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Unit Four – America Acquires Power (1870-1941)

 

This unit examines the key changes the United States underwent in the seventy-year period after the Civil War. Starting with the frontier, we will examine America’s encroachment and resultant conflict with the Aboriginal peoples of the Great Plains, including the Dawes Act and the Wounded Knee Massacre. Through a critical examination of Turner’s Frontier Thesis and the development of the west, a causation link with later American imperialism can be researched for a class writing assignment. An understanding of the political, social, and economic reforms and the conditions that gave rise to them during this period will provide students with a broad insight into emerging American Twentieth Century values and attitudes. This transition towards urbanization and industrialization will also clearly demonstrate the rising American desire to move onto the world stage as will later efforts to assert their presence in the Caribbean, the Pacific, and North America. The devastation of World War I and US participation in it can be effectively used to show how the United States became a world power. It was through this active participation in world events, such as the World War I and the Treaty of Versailles that the Americans helped to shape the course and structure of Twentieth Century history. The twenty-two year period of introspection following World War I reveals the States consolidating their hold on domestic issues and security. An examination of the economic prosperity that was abruptly stifled by the Great Depression will allow you to gauge American effectiveness at dealing with the sweeping changes of these years. An understanding of the increasing US acceptance and preparation for its upcoming role in World War II will provide you with the necessary links to Unit 5.

 

Culminating Activity: Short Position Paper

Students will be given a two-page position paper to write concerning the Federal Election of 1940. The issue: Who would you support, the Isolationists or those favouring foreign involvement? Students should brainstorm the topic, trying to identify all persons and factors that were involved in the election. The teacher provides source documents, both primary and secondary at the beginning of research. Students will do further research and submit a 500-word paper outlining which candidate they support and why they support this candidate. This activity is likely to be changed. 

 

 

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