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US History Prequel
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| List the US History themes | American & national identity (NAT) Work, exchange, & technology (WXT) Geography & the environment (GEO) Migration & settlement (MIG) Politics & power (PCE) America in the world (WOR) American & Regional Culture (ARC) Social Structure (SOC) |
| American and National Identity (NAT) | -how and why American identity and values have developed & changed -citizenship, rights, race, religion, and national identity -Who is considered American? |
| Work, Exchange, and Technology (WXT) | -factors behind the development of systems of economic exchange -technology, economic markets, trade, industrialization, government How had technology changed American life? |
| Geography & the environment (GEO) | role of geography (both natural and human made environments) on social and political developments in what would become the US -competition over natural resources, regional diversity, how the US impacts the envirnement & reshapes geography |
| Migration and settlement (MIG) | why & how people who moved to/within the US adapted & transformed their social & physical environments -urbanization, forced migration, westward expansion, immigration, movement within US push/pull factors: reasons to leave a place/why move to another |
| Both NAT and MIG discuss immigration through different contexts and perspectives: | NAT: Who belongs? How immigrants affected ideas of American identity, citizenship, rights, etc. (identity, citizenship, acceptance) MIG: why/where did people move? More about people coming to the US. What happened because of their movement? |
| politics & power (PCE) | how social/political groups influence society & gov. how political beliefs change struggles for political power -debates by social/political groups about the role of gov. in social, political, & economic life -how is gov. power used or challenged? |
| America in the World (WOR) | -interactions between nations that affected North American history in the colonial period -the influence of the US on world affairs -interactions between empires, nations, and peoples -America's increasingly important role in the world |
| American & Regional Culture (ARC) | how and why national, regional, and group cultures developed and changed -how culture shaped gov. policy and the economy -How creative expression, demographic change, philosophy, religion, scientific ideas, socials mores, etc shape group cultures |
| Difference between ARC and NAT: | NAT: What makes us Americans? (belonging, citizenship) ARC: What makes different parts of America different from each other? --> culture in different regions! (differences) |
| Social Structure (SOC) | how & why social systems develop & change -impact that these systems have on the broader society (economy, culture, etc) -social categories, roles, practices are created, maintained, challenged, transformed throughout |
| factory workers formed labor unions seeking higher wages, shorter hours, and safer conditions | Work, Exchange & Technology -they focus on labor, wages, and working conditions |
| progressive reformers pushed for direct election of senators so ordinary citizens had greater control over government | Politics & power -the focus is elections and who has political control over gov |
| The 14th Amendment established birthright citizenship and equal protection. | American & national identity -the main issue is who counts as a citizen and what citizenship means |
| Poll taxes and literacy tests made it difficult for Black citizens to vote | Politics and power although racial inequality is involved, the specific focus is voting and access to political power. |
| labor unions asking employers for better wages | Work, Exchange, and Technology |
| labor unions pressuring Congress to pass labor laws | politics & power |
| inequality specifically in political participation/voting | politics & power |
| Period 1 | 1491-1607 native societies, European Exploration, Columbian exchange Colonization: Native America encounters Europeans and the British colonies develop. |
| period 2 | 1607-1754 |
| period 3 | 1754-1800 French & Indian war, American Revolution, Constitution, early British Colonies, slavery, regional development, colonial society Revolution: the colonies break from Britian and establish a new government |
| period 4 | 1800-1848 Jefferson/Jackson, market revolution, reform movements, expansion Growing nation: democracy expands, the economy changes, and the US pushes westward |
| period 5 | 1844-1877 Manifest Destiny, slavery, conflict, Civil War, Reconstruction Civil War: Westward expansion intensifies the slavery debate, leading to secession, war, emancipation, and reconstruction |
| period 6 | 1865-1898 Industrialization, immigration, Gilded Age, western expansion Industrial America: railroads, factories, corporations, immigration, urbanization, and inequality transform the country. |
| period 7 | 1890-1945 progressivism, imperialism, WWI, great depression, New Deal, WWII US becomes a world power: progressivism at home, greater involvement abroad, two world wars, the Depression, and the New Deal |
| period 8 | 1945-1980 Cold War, Civil Rights movement, vietnam, social change Cold War America: the US competes with the Soviet Union while the Civil rights Movement and other social movements reshape American society. |
| period 9 | 1980-present Reagan era, globalization, end of Cold War, technology, modern politics Modern America: Conservatism grows, the Cold War ends, globalization and technology accelerate, and new domestic and international challenges emerge. |
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