was written and it restricted
Germany from building up a military and made them pay for all the war costs. This sent Germany into a depression
that was extremely severe.
Terms:
Open Door Policy
Big Stick Diplomacy
Dollar Diplomacy
Moral Diplomacy
Roosevelt Corollary
Militarism
League of Nations
Armistice
Central Powers
Selective Service Act

Treaty of Versailles
Progressivism
Social Darwinism
Rough Riders
Treaty of Paris
Spheres of Influence
Zimmerman Note
Alsace-Lorraine
Fourteen Points
Platt Amendment

Teddy Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
William H. Taft
George Dewey
Francis Ferdinand
Henry Cobot Lodge
Vladimir Lenin
Warren G. Harding

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HUSH/Fall 15
Mrs. Giresi
Portfolio Narrative
Economic/3B
Standards

Narrative:

Terms:
Imperialism
Square Deal
Panama Canal
Hepburn Act
Extractive Economy
Matthew Perry

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HUSH/Fall 15
Mrs. Giresi
Portfolio Narrative
Social/4A
Standards
STANDARD 16: Identify key developments in the aftermath of WWI.
c. Describe the impact of radio and the movies.
d. Describe modern forms of cultural expression; include Louis Armstrong and the origins of jazz, Langston Hughes
and the Harlem Renaissance, Irving Berlin, and Tin Pan Alley.
SSUSHS17: ANALYZE THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION.
b. Explain the impact of the drought in the creation of the Dust Bowl.
c. Explain the social and political impact of widespread unemployment that resulted in developments such as
Hoovervilles.
SSUSHS18: DESCRIBE FRANKLIN ROOSEVELTS NEW DEAL AS A RESPONSE TO THE
DEPRESSION AND COMPARE THE WAYS GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS AIDED THOSE IN NEED.
d. Describe the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority as a works program and as an effort to control the
environment.
e. Explain the passage of the Social Security Act as a part of the second New Deal
g. Identify Eleanor Roosevelt as a symbol of social progress and womens activism.
Narrative:
The 1920s were a time to party. People were tired of being brought down by all the depressing news of war and
death. Once WWI ended people just wanted to have good time. This is the age of the flapper girl. These girls
pushed the boundaries of sexuality for women. This was also the Jazz Age. One famous Jazz singer was Louis
Armstrong. Even though this was a time to part, there was a prohibition on alcohol. In the African American
community this was the start of the Harlem Renaissance. The Harlem Renaissance was when African Americans
started to embrace their culture and express themselves through it. They created many famous pieces of literature
during this period. One famous author during this time is Ernest Hemingway. One issue that happened during this
time was the dust Bowl. People were trying to farm quicker with less effort and werent digging deep enough into
the soil. Add onto this that there was a severe drought and all the loose dirt started to kick up easily with the wind.
Most people living in these farming areas had to move into the cities to escape all of the dust. The Scopes Trial was
also a big issue during the time. A substitute teacher taught the science class about evolution in a highly Christian
society. This became a large issue with the school system. When the economy crashed the good times were over.
People were out of jobs and out of money. This led to many people living in Hoovervilles. They were called this to
mock the president and what they thought he had done to the economy.
Terms:
Model T
Fundamentalism
Scopes Trial
Quota System
Prohibition
Volstead Act
Flapper
Lost Generation
Jazz
Harlem Renaissance
Bread Line
Dust Bowl
Okies

Hooverville
TVA
Collective Bargaining
Wagner Act
Huey Long
A Phillip Randolph
Marcus Garvey
Louie Armstrong
Claude Mckay
Charlie Chaplin
Babe Ruth
Charles Lindbergh

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Ernest Hemingway
Sigmund Freud
Bessie Smith
Langston Hughes
John Steinbeck

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HUSH/Fall 15
Mrs. Giresi
Portfolio Narrative
Political/4A
Standards
SSUSHS18: DESCRIBE FRANKLIN ROOSEVELTS NEW DEAL AS A RESPONSE TO THE
DEPRESSION AND COMPARE THE WAYS GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS AIDED THOSE IN NEED.
h. Identify the political challenges to Roosevelts domestic and international leadership; include the role of Huey
Long, the court packing bill, and the Neutrality Act.
Narrative:
After President Hoover was replaced by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the economy started taking a turn for the
better. People blamed the Great Depression on Herbert Hoover, but President Roosevelt along with the help of his
wife Eleanor Roosevelt created a plan called the New Deal. This New Deal of comprised of different changes
Roosevelt made to create jobs and start up the American Economy. Through everything Roosevelt would talk to the
people through the radio on his fireside chats, encouraging them and letting them know things would improve soon.
When the people started realizing some of the changes being made by Roosevelt they questioned whether he had the
power to make some of the changes that he did. One way he tried to keep his New Deals in tact was by court
packing. He wanted to be able to fill the Supreme Court with a ton of people so that it would take more people to
veto his New Deals. Huey Long also had a plan to bring the US out of the Great Depression. He believed in the
share our wealth program. This was a way for all of America to have the same living standard. The rich would be
required to give their money up if they made over a certain amount. The money given away would be distributed to
people in need. It had issues like determining who would receive the money so it was never put into effect. Another
thing that happened was the Teapot Dome Scandal. This was when head Politicians were leasing out private
government oil reserves to the top bidder for extra cash.
Terms:
Teapot Dome Scandal
Kellogg-Briand Pact
New Deal
Fireside Chat
Second New Deal
Court Packing
Black Cabinet
Welfare State
Neutrality Act of 1939
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge

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HUSH/Fall 15
Mrs. Giresi
Portfolio Narrative
Economic/4A
Standards
STANDARD 16: Identify key developments in the aftermath of WWI.
b. Identify Henry Ford, mass production, and the automobile.
SSUSHS17: ANALYZE THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION.
a. Describe the causes, including overproduction, under-consumption, and stock market speculation that led to the
stock market crash of 1929 and the Great Depression.
SSUSHS18: DESCRIBE FRANKLIN ROOSEVELTS NEW DEAL AS A RESPONSE TO THE
DEPRESSION AND COMPARE THE WAYS GOVERNMENTAL PROGRAMS AIDED THOSE IN NEED.
f. Explain the passage of the Social Security Act as a part of the second New Deal
Narrative:
The 1920s was a year of high spending, high credit, and an economic crash. People were using credit to constantly
buy things called buying on the Margin. Everyone wanted to have a good time so they spend money on anything
they wanted. One thing that many people bought was the Model T from Henry Ford. He used a method of an
assembly line to mass produce cars which made them cheaper and more affordable for the common man. This
meant people were buying so much on credit that they werent able to pay any of it back. With the lack of real
money being spent and a combination of other things the perfect conditions were created for a stock market crash.
The stock market crashed because people were speculating and becoming extremely rich off of it. The stock market
took a dip, then slightly recovered, but on Black Tuesday the stock market completely crashed. With the stock
market crash and everyone buying on credit, the US went into a period called the Great Depression. Most people
were broke, homeless, and unemployed. Many plans were made by the president to save the economy, but President
Hoover wasnt able to revive the economy.
Terms:
Mass Production
Bull Market
Buying on Margin
Dawes Plan
Bootlegger
Speculation
Great Depression
Black Tuesday
Localism
Trickle Down Economics
Bonus Army
Social Security Act
Henry Ford

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HUSH/Fall 15
Mrs. Giresi
Portfolio Narrative
Social/4B
Standards
USHS19: IDENTIFY THE ORIGINS, MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS, AND THE DOMESTIC IMPACT OF
WORLD WAR II, ESPECIALLY THE GROWTH OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
d. role of women in war industries
e. Describe Los Alamos
f. Compare the geographic locations of the European Theater and the Pacific Theater and the difficulties the U.S.
faced in delivering weapons, food, and medical supplies to troops
SSUSH20 The student will analyze the domestic and international impact of the Cold War on the United
States
1. U.S. commitment to Europe, the Truman Doctrine, and the origins and implications of the containment policy.
3. Explain the role of geography on the U.S. containment policy, the Korean War,
SSUSH21 The student will explain the impact of technological development and economic growth on the
United States, 1945-1975
4. Describe the impact of competition with the USSR as evidenced by the launch of Sputnik I and President
Eisenhowers actions
Narrative:
When the men left to go fight in WWII the women were left to pick up where the men had left off. Many women
joined the work force, doing the hard labor intensive jobs. Women had to now be mothers and the backbone of the
work force. This time period is when the start of dare cares became popular. While the women were away working
someone had to watch the children. Along with the role of women changing, the war had an effect on the
peacefulness of America. Since the Soviet power grew stronger at the end of the war Americans were worried about
Communism spreading and taking over the US. This was called the Red Scare. If anyone did anything or said
anything that did not fit with social conformity, then they were reported as a communist. People also questioned
politicians and if they didnt fully believe in the conservative way, then they were believed to be a traitor and
communist. This was called McCarthyism. During the war, this fear of Communism was harnessed to hate the
Germans. What helped the US cause for support was the Holocaust. This was when the Germans sent all disabled
people, Jews, and mentally ill people to concentration camps, starving them and killing them.
Terms:
Executive Order 8802
Rationing
Holocaust
Anti-Sematic
Tuskegee Airmen
Nuremberg Laws
Genocide
Iron Curtain
Red Scare
Hollywood Ten
McCarthyism
Eleanor Roosevelt

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HUSH/Fall 15
Mrs. Giresi
Portfolio Narrative
Political/4B
Standards
USHS19: IDENTIFY THE ORIGINS, MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS, AND THE DOMESTIC IMPACT OF
WORLD WAR II, ESPECIALLY THE GROWTH OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
c. The Battle of Midway, D-Day, and the fall of Berlin.
e. military implications of developing the Atomic Bomb
SSUSH20 The student will analyze the domestic and international impact of the Cold War on the United
States
2. Explain the impact of the new communist regime in China, the outbreak of the Korean War, and how these events
contributed to the rise of Senator Joseph McCarthy.
Narrative:
WWII started because Hitler kept breaking the treaty that was set in place from WWI. Germany and its allies were
known as the Axis Powers while Britain and its allies were known as the Allied Powers. The US did not want to
join the war, but when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor the US officially declared war on Japan. To defeat Japan the US
used the strategy of Island Hopping. By conquering the islands around Japan the US could get closer and better
fight the Japanese. The Battle of Midway was a major turning point for the war in the Pacific because the US
finally took an offensive position and killed a large number of Japanese piolets. Because the Japanese have a no
surrender motto, it was found that they only way to defeat the Japanese would be through using the atomic bomb.
The Manhattan Project was started and when they finally invented the first atomic bomb it was used to bomb Iwo
Jima. In the European part of WWII, Germany was using a type of successful warfare called blitzkrieg. In the end
the Germans were defeated and the US and the Soviet Union were the only two major world powers. The Soviets
were trying to spread Communism while the US was trying to put an end to. This and the arms race led to the US
and the Soviet Union engaging in a Cold War. The first area that the US and the Soviets helped fight against each
other was Korea. It was a bloody battle with lots of life lost, but in the end the division between Communist and
non-Communist was still relatively near the 38th parallel.
Terms:
Neutrality Act of 1939
Lend-Lease Act
Manhattan Project
Island Hopping
Appeasement
Allied Powers
Axis Powers
Atom Bomb
Truman Doctrine
Totalitarianism
Blitzkrieg
Unconditional Surrender
Yalta Conference
Unified Nations
Geneva Convention
Satellite State

Cold War
Containment
NATO
Warsaw Pact
Mao Zedong
38th Parallel
Arms Race
Eisenhower Doctrine
D-Day
Battle of the Bulge
Fall of Berlin
Midway
Iwo Jima
Franklin Roosevelt
Kamikaze

Morgan Poole
HUSH/Fall 15
Mrs. Giresi
Portfolio Narrative
Economic/4B
Standards
USHS19: IDENTIFY THE ORIGINS, MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS, AND THE DOMESTIC IMPACT OF
WORLD WAR II, ESPECIALLY THE GROWTH OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
c. Explain major events: include the lend-lease program,
d. Describe war mobilization, as indicated by rationing, war-time conversion, and the role of women in war
industries
SSUSH20 The student will analyze the domestic and international impact of the Cold War on the United
States
1. Describe the creation of the Marshall plan
Narrative:
With WWII going on all economics were dedicated to fighting the war. Companies converted to making war
supplies and people had to do without. Along with people going without, the government was trying to persuade the
people into buying war bonds. These war bonds would help to pay for the cost of the war. Rationing of food and
other items was necessary to save money and supplies for the soldiers. To save money people were given rationing
cards so that they could only buy so many items at the store per month. Once the war was over, the Marshall Plan
and the Lend-Lease Act were created. The Marshall Plan was put in place to support war torn countries in their
resistance against Communism. The US would send funds over to other countries in hope of containing
Communism. The US thought that if a country was rebuilt and back on their feet that Communism couldnt take
hold. This is why they sent heavy funds to other countries. The Lend-Lease Act was put in place to lend European
countries money to rebuild themselves. The idea was that the European countries would borrow the money then
once they were rebuilt, they would repay the US.
Terms:
Marshall Plan
Lend-Lease Act

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HUSH/Fall 15
Mrs. Giresi
Portfolio Narrative
Social/5A
Standards
SSUSH21 The student will explain the impact of technological development and economic growth on the
United States, 1945-1975.
a. Describe the baby boom and its impact as shown by Levittown
SSUSH22 The student will identify dimensions of the Civil Rights movement, 1945 1970.
a. Describe the baby boom and its impact as shown by Levittown and the Interstate Highway Act.
b. Analyze the impact television has had on American life; include the development of the personal computer and
the expanded use of air conditioning
c. Describe the impact television has had on American culture; include the presidential debates
d. Describe the impact of competition with the USSR as evidenced by the launch of Sputnik I and President
Eisenhowers actions
SSUSH23 The student will describe and assess the impact of political developments between 1945 and 1970.
a. Describe the Warren Court and the expansion of individual rights as seen in the Miranda decision
b. Explain Lyndon Johnsons Great Society, including the establishment of Medicare
c. Describe the social and political turmoil of 1968, including the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and
Robert F. Kennedy, and the events surrounding the Democratic National Convention
Narrative:
After WWII, many changes were effected in the US. This was the era of the baby boom. Men came back from war
and were marrying younger. People were spending more money than ever and always wanting the next greatest
thing. While everyone seemed to be carefree and having fun, highly conservative politics were popular. This
conservative era didnt sit well with many of the teens of the time. A counterculture was created from this
difference in ideas. Beatniks would speak out against conforming with society. Rock and Roll also became popular
during this time. Along with the generation gap forming, people were speaking out for Civil Rights. Rosa Parks
wouldnt give up her seat to a white man because she felt she had the right as an African American to sit where she
pleased. Martin Luther King Jr. lead the Bus Boycotts, where for a full year African Americans wouldnt ride the
bus to prove they had equal rights to ride equally with whites. The bus boycotts was only the beginning of Kings
success and he went on to write Letters from a Birmingham Jail and lead the March on Washington. Martin
Luther King Jr. was a nonviolence civil rights activists, but other groups like the Black Panthers didnt mind be
violent. They felt justified because they were being discriminated against. Along with the fight for civil rights,
people like Rachel Carson were bringing awareness to things like the environment. Her book Silent Spring led to
things like environmental awareness and Earth day.
Terms:
Baby Boom
Air Conditioning
Personal Computer
Rock and Roll
Beatnik
Johnsons Great Society
Nation Organization of Women
United Farm Workers
Silent Spring
Miranda vs. Arizona
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Sit Ins
SNCC

Fair Deal
Sunbelt
Information Industries
Nuclear Family
Television
Inner City
Urban Renewal
De jure Segregation
De facto Segregation
Brown vs. Board of Education
Letters From a Birmingham Jail
March on Washington
Counter Culture
Generation Gap

Rachel Carson
Martin Luther King Jr.
Kent State University
Doves
Black Panthers
Hawks
Black Power
24th Amendment
Freedom Summer
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Equal Right Amendment
Freedom Ride

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HUSH/Fall 15
Mrs. Giresi
Portfolio Narrative
Political/5A
Standards
SSUSH20 The student will analyze the domestic and international impact of the Cold War on the United
States
a. Describe the Cuban Revolution, the Bay of Pigs, and the Cuban missile crisis.
b. Describe the Vietnam War, the Tet offensive and growing opposition to the war.
c. Explain the role of geography on the U.S. containment policy, the Korean War, the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban missile
crisis, and the Vietnam War
SSUSH21 The student will explain the impact of technological development and economic growth on the
United States, 1945-1975.
d. Describe the impact of competition with the USSR as evidenced by the launch of Sputnik I and President
Eisenhowers actions
SSUSH24 The student will analyze the impact of social change movements and organizations of the 1960s
e. Describe the rise of the conservative movement as seen in the presidential candidacy of Barry Goldwater (1964)
and the election of Richard M.
Narrative:
With the end of WWII there was high concern about the spread of Communism. The US believed that if one country
fell under communism then its surrounding countries would soon follow. This was known as the Domino Theory.
When Fidel Castro came into power in Cuba, the US worried because of the connections between Castro and the
Soviet Union. In response to this worry, trained Cuban rebels were sent in by the US to kill Fidel Castro in a
mission called the Bay of Pigs. The mission failed and the Soviets moved their missiles into Cuba. To stop the
importing of the materials to make the nuclear weapons, the US sent a military fleet to surround Cuba and block
incoming transports. The US then made a deal with the Soviet Union that they would take their nuclear weapons out
of Turkey and Greece if the Soviets would take their nuclear weapons out of Cuba. The Soviets agreed, but the US
population was never told about the removal of American nuclear weapons. They believed that the US had beat the
Soviets. After the Cuban Missile Crisis, the US joined the Vietnam War to keep Communism out of the country.
The US troops were told that they were fighting with the South Vietnamese against the Northern Vietnamese. The
US was not doing well because the Vietnamese were using a gruella warfare in which they built underground
compounds where they could cross into towns and cities without being detected. The US was displaying the war on
television in hopes of rousing support for the war but the Americans were disgusted. The US then signed a cease fire
with the Vietnamese that was broken. Because of this the US bombed Louse and Cambodia in a mission called the
Tet Offensive. With the constant war effort that America was involved in, President Eisenhower employed the
Interstate Highway Act which built interstates across America for better emergency defense.
Terms:
Domino Theory
Bay of Pigs
Tet Offensive
Interstate Highway Act
Vietnam War
Cuban Missile Crisis
1960 Kennedy-Nixon Debate
Warren Court
Medicare
Conservative Movement
Democratic Nation Convention

Students for a Democratic Society

Morgan Poole
HUSH/Fall 15
Mrs. Giresi
Portfolio Narrative
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Economic/5A
Standards
SSUSH21 The student will explain the impact of technological development and economic growth on the
United States, 1945-1975.
b. Analyze the impact television has had on American life; include the development of the personal computer and
the expanded use of air conditioning
c. Describe the impact television has had on American culture
Narrative:
Following the end of WWII economic growth largely increased. People now had extra money to spend and loved to
spend it on the newest and best thing available. They were constantly trying to keep up with their neighbors to make
sure no one had anything better than they did. This was the start of a consumeristic society. Levittowns were
created to find a cheaper way to mass produce houses. The soon to be home owner could pick one of three different
designs and that was it. The television and personal computers are two examples of things people could buy. This is
also the age where people treated their cars as anything other than transportation. Color and chrome and having the
newest and coolest was extremely important. Another thing that became popular was franchise business. Large
corporations gave small town people a chance to own part of the company by letting them own and run a franchise
store. Even though people had extreme amounts of extra spending money, Medicaid was created. This supported
people who werent able to support themselves. It was government funded, but the money was taken from tax
payers. Another economic boost was the rise of women going to work. Women started to not care as much about the
taboo of having children and working, or the taboo of just being a working woman. Because of the rise of women in
the work force the EPA was created. This reduced the wage disparity between sexes, making sure women were paid
as equals to men.
Terms:
Levittown
Consumerism
EPA
Taft-Hartley Act
Franchise Business
AFL-CIO
Multinational Corporation
Medicaid

Morgan Poole
HUSH/Fall 15
Mrs. Giresi
Portfolio Narrative
Social/5B
Standards
SSUSH25 The student will describe changes in national politics since 1968.
2. Explain the impact of Supreme Court decisions on ideas about civil liberties and civil rights, including such
decisions as Roe v. Wade (1973) and the Bakke decision on affirmative action.
7. Analyze the response of President George W. Bush to the attacks of September 11, 2001, on the United States, the
war against terrorism
Narrative:
During this period of History, terrorism was running wild. Al Qaeda was strong and with the lead of Saddam
Hussein terrorism was brought to America. The largest terrorist act was 9/11. Two planes were flown into the twin
towers, two large major trade centers in America. A third plane was headed to crash into the pentagon, but the
passengers took over the plane and sacrificed themselves by crashing into a field. Because of this attack the
government was forced to step up security in Airports and along borders. The Department of Homeland Security
took much greater lengths to check people coming and going from the country. Along with the chaos in America, In
South Africa the government was taking advantage of the people. They were abusing the people the governed. This
was called Apartheid. Nelson Mandela was a high level Politian in South Africa and he tried to help get the
Africans their rights back and create a more stable government. Along with both these major issues, the Iranian
Hostage Crisis took place. Many Americans both citizens and politicians were taken hostage and held for four
hundred and forty four days before being released. Even with the terrorism levels high, other social issues were
occurring like Roe vs. Wade. In this case the Supreme Court ruled that abortion was the womans right, as long as
she decided to go through with it before the third trimester of her pregnancy. Womens rights were also furthered
with Affirmative Action. This mandated that all companies must have a certain number of women and minorities
employed to meet the regulated standard.
Terms:
Affirmative Action
AIDS
Glasnost
Weapons of Mass Destruction
9/11
Apartheid
Al Qaeda
Department of Homeland Security
No Child Left Behind
Bob Woodward
Carl Bernstein
Saddam Hussein
Nelson Mandela
Iran Contra Affair
Iranian Hostage Crisis

Morgan Poole
HUSH/Fall 15
Mrs. Giresi
Portfolio Narrative
Political/5B
Standards
SSUSH25 The student will describe changes in national politics since 1968.
1. Describe President Richard M. Nixons opening of China, his resignation due to the Watergate scandal, changing
attitudes toward government, and the Presidency of Gerald Ford.
3. Explain the Carter administrations efforts in the Middle East including the Camp David Accords, his response to
the 1979 Iranian Revolution and Iranian hostage crisis.
4. Describe domestic and international events of Ronald Reagans presidency, including Reagonomics, the Irancontra scandal, and the collapse of the Soviet Union.
5. Explain the relationship between Congress and President Bill Clinton, his impeachment and acquittal.
6. Analyze the 2000 presidential election and its outcome, emphasizing the role of the Electoral College.
7. The subsequent American interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq
Narrative:
President Nixon was best known for SALT I and opening up China to foreign affairs. SALT I was the agreement
between the US and the Soviet Union to stop openly creating nuclear weapons. Nixon opened China through a ping
pong match that took place in China. Nixons accomplishments were over shadowed by his belief that he was above
the law. Nixon thought he had executive privilege and had a large distrust of most people so he bugged the white
house, journalists, and the Watergate hotel in what was known as the Watergate Scandal. Instead of going to an
impeachment trial over the scandal Nixon decided to resign and vice president Ford was put into office. Ford was
not thought highly of because he fully pardoned Nixon for everything he did during his presidency, but he did sign
the Helsinki Accords which was a step closer to ending the Cold War. After Ford, Jimmy Carter became president.
Carter pardoned all evaders of the Vietnam War draft. Clinton lost the next election to Ronald Reagan who was
extremely personable and because of this succeeded in foreign affairs. Ronald Regan was able to succeed in getting
the wall separating East and West Germany torn down which led to the collapse of the Soviet Union. After Regan,
George H. W. Bush won the election. The election was almost and tie and Florida had to count their votes
individually to determine the winner. Gore wanted the Supreme Court to decide in the Bush vs. Gore case because
he didnt think the counting of the votes was done correctly. During Bushs presidency, terrorism was a large issue.
Because of this he started Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Desert Storm.
Terms:
Silent Majority
SALT I
Southern Strategy
Watergate
25th Amendment
Executive Privilege
Pardon
Amnesty
Helsinki Accords
SALT II
Camp David Accords
New Right
Moral Majority
Iranian Hostage Crisis
Perestroika
Impeachment

Bush vs. Gore

Operation Enduring Freedom
Strategic Defense Initiative
Operation Desert Storm
Contract with America
EU
Patriot Act
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Regan
Sandra Day OConner
George H. W. Bush
William Jefferson Clinton
George W. Bush

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HUSH/Fall 15
Mrs. Giresi
Portfolio Narrative
Economic/5B
Standards
SSUSH25 The student will describe changes in national politics since 1968.
5. Including the North American Free Trade Agreement
Narrative:
During this time period in history several large events occurred. Starting in the nineteen seventies, stagflation was a
large issue. This is when inflation remains high along with unemployment rates. Another large economic change was
OPEC. This was an organization put in place to manage oil. The organization managed the set price of the oil and
how much oil was imported and exported. Something else put in place during this time was the NAFTA agreement.
This was a pact between the US, Mexico, and Canada saying that they wont tax each other to import and export
goods between the three countries. Along with these two positive things, one disaster that happened during this time
period was the Savings and Loans Crisis. This was when around 1,000 of the approximate 3,000 banks were forced
to close down suddenly. This was a big issue and many people lost their money. One way that was thought of to fix
the stagflation was Supply-Side Economics. This was the idea that is money was put into the large corporations and
making it cheaper and easier to produce goods. This would have boosted the economy because if people are able to
buy more goods then money will start to circulate again and that would revive the economy.
Terms:
Stagflation
OPEC
Supply-Side Economics
NAFTA
Savings and Loan Crisis