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2008VirginiaandUnitedStatesHistoryFramework

StudentWorkbook
HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.2
ThestudentwilldescribehowearlyEuropeanexplorationandcolonizationresultedinculturalinteractionsamongEuropeans,
Africans,andAmericanIndians.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

EarlyEuropeanexplorationandcolonizationresultedin
theredistributionoftheworldspopulationasmillions
ofpeoplefromEuropeandAfricavoluntarilyand
involuntarilymovedtotheNewWorld.

Explorationandcolonizationinitiatedworldwide
commercialexpansionasagriculturalproductswere
exchangedbetweentheAmericasandEurope.Intime,
colonizationledtoideasofrepresentativegovernment
andreligioustolerancethatoverseveralcenturies
wouldinspiresimilartransformationsinotherpartsof
theworld.

WhydidEuropeanssettleintheEnglishcolonies?

Howdidtheirmotivationsinfluencetheirsettlementpatternsand
colonystructures?

InwhatwaysdidtheculturesofEurope,Africa,andtheAmericas
interact?

WhatweretheconsequencesoftheinteractionsofEuropean,African,
andAmericancultures?

ColonialCharacteristics
CharacteristicsofearlyexplorationandsettlementsintheNewWorld
1. NewEnglandwassettledby________________seekingfreedomfromreligious_______________inEurope.Theyformeda
covenant_________________basedontheprinciplesoftheMayflower________________andPuritanreligiousbeliefs
andwereoftenintolerantofthosenotsharingtheir_____________.Theyalsosoughteconomicopportunityandpracticeda
formofdirect_______________throughtown________________.
2. TheMiddle_______________regionwassettledchieflybyEnglish,Dutch,and______________speakingimmigrants
seekingreligious_________________andeconomicopportunity.
3. Virginiaandtheother_______________coloniesweresettledbypeopleseekingeconomicopportunities.Someoftheearly
_____________settlerswerecavaliers,i.e.,EnglishnobilitywhoreceivedlargelandgrantsineasternVirginiafromtheKing
of______________.PoorEnglishimmigrantsalsocameseekingbetterlivesassmall____________orartisansandsettledin
theShenandoahValleyorwesternVirginia,orasindentured______________whoagreedtoworkontobaccoplantationsfor
aperiodoftimetopayfor_____________totheNewWorld.
4. Jamestown,establishedin1607bytheVirginia____________ofLondonasabusinessventure,wasthefirstpermanent
English_______________inNorthAmerica.TheVirginiaHouseofBurgesses,establishedbythe1640s,wasthefirst
____________assemblyintheNewWorld.IthasoperatedcontinuouslyandisknowntodayastheGeneralAssemblyof
______________.

InteractionsamongEuropeans,Africans,andAmericanIndians
1. The________________andsettlementsoftheEnglishintheAmerican_____________andSpanishintheCaribbean,Central
America,andSouthAmerica,oftenledtoviolentconflictswiththeAmerican_____________.TheIndianslosttheir
traditionalterritoriesandfellvictimto_______________carriedfromEurope.Bycontrast,FrenchexplorationofCanadadid
notleadtolargescaleimmigrationfrom______________,andrelationswithnativepeoplesweregenerallymore
cooperative.
2. Thegrowthofanagricultural____________basedonlargelandholdingsintheSouthern____________andintheCaribbean
ledtotheintroductionof_____________intheNewWorld.Thefirst_____________werebroughtagainsttheirwillto
Jamestownin1619toworkontobacco________________.

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.3(SocialandEconomic)
ThestudentwilldescribehowthevaluesandinstitutionsofEuropeaneconomicandpoliticallifetookrootinthecoloniesand
howslaveryreshapedEuropeanandAfricanlifeintheAmericas.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

Economicandpoliticalinstitutionsinthecolonies
developedinwaysthatwereeithertypicallyEuropean
orweredistinctivelyAmerican,asclimate,soil
conditions,andnaturalresourcesshapedregional
economicdevelopment.

TheAfricanslavetradeandthedevelopmentofaslave
laborsysteminmanyofthecoloniesresultedfrom
plantationeconomiesandlaborshortages.

Howdidtheeconomicactivityandpoliticalinstitutionsofthethree
colonialregionsreflecttheresourcesand/ortheEuropeanoriginsof
theirsettlers?

Whywasslaveryintroducedintothecolonies?

HowdidtheinstitutionofslaveryinfluenceEuropeanandAfricanlifein
thecolonies?

ColonialLife
EconomiccharacteristicsoftheColonialPeriod
1. TheNewEngland______________developedaneconomybasedonshipbuilding,fishing,lumbering,smallscalesubsistence
___________,andeventually,manufacturing.Thecoloniesprospered,reflectingthePuritansstrong____________inthe
valuesofhardworkand_______________.
2. Themiddle______________ofNewYork,NewJersey,Pennsylvania,andDelawaredeveloped_____________basedon
shipbuilding,smallscalefarming,and______________.CitiessuchasNewYorkandPhiladelphiabegantogrowasseaports
and/orcommercial_______________.
3. Southern_____________developedeconomiesintheeasterncoastal______________basedonlargeplantationsthatgrew
cash____________suchastobacco,rice,andindigoforexporttoEurope.Farther____________,however,inthe
mountainsand_____________oftheAppalachianfoothills,the______________wasbasedonsmallscalesubsistence
farming,hunting,andtrading.
4. Astrongbeliefinprivate________________ofpropertyandfreeenterprisecharacterized_______________life
everywhere.

Socialcharacteristicsofthecolonies
1. NewEnglandscolonialsocietywasbasedon_______________standing.ThePuritansgrewincreasingly______________of
dissenterswhochallengedthePuritansbeliefinthe________________betweenreligionandgovernment.RhodeIslandwas
foundedby_______________fleeingpersecutionbyPuritansinMassachusetts.
2. Themiddlecolonieswerehometomultiple_______________groupswhogenerallybelievedinreligious______________,
includingQuakersinPennsylvania,Huguenotsand____________inNewYork,andPresbyteriansinNewJersey.These
colonieshadmoreflexiblesocial_______________andbegantodevelopamiddleclassofskilled_______________,
entrepreneurs(businessowners),andsmall______________.
3. Virginiaandthe______________colonieshadasocialstructurebasedonfamily______________andtheownershipofland.
Large_____________intheeasternlowlandsdominatedcolonial______________andsocietyandmaintainedanallegiance
totheChurchof_____________andclosersocialtiestoBritainthandidthoseintheothercolonies.Inthemountainsand
valleysfurtherinland,however,societywascharacterizedbysmallsubsistencefarmers,hunters,and_______________of
ScotsIrishandEnglishdescent.
4. TheGreat________________wasareligiousmovementthatsweptboth________________andthecoloniesduringthe
mid1700s.Itledtotherapidgrowthofevangelical______________,suchasMethodistandBaptist,andchallengedthe
established______________andgovernmentalorders.Itlaidoneofthesocial_____________fortheAmerican
__________________.

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.3(PoliticalandSlavery)
ThestudentwilldescribehowthevaluesandinstitutionsofEuropeaneconomicandpoliticallifetookrootinthe
coloniesandhowslaveryreshapedEuropeanandAfricanlifeintheAmericas.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

Economicandpoliticalinstitutionsinthecolonies
developedinwaysthatwereeithertypically
EuropeanorweredistinctivelyAmerican,as
climate,soilconditions,andnaturalresources
shapedregionaleconomicdevelopment.

TheAfricanslavetradeandthedevelopmentofa
slavelaborsysteminmanyofthecoloniesresulted
fromplantationeconomiesandlaborshortages.

Howdidtheeconomicactivityandpoliticalinstitutionsofthe
threecolonialregionsreflecttheresourcesand/ortheEuropean
originsoftheirsettlers?

Whywasslaveryintroducedintothecolonies?

HowdidtheinstitutionofslaveryinfluenceEuropeanand
Africanlifeinthecolonies?

PoliticalandEconomicLife
Politicallifeinthecolonies
1. NewEnglandcoloniesusedtown_____________(anAtheniandirectdemocracymodel)intheoperationof
________________.
2. Middle__________incorporatedanumberofdemocraticprinciplesthatreflectedthebasic_____________of
Englishmen.
3. Southerncoloniesmaintainedstrongertieswith______________,withplantersplayingleadingrolesin
representativecolonial________________.

Thedevelopmentofindenturedservitudeandslavery
1. Thegrowthofaplantationbasedagricultural_____________inthehot,humidcoastallowlandsoftheSouthern
______________requiredcheaplaboronalargescale.Someofthelaborneeds,especiallyin______________,
weremetbyindentured________________,whowereoftenpoorpersonsfrom______________,Scotland,or
Irelandwhoagreedtoworkon________________foraperiodoftimeinreturnfortheir____________from
Europeorrelieffromdebts.
2. Most________________laborneedseventuallycametobesatisfiedbytheforcibleimportationof
______________.AlthoughsomeAfricansworkedasindentured________________,earnedtheirfreedom,and
livedasfreecitizensduringtheColonialEra,overtimelargerandlargernumbersofenslaved
__________________wereforciblybroughttotheSouthern__________________(theMiddlePassage).
3. Thedevelopmentofa______________basedagriculturaleconomyintheSouthern______________eventually
ledto__________betweentheNorthand_______________andtheAmerican_______________War.

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.4a
ThestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofeventsandissuesoftheRevolutionaryPeriodby
a)analyzinghowthepoliticalideasofJohnLockeandthoseexpressedinCommonSensehelpedshapetheDeclarationof
Independence.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

Newpoliticalideasabouttherelationshipbetween
peopleandtheirgovernmenthelpedtojustifythe
DeclarationofIndependence.

HowdidtheideasofJohnLockeandThomasPaineinfluence
JeffersonswritingsintheDeclarationofIndependence?

Therevolutionarygenerationformulatedthepolitical
philosophyandlaidtheinstitutionalfoundationsforthe
systemofgovernmentunderwhichAmericanslive.

TheAmericanRevolutionwasinspiredbyideas
concerningnaturalrightsandpoliticalauthority,andits
successfulcompletionaffectedpeople&governments
throughouttheworldformanygenerations.

PoliticalIdeologies
TheideasofJohnLocke
Theperiodknownasthe______________inEuropeduringtheseventeenthandeighteenth____________sawthe
developmentofnew_________abouttherightsofpeopleandtheirrelationshiptotheir___________.JohnLockewasan
Enlightenmentphilosopherwhoseideas,morethananyothers,influencedthe______________beliefinselfgovernment.Locke
wrotethat:
1. Allpeoplearefree,equal,andhavenatural___________oflife,liberty,and_____________thatrulerscannottakeaway.
2. Alloriginalpowerresidesinthe____________,andtheyconsenttoenterintoasocial___________amongthemselvesto
forma____________toprotecttheirrights.Inreturn,thepeoplepromisetoobeythelawsandrulesestablishedbytheir
_______________,establishingasystemofordered______________.
3. Governmentspowersare__________tothosethepeoplehaveconsentedtogivetoit.Whenever____________becomesa
threattothepeoples___________rights,itbreaksthesocial____________,andthepeoplehavetherighttoalteror
______________it.
4. Lockesideasaboutthesovereigntyand___________ofthepeoplewereradicaland______________thecenturiesold
practicethroughouttheworldof____________rulebykings,emperors,andtribalchieftains.

ThomasPaineandCommonSense
____________PainewasanEnglishimmigrantto____________whoproducedapamphletknownasCommon___________that
challengedtheruleoftheAmerican_____________bytheKingofEngland.Common___________wasreadandacclaimedby
manyAmerican_____________duringthemid1700sandcontributedtoagrowingsentimentfor_______________fromGreat
Britain.

TheDeclarationofIndependence:authoredbyThomas_____________ofVirginia,reflectedtheideasofLockeandPaine.TJ
wrote:
1. Weholdthese___________tobeselfevident,thatallmenarecreated____________,thattheyareendowedbytheir
____________withcertainunalienableRightsthatamongtheseareLife,____________,andthepursuitofHappiness.
2. Thatto________theserights,Governmentsareinstitutedamong_________,derivingtheirjustpowersfromtheconsentof
the____________,
3. ThatwheneveranyFormof_____________becomesdestructiveoftheseends,itistheRightofthe____________toalter
orabolishit,andtoinstitutenew_______________.
______________thenwentontodetailmanyofthegrievancesagainsttheKingof____________thatwasdescribedin
________________Sense.

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.4b
ThestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofeventsandissuesoftheRevolutionaryPeriodby
b)evaluatinghowkeyprinciplesintheDeclarationofIndependencegrewinimportancetobecome
unifyingideasofAmericandemocracy.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

TheidealsexpressedintheDeclarationof
Independencecontradictedtherealitiesof
slaveryandtheundemocraticnatureof
politicalparticipationintheearlydecadesof
thenewrepublic.

HowdidtheDeclarationofIndependencebecomearoad
mapforthenewrepublicasitextendedthefranchise,
providedforequalityofopportunity,andguaranteed
unalienablerights?

TheDeclarationofIndependence
Thekeyprinciplesofthe_______________ofIndependenceincreased_____________,social,and
economic_________________intheAmericanexperienceovera_____________oftime.
1. Politicalparticipation(equality)
a. Extendingthe_____________
b. _____________dueprocessoflaw
c. Providingfree_____________education
2. Socialparticipation(liberty)
a. Abolishing______________
b. Extendingcivil_______________towomenandother____________
3. Economicparticipation(pursuitofhappiness)
a. Regulatingthefree_______________system
b. Promoting_______________opportunity
c. Protecting_______________rights

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.4c
ThestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofeventsandissuesoftheRevolutionaryPeriodby
c)describingthepoliticaldifferencesamongthecolonistsconcerningseparationfromGreatBritain.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

TheideasoftheEnlightenmentandtheperceived
unfairnessofBritishpoliciesprovokeddebateand
resistancebytheAmericancolonists.

WhatdifferencesexistedamongAmericansconcerningseparation
fromGreatBritain?

TheAmericanRevolution
AngloFrenchrivalryleadingtoconflictwiththecolonies
The_____________inNorthAmericabetweenBritainandFranceledtothe_____________andIndianWar,inwhichthe
Frenchweredrivenoutof______________andtheirterritorieswestoftheAppalachian_______________.
Asaresultofthewar,______________tookseveralactionsthatangeredthe_______________coloniesandledtothe
______________Revolution.Theseincluded
1.

the_____________of1763,whichprohibitedsettlement_____________oftheAppalachianMountains,aregionthatwas
costlyforthe______________toprotect.

2.

newtaxesonlegal_______________(theStampAct),tea,and_____________,topaycostsincurredduringthe
______________andIndianWarandforBritishtroopstoprotect______________.

ThebeginningoftheAmericanRevolution
______________toBritishruleinthecoloniesmounted,leadingto__________:
1.

The____________TeaPartyoccurred.

2.

TheFirstContinental____________wascalled,towhichallofthecoloniesexcept_____________sentrepresentativesthe
firsttimemostofthe_____________hadactedtogether.

3.

TheBoston____________tookplacewhenBritishtroops____________onantiBritishdemonstrators.

4.

Warbeganwhenthe________________inMassachusettsfoughtabriefskirmishwithBritish_____________atLexington
and_______________.

Differencesamongthecolonists
The______________weredividedintothreemaingroupsduringthe_______________:
Patriots
1.

Believedincomplete__________________fromBritain

2.

InspiredbytheideasofLockeand________________andthewordsofVirginianPatrickHenry(Givemeliberty,orgiveme
____________!)

3.

ProvidedthetroopsfortheAmerican_____________,ledbyVirginianGeorge_______________

Loyalists(Tories)
1.

RemainedloyaltoBritainbecauseof________________andeconomicties

2.

Believedthat_______________ofthecolonieswasjustifiedtopayforBritish___________toprotectAmericansettlersfrom
Indian______________

Neutrals
1.

Themany_____________whotriedtostayas______________inthewaras_____________

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.4d
ThestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofeventsandissuesoftheRevolutionaryPeriodby
d)analyzingreasonsforcolonialvictoryintheRevolutionaryWar.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

TheAmericanrebelswontheirindependence
becausetheBritishgovernmentgrewtiredof
thestrugglesoonaftertheFrenchagreedto
helptheAmericans.

WhatfactorscontributedtothevictoryoftheAmerican
rebels?

RevolutionaryWarVictory
Factorsleadingtocolonialvictory

Diplomatic
1.

Benjamin______________negotiatedaTreatyof_____________withFrance.

2.

Thewardidnothavepopular______________inGreat______________.

Military
1.

George______________,generaloftheAmericanarmy,avoidedanysituationthat______________
thedestructionofhisarmy,andhis_______________keptthearmytogetherwhen_____________
seemedinevitable.

2.

Americansbenefitedfromthepresenceofthe____________armyandnavyattheBattleof
______________,whichendedthewarwithanAmerican___________.

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.5a
Thestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeoftheissuesinvolvedinthecreationandratificationofthe
ConstitutionoftheUnitedStatesandhowtheprinciplesoflimitedgovernment,consentofthegoverned,
andthesocialcontractareembodiedinitby
a)explainingtheoriginsoftheConstitution,includingtheArticlesofConfederation.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

DuringtheConstitutionalEra,theAmericans
madetwoattemptstoestablishaworkable
governmentbasedonrepublicanprinciples.

HowdidAmericaspreRevolutionaryrelationshipwithBritain
influencethestructureofthefirstnationalgovernment?

WhatweaknessesintheArticlesofConfederationledtothe
efforttodraftanewconstitution?

TheConstitutionalEra
American____________leaders,fearfulofapowerfulcentral_____________likeBritains,createdthe
Articlesof________________,adoptedattheendofthewar.

TheArticlesofConfederation
1. Providedforaweaknational________________
2. Gave_____________nopowertotaxorregulate____________amongthestates
3. Providedforno____________currency
4. Gaveeach___________onevoteregardlessof___________
5. Providedforno_____________orjudicial______________

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.5b
ThestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeoftheissuesinvolvedinthecreationandratificationoftheConstitution
oftheUnitedStatesandhowtheprinciplesoflimitedgovernment,consentofthegoverned,andthesocialcontract
areembodiedinitby
b)identifyingthemajorcompromisesnecessarytoproducetheConstitution,andtherolesofJamesMadisonand
GeorgeWashington.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

TheConstitutionoftheUnitedStatesestablisheda
governmentthatsharedpowerbetweenthe
nationalgovernmentandstategovernments,
protectedtherightsofstates,&providedasystem
fororderlychangethroughamendmentstothe
Constitutionitself.

HowdidthedelegatestotheConstitutionalConventionbalance
competinginterests?

WhatcompromiseswerereachedattheConstitutional
Convention?

TheU.S.Constitution
Keyissuesandtheirresolutions
1. Made______________lawthesupremelawofthelandwhen_______________,butotherwisegavethestates
considerableleewayto______________themselves
2. _______________powerbetweenlargeandsmallstatesbycreatinga_____________,whereeachstatehastwo
senators,andaHouseof________________,wheremembershipisbasedon________________
3. Placatedthe______________statesbycountingslavesasthreefifthsofthe______________whendetermining
representationintheUnited_______________HouseofRepresentatives
4. Avoidedatoopowerfulcentral_______________byestablishingthreecoequal________________legislative,
executive,andjudicialwithnumerous________________andbalancesamongthem
5. Limitedthe_______________ofthefederal_________________tothoseidentifiedinthe________________

Keyleaders
1. George________________,presidentofthe______________
1.

Washingtonpresidedatthe______________and,althoughseldomparticipatinginthe_____________,lenthis
enormousprestigetothe________________.

2. JamesMadison,______________oftheConstitution
1.

Madison,a_______________andabrilliantpoliticalphilosopher,oftenledthedebateandkeptcopious
______________oftheproceedingsthebestrecord_______________haveofwhattranspiredatthe
Constitutional________________.

2.

AttheConvention,heauthoredthe____________Plan,whichproposedafederal_______________ofthree
separatebranches(legislative,________________,judicial)andbecamethe_______________forthestructure
ofthenew_________________.

3.

Helater________________muchoftheBillof___________________.

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.5c
Thestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeoftheissuesinvolvedinthecreationandratificationofthe
ConstitutionoftheUnitedStatesandhowtheprinciplesoflimitedgovernment,consentofthegoverned,
andthesocialcontractareembodiedinitby
c)examiningthesignificanceoftheVirginiaDeclarationofRightsandtheVirginiaStatuteforReligious
FreedomintheframingoftheBillofRights.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

ThemajorprinciplesoftheBillofRightsofthe HowwastheBillofRightsinfluencedbytheVirginia
ConstitutionwerebasedonearlierVirginia
DeclarationofRightsandtheVirginiaStatuteforReligious
statutes.
Freedom?

TheBillofRights
VirginiaDeclarationofRights(GeorgeMason)
1. Reiteratedthe____________thatbasichuman___________shouldnotbeviolatedby_____________

VirginiaStatuteforReligiousFreedom(ThomasJefferson)
1. _______________theestablishedchurchthatis,thepracticeof_____________supportforone
favored________________

BillofRights
1. James________________consultedtheVirginiaDeclarationof_____________andtheVirginiaStatute
forReligious______________whendraftingthe________________thateventuallybecametheUnited
StatesBillof________________.

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.5d
Thestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeoftheissuesinvolvedinthecreationandratificationofthe
ConstitutionoftheUnitedStatesandhowtheprinciplesoflimitedgovernment,consentofthegoverned,
andthesocialcontractareembodiedinitby
d)assessingtheargumentsofFederalistsandAntiFederalistsduringtheratificationdebatesandtheir
relevancetopoliticaldebatetoday.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

ElementsofFederalistandAntiFederalist
thoughtarereflectedincontemporary
politicaldebateonissuessuchasthesizeand
roleofgovernment,federalism,andthe
protectionofindividualrights.

Whatwerethemajorargumentsforandagainstthe
Constitutionof1787intheleadingFederalistandAntiFederalist
writingsandintheratificationdebates?

WhoweretheleadingFederalistsandAntiFederalistsinthe
pivotalratificationdebateinVirginia?

Federalistsv.AntiFederalists
_______________advocatedtheimportanceofastrong____________government,especiallytopromote
economic_______________andpublic______________.Today,thosewhoseeaprimaryroleforthe
federal_____________insolvingnational_____________areheirstothistradition.

AntiFederalistsfearedanoverly_____________centralgovernmentdestructiveofthe___________of
individualsandtheprerogativesofthe_____________.Today,themore_______________thinkersecho
theseconcernsandchampion_____________,individualinitiative,andfree_______________.

Theleading____________opponentsofratificationwerePatrick___________andGeorgeMason;the
leading______________proponentsofratificationwere_____________WashingtonandJames
_____________.

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.5e
Thestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeoftheissuesinvolvedinthecreationandratificationofthe
ConstitutionoftheUnitedStatesandhowtheprinciplesoflimitedgovernment,consentofthegoverned,
andthesocialcontractareembodiedinitby
e)appraisinghowJohnMarshallsprecedentsettingdecisionsestablishedtheSupremeCourtasan
independentandequalbranchofthenationalgovernment.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

Importantlegalprecedentsestablishedbythe
MarshallCourtstrengthenedtheroleofthe
UnitedStatesSupremeCourtasanequal
branchofthenationalgovernment.

HowdidChiefJusticeJohnMarshall,aVirginian,contribute
tothegrowthoftheUnitedStatesSupremeCourts
importanceinrelationtotheotherbranchesofthe
nationalgovernment?

TheMarshallCourt
Thedoctrineofjudicial_____________setforthinMarburyv.____________,thedoctrineofimplied
______________setforthinMcCullochv.______________,andabroadlynationalviewofeconomic
______________setforthinGibbonsv.Ogdenarethefoundationblocksofthe______________Courts
authoritytomediate_______________betweenbranchesof______________,levelsofgovernment,and
competingbusiness________________.

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.6a
Thestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofthemajoreventsfromthelastdecadeoftheeighteenth
centurythroughthefirsthalfofthenineteenthcenturyby
a)explainingtheprinciplesandissuesthatpromptedThomasJeffersontoorganizethefirstopposition
politicalparty.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

Differentviewsofeconomicandforeignpolicy Whydidcompetingpoliticalpartiesdevelopduringthe
issuesledtothedevelopmentofthefirst
1790s?
Americanpoliticalparties.

Federalistsv.DemocraticRepublicans
ControversyovertheFederalists_____________fortheBankoftheUnited___________,theJay
_____________,andtheundeclaredwaron_____________contributedtotheemergenceofanorganized
opposition_____________,theDemocraticRepublicans,ledbyThomas____________andJames
_____________.

Thepresidentialelectionof____________,wonbyThomasJefferson,wasthefirstAmerican
_____________electioninwhichpowerwaspeacefully_____________fromonepoliticalpartytoanother.

The_____________,ledbyJohnAdamsandAlexander______________,typicallybelievedinastrong
national_______________andcommercialeconomy.Theyweresupportedby____________andbusiness
interestsinthe_______________.

TheDemocratic______________believedinaweaknational______________andanagricultural
economy.Theyweresupportedby____________,artisans,andfrontier_____________intheSouth.

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.6b(Expansion)
Thestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofthemajoreventsfromthelastdecadeoftheeighteenthcentury
throughthefirsthalfofthenineteenthcenturyby
b)identifyingtheeconomic,political,andgeographicfactorsthatledtoterritorialexpansionanditsimpactonthe
AmericanIndians.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

Economicandstrategicinterests,supportedbypopular
beliefs,ledtoterritorialexpansiontothePacificOcean.

ThenewAmericanrepublicpriortotheCivilWar
experienceddramaticterritorialexpansion,
immigration,economicgrowth,andindustrialization.
Americans,stirredbytheirhungerforlandandthe
ideologyofManifestDestiny,flockedtonew
frontiers.

ConflictsbetweenAmericansettlersandIndiannations
intheSoutheastandtheoldNorthwestresultedinthe
relocationofmanyIndianstoreservations.

WhatfactorsinfluencedAmericanwestwardmovement?

UnitedStatesExpansion
ExpansionresultingfromtheLouisianaPurchaseandWarof1812
1. Thomas_______________,aspresidentin1803,purchasedthehuge_____________TerritoryfromFrance,
whichdoubledthesizeoftheUnited____________overnight.HeauthorizedtheLewisandClark
_______________toexplorethenewterritoriesthatlaywestofthe______________River.Sacajawea,an
AmericanIndianwoman,servedastheirguideand______________.
2. TheAmericanvictoryoverthe_______________intheWarof1812producedan_____________claimtothe
OregonTerritoryand_____________migrationofAmericansettlersinto_____________,whichwaslater
acquiredbytreatyfrom_______________.
3. The_______________Doctrine(1823)statedthefollowing:
1.

TheAmerican_______________shouldnotbeconsideredforfuture_______________byanyEuropean
powers.

2.

Nationsinthe_______________Hemispherewereinherentlydifferentfromthoseof_____________i.e.,
theywererepublicsbynatureratherthan________________.

3.

TheUnitedStateswouldregardasa______________toitsownpeaceandsafetyany_____________by
Europeanpowersto______________theirsystemonany_________________stateintheWestern
Hemisphere.

4.

TheUnitedStateswouldnot________________inEuropeanaffairs.

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.6b(ManifestDestiny)
Thestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofthemajoreventsfromthelastdecadeoftheeighteenthcentury
throughthefirsthalfofthenineteenthcenturyby
b)identifyingtheeconomic,political,andgeographicfactorsthatledtoterritorialexpansionanditsimpactonthe
AmericanIndians.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

Economicandstrategicinterests,supportedbypopular
beliefs,ledtoterritorialexpansiontothePacificOcean.

ThenewAmericanrepublicpriortotheCivilWar
experienceddramaticterritorialexpansion,
immigration,economicgrowth,andindustrialization.
Americans,stirredbytheirhungerforlandandthe
ideologyofManifestDestiny,flockedtonew
frontiers.

ConflictsbetweenAmericansettlersandIndiannations
intheSoutheastandtheoldNorthwestresultedinthe
relocationofmanyIndianstoreservations.

WhatfactorsinfluencedAmericanwestwardmovement?

ManifestDestiny
Thewestwardmovementandeconomicdevelopment

1.

American______________streamedwestwardfromthecoastal_____________intotheMidwest,______________,and
Texas,seeking_______________opportunityintheformoflandtoownand____________.

2.

Thegrowthof_____________andcanalshelpedthegrowthofanindustrial_____________andsupportedthewestward
movementof______________.

3.

EliWhitneysinventionofthe___________ginledtothespreadoftheslaverybasedcotton____________intheDeep
South.

4.

American_____________intoTexasledtoanarmedrevoltagainst____________ruleandafamousbattleattheAlamo,in
whichabandof____________foughttothelastmanagainstavastlysuperior___________.TheTexanseventualvictory
overMexicanforcessubsequentlybrought____________intotheUnitedStates.

5.

The_____________victoryintheMexicanWarduringthe1840sledtotheacquisitionofanenormous______________that
includedthepresentdaystatesof______________,Nevada,Utah,Arizona,andpartsofColoradoandNew_____________.

ImpactontheAmericanIndians

1.

ThebeliefthatitwasAmericasManifest_______________tostretchfromthe______________tothePacificprovided
politicalsupportforterritorial_______________.

2.

Duringthisperiodofwestward______________,AmericanIndianswererepeatedlydefeatedinviolent___________with
settlersandsoldiersandforciblyremovedfromtheirancestral_____________.Theywereeitherforcedtomarchfaraway
fromtheirhomes(the_____________ofTears,whenseveraltribeswererelocatedfromAtlantic______________states
toOklahoma)orconfinedto____________________.

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.6c
Thestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofthemajoreventsfromthelastdecadeoftheeighteenth
centurythroughthefirsthalfofthenineteenthcenturyby
c)examiningthereasonswhyJamesMadisonaskedCongresstodeclarewaronGreatBritainin1812and
howthisdividedthenation.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

Regionalselfinterestsledtoadividednation
atwaragainsttheBritish.

WhatwerethecausesoftheWarof1812?

TheWarof1812
Britishinterferencewith_____________shippingand_____________expansionismfueledthecallfora
______________ofwar.

_______________opposedMadisonswar_____________andtalkedofsecessionandproposed
constitutional__________________,whichwerenotactedupon.

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.6d
Thestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofthemajoreventsfromthelastdecadeoftheeighteenth
centurythroughthefirsthalfofthenineteenthcenturyby
d)relatingthechangingcharacterofAmericanpoliticallifeintheageofthecommonman(Jacksonian
Era)toincreasingpopularparticipationinstateandnationalpolitics.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

Anextensionofthefranchise,westward
expansion,andtheriseofsectionalinterests
promptedincreasedparticipationinstateand
nationalpolitics.

Inwhatwaysdidpoliticaldemocracychangeintheyears
followingtheWarof1812?

TheJacksonianEra
Thechanging_______________ofAmericanpoliticsintheageofthe____________manwas
characterizedby
1. heightenedemphasison_______________inthepoliticalprocessforadult____________males
2. theriseof______________grouppoliticsand_____________issues
3. a____________styleofcampaigning
4. increasedvoter_______________.

Andrew_____________personifiedthedemocratic___________oftheagebychallengingthe
______________eliteandrewardingcampaign______________withpublicoffice(___________System).

TheFederalist___________disappeared,andnewpolitical___________,theWhigsandKnow
_____________,wereorganizedin____________totheDemocratic__________.

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.6e(Sectionalism:Causes)
Thestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofthemajoreventsfromthelastdecadeoftheeighteenthcentury
throughthefirsthalfofthenineteenthcenturyby
e)describingthecultural,economic,andpoliticalissuesthatdividedthenation,includingtariffs,slavery,the
abolitionistandwomenssuffragemovements,andtheroleofthestatesintheUnion.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

Thenationstruggledtoresolvesectionalissues,
producingaseriesofcrisesandcompromises.

Thesecrisestookplaceovertheadmissionofnew
statestotheUnionduringthedecadesbeforethe
CivilWar.Theissuewaswhetherthenumberof
freestatesandslavestateswouldremain
balanced,thusaffectingthedistributionofpower
intheCongress.

WhatissuesdividedAmericainthefirsthalfofthenineteenth
century?

CausesofSectionalism
Sectionaltensionscausedbycompetingeconomicinterests

1. The_____________Northfavoredhighprotective_____________toprotectNorthernmanufactured
___________fromforeigncompetition.
2. The_______________Southopposedhigh_____________thatmadethepriceofimportsmore_____________.

Sectionaltensionscausedbywestwardexpansion

1. Asnew_____________enteredtheUnion,_______________werereachedthatmaintainedthe_____________
ofpowerin_________________betweenfreeandslave________________.
a. TheMissouri______________(1820)drewaneastwestlinethroughtheLouisiana______________,
with_____________prohibitedabovethe_____________andallowedbelow,exceptthat
______________wasallowedinMissouri,______________oftheline.
b. Inthe_______________of1850,Californiaenteredasafree_____________,whilethenew
Southwestern_________________acquiredfrom________________woulddecideontheirown.
c. TheKansas_______________Actof1854repealedtheMissouri________________line,givingpeoplein
________________andNebraskathechoicewhethertoallow_____________intheirstatesornot
(popularsovereignty).Thislawproduced_____________fightinginKansasasproandanti
______________forcesbattledeachother.Italsoledtothe_____________oftheRepublicanPartythat
sameyeartoopposethe________________ofslavery.

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.6e(Tension&Suffrage)
Thestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofthemajoreventsfromthelastdecadeoftheeighteenthcentury
throughthefirsthalfofthenineteenthcenturyby
e)describingthecultural,economic,andpoliticalissuesthatdividedthenation,includingtariffs,slavery,the
abolitionistandwomenssuffragemovements,andtheroleofthestatesintheUnion.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

Thenationstruggledtoresolvesectionalissues,
producingaseriesofcrisesandcompromises.

Thesecrisestookplaceovertheadmissionofnew
statestotheUnionduringthedecadesbeforethe
CivilWar.Theissuewaswhetherthenumberof
freestatesandslavestateswouldremain
balanced,thusaffectingthedistributionofpower
intheCongress.

WhatissuesdividedAmericainthefirsthalfofthenineteenth
century?

TensionandSuffrage
SectionaltensionscausedbydebatesoverthenatureoftheUnion
1.

SouthCaroliniansarguedthatsovereign___________couldnullifytheTariffof1832andotheractsof____________.A
____________thatallowedstategovernmentstoinvalidate__________ofthenationallegislaturecouldbedissolvedby
states______________fromtheUnionindefenseof____________(Nullification___________).

2.

President______________threatenedtosendfederal____________tocollectthetariff______________.

Sectionaltensionscausedbytheinstitutionofslavery
1.

Slaverevoltsin_____________,ledbyNat_____________andGabrielProsser,fedwhiteSoutherners____________about
slaverebellionsandledtoharshlawsinthe_____________againstfugitiveslaves.Southernerswhofavored_____________
wereintimidatedinto_____________.

2.

_______________,ledbyWilliamLloydGarrison,publisherofThe_______________,increasinglyviewedtheinstitutionof
_____________asaviolationofChristianprinciplesandarguedforits_______________.Southernersgrewalarmedbythe
growing_____________oftheNorthernresponsetothe______________.

3.

Fugitive___________eventspittedSouthernslave______________againstoutragedNorthernerswhoopposedreturning
escaped_______________tobondage.

Thewomenssuffragemovement
1.

Atthesametimethe_______________movementgrew,anotherreform______________tookrootthemovementtogive
equal______________towomen.

2.

Seneca_____________Declaration

a. RolesofElizabethCadyStantonandSusanB._______________,whobecameinvolvedinthewomenssuffrage
________________beforetheCivilWarandcontinuedwiththe________________afterthewar

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.7a
ThestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeoftheCivilWarandReconstructionEraandtheirimportanceas
majorturningpointsinAmericanhistoryby
a)evaluatingthemultiplecausesoftheCivilWar,includingtheroleoftheinstitutionofslaveryasa
principalcauseoftheconflict.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

Mountingsectionaltensionsandafailureof
politicalwillledtotheCivilWar.

WhatwerethecausesoftheCivilWar?

CausesoftheCivilWar
CausesoftheCivilWar
1. _____________________disagreementsanddebatesover_______________,extensionof__________
intheterritories,andthenatureoftheUnion______________________________)
2. Northern______________________versusSoutherndefendersof__________________
3. UnitedStatesSupremeCourtdecisioninthe_________________________________case
4. Publicationof___________________________________________byHarrietBeecher____________
5. Ineffective________________________leadershipinthe1850s
6. Aseriesoffailed_______________________overtheexpansionofslaveryinthe_________________
7. President______________________scallforfederaltroopsin____________________

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.7b
ThestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeoftheCivilWarandReconstructionEraandtheirimportanceasmajor
turningpointsinAmericanhistoryby
b)identifyingthemajoreventsandtherolesofkeyleadersoftheCivilWarEra,withemphasisonAbrahamLincoln,
JeffersonDavis,UlyssesS.Grant,RobertE.Lee,andFrederickDouglass.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

ThesecessionofSouthernstatestriggeredalongand
costlywarthatconcludedwithNorthernvictoryand
resultedintherestorationoftheUnionand
emancipationoftheslaves.

TheCivilWarputconstitutionalgovernmenttoitsmost
importanttestasthedebateoverthepowerofthe
federalgovernmentversusstatesrightsreacheda
climax.ThesurvivaloftheUnitedStatesasonenation
wasatrisk,andthenationsabilitytobringtoreality
theidealsofliberty,equality,andjusticedependedon
theoutcomeofthewar.

WhatwerethemajormilitaryandpoliticaleventsoftheCivilWar?

WhowerethekeyleadersoftheCivilWar?

WhydidSouthernstatessecede?

DidanystatehavearighttoleavetheUnion?

WasLincolnrighttousemilitaryforcetokeeptheUnionintact?

CivilWarEventsandLeaders
Majoreventsfillintheblanksandputinchronologicalorder

A. ______________________:SiteofLeessurrendertoGrant

B. ______________________:TurningpointoftheCivilWar
C.

_________________________:OpeningconfrontationoftheCivilWar

D. Electionof__________________(1860),followedbythe_____________________ofseveralSouthernstateswhofearedthat
hewouldtrytoabolishslavery
E. ______________________________________________________issuedafterBattleofAntietam

1. _____2._____3._____4.______5._____

Keyleadersandtheirrolesmatchtheleaderswiththeirroles

_____1.AbrahamLincoln

_____2.JeffersonDavis

_____3.UlyssesS.Grant

_____4.RobertE.Lee

_____5.FrederickDouglass

A. FormerenslavedAfricanAmericanwhobecameaprominentabolitionistandwhourged
LincolntorecruitformerenslavedAfricanAmericanstofightintheUnionarmy

B. ConfederategeneraloftheArmyofNorthernVirginia(Leeopposedsecession,butdidnot
believetheUnionshouldbeheldtogetherbyforce),whourgedSouthernerstoaccept
defeatanduniteasAmericansagain,whensomeSouthernerswantedtofightonafter
Appomattox
C. U.S.SenatorwhobecamepresidentoftheConfederateStatesofAmerica

D. PresidentoftheUnitedStatesduringtheCivilWar,whoinsistedthattheUnionbeheld
together,byforceifnecessary

E. Unionmilitarycommander,whowonvictoriesovertheSouthafterseveralotherUnion
commandershadfailed

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.7c
ThestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeoftheCivilWarandReconstructionEraandtheirimportanceas
majorturningpointsinAmericanhistoryby
c)analyzingthesignificanceoftheEmancipationProclamationandtheprinciplesoutlinedinLincolns
GettysburgAddress.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

LincolnsGettysburgAddresssaidtheUnited
Stateswasonenation,notafederationof
independentstates.ForLincoln,theCivilWar
wasaboutpreservingtheUnionasanation
ofthepeople,bythepeople,andforthe
people.

LincolnbelievedtheCivilWarwasfoughtto
fulfillthepromiseoftheDeclarationof
IndependenceandwasaSecondAmerican
Revolution.Hedescribedadifferentvision
fortheUnitedStatesfromtheonethathad
prevailedfromthebeginningoftheRepublic
totheCivilWar.

HowdidtheideasexpressedintheEmancipation
ProclamationandtheGettysburgAddresssupportthe
Northswaraims?

WhatwasLincolnsvisionoftheAmericannationas
professedintheGettysburgAddress?

EssentialKnowledge
EmancipationProclamation
1. Freedthoseslaveslocatedinthe__________________states(______________statesthathad
_______________)
2. Madethe_______________________ofslaveryaNorthern________________________
3. ______________________anyinterferenceof____________________governments
4. Allowedfortheenlistmentof____________________________________soldiersintheUnionArmy

GettysburgAddress
1. _________________describedtheCivilWarasastruggleto________________anationthatwas
dedicatedtothepropositionthat_________________________________________
______________andthatwasruledbyagovernmentofthe____________,bythe____________,
andforthe_____________.
2. LincolnbelievedAmericawas_____________________,notacollectionofsovereignstates.
______________________believedthatstateshadfreelyjoinedtheunionandcouldfreely__________.

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley


StandardVUS.7dReconstructionI
ThestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeoftheCivilWarandReconstructionEraandtheirimportanceasmajorturningpoints
inAmericanhistoryby
d)examiningthepoliticalandeconomicimpactofthewarandReconstruction,includingtheadoptionofthe13th,14th,and
15thAmendmentstotheConstitutionoftheUnitedStates.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

ThewarandReconstructionresultedinSouthern
resentmenttowardtheNorthandSouthernAfrican
Americans,andultimatelypolitical,economic,and
socialcontroloftheSouthreturnedtowhites.

Theeconomicandpoliticalgainsofformerslaves
provedtobetemporary.

WhatweretheconsequencesofthewarandReconstruction?

Reconstruction:Political
Politicaleffects
1. LincolnsviewthattheUnitedStateswas__________________________________________hadprevailed.
2. Lincolnbelievedthatsincesecessionwas________________,ConfederategovernmentsintheSouthernstateswere
_________________________andthestateshadneverreallylefttheUnion.HebelievedthatReconstructionwasamatterof
_____________________________________________legitimate____________________stategovernmentsthatwere
loyaltotheUnion.
3. Lincolnalsobelievedthatto________________thenation,thefederalgovernmentshouldnot_________________the
South,butactwith________________towardsnone,with__________________foralltobindupthe
nations_______________.
4. The_____________________ofLincolnjustafewdaysafterLeessurrenderat_______________________enabledRadical
________________________toinfluencetheprocessofReconstructioninamannermuchmore
_________________towardstheformerConfederatestates.ThestatesthatsecededwerenotallowedbackintotheUnion
immediately,butwereputunder____________________occupation.
5. Radical__________________________alsobelievedinaggressivelyguaranteeingvotingandothercivilrightsto
______________________________.TheyclashedrepeatedlywithLincolnssuccessoraspresident,__________________
_____________________,overtheissueofcivilrightsforfreedslaves,eventually_________________________him,but
failingtoremovehimfromoffice.
6. ThethreeCivilWarAmendmentstotheConstitutionwereadded:
a. 13thAmendment:______________________________________________________________________________.
b. 14thAmendment:______________________________________________________________________________.
c. 15thAmendment:______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________.
TheReconstructionperiodendedfollowingtheextremelyclosepresidentialelectionof1876.InreturnforsupportfromSouthern
Democratsintheelectoralcollegevote,theRepublicansagreedtoendthemilitaryoccupationoftheSouth.Knownasthe
_____________________________________________,thisenabledformerConfederateswhocontrolledthe
DemocraticPartytoregainpower.Itopenedthedoortothe___________________________andbeganalong
periodinwhichAfricanAmericansintheSouthweredeniedthefullrightsofAmericancitizenship.

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.7dReconstructionII
ThestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeoftheCivilWarandReconstructionEraandtheirimportanceas
majorturningpointsinAmericanhistoryby
d)examiningthepoliticalandeconomicimpactofthewarandReconstruction,includingtheadoptionof
the13th,14th,and15thAmendmentstotheConstitutionoftheUnitedStates.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

ThewarandReconstructionresultedin
SouthernresentmenttowardtheNorthand
SouthernAfricanAmericans,andultimately
political,economic,andsocialcontrolofthe
Southreturnedtowhites.

Theeconomicandpoliticalgainsofformer
slavesprovedtobetemporary.

Whatweretheconsequencesofthewarand
Reconstruction?

Reconstruction:Economy
Economicimpact
1. The________________________stateswereleftembitteredand______________________bythewar.
__________________,railroads,and____________________hadbeendestroyedthroughoutthe
South.Confederate_______________wasworthless.Manytownsandcitiessuchas________________
and__________________layinruins,andthesourceof______________wasgreatlychangeddueto
thelossof____________duringthewarandtheendof________________.TheSouthwouldremainan
_________________basedeconomyandthe________________sectionofthenationformany
decadesafterward.
2. The_____________and___________________emergedwithstrongandgrowing_________________
economies,layingthefoundationforthesweeping_________________________ofthenation(other
thantheSouth)inthenexthalfcenturyandtheemergenceoftheUnitedStatesasa________________
economicpowerbythebeginningofthe______________________century.
3.

Thecompletionofthe________________________________________________________soonafter
thewarendedintensifiedthe_________________________movementofsettlersintothestates
betweenthe________________________Riverandthe______________________________________.

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.7e
ThestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeoftheCivilWarandReconstructionEraandtheirimportanceas
majorturningpointsinAmericanhistoryby
e)examiningthesocialimpactofthewaronAfricanAmericans,thecommonsoldier,andthehomefront,
withemphasisonVirginia.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

Althoughslaveryended,AfricanAmericansdid
notachievefullequalityduringthenext100
years.

Forthecommonsoldier,warfarewasbrutal
andcamplifewaslonelyandboring.Many
soldiersreturnedhomewoundedordisabled.

Onthehomefront,womenwererequiredto
assumenontraditionalroles.

EnslavedAfricanAmericansseizedthe
opportunitypresentedbytheapproachof
Uniontroopstoachievefreedom.

HowdidtheCivilWaraffectAfricanAmericansandthe
commonsoldier?

Whatwasthewarsimpactonthehomefront?

SocialImpactoftheCivilWar
AfricanAmericans
The_____________________________________________________allowedfortheenlistmentof
__________________________________________soldiers.

Commonsoldiers
3. Warfareofteninvolved__________________________combat.
4. Wartime_________________and___________________homerecordthisharshreality.
5. Afterthewar,especiallyintheSouth,__________________returnedhometofind
______________________homesandpoverty.Soldiersonbothsideslivedwith__________________
disabilities.

Women
6. Managed__________________andfamilieswithscarce__________________
7. Oftenfaced_________________and_________________
8. Assumednewrolesin______________________,_________________,and_______industries

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.7f
ThestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeoftheCivilWarandReconstructionEraandtheirimportanceas
majorturningpointsinAmericanhistoryby
f)explainingpostwarcontributionsofkeyleadersoftheCivilWar.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

AftertheCivilWar,bothRobertE.Leeand
UlyssesS.Granturgedreconciliationbetween
theNorthandtheSouth.

AftertheCivilWar,FrederickDouglass
becametheleadingspokesmanforAfrican
Americansinthenation.

WhatwerethepostwarcontributionsofUlyssesS.Grant,
RobertE.Lee,andFrederickDouglass?

PostWarLeaders
Matchtheleaderwithhispostwaraccomplishmentsbyplacingthecorrectletterundertheirname.

UlyssesS.Grant

RobertE.Lee

FrederickDouglass

A. ServedaspresidentofWashingtonCollege(Washington&Lee
Universitytoday)

B. Advocatedrightsforthefreedman

C. OpposedretributiondirectedatthedefeatedSouth

D. SupportedfullequalityforAfricanAmericans

E. ServedasambassadortoHaitiandinthecivilservice

F. UrgedSouthernerstoreconcileandrejointheUnitedStates

G. Encouragedfederalgovernmentactionstoprotecttherightsof
freedmenintheSouth

H. UrgedRadicalRepublicansnottobeharshwithformer
Confederates

I. ElectedpresidentandservedduringmostofReconstruction

J. Emphasizedtheimportanceofeducationtothenationsfuture

K. Advocatedforthepassageofthe14thand15thAmendments

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.8a
Thestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofhowthenationgrewandchangedfromtheendof
Reconstructionthroughtheearlytwentiethcenturyby
a)explainingtherelationshipamongterritorialexpansion,westwardmovementofthepopulation,new
immigration,growthofcities,theroleoftherailroads,andtheadmissionofnewstatestotheUnited
States.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

Inthelatenineteenthandearlytwentieth
centuries,economicopportunity,
industrialization,technologicalchange,and
immigrationfueledAmericangrowthand
expansion.

WhatfactorsinfluencedAmericangrowthandexpansionin
thelatenineteenthandearlytwentiethcentury?

WestwardExpansion
Westwardmovement
1. Followingthe_____________War,thewestwardmovementofsettlersintensifiedinthevastregion
betweenthe_________________Riverandthe_______________Ocean.
2. Theyearsimmediately_________and________theCivilWarweretheeraoftheAmerican
______________,markedbylong_______________________forhundredsofmilesoverunfenced
openlandintheWest,theonlywaytogetcattleto____________.
3. ManyAmericanshadto______________theirlivesaftertheCivilWar.Theyrespondedtotheincentive
offree_______________________andmovedwesttotakeadvantageofthe_________________
_________of1862,whichgavefreepubliclandinthewesternterritoriestosettlerswhowould_______
onand___________theland.
4. ______________________,including____________________________________inparticular,moved
westtoseeknew________________________aftertheCivilWar.
5. New_____________________(forexample,railroadsandthemechanicalreaper),openednewlandsin
theWestforsettlementandmade_________________profitablebyincreasingthe_______________
ofproductionandlinking_________________and_____________.Bytheturnofthecentury,the
Great______________and_______________MountainsregionsoftheAmericanWestwerenolonger
amostlyunsettledfrontier,butwerefastbecomingregionsof_______________,_________________,
and_______________.
6. Theforcible__________________ofthe___________________________________fromtheirlands
continuedthroughouttheremainderofthe___________________centuryassettlerscontinuedto
move___________followingtheCivilWar.

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.8a
ThestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofhowthenationgrewandchangedfromtheendofReconstruction
throughtheearlytwentiethcenturyby
a)explainingtherelationshipamongterritorialexpansion,westwardmovementofthepopulation,new
immigration,growthofcities,theroleoftherailroads,andtheadmissionofnewstatestotheUnitedStates.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

Inthelatenineteenth&early20thcenturies,
economicopportunity,industrialization,
technologicalchange,andimmigrationfueled
Americangrowthandexpansion.

WhatfactorsinfluencedAmericangrowthandexpansioninthe
latenineteenthandearlytwentiethcentury?

Immigration
Immigration
1.

_________to1871,mostimmigrantstoAmericacamefrom_______________and___________Europe(Germany,Great
Britain,Ireland,Norway,andSweden).Duringthehalfcenturyfrom______________until__________,mostimmigrants
camefrom________________and_________________Europe(Italy,Greece,Poland,Russia,presentdayHungary,and
formerYugoslavia),aswellas____________(ChinaandJapan).

2.

Likeearlierimmigrants,theseimmigrantscametotheUSAseeking______________&_____________________fortheir
families.

3.

ImmigrantsmadevaluablecontributionstothedramaticindustrialgrowthofAmericaduringthisperiod.________________
workershelpedtobuildtheTranscontinentalRailroad.Immigrantsworkedin_____________and________________millsin
theNortheastandtheclothingindustryinNewYorkCity.Slavs,Italians,andPolesworkedinthe______________
_____________oftheEast.Theyoftenworkedforvery_______________andendured_____________________working
conditionstohelpbuildthenationsindustrialstrength.

4.

Duringthisperiod,immigrantsfrom_______________enteredAmericathrough________________________inNewYork
harbor.TheirfirstviewofAmericawasoftenthe_____________of_________________,astheirshipsarrivedfollowingthe
voyageacrosstheAtlantic.

5.

Immigrantsbegantheprocessof________________________intowhatwastermedtheAmerican__________________
_______.Whileoftensettlingin______________neighborhoodsinthegrowingcities,theyandtheirchildrenworkedhard
tolearnEnglish,adoptAmerican_______________,andbecomeAmerican_______________.Thepublic________________
servedanessentialroleintheprocessofassimilatingimmigrantsintoAmericansociety.

6.

DespitethevaluablecontributionsimmigrantsmadetobuildingAmericaduringthisperiod,immigrantsoftenfaced
__________________and_________________.Therewasfearandresentmentthatimmigrantswouldtakejobsfor
________________________thanAmericanworkerswouldaccept,andtherewasprejudicebasedon_________________
and_________________differences.

7.

Mountingresentmentled_____________________tolimitimmigrationthroughthe________________
___________________Actof1882andthe____________________________________________Actof1921.Theselaws
effectivelycutoffmost____________________toAmericaforthenextseveraldecades;however,theimmigrantsofthis
periodandtheirdescendantscontinuedtocontributeimmeasurablyto_________________society.

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.8a
Thestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofhowthenationgrewandchangedfromtheendof
Reconstructionthroughtheearlytwentiethcenturyby
a)explainingtherelationshipamongterritorialexpansion,westwardmovementofthepopulation,new
immigration,growthofcities,theroleoftherailroads,andtheadmissionofnewstatestotheUnited
States.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

Inthelatenineteenth&early20thcenturies,
economicopportunity,industrialization,
technologicalchange,andimmigrationfueled
Americangrowthandexpansion.

WhatfactorsinfluencedAmericangrowthandexpansionin
thelatenineteenthandearlytwentiethcentury?

AmericanGrowth
Growthofcities
1. Asthenations____________________growthcontinued,citiessuchasChicago,Detroit,Cleveland,
Pittsburgh,andNewYorkgrewrapidlyas__________________________and____________________
centers._________________inthelargecitiesprovided__________,butworkersfamiliesoftenlived
inharshconditions,crowdedinto______________________and___________.
2. The__________growthofcitiescausedhousing__________________andtheneedfornewpublic
services,suchas_______________and______________systemsandpublic____________________.
NewYorkCitywasthefirstcitytobeginconstructionofa________________systemaroundtheturnof
thetwentiethcentury,andmanycitiesbuilt________________or_______________lines.

Admissionofnewstates
Asthepopulationmoved_____________________,manynewstatesintheGreat______________and
________________MountainsregionswereaddedtotheUnitedStates.Bytheearly________________
century,allthestatesthatmakeupthe_______________________UnitedStatestoday,fromthe
AtlantictothePacific,hadbeenadmitted.

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.8b
Thestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofhowthenationgrewandchangedfromtheendof
Reconstructionthroughtheearlytwentiethcenturyby
b)describingthetransformationoftheAmericaneconomyfromaprimarilyagrariantoamodern
industrialeconomyandidentifyingmajorinventionsthatimprovedlifeintheUnitedStates.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

DuringtheperiodfromtheCivilWartoWorld Whatfueledthemodernindustrialeconomy?
WarI,theUnitedStatesunderwentan
economictransformationthatinvolvedthe
developmentofanindustrialeconomy,the
expansionofbigbusiness,thegrowthoflarge
scaleagriculture,andtheriseofnationallabor
unionsandindustrialconflict.

IndustrializationandInventions
Technologicalchangespurredgrowthofindustryprimarilyinnortherncities.

Inventions/Innovations
1. ______________________________________________________________________(limitedliability)
2. ___________________________________________________________________________________
3. ___________________(____________________________)andelectricityasasourceofpowerand
light
4. ________________________________________________________________(AlexanderGrahamBell)
5. ______________________________________________________________________(Wrightbrothers)
6. __________________________________________________________________________(HenryFord)
Industrialleaders
1. _______________________________________________(steel)
2. _______________________________________________(finance)
3. _______________________________________________(oil)
4. _______________________________________________(railroads)

Reasonsforeconomictransformation
1. ________________________capitalismandspecialconsiderations(e.g.,landgrantstorailroadbuilders)
2. Theincreasing___________________________________(fromimmigrationandmigrationfromfarms)
3. Americaspossessionofawealthof_________________________________andnavigable__________

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.8c
Thestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofhowthenationgrewandchangedfromtheendof
Reconstructionthroughtheearlytwentiethcenturyby
c)analyzingprejudiceanddiscriminationduringthistimeperiod,withemphasisonJimCrowandthe
responsesofBookerT.WashingtonandW.E.B.DuBois.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

Discriminationagainstandsegregationof
HowdidracerelationsintheSouthchangeafter
AfricanAmericansintensifiedandtooknew
Reconstruction,andwhatwastheAfricanAmerican
formsinthelatenineteenthcenturyandearly response?
twentiethcentury.

AfricanAmericansdisagreedabouthowto
respondtothesedevelopments.

DiscriminationandSegregation
DiscriminationagainstandsegregationofAfricanAmericans
1. ____________limited____________________forAfricanAmericans.
2. Afterreconstruction,manySouthernstategovernmentspassed____________________lawsforcing
____________________oftheracesinpublicplaces.
3. IntimidationandcrimesweredirectedagainstAfricanAmericans(____________________).
4. AfricanAmericanslookedtothe_________________tosafeguardtheir______________.
5. In_______________________________,theSupremeCourtruledthat______________________
_______________didnotviolatethe_____________Amendment,upholdingthe________
__________lawsoftheera.
6. Duringtheearlytwentiethcentury,AfricanAmericansbeganthe_____________________________
to____________________citiesinsearchofjobsandtoescape________________anddiscrimination
intheSouth.

ResponsesofAfricanAmericans
1. ___________________________________ledananti____________________crusadeandcalledon
thefederalgovernmenttotakeaction.
2. _________________________________believedthewaytoequalitywasthrough__________________
educationand__________________success;he__________________socialseparation.
3. _______________________________believedthateducationwas______________________without
equality.Hesupported_____________________equalityforAfricanAmericansbyhelpingtoformthe
____________________________________________________________________________(NAACP).

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.8d
ThestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofhowthenationgrewandchangedfromtheendofReconstructionthroughthe
earlytwentiethcenturyby
d)identifyingthecausesandimpactoftheProgressiveMovement,includingtheexcessesoftheGildedAge,childlaborand
antitrustlaws,theriseoflaborunions,andthesuccessofthewomenssuffragemovement.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

TheperiodfromReconstructionthroughtheearly
twentiethcenturywasatimeofcontradictionsfor
manyAmericans.Agriculturalexpansionwas
accomplishedthroughwarsagainstthePlainsIndians,
leadingtonewfederalIndianpolicies.Industrial
developmentbroughtgreatfortunestoafewand
raisedthestandardoflivingformillionsofAmericans,
butalsobroughtabouttheriseofnationallaborunions
andclashesbetweenindustryandlabor.Social
problemsinruralandurbansettingsgaverisetothird
partymovementsandthebeginningoftheProgressive
Movement.

HowdidtheexcessesoftheGildedAgecontributetothedevelopment
oftheProgressiveMovement?

WhatwerethegoalsofProgressives,andwhatweretheir
accomplishments?

ProgressiveMovement:CausesandGoals
TheProgressiveMovementusedgovernmenttoinstitutereformsforproblemscreatedbyindustrialization.Examples
ofreformincludeTheodoreRoosevelts______________________________andWoodrowWilsons_________
_________________.
CausesoftheProgressiveMovement
1. ExcessesoftheGildedAge
a. _____________________________________________________________________________
b. _____________________________________________________________________________
2. Workingconditionsforlabor
a. ____________________________________________________________________________
b. ____________________________________________________________________________
c. ____________________________________________________________________________
d. ____________________________________________________________________________
e. ____________________________________________________________________________

GoalsofProgressiveMovement
1. Governmentcontrolledbythe__________________________
2. Guaranteed_________________________opportunitiesthroughgovernment______________________
3. ___________________________ofsocialinjustices

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.8d
ThestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofhowthenationgrewandchangedfromtheendofReconstructionthroughtheearly
twentiethcenturyby
d)identifyingthecausesandimpactoftheProgressiveMovement,includingtheexcessesoftheGildedAge,childlaborand
antitrustlaws,theriseoflaborunions,andthesuccessofthewomenssuffragemovement.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

TheperiodfromReconstructionthroughtheearlytwentieth
centurywasatimeofcontradictionsformanyAmericans.
Agriculturalexpansionwasaccomplishedthroughwarsagainst
thePlainsIndians,leadingtonewfederalIndianpolicies.
Industrialdevelopmentbroughtgreatfortunestoafewand
raisedthestandardoflivingformillionsofAmericans,butalso
broughtabouttheriseofnationallaborunionsandclashes
betweenindustryandlabor.Socialproblemsinruralandurban
settingsgaverisetothirdpartymovementsandthebeginningof
theProgressiveMovement.

HowdidtheexcessesoftheGildedAgecontributetothe
developmentoftheProgressiveMovement?

WhatwerethegoalsofProgressives,andwhatweretheir
accomplishments?

ProgressiveMovement:Labor
Progressiveaccomplishments
1. Inchildlabor

2.

a.

__________________________________________________________________________________________

b.

__________________________________________________________________________________________

Impactoflaborunions
a.

Organizations
i. _______________________________________________________________________________________
ii. ________________________________________________________________________(SamuelGompers)
iii. _________________________________________________________________________(EugeneV.Debs)
iv. _______________________________________________________________________________________

b.

Strikes
i. ________________________________________________________________________________________
ii. ________________________________________________________________________________________
iii. ________________________________________________________________________________________

c.

Gains
i. ________________________________________________________________________________________
ii. ________________________________________________________________________________________

3.

Antitrustlaws
a.

_______________________________________________:Preventsanybusinessstructurethatrestrainstrade
(monopolies)

b.

_______________________________________________:ExpandsShermanAntiTrustAct;outlawspricefixing;
exemptsunionsfromShermanAct

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.8d
ThestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofhowthenationgrewandchangedfromtheendofReconstructionthroughthe
earlytwentiethcenturyby
d)identifyingthecausesandimpactoftheProgressiveMovement,includingtheexcessesoftheGildedAge,childlaborand
antitrustlaws,theriseoflaborunions,andthesuccessofthewomenssuffragemovement.

EssentialUnderstanding

Essential Questions

TheperiodfromReconstructionthroughtheearly
twentiethcenturywasatimeofcontradictionsfor
manyAmericans.Agriculturalexpansionwas
accomplishedthroughwarsagainstthePlainsIndians,
leadingtonewfederalIndianpolicies.Industrial
developmentbroughtgreatfortunestoafewand
raisedthestandardoflivingformillionsofAmericans,
butalsobroughtabouttheriseofnationallaborunions
andclashesbetweenindustryandlabor.Social
problemsinruralandurbansettingsgaverisetothird
partymovementsandthebeginningoftheProgressive
Movement.

HowdidtheexcessesoftheGildedAgecontributetothedevelopment
oftheProgressiveMovement?

WhatwerethegoalsofProgressives,andwhatweretheir
accomplishments?

ProgressiveMovement:ElectionsandVotingRights
Progressiveaccomplishments
1. Inlocalgovernments
a. Newformsofgovernment(___________________________styleand_______________________style)
tomeetneedsofincreasing_____________________
2. Instategovernments
a. _________________________________
b. _________________________________
c. _________________________________
3. Inelections
a. _______________________________________________________
b. _______________________________________________________(17thAmendment)
c. _______________________________________________________
4. Womenssuffrage
a. Wasa_____________________________ofmodernprotestmovement
b. Benefitedfromstrong__________________________(e.g.,______________B._________________)
c. Encouraged_______________________toenterthelaborforceduring__________________________
d.

Resultedinthe______________AmendmenttotheConstitution

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.9a
ThestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeoftheemergingroleoftheUnitedStatesinworldaffairsby
a)explainingthechangingpoliciesoftheUnitedStatestowardLatinAmericaandAsiaandthegrowinginfluenceoftheUnited
Statesinforeignmarkets.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

ManytwentiethcenturyAmericanforeignpolicyissues
havetheiroriginsinAmericasemergenceasaworld
powerattheendofthenineteenthcentury.Americas
interventioninWorldWarIensureditsroleasaworld
powerfortheremainderofthecentury.Thegrowing
roleoftheUnitedStatesininternationaltrade
displayedtheAmericanurgetobuild,innovate,and
explorenewmarkets.

WhydidtheUnitedStatesabandonitstraditionalisolationistforeign
policy?

HowdidtheUnitedStatesexpanditsinfluenceintheworld?

ForeignPolicy:LatinAmericanandAsia
Creationofinternationalmarkets
1. _________________________________________:SecretaryofStateJohnHayproposedapolicythatwould
giveallnations_____________________________________rightsinChina.
2. ______________________________________:PresidentTafturgedAmerican______________and
__________________toinvestinLatinAmerica.HepromisedthattheUnitedStateswouldstepinifunrest
threatenedtheir__________________________.
3. Growthin____________________________tradeoccurredfromthelate1800stoWorldWarI:thefirsteraof
true____________________economy.

LatinAmerica
1. SpanishAmericanWar
a. _______________________________wasannexedbytheUnitedStates.
b. TheUnitedStatesasserteditsrighttointervenein_________________affairs.
2. PanamaCanalandtheroleof________________________________________
a. TheUnitedStatesencouraged____________________sindependencefrom___________________.
b. Thepartiesnegotiatedatreatytobuildthecanal.

AsiaandthePacific
1. Hawaii:______________________________________________________________________________________
2. Philippines:___________________________________________________________________________________
3. OpenDoorPolicy:______________________________________________________________________________

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.9b
ThestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeoftheemergingroleoftheUnitedStatesinworldaffairsby
b)evaluatingUnitedStatesinvolvementinWorldWarI,includingWilsonsFourteenPoints,theTreatyofVersailles,
andthenationaldebateovertreatyratificationandtheLeagueofNations.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

WhileAmericanentryintoWorldWarIensured
Alliedvictory,thefailuretoconcludealasting
peaceleftabitterlegacy.

WhydidtheUnitedStatesbecomeinvolvedinWorldWarI?

Howdidvisionsofthepostwarworlddiffer?

WorldWarI
UnitedStatesinvolvementinWorldWarI
1. ThewarbeganinEuropein__________when______________andAustriaHungarywenttowarwith
_______________,_______________,and___________________.
2. Forthreeyears,Americaremained_________________,andtherewas_________________sentimentnottoget
involvedina_____________________war.
3. ThedecisiontoenterthewarwastheresultofcontinuingGerman____________________warfare(violating
freedomoftheseas)andAmericantiesto____________________________________.
4. Americanswantedto_________________________________________________________.(WoodrowWilson)
5. Americasmilitary____________________ofsoldiersandwarmaterialstippedthebalanceofthewarandledto
________________________sdefeat.

FourteenPoints
Wilsonsplantoeliminatethecausesofwar
Keypoints
1. ____________________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________________
4. ____________________________________________________________

TreatyofVersailles
1. The___________________and___________________insistedonpunishmentof________________________.
2. A___________________of__________________wascreated.
3. Nationalboundarieswere_____________________,creatingmanynew______________________.

LeagueofNationsdebateinUnitedStates
1. ObjectionstoUnitedStatesforeignpolicydecisionsbeingmadebyaninternationalorganization,notbyU.S.
leaders

2. Senates_________________________toapproveTreatyofVersailles

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.10a
Thestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofkeydomesticeventsofthe1920sand1930sby
a)analyzinghowradio,movies,newspapers,andmagazinescreatedpopularcultureandchallenged
traditionalvalues.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

Popularculturereflectedtheprosperityofthe Howdidradio,movies,newspapers,andmagazines
era.
promotechallengestotraditionalvalues?

PopularCulture
Massmediaandcommunications
1. HowdidradioinfluenceAmericanculture?

2. Whyweremoviessopopular?

3. Howdidnewspapersandmagazinessparknationalfads?

Challengestotraditionalvalues
1. HowdidDarwinsTheorychallengethetraditionalreligiouscultureandresultintheScopesTrial?

2. Inwhatwaysdidwomenchallengetheirtraditionalroles?

3. Whatweretheconsequencesofthepostwarriseinimmigration?

4. DidProhibitionsupportorchallengetraditionalAmericanvalues?

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.10b
Thestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofkeydomesticeventsofthe1920sand1930sby
b)assessingthecausesandconsequencesofthestockmarketcrashof1929.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

TheUnitedStatesemergedfromWorldWarI
asaglobalpower.Thestockmarketboomand
optimismofthe1920sweregeneratedby
investmentsmadewithborrowedmoney.
Whenbusinessesfailed,thestockslosttheir
value,pricesfell,productionslowed,banks
collapsed,andunemploymentbecame
widespread.

Whatcausedthestockmarketcrashof1929?

Whatwereconsequencesofthestockmarketcrashof
1929?

StockMarketCrash
Causesofthestockmarketcrashof1929
1. Businesswasbooming,butinvestmentsweremadewith_________________money(overspeculation).
2. Therewasexcessive_____________________of__________________.
3. Businessfailuresledto_______________________________________.
4. Bank___________________________wereinvestedinthe_____________________________.
5. Whenthe_______________________collapsed,thebanksranoutof_____________________.

Consequencesofthestockmarketcrashof1929
1. Clients__________________________,attemptingto_____________________theirmoneyfromthe
banks,buttherewasnothingtogivethem.
2. _________________________________________________________________________________.

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.10c
Thestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofkeydomesticeventsofthe1920sand1930sby
c)explainingthecausesoftheGreatDepressionanditsimpactontheAmericanpeople.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

TheGreatDepressioncausedwidespread
hardship.

WhatwerethecausesoftheGreatDepression?

HowdidthedepressionaffectthelivesofAmericans?

TheGreatDepression
CausesoftheGreatDepression
1. Thestockmarketcrashof____________andcollapseof____________________________________
2. ________________________________sfailuretopreventwidespreadcollapseofthenations
________________systeminthelate1920sandearly1930s,leadingtosevere____________________
inthenationssupplyofmoneyincirculation
3. High____________________tariffsthatproduced____________________tariffsinothercountries,
________________worldtrade(TariffActof1930,popularlycalledthe_______________________Act)

ImpactoftheGreatDepression
1. ________________________________________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________________________________________
3. ________________________________________________________________________________
4. ________________________________________________________________________________
5. ________________________________________________________________________________

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.10d
Thestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofkeydomesticeventsofthe1920sand1930sby
d)describinghowFranklinD.RooseveltsNewDealrelief,recovery,andreformmeasuresaddressedthe
GreatDepressionandexpandedthegovernmentsroleintheeconomy.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

TheNewDealpermanentlyalteredtheroleof
Americangovernmentintheeconomy.Italso
fosteredchangesinpeoplesattitudestoward
governmentsresponsibilities.Organizedlabor
acquirednewrights,astheNewDealsetin
placelegislationthatreshapedmodern
Americancapitalism.

HowdidtheNewDealattempttoaddressthecausesand
effectsoftheGreatDepression?

WhatimpactdidtheNewDealhaveontheroleofthe
federalgovernment?

NewDeal
NewDeal(FranklinRoosevelt)

1. Thisprogramchangedtheroleofthe__________________________________toamoreactive
participantin____________________________________________.
2. Rooseveltrallieda____________________nationinwhichoneinfourworkerswasunemployed.
(__________________________________________________________________________________.)
3. _______________________________measuresprovideddirectpaymenttopeopleforimmediatehelp
(______________________________________________________WPA).
4. _______________________________weredesignedtobringthenationoutofthedepressionovertime
(______________________________________________________AAA).
5. _________________________________correctedunsoundbankingandinvestmentpractices
(____________________________________________________________________________FDIC).
6. ________________________________________________________offeredsafeguardsforworkers.

The________________oftheNewDealinfluencedthepublicsbeliefinthe________________________of
governmenttodeliverpublicservices,tointerveneintheeconomy,andtoactinwaysthatpromotethe
generalwelfare.

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.11a
ThestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofWorldWarIIby
a)analyzingthecausesandeventsthatledtoAmericaninvolvementinthewar,includingmilitaryassistancetotheUnited
KingdomandtheJapaneseattackonPearlHarbor.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

TheUnitedStatesgraduallyabandonedneutralityas
eventsinEuropeandAsiapulledthenationstoward
war.

HowdidtheUnitedStatesrespondtoincreasingtotalitarianaggression
inEuropeandAsia?

WhatcausedAmericasgradualabandonmentofitspolicyof
neutrality?

TwoOceanWar
TheWarinEurope
WorldWarIIbeganwithHitlersinvasionof_______________________________in1939,followedshortlyafterbytheSoviet
UnionsinvasionofPolandandthe___________________________________countriesfromtheeast.
Duringthefirsttwoyearsofthewar,theUnitedStatesstayedofficially_________________________whileGermanyoverran
________________________________andmostofEuropeandpoundedBritainfromtheair(theBattleofBritain).Inmid
1941,Hitlerturnedonhisformerpartnerandinvadedthe___________________________________________________.
Despitestrongisolationistsentimentathome,theUnitedStatesincreasinglyhelped________________________.Itgave
_____________________________warsuppliesandoldnavalwarshipsinreturnformilitarybasesinBermudaandthe
Caribbean.Soonafter,the___________________________________________________gavethepresidentauthorityto
sellorlendequipmenttocountriestodefendthemselvesagainstthe__________________powers.
______________________________________comparedittolendingagardenhosetoanextdoorneighborwhosehouseis
onfire.

TheWarinAsia
Duringthe1930s,amilitaristic_____________________invadedandbrutalizedManchuriaand______________________as
itsoughtmilitaryandeconomicdominationover______________.TheUnitedStatesrefusedtorecognizeJapanese
conquestsinAsiaandimposedan________________________onexportsofoilandsteeltoJapan.Tensionsrose,butboth
countriesnegotiatedtoavoidwar.

WhilenegotiatingwiththeUnitedStatesandwithoutanywarning,JapancarriedoutanairattackontheAmericannavalbase
at_________________________________,Hawaii,on________________________________,1941.Theattackdestroyed
muchoftheAmericanPacificfleetandkilledseveralthousandAmericans.Rooseveltcalleditadatethatwillliveininfamyas
heasked___________________________________________todeclarewaronJapan.

AfterPearlHarbor,____________________________________honoredapactwithJapananddeclaredwarontheUnited
States.ThedebatesoverisolationismintheUnitedStateswereover.WorldWarIIwasnowatrueworldwar,andtheUnited
Stateswasfullyinvolved.

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.11b(Strategies)
ThestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofWorldWarIIby
b)describingandlocatingthemajorbattlesandturningpointsofthewarinNorthAfrica,Europe,andthe
Pacific,includingMidway,Stalingrad,theNormandylanding(DDay),andTrumansdecisiontousethe
atomicbombtoforcethesurrenderofJapan.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

Wartimestrategiesreflectthepoliticaland
militarygoalsofalliances,theresourceson
hand,andthegeographicalextentofthe
conflict.

WhatwastheoverallstrategyofAmericaanditsalliesin
WorldWarII?

HowdidAmericasstrategyduringWorldWarIIreflect
availableresourcesandthegeographicalscopeofthe
conflict?

WhyweresomebattlesofWorldWarIIconsideredturning
pointsofthewar?

WartimeStrategy
Alliedstrategy
Americaanditsallies(Britain,andtheSovietUnionafterbeinginvadedbyGermany)followeda
______________________________________________________________________strategy.Most
AmericanmilitaryresourcesweretargetedforEurope.
Inthe___________________________,Americanmilitarystrategycalledforan____________________
______________________campaign,seizingislandscloserandclosertoJapanandusingthemas
_____________forairattacksonJapan,andforcuttingoffJapanesesuppliesthroughsubmarinewarfare
against___________________________________shipping.

Axisstrategy
Germanyhopedtodefeatthe_____________________________________quickly,gaincontrolof
Sovietoilfields,andforce___________________________outofthewarthroughabombingcampaign
andsubmarinewarfarebefore_________________________sindustrialandmilitarystrengthcouldturn
thetide.

FollowingPearlHarbor,Japaninvadedthe_________________________________and
___________________________andplannedtoinvadeboth__________________________and
__________________________________.ItsleadershopedthatAmericawouldthenacceptJapanese
predominanceinSoutheastAsiaandthe______________________,ratherthanconductabloodyand
costlywartoreverseJapanesegains.

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.11b(AtlanticTheater)
ThestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofWorldWarIIby
b)describingandlocatingthemajorbattlesandturningpointsofthewarinNorthAfrica,Europe,andthe
Pacific,includingMidway,Stalingrad,theNormandylanding(DDay),andTrumansdecisiontousethe
atomicbombtoforcethesurrenderofJapan.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

Wartimestrategiesreflectthepoliticaland
militarygoalsofalliances,theresourceson
hand,andthegeographicalextentofthe
conflict.

WhatwastheoverallstrategyofAmericaanditsalliesin
WorldWarII?

HowdidAmericasstrategyduringWorldWarIIreflect
availableresourcesandthegeographicalscopeofthe
conflict?

WhyweresomebattlesofWorldWarIIconsideredturning
pointsofthewar?

TheAtlanticTheater
Majorbattlesandmilitaryturningpoints
NorthAfrica
ElAlamein:Germanforcesthreateningtoseize__________________andthe____________

________________weredefeatedbythe____________________.ThisdefeatpreventedHitlerfrom

gainingaccessto________________________________________oilsuppliesandattackingthe

SovietUnionfromthesouth.

Europe
Stalingrad:HundredsofthousandsofGermansoldierswerekilledorcapturedinamonthslongsiege
ofthe______________________________cityofStalingrad.ThisdefeatpreventedGermanyfrom

seizingthe_________________________oilfieldsandturnedthetideagainstGermanyintheeast.

Normandylandings(DDay):AmericanandAlliedtroopsunderEisenhowerlandedinGermanoccupied

______________________________onJune6,1944.DespiteintenseGermanoppositionandheavy

______________________________casualties,thelandingssucceeded,andtheliberationofwestern
EuropefromHitlerbegan.

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.11b(PacificTheater)
ThestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofWorldWarIIby
b)describingandlocatingthemajorbattlesandturningpointsofthewarinNorthAfrica,Europe,andthe
Pacific,includingMidway,Stalingrad,theNormandylanding(DDay),andTrumansdecisiontousethe
atomicbombtoforcethesurrenderofJapan.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

Wartimestrategiesreflectthepoliticaland
militarygoalsofalliances,theresourceson
hand,andthegeographicalextentofthe
conflict.

WhatwastheoverallstrategyofAmericaanditsalliesin
WorldWarII?

HowdidAmericasstrategyduringWorldWarIIreflect
availableresourcesandthegeographicalscopeofthe
conflict?

WhyweresomebattlesofWorldWarIIconsideredturning
pointsofthewar?

PacificTheater
Majorbattlesandmilitaryturningpoints
Pacific
Midway:IntheBattleofMidway(termedtheMiracleatMidway),Americannavalforcesdefeateda
muchlargerJapaneseforceasitpreparedtoseize___________________________________.Coming
onlyafewmonthsafterPearlHarbor,aJapanesevictoryatMidwaywouldhaveenabledJapanto
invade______________________.TheAmericanvictoryendedtheJapanesethreattoHawaiiand
beganaseriesofAmericanvictoriesintheislandhoppingcampaign,carryingthewarcloserand
closerto___________________________.

IwoJimaandOkinawa:TheAmericaninvasionsoftheislandsofIwoJimaandOkinawabrought
AmericanforcescloserthanevertoJapan,butbothinvasionscostthousandsof__________________
livesandevenmoreJapaneselives,asJapanesesoldiersfoughtfiercelyovereverysquareinchofthe
islandsandJapanesesoldiersand_____________________committed_________________________
ratherthansurrender.

Useoftheatomicbomb:FacingtheprospectofhorrendousAmericanandJapanesecasualtiesif
AmericanforcesweretoinvadeJapanitself,President_________________________________
orderedtheuseofatomicbombsontheJapanesecitiesof________________________andNagasaki
toforcetheJapanesetosurrender.Tensofthousandsofpeoplewerekilledinbothcities.Shortlyafter
thebombswereused,theJapaneseleaders_____________________________,avoidingtheneedfor
AmericanforcestoinvadeJapan.

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.11c
ThestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofWorldWarIIby
c)describingtheroleofallminoritymilitaryunits,includingtheTuskegeeAirmenandNiseiregiments.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

WorldWarIIsolidifiedthenationsroleasa
globalpower,usheredinsocialchanges,and
establishedreformagendasthatwould
preoccupypublicdiscourseintheUnited
Statesfortheremainderofthetwentieth
century.

Womenenteredintopreviouslymalejobroles
asAfricanAmericansandothersstruggledto
obtaindesegregationofthearmedforcesand
enddiscriminatoryhiringpractices.

HowdidminorityparticipationinWorldWarIIreflect
socialconditionsintheUnitedStates?

HowdidminoritiescontributetoAlliedvictory?

EssentialKnowledge
Minorityparticipation
AfricanAmericansgenerallyservedin________________________militaryunitsandwereassignedto
noncombatrolesbutdemandedtherighttoservein________________________ratherthansupport
roles.

Allminoritymilitaryunits
__________________________________________(AfricanAmerican)servedinEuropewithdistinction.

________________________________(AsianAmerican)earnedahighnumberofdecorations.

Additionalcontributionsofminorities
Communicationcodesofthe________________________wereused(oral,notwrittenlanguage;
impossiblefortheJapanesetobreak).

MexicanAmericansalsofought,butin____________________________________________units.

_____________________unitssufferedhighcasualtiesandwonnumerousunitcitationsandindividual
medalsforbraveryinaction.

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.11d
ThestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofWorldWarIIby
d)examiningtheGenevaConventionandthetreatmentofprisonersofwarduringWorldWarII.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

Theconductofwaroftenreflectsthesocial
andmoralcodesofanation.

Thetreatmentofprisonersofwaroften
reflectsthesavagenatureofconflictandthe
culturalnormsofanation.

WhatwasthepurposeoftheGenevaConvention?

Howdidthetreatmentofprisonersofwardifferduringthe
war?

GenevaConvention
TheGenevaConventionattemptedtoensurethehumanetreatmentofprisonersofwarbyestablishing
rulestobefollowedbyallnations.

ThetreatmentofprisonersofwarinthePacificTheateroftenreflectedthesavageryofthefightingthere.

Inthe_____________________________________________________________,AmericanPOWs

sufferedbrutaltreatmentbytheJapaneseaftersurrenderofthePhilippines.

_________________________________soldiersoftencommittedsuicideratherthansurrender.

Thetreatmentofprisonersofwarin__________________________morecloselyfollowedtheideasof

theGenevaConvention

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.11e
ThestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofWorldWarIIby
e)analyzingtheHolocaust(Hitlersfinalsolution),itsimpactonJewsandothergroups,andthepostwar
trialsofwarcriminals.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

Specificgroups,oftentheobjectofhatredand WhatwastheHolocaustandwhowereitsvictims?
prejudice,faceincreasedriskofdiscrimination
duringwartime.
Whatwastheshorttermandlongtermsignificanceofthe
Holocaust?

TheHolocaust
Termstoknow
________________________________:Thesystematicandpurposefuldestructionofaracial,political,

religious,orculturalgroup
finalsolution:Germanysdecisiontoexterminateall______________________________

Affectedgroups
_________________________________

_________________________________

_________________________________

_________________________________

________________________________(homosexuals,thementallyill,politicaldissidents)

Significance
Inthe_______________________________trials,Nazileadersandotherswereconvictedofwarcrimes.

TheNurembergtrialsemphasizedindividual_________________________foractionsduringawar,

regardlessofordersreceived.

Thetrialsledtoincreaseddemandfora_______________________homeland.

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.12a
ThestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeoftheeffectsofWorldWarIIonthehomefrontby
a)explaininghowtheUnitedStatesmobilizeditseconomic,human,andmilitaryresources.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

Successinthewarrequiredthetotal
HowdidtheUnitedStatesorganizeanddistributeits
commitmentofthenationsresources.Onthe resourcestoachievevictoryduringWorldWarII?
homefront,publiceducationandthemass
mediapromotednationalism.

USDomesticWarfront
Economicresources
UnitedStatesgovernmentand___________________forgedacloseworkingrelationshiptoallocate

resourceseffectively.

_____________________________wasusedtomaintainsupplyofessentialproductstothewareffort.

War____________________andincometaxwereusedforfinancingthewar.

Businessesretooledfrompeacetimeto____________________production(e.g.,carmanufacturingto
tankmanufacturing).

Humanresources
Morewomenand______________________________enteredthelaborforce.

________________________________volunteeredinsupportofthewareffort.

Militaryresources
The___________________________(selectiveservice)wasusedtoprovidepersonnelforthemilitary.

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.12b
ThestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeoftheeffectsofWorldWarIIonthehomefrontby
b)describingthecontributionsofwomenandminoritiestothewareffort.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

Contributionstoawareffortcomefromall
HowdidwomenandminoritiescontributetoAmericas
segmentsofasociety.Womenenteredinto
effortsduringWorldWarII?
previouslymalejobrolesasAfricanAmericans
andothersstruggledtoobtaindesegregation
ofthearmedforcesandenddiscriminatory
hiringpractices.

WomenandMinorities
WomenonthehomefrontduringWorldWarII

Increasinglyparticipatedintheworkforcetoreplacemenservinginthemilitary

(e.g.___________________________________)

Typicallyparticipatedin________________________________________militaryroles

AfricanAmericansonthehomefrontduringWorldWarII

______________________________________tocitiesinsearchofjobsinwarplants

Campaignedforvictoryinwarand____________________________________athome

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.12c
ThestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeoftheeffectsofWorldWarIIonthehomefrontby
c)explainingtheinternmentofJapaneseAmericansduringthewar.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

Prejudicecoupledwithwartimefearscan
adverselyaffectcivillibertiesofminorities.

HowwereAmericansofJapanesedescenttreatedafter
UnitedStatesentryintoWorldWarII,andwhy?

Interment
ReasonsforinternmentofJapaneseAmericans

StrongantiJapaneseprejudiceonthe____________________________________________

FalsebeliefthatJapaneseAmericanswere_______________________________theenemy

InternmentofJapaneseAmericans

JapaneseAmericanswere_________________________________tointernmentcamps.

InternmentaffectedJapaneseAmericanpopulationsalongtheWestCoast.The__________________

______________________upheldthegovernmentsrighttoactagainstJapaneseAmericanslivingonthe

WestCoastoftheUnitedStates.Apublic__________________waseventuallyissuedbytheUnited

Statesgovernment,andfinancial____________________________wasmadetosurvivors.

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.12d
ThestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeoftheeffectsofWorldWarIIonthehomefrontby
d)describingtheroleofmediaandcommunicationsinthewareffort.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

DuringWorldWarII,themediaand
entertainmentindustriessawtheirroleas
supportingthewareffortbypromoting
nationalism(patriotism).

HowdidmediaandcommunicationsassisttheAllied
effortsduringWorldWarII?

WartimeMedia
Mediaandcommunicationsassistance

TheUnitedStatesgovernmentmaintainedstrict___________________________ofreportingofthewar.

Publicmoraleand____________campaignskeptAmericansfocusedonthewareffort.

Theentertainmentindustryproducedmovies,plays,andshowsthatboostedmoraleand

_______________________________supportforthewareffortaswellasportrayedtheenemyin

_______________________________________ways.

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.13a
ThestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofUnitedStatesforeignpolicysinceWorldWarIIby
a)describingoutcomesofWorldWarII,includingpoliticalboundarychanges,theformationoftheUnitedNations,
andtheMarshallPlan.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

Warshavepolitical,economic,andsocial
consequences.

Whatwerethepolitical,economic,andsocial
consequencesofWorldWarII?

OutcomesofWorldWarII
Postwaroutcomes

TheendofWorldWarIIfound____________________________forcesoccupyingmostofEasternandCentral

_____________________________________andtheeasternportionofGermany.

Germanywas___________________________________intoEastandWestGermany.WestGermanybecame

________________________________andresumedselfgovernmentafterafewyearsofAmerican,British,and

Frenchoccupation.EastGermanyremainedunderthe___________________oftheSovietUnionanddidnot

adoptdemocraticinstitutions.

Followingitsdefeat,_________________________________wasoccupiedbyAmericanforces.Itsoonadopteda

democraticformofgovernment,resumedselfgovernment,andbecameastrong_____________oftheUnited

States.

Europelayinruins,andtheUnitedStateslaunchedthe__________________________________________,which

providedmassivefinancialaidtorebuildEuropeaneconomiesandpreventthespreadofcommunism.

The__________________________________________________________wasformedneartheendofWorld

WarIItocreateabodyforthenationsoftheworldtotrytopreventfutureglobalwars.

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.13b(ColdWar)
ThestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofUnitedStatesforeignpolicysinceWorldWarIIby
b)explainingtheoriginsoftheColdWar,anddescribingtheTrumanDoctrineandthepolicyofcontainmentofcommunism,
theAmericanroleinwarsinKoreaandVietnam,andtheroleoftheNorthAtlanticTreatyOrganization(NATO)inEurope.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

TheColdWarsettheframeworkforglobalpoliticsfor
45yearsaftertheendofWorldWarII.Italso
influencedAmericandomesticpolitics,theconductof
foreignaffairs,andtheroleofthegovernmentinthe
economyafter1945.

TheColdWarwasessentiallyacompetitionbetween
twoverydifferentwaysoforganizinggovernment,
society,andtheeconomy:theAmericanledwestern
nationsbeliefindemocracy,individualfreedom,anda
marketeconomy,andtheSovietbeliefinatotalitarian
stateandsocialism.

TheUnitedStatesgovernmentsanticommunist
strategyofcontainmentinAsialedtoAmericas
involvementintheKoreanandVietnameseWars.The
VietnamWardemonstratedthepowerofAmerican
publicopinioninreversingforeignpolicy.Ittestedthe
democraticsystemtoitslimits,leftscarsonAmerican
societythathavenotyetbeenerased,andmademany
Americansdeeplyskepticaloffuturemilitaryoreven
peacekeepinginterventions.

HowdidtheUnitedStatesrespondtothethreatofcommunist
expansion?

WhataretheoriginsoftheColdWar?

WhatweretheearlysignificanteventsoftheColdWar?

WhatwastheimpactoftheColdWaronAmericansathome?

WhatwastheimpactoftheVietnamWaronAmericansathome?

ColdWarBasics
OriginsoftheColdWar
TheColdWarlastedfromtheendofWorldWarIIuntilthe_____________________________oftheSovietUnion.

TheUnitedStatesandtheSovietUnionrepresentedstarklydifferent____________________________________________.

TheUnitedStatesrepresented___________________________________politicalinstitutionsandagenerally___________
marketeconomicsystem.TheSovietUnionwasa_____________________________governmentwitha
_______________________(socialist)economicsystem.
The_____________________________________________________________ofcontainmentofcommunismwasa
guidingprincipleofAmericanforeignpolicythroughouttheColdWar,nottorollitback,buttokeepitfrom
_____________________andto____________________________communistaggressionintoothercountries.
TheNorthAtlanticTreatyOrganization(_______________)wasformedasadefensive__________________________
amongtheUnitedStatesandwesternEuropeancountriestopreventaSoviet_____________________________ofWestern
Europe.SovietalliesinEasternEuropeformedthe__________________________________________________,andfor
nearly__________years,bothsidesmaintainedlargemilitaryforcesfacingeachotherinEurope.
Thecommunisttakeoverin____________________________shortlyafterWorldWarIIincreasedAmericanfearsof
communistdominationofmostoftheworld.Ratherthanbecomingstrongallies,however,the_____________________
nationsof________________andtheSovietUnioneventuallybecamerivalsforterritoryanddiplomaticinfluence,asplit
thatAmericanforeignpolicyunderPresident_______________________________inthe1970sexploited.

AftertheSovietUnionmatchedtheUnitedStatesin______________________weaponryinthe1950s,thethreatofa
___________________________warthatwoulddestroybothcountrieswaseverpresentthroughouttheColdWar.America,
underPresident_______________________________,adoptedapolicyofmassiveretaliationtodeteranynuclearstrike
bytheSoviets.

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.13b
ThestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofUnitedStatesforeignpolicysinceWorldWarIIby
b)explainingtheoriginsoftheColdWar,anddescribingtheTrumanDoctrineandthepolicyofcontainmentofcommunism,
theAmericanroleinwarsinKoreaandVietnam,andtheroleoftheNorthAtlanticTreatyOrganization(NATO)inEurope.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

TheColdWarsettheframeworkforglobalpoliticsfor
45yearsaftertheendofWorldWarII.Italso
influencedAmericandomesticpolitics,theconductof
foreignaffairs,andtheroleofthegovernmentinthe
economyafter1945.

TheColdWarwasessentiallyacompetitionbetween
twoverydifferentwaysoforganizinggovernment,
society,andtheeconomy:theAmericanledwestern
nationsbeliefindemocracy,individualfreedom,anda
marketeconomy,andtheSovietbeliefinatotalitarian
stateandsocialism.

TheUnitedStatesgovernmentsanticommunist
strategyofcontainmentinAsialedtoAmericas
involvementintheKoreanandVietnameseWars.The
VietnamWardemonstratedthepowerofAmerican
publicopinioninreversingforeignpolicy.Ittestedthe
democraticsystemtoitslimits,leftscarsonAmerican
societythathavenotyetbeenerased,andmademany
Americansdeeplyskepticaloffuturemilitaryoreven
peacekeepinginterventions.

HowdidtheUnitedStatesrespondtothethreatofcommunist
expansion?

WhataretheoriginsoftheColdWar?

WhatweretheearlysignificanteventsoftheColdWar?

WhatwastheimpactoftheColdWaronAmericansathome?

WhatwastheimpactoftheVietnamWaronAmericansathome?

KoreanWar
TheKoreanWar

AmericaninvolvementintheKoreanWarintheearly1950sreflectedtheAmericanpolicyof__________________________
of__________________________________________.

After_________________________NorthKoreainvadedSouthKorea,____________________________militaryforcesleda

UnitedNationscounterattackthatdrovedeepinto__________________________________itself.Communist

______________________________forcescameintothewaronthesideofNorthKorea,andalthoughthewarthreatenedto

widen,iteventuallyendedina_________________________________withSouthKorea_____________ofcommunist

occupation.

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.13b(Vietnam)
ThestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofUnitedStatesforeignpolicysinceWorldWarIIby
b)explainingtheoriginsoftheColdWar,anddescribingtheTrumanDoctrineandthepolicyofcontainmentofcommunism,
theAmericanroleinwarsinKoreaandVietnam,andtheroleoftheNorthAtlanticTreatyOrganization(NATO)inEurope.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

TheColdWarsettheframeworkforglobalpoliticsfor
45yearsaftertheendofWorldWarII.Italso
influencedAmericandomesticpolitics,theconductof
foreignaffairs,andtheroleofthegovernmentinthe
economyafter1945.

TheColdWarwasessentiallyacompetitionbetween
twoverydifferentwaysoforganizinggovernment,
society,andtheeconomy:theAmericanledwestern
nationsbeliefindemocracy,individualfreedom,anda
marketeconomy,andtheSovietbeliefinatotalitarian
stateandsocialism.

TheUnitedStatesgovernmentsanticommunist
strategyofcontainmentinAsialedtoAmericas
involvementintheKoreanandVietnameseWars.The
VietnamWardemonstratedthepowerofAmerican
publicopinioninreversingforeignpolicy.Ittestedthe
democraticsystemtoitslimits,leftscarsonAmerican
societythathavenotyetbeenerased,andmademany
Americansdeeplyskepticaloffuturemilitaryoreven
peacekeepinginterventions.

HowdidtheUnitedStatesrespondtothethreatofcommunist
expansion?

WhataretheoriginsoftheColdWar?

WhatweretheearlysignificanteventsoftheColdWar?

WhatwastheimpactoftheColdWaronAmericansathome?

WhatwastheimpactoftheVietnamWaronAmericansathome?

TheVietnamWar
AmericaninvolvementinVietnamalsoreflectedtheColdWarpolicyof_____________________________________

Beginninginthe1950sandcontinuingintotheearly1960s,thecommunistgovernmentof_____________________
attemptedtoinstallthroughforceacommunistgovernmentin________________________.TheUnitedStateshelpedSouth
Vietnamresist.

TheAmericanmilitarybuildupinVietnambeganunder________________________________.After__________________
assassinationin1963,thebuildupwasintensifiedunderPresident_____________________________.

ThescaleofcombatinVietnamgrewlargerduringthe1960s.AmericanmilitaryforcesrepeatedlydefeatedtheNorth
Vietnameseforcesinthefield,butbyfightinga__________________________,couldnotforceanendtothewaron
favorableterms.

Americabecamebitterly_______________overtheissue.WhiletherewassupportfortheAmericanmilitaryandconductof
thewaramongmanyAmericans,othersopposedthewar,andactiveoppositiontothewarmounted,especiallyon
_______________________________________________.

AfterJohnsondeclinedtoseekreelection,President_________________waselectedonapledgetobringthewartoan
honorableend.Heinstitutedapolicyof________________________________,withdrawingAmericantroopsandreplacing
themwithSouthVietnameseforceswhilemaintainingmilitaryaidtotheSouthVietnamese.

Ultimately______________________________failedwhenSouthVietnamesetroopsprovedunabletoresistinvasionbythe
________________suppliedNorthVietnameseArmy.PresidentNixonwasforcedoutofofficebythe__________________
scandal.In1975,NorthandSouthVietnamweremergedundercommunistcontrol.

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.13b(Cuba)
ThestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofUnitedStatesforeignpolicysinceWorldWarIIby
b)explainingtheoriginsoftheColdWar,anddescribingtheTrumanDoctrineandthepolicyofcontainmentofcommunism,
theAmericanroleinwarsinKoreaandVietnam,andtheroleoftheNorthAtlanticTreatyOrganization(NATO)inEurope.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

TheColdWarsettheframeworkforglobalpoliticsfor
45yearsaftertheendofWorldWarII.Italso
influencedAmericandomesticpolitics,theconductof
foreignaffairs,andtheroleofthegovernmentinthe
economyafter1945.

TheColdWarwasessentiallyacompetitionbetween
twoverydifferentwaysoforganizinggovernment,
society,andtheeconomy:theAmericanledwestern
nationsbeliefindemocracy,individualfreedom,anda
marketeconomy,andtheSovietbeliefinatotalitarian
stateandsocialism.

TheUnitedStatesgovernmentsanticommunist
strategyofcontainmentinAsialedtoAmericas
involvementintheKoreanandVietnameseWars.The
VietnamWardemonstratedthepowerofAmerican
publicopinioninreversingforeignpolicy.Ittestedthe
democraticsystemtoitslimits,leftscarsonAmerican
societythathavenotyetbeenerased,andmademany
Americansdeeplyskepticaloffuturemilitaryoreven
peacekeepinginterventions.

HowdidtheUnitedStatesrespondtothethreatofcommunist
expansion?

WhataretheoriginsoftheColdWar?

WhatweretheearlysignificanteventsoftheColdWar?

WhatwastheimpactoftheColdWaronAmericansathome?

WhatwastheimpactoftheVietnamWaronAmericansathome?

KennedyandCuba
Cuba

Cubawasalsoa_________________________ofColdWar_____________________________________.

_______________________________________________ledacommunistrevolutionthattookoverCubainthelate1950s.

ManyCubansfledto________________________________andlaterattemptedtoinvadeCubaandoverthrowCastro.This

_____________________________________________invasionfailed.

In1962,theSovietUnionstationed__________________________inCuba,instigatingthe___________________

____________________Crisis.President__________________________orderedtheSovietstoremovetheirmissiles,andfor

severaldaystheworldwasonthebrinkof________________________war.Eventually,theSovietleadershipblinkedand

removedtheirmissiles.

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.13b(ColdWaratHome)
ThestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofUnitedStatesforeignpolicysinceWorldWarIIby
b)explainingtheoriginsoftheColdWar,anddescribingtheTrumanDoctrineandthepolicyofcontainmentofcommunism,
theAmericanroleinwarsinKoreaandVietnam,andtheroleoftheNorthAtlanticTreatyOrganization(NATO)inEurope.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

TheColdWarsettheframeworkforglobalpoliticsfor
45yearsaftertheendofWorldWarII.Italso
influencedAmericandomesticpolitics,theconductof
foreignaffairs,andtheroleofthegovernmentinthe
economyafter1945.

TheColdWarwasessentiallyacompetitionbetween
twoverydifferentwaysoforganizinggovernment,
society,andtheeconomy:theAmericanledwestern
nationsbeliefindemocracy,individualfreedom,anda
marketeconomy,andtheSovietbeliefinatotalitarian
stateandsocialism.

TheUnitedStatesgovernmentsanticommunist
strategyofcontainmentinAsialedtoAmericas
involvementintheKoreanandVietnameseWars.The
VietnamWardemonstratedthepowerofAmerican
publicopinioninreversingforeignpolicy.Ittestedthe
democraticsystemtoitslimits,leftscarsonAmerican
societythathavenotyetbeenerased,andmademany
Americansdeeplyskepticaloffuturemilitaryoreven
peacekeepinginterventions.

HowdidtheUnitedStatesrespondtothethreatofcommunist
expansion?

WhataretheoriginsoftheColdWar?

WhatweretheearlysignificanteventsoftheColdWar?

WhatwastheimpactoftheColdWaronAmericansathome?

WhatwastheimpactoftheVietnamWaronAmericansathome?

LifeinAmerica
ImpactoftheColdWarathome
Thefearof________________________________andthethreatof_______________________waraffectedAmericanlife
throughouttheColdWar.

Duringthe1950sand1960s,American_____________________regularlyheld__________________totrainchildrenwhatto
doincaseofanuclearattack,andAmerican__________________________wereurgedbythegovernmenttobuild
________________sheltersintheirownbasements.

Theconvictionsof_____________________________andJuliusandEthel______________________forspyingfortheSoviet
UnionandtheconstructionofnuclearweaponsbytheSoviets,usingtechnicalsecretsobtainedthrough__________________,
increaseddomesticfearsofcommunism.

Senator_____________________________________________playedonAmericanfearsofcommunismbyrecklessly
accusingmanyAmericangovernmentalofficialsandothercitizensofbeing_________________________,basedonflimsyor
noevidence.ThisledtothecoiningofthetermMcCarthyismthemakingof______________accusationsbasedonrumoror
guiltby_______________________________.

TheColdWarmade______________________policyamajorissueineverypresidentialelectionduringtheperiod.

TheheavymilitaryexpendituresthroughouttheColdWarbenefited__________________________________economy
proportionatelymorethananyotherstate,especiallyin____________________________________,hometoseverallarge
navalandairbases,andinNorthernVirginia,hometothe______________________________andnumerousprivate
companiesthatcontractwiththemilitary.

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.13c
ThestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofUnitedStatesforeignpolicysinceWorldWarIIby
c)explainingtheroleofAmericasmilitaryandveteransindefendingfreedomduringtheColdWar.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

AstrongmilitarywasthekeytoAmericasvictory
overtheSovietUnionintheColdWar.

MillionsofAmericansservedinthemilitaryduring
theColdWar.Theirservicewasoftenatgreat
personalandfamilysacrifice,yettheydidtheir
duty.

HowdidAmericasmilitaryforcesdefendfreedomduringthe
ColdWar?

ArmedForces
AmericanmilitaryforcesduringtheColdWar

President________________________pledgedinhis____________________addressthattheUnited
Stateswouldpayany______________,bearanyburden,meetanyhardship,supportany
________________,opposeanyfoe,inordertoassurethesurvivalandthesuccessof______________.
Inthesameaddress,healsosaid,Asknotwhatyour__________________candoforyou;askwhatyou
candoforyour___________________________.

DuringtheColdWarera,millionsofAmericansservedinthe___________________,defendingfreedom
inwarsandconflictsthatwerenotalways__________________________.Manywerekilledorwounded.
Asaresultoftheirservice,theUnitedStatesandAmericanidealsof___________________and
___________________________ultimatelyprevailedintheColdWarstrugglewithSovietcommunism.

PresidentKennedy,aWorldWarIIveteran,was_______________________________in1963inDallas,
Texas,inaneventthatshookthenations_________________________________andbeganaperiodof
internalstrifeanddivisiveness,especiallyspurredbydivisionsoverUnitedStatesinvolvementin
_______________________________________.

UnlikeveteransofWorldWarII,whoreturnedtoa____________________and__________________
nation,_______________________veteransreturnedoftentofaceindifferenceoroutright
_________________________fromsomewho_______________________________thewar.

ItwasnotuntilseveralyearsaftertheendoftheVietnamwarthatthewoundsofthewarbegantoheal
inAmerica,andVietnamveteranswere_______________________and______________________for
theirserviceandsacrifices.

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.13d
ThestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofUnitedStatesforeignpolicysinceWorldWarIIby
d)explainingthecollapseofcommunismandtheendoftheColdWar,includingtheroleofRonald
Reaganinmakingforeignpolicy.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

Bothinternalproblemsandexternalpressures HowdidinternalproblemsaffectthecollapseoftheSoviet
causedthecollapseoftheSovietUnion.
Union?

WhatwasPresidentRonaldReagansroleinthecollapseof
theSovietUnion?

CollapseofCommunism
InternalproblemsoftheSovietUnion
IncreasingSoviet________________________________________tocompetewiththeUnitedStates
Rising________________________inSovietrepublics
Fastpacedreforms______________________________________
Economicinefficiency
Gorbachevs________________________and___________________________
(opennessandeconomicrestructuring)

RoleofPresidentRonaldReagan
ChallengedmorallegitimacyoftheSovietUnion,forexample,inspeechatthe_____________________
(Mr.Gorbachev,teardownthiswall!)
IncreasedUnitedStates_____________________________and_______________________pressureon
theSovietUnion

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.13e
ThestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofUnitedStatesforeignpolicysinceWorldWarIIby
e)explainingtheimpactofpresidentsoftheUnitedStatessince1988onforeignpolicy.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

WiththeendoftheColdWar,theUnitedStates
changeditsgoalsandpolicies.

Involvementinconflictsinotherareasoftheworld
hasbeenanintegralpartofUnitedStatesforeign
policysince1988.

HowdidtheUnitedStatesredirectitsgoalsandpoliciesinthe
postColdWarera?

HowhavepresidentsshapedAmericanpolicysince1988?

PostColdWarForeignPolicy
SelectedpostColdWareragoalsandpolicies

1.
2.
3.

PresidentGeorgeH.W.Bush,19891993
FallofcommunisminEasternEurope
-
-
-
PersianGulfWar19901991
-
-

PresidentWilliamJ.Clinton,19932001
NorthAmericanFreeTradeAgreement(______________________________)
Fulldiplomaticrelationswith__________________________________________
LiftingofeconomicsanctionsagainstSouthAfricawhenitsgovernmentendedthepolicyof__________________
____________________________actioninformerYugoslavia

PresidentGeorgeW.Bush,20012008
TerroristsattacksonUnitedStatessoilon_______________________________________
Warin____________________________________________________
Warin____________________________________________________

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.14a
ThestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeoftheCivilRightsmovementofthe1950sand1960sby
a)identifyingtheimportanceoftheBrownv.BoardofEducationdecision,therolesofThurgoodMarshall
andOliverHill,andhowVirginiaresponded.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

Byinterpretingitspowersbroadly,the
WhatwasthesignificanceofBrownv.BoardofEducation?
SupremeCourtcanreshapeAmericansociety.
WhatrolesdidThurgoodMarshallandOliverHillplayin
thedemiseofsegregatedschools?

HowdidVirginiarespondtotheBrownv.Boardof
Educationdecision?

CivilRightsandEducation
Brownv.BoardofEducation
SupremeCourtdecisionthatsegregatedschoolsare_______________________andmustdesegregate

Included____________________case

Keypeople
ThurgoodMarshall:___________________LegalDefenseTeam

OliverHill:NAACPLegalDefenseTeamin______________________________

Virginiaresponse
_________________________________________________________________:Closingsomeschools

Establishmentof_____________________________academies

_______________________________________flightfromurbanschoolsystems

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.14b
ThestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeoftheCivilRightsmovementofthe1950sand1960sby
b)describingtheimportanceoftheNationalAssociationfortheAdvancementofColoredPeople(NAACP),the1963
MarchonWashington,theCivilRightsActof1964,andtheVotingRightsActof1965.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

AfricanAmericans,workingthroughthecourt
systemandmassprotest,reshapedpublicopinion
andsecuredthepassageofcivilrights.

Howdidthe1963MarchonWashingtoninfluencepublic
opinionaboutcivilrights?

Howdidthelegislativeprocessadvancethecauseofcivilrights
forAfricanAmericans?

HowdidtheNAACPadvancecivilrightsforAfricanAmericans?

CivilRightsNotableEvents
NationalAssociationfortheAdvancementofColoredPeople(NAACP)
Challenged_____________________________________inthecourts.

1963MarchonWashington

Participantswereinspiredbythe________________________________________speechgivenbyDr.Martin

LutherKing,Jr.
Themarchhelpedinfluence_________________opiniontosupportcivilrightslegislation.

Themarchdemonstratedthepowerof___________________________________,massprotest.

CivilRightsActof1964

Theactprohibited_______________________________basedonrace,color,religion,gender,ornationalorigin.

Theactdesegregatedpublic___________________________________________.

President______________________________________.______________________________playedan

importantroleinthepassageoftheact.

VotingRightsActof1965

Theactoutlawed___________________________________tests.

_________________________________registrarsweresenttotheSouthtoregistervoters.

Theactresultedinan_________________________________inAfricanAmericanvoters.

PresidentJohnsonplayedanimportantroleinthe______________________________oftheact.

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.15a
Thestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofeconomic,social,cultural,andpoliticaldevelopmentsin
recentdecadesandtodayby
a)examiningtheroletheUnitedStatesSupremeCourthasplayedindefiningaconstitutionalrightto
privacy,affirmingequalrights,andupholdingtheruleoflaw.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

ThemembershipoftheUnitedStates
SupremeCourthaschangedtobecomemore
diverseovertime.

ThedecisionsoftheUnitedStatesSupreme
Courthaveexpandedindividualrightsinthe
yearssinceBrownv.BoardofEducationof
Topeka,Kansas(1954).

HowhasthemembershipoftheUnitedStatesSupreme
Courtchangedtobecomemorediverseovertime?

HowhavethedecisionsoftheUnitedStatesSupreme
Courtpromotedequalityandextendedcivilliberties?

EssentialKnowledge
ThemembershipoftheUnitedStatesSupremeCourthasincluded__________and______________such
asSandraDayOConnor,RuthBaderGinsburg,andClarenceThomas.

Thecivilrightsmovementofthe1940s,1950s,and1960sprovidedamodelthatothergroupshaveusedto
extendcivilrightsandpromote______________justice.

TheUnitedStatesSupremeCourtprotectsthe___________________________________________
enumeratedintheConstitutionoftheUnitedStates.

TheUnitedStatesSupremeCourtidentifiesa________________________basisforarighttoprivacythatis
protectedfromgovernmentinterference.

TheUnitedStatesSupremeCourtinvalidates_____________________actsand____________________
actionsthatthejusticesagreeexceedtheauthoritygrantedtogovernmentofficialsbytheConstitutionof
theUnitedStates.

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.15b
Thestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofeconomic,social,cultural,andpoliticaldevelopmentsin
recentdecadesandtodayby
b)analyzingthechangingpatternsofimmigration,thereasonsnewimmigrantschoosetocometothis
country,theircontributionstocontemporaryAmerica,andthedebatesoverimmigrationpolicy.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

RisingimmigrationhasincreasedAmerican
diversityandredefinedAmericanidentity.

WhatfactorshavedrawnimmigrantstotheUnitedStates?

Whatimmigrantgroupsaccountforthebulkof
immigration?

Whatissuesarecurrentlybeingdebatedrelatedto
immigrationtotheUnitedStates?

Whataresomecontributionsmadebyimmigrants?

ANewMeltingPot
ImmigrationtotheUnitedStateshasincreasedfrommanydiversecountries,especiallyAsianandLatin
Americancountries.

Reasonsforimmigration

Political______________________

_________________________opportunity

Issuesrelatedtoimmigrationpolicy
Strainongovernmentservices

FillinglowpayingjobsintheUnitedStates

____________________________issues

Pathwayto____________________________

_______________________________education

Increasingcultural____________________________________

Contributionsofimmigrants
Diversityinmusic,thevisualarts,and_____________________________

Rolesinlaborforce

Achievementsinscience,_____________________________,andotherfields

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.15c
Thestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofeconomic,social,cultural,andpoliticaldevelopmentsinrecentdecades
andtodayby
c)explainingthemediainfluenceoncontemporaryAmericancultureandhowscientificandtechnologicaladvances
affecttheworkplace,healthcare,andeducation.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

Dramaticadvancesintechnologyhaveaffectedlife Howhastheaccessibilitytoimprovedtechnologyand
communicationsaffectedAmericanculture?
inAmericainmanysignificantareas.
TheAmericanspaceprogramwasatriumphof
Americantechnologicalprowess.
Technologycanmakecommunicationand
informationmoreaccessible.

ScienceandTechnology
Intheearly1960s,President__________________pledgedincreasedsupportfortheAmericanspaceprogram.The
racetothe____________continuedthroughthe1960s.U.S.astronaut__________________________wasthefirst
AmericantoorbittheEarth.In1969,Americanastronaut__________________________________wasthefirst
persontostepontothemoonssurface.Heproclaimed,Thatsonesmallstepforaman;onegiantleapformankind.

___________________________wasthefirstfemaleAmericanastronaut.

Overthepastthreedecades,improvedtechnologyandmediahavebroughtaboutbetteraccesstocommunication
andinformationforbusinessesandindividualsinbothurbanandruralareas.Asaresult,manymoreAmericanshave
accessto________________________________________________and__________________________.

Examplesoftechnologicaladvances
Spaceexploration

_____________shuttle,Marsrover,Voyagermissions,_________________telescope

Communications
Satellite,Globalpositioningsystem(GPS),Personalcommunicationsdevices

________________________

Changesinwork,school,andhealthcareinrecentdecades

__________________________________

_______________________coursework
Growthofserviceindustries

Breakthroughsinmedicalresearch,includingimprovedmedicaldiagnosticandimaginingtechnologies

________________________________andoffshoring

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.15d
Thestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofeconomic,social,cultural,andpoliticaldevelopmentsin
recentdecadesandtodayby
d)examiningtheimpactoftheReaganRevolutiononfederalism,theroleofgovernment,andstateand
nationalelectionssince1988.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

RonaldReaganspolicieshadanimpactonthe WhatwastheimpactoftheReaganRevolutionon
relationshipbetweenthefederalandstate
federalism,theroleofgovernment,andstateandnational
governments.
electionssince1988?

Theconservativepoliticalphilosophyof
PresidentReaganpromptedareevaluationof
thesizeandroleofgovernmentinthe
economyandsocietyofcontemporary
America.

Conservatism
PresidentReaganandconservative__________________________advocatedfor

____________cuts

transferofresponsibilitiesto_________________governments

appointmentofjudges/justiceswhoexercised_________________________________________

__________________________inthenumberandscopeofgovernmentprogramsandregulations

strengtheningoftheAmerican_______________________________.

The____________________________________________extendedbeyondhistenureinofficewith

theelectionofhisvicepresident,_____________________________________________

theelectionofacentristDemocrat,_____________________________________________

theRepublicansweepofcongressionalelectionsandstatehousesinthe1990s

theelectionof_________________________________________________aspresident.

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

StandardVUS.15e
Thestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofeconomic,social,cultural,andpoliticaldevelopmentsin
recentdecadesandtodayby
e)assessingtheroleofgovernmentactionsthatimpacttheeconomy.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

TheFederalgovernmenthastheabilityto
influencetheUnitedStateseconomy.Itbases
itsdecisionsoneconomicindicatorssuchas
GrossDomesticProduct(GDP),exchange
rates,rateofinflation,andunemployment
rate.

WhataretherolesthatgovernmentplaysintheUnited
Stateseconomy?

USEconomy
Governmentpromotesahealthyeconomycharacterizedbyfull____________________________andlow

_________________________________________throughtheactionsof

____________________________________________________:Monetarypolicydecisionscontrolthe

supplyof____________________and____________________toexpandorcontracteconomicgrowth.

thepresidentandCongress:Fiscalpolicydecisionsdeterminelevelsofgovernment

___________________and__________________________;government_____________________the

economy.

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

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Thestudentwilldemonstrateknowledgeofeconomic,social,cultural,andpoliticaldevelopmentsin
recentdecadesandtodayby
f)assessingtheroleoftheUnitedStatesinaworldconfrontedbyinternationalterrorism.

EssentialUnderstanding

EssentialQuestions

TheUnitedStateshasconfrontedtheincrease WhatrolehastheUnitedStatesplayedinaworld
ininternationalterrorismbyformulating
confrontedbyinternationalterrorism?
domesticandinternationalpoliciesaimedat
stoppingterrorism.

Terrorism
UnitedStatesresponsestoterrorism
Heightened____________________________________athome(PatriotAct)

_____________________________________and______________________________initiatives

HenricoCountyPublicSchools,2010.MikeHasley

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