Recent American History
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(Printer friendly assignment sheet for Recent American History)
Unit 1 Coming of Age
| 1. America’s New Industrial Age | 7. The Gilded Age in Politics | 13. Race Relations and Equal Rights |
| 2. Inventing Big Business | 8. Promise and Problems of Big City Life | 14. Women Emerging in Society |
| 3. Workers of America Unite | 9. Project: People on the Move | 15. Quiz 3: Life at the Turn of the Century |
| 4. Politics and Plows | 10. Quiz 2: Immigrants, Politics, and Urban Life | 16. Special Project |
| 5. Quiz 1: Developing an Industrial America | 11. America Learns Her ABCs | 17. Review |
| 6. Adventure in Moving | 12. America Before MTV | 18. Test |
Unit 2 Modern America Emerges
| 1. Origins of Progressivism | 7. America’s New Foreign Policy | 13. Global Peacemakers |
| 2. Progressing Toward Reform | 8. Project: A Soldier’s Journal | 14. Quiz 3: War to End All Wars |
| 3. Leaders and Limitations of Progressivism | 9. Quiz 2: America Grows Out | 15. Special Project |
| 4. Quiz 1: Progressive Era | 10. Road to War | 16. Review |
| 5. Global Imperialism | 11. America Enters the War | 17. Test |
| 6. Imperialism and America | 12. War on the Home Front |
Unit 3 Boom to Bust, 1920-1940
| 1. Revolting Russia | 8. Harlem Renaissance | 15. Critics of the New Deal |
| 2. Americans Respond to Postwar Issues | 9. Quiz 2: Roaring and Soaring 20’s | 16. Deal or No Deal |
| 3. Normalcy and Isolationism | 10. Uncle Sam is Depressed | 17. Project: A New Deal Journal |
| 4. Business Booms | 11. Devastation of the Depression | 18. Quiz 4: New Deal for the Depression |
| 5. Quiz 1: Postwar Recovery | 12. World is Depressed | 19. Special Project |
| 6. Life Changes in America | 13. Quiz 3: Boom to Bust | 20. Review |
| 7. Flappers and Popular Culture | 14. Making Alphabet Soup | 21. Test |
Unit 4 Hot and Cold Wars, 1930-1963
| 1. Rise of Dictators | 8. America’s Greatest Generation | 15. The Truman Show |
| 2. Moving from Isolationism to War | 9. Quiz 2: Uncle Sam at War | 16. The Eisenhower Years |
| 3. Quiz 1: The Path to War | 10. Origins of the Cold War | 17. Nifty Fifties |
| 4. Americans Mobilize | 11. Cold War Gets Hot | 18. Quiz 4: Postwar Boom |
| 5. European Theatre | 12. Continuing Cold War Conflicts | 19. Special Project |
| 6. Holocaust | 13. Cold War Chills Americans | 20. Review |
| 7. Pacific Theatre | 14. Quiz 3: Cold War Conflicts | 21. Test |
Unit 5 Change, Continuity, and Conflict: 1963-Y2K
| 1. Taking on Segregation | 7. Foreign Policy | 13. Social Issues |
| 2. Strategies and Leaders | 8. Project: Comparison Matrix | 14. Quiz 3: Contemporary America |
| 3. Change Through the Courts | 9. Quiz 2: Domestic Policy Changes | 15. Special Project |
| 4. Quiz 1: Climbing the Mountain to Racial Freedom | 10. Global Economy | 16. Review |
| 5. Trouble in the White House | 11. Immigration and Migration | 17. Test |
| 6. Conservative Revolution | 12. Social and Religious Changes |
Unit 6 Course Review and Exam
1. Review 1
2. Review 2
3. Exam