Download Arcadia Unified School District U.S. History Grade 11

Arcadia Unified School District
U.S. History
Grade 11
INTRODUCTION
Students in grade eleven study the major turning points in American history in the
twentieth century. Following a review of the nation's beginnings and the impact of the
Enlightenment on U.S. democratic ideals, students build upon the ninth grade study of
global industrialization to understand the emergence and impact of new technology and a
corporate economy, including the social and cultural effects. They trace the change in the
ethnic composition of American society; the movement toward equal rights for racial
minorities and women; and the role of the United States as a major world power. An
emphasis is placed on the expanding role of the federal government and federal courts as
well as the continuing tension between the individual and the state. Students consider the
major social problems of our time and trace their causes in historical events. They learn
that the United States has served as a model for other nations and that the rights and
freedoms we enjoy are not accidents, but the results of a defined set of political principles
that are not always basic to citizens of other countries. Students understand that our rights
under the U.S. Constitution are a precious inheritance that depends on an educated
citizenry for their preservation and protection.
1. Students will identify all 50 states, major geographic features, and major cities.
2. Students analyze the significant ideologies/events in the founding of the nation and its
attempts to realize the philosophy of government described in the Declaration of
Independence. (11.1)
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Describe the foundational basis of the American Revolution including: (11.1.1)
- -the Enlightenment
- Great Awakening
- -prior democratic documents: Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights
 Mayflower Compact
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Describe the rise of democratic ideas as the context in which the nation was founded:
(11.1.1)
- Locke
 Rousseau
- Montesquieu
 Thomas Paine
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P Analyze the ideological foundations of the United States government, the idea of
divinely bestowed unalienable natural rights philosophy of the Founders, the debates on
the drafting and ratification of the Constitution, and the addition of the Bill of Rights:
(11.1.2)
- Jefferson
- Hamilton
 The Federalist Papers
P Understand the history of the Constitution after 1787 with emphasis on federal versus
state authority and growing democratization: (11.1.3)
- First amendment protections
- Federal vs States powers
- Checks and Balances
- Democratic Republic
- Judicial Review (Marbury vs. Madison)
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Examine the causes and effects of the Civil War and Reconstruction, including: (11.1.4)
- Douglass
- 13 – 15 amendments
- Jim Crow Laws
- Sectionalism (e.g. Fed vs. State)
 Garrison
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Connect geographic expansion with the Monroe Doctrine and Manifest Destiny. (11.1.4)
3. Students analyze the relationship among the rise of industrialization, large-scale ruralto-urban migration, and massive immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe and
Asia. (11.2)
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Analyze the effects of industrialization on living and working conditions, including the
portrayal of working conditions and food safety in Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle. (11.2.1)
Compare/contrast reasons for immigration among differing ethnic groups. (11.2.1)
Describe the changing landscape, including the growth of cities linked by industry and
trade, and the development of cities divided according to race, ethnicity, and class:
(11.2.2)
- Child labor
- Tenements
- Ethnic Enclaves
 How the Other Half Lives, Jacob Riis
Understands the effects of nativism (ie. prejudice of ethnicity/class/gender): (11.2.3)
- Chinese Exclusion Act
- Gentlemens Agreement
- Americanization
- No Irish Need Apply
- Washington vs. Du Bois
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Analyze the impact of urban political machines and responses to them by immigrants and
middle-class reformers. (11.2.4)
- Nast
 Tammany Hall
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Identify the impact of corporate mergers that produced trusts and monopoly and the
economic and political policies of industrial leaders, including: (11.2.5)
- Carnegie
- Rockefeller
- Vertical Integration/
- Horizontal Consolidation
 Morgan
 Vanderbilt
 Trace the economic development of the United States and its emergence as a major
industrial power. Emphasize the following: (11.2.6)
- Hamilton – Industrial
- Jefferson- Agricultural
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Analyze the similarities and differences between: (11.2.7)
- Ideologies of Social Darwinism
- Social Gospel Movement
- The Gospel of Wealth.
 William Graham Sumner, Billy Sunday, Dwight L. Moody.
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Examine the effect of political programs and activities of Populists: (11.2.8)
 Bimetallism (Sherman Silver Purchase Act)
 William Jennings Bryan
 Gold/silver debates
P Understand the effect of popular programs and activities of the Progressives: (11.2.9)
- Children’s Bureau
- Sixteenth Amendment
- Temperance Movement
- Labor Reform (Debs, Gompers)
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P Understand the effect of political programs and activities of Progressive leadership,
including: (11.2.9)
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Taft
- Wilson
- Trust busting/ monopolies
- Conservationist movement
- Robert LaFolette
- Ida Tarbell,
 Lincoln Steffens
- 17th Amendment
- 19th Amendment
- Anthony, Catt
- Recall, Referendum, Initiative
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Examine the Limitations of Progressivism, emphasize: (11.2.9)
 Civil Rights
4. Students analyze the role religion played in the founding of America, its lasting moral,
social, and political impacts, and issues regarding religious liberty (Incorporated
throughout the year. Please see thematic units 11.12 for further clarification and
alignment.). (11.3)
5. Students evaluate the emergence of the United States as a world power in the early
twentieth century. (11.4)
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Describe the purpose and the effects of the Open Door policy. (11.4.1)
Understand the Spanish-American War and U.S. expansion in the South Pacific,
including: (11.4.2)
- Platt Amendment
- Yellow Journalism (Hearst, Pulitzer)
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Examine America’s role in the Panama Revolution and the building of the Panama Canal,
including: (11.4.3)
- - Roosevelt Corollary
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Compare/contrast the following: (11.4.4)
- Theodore Roosevelt’s Big Stick Diplomacy,
- William Taft’s Dollar Diplomacy,
- Woodrow Wilson’s Moral Diplomacy
 Drawing on relevant speeches.
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P Identify the causes of and analyze the political and economic ramifications of World
War I in relation to international events: (11.4.5)
- 14 points
- League of Nations
- Treaty of Versailles
 Impact of Russian Revolution
P Analyze the social and political impact of World War I on the homefront, including:
(11.4.5)
- Espionage and Sedition Acts
 Herbert Hoover
 Concept of Propaganda
 Domestic Opposition to WWI/
 Emergence of Anti-War movement
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Trace the declining role of Great Britain and the expanding role of the United States in
world affairs after World War I. (11.4.6)
6. Students analyze the major political, social, economic, technological, and cultural
developments of the 1920s. (11.5)
Discuss the policies of Presidents Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover.
(11.5.1)
P Evaluate the forces resistant to change: (11.5.2)
- Palmer raids
- Red scare
- Immigration quotas
- KKK
- Scopes Trial
- Fundamentalism
- Sacco and Vanzetti
- Prohibition
- Volstead Act
 Return to “Normalcy”
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P Evaluate the forces promoting change: (11.5.3)
- Changing gender roles (Flappers)
- ACLU
- NAACP
- Harlem Renaissance (see 11.5.4)
- Lost Generation
- Rise of organized crime
- Garvey and the “back to Africa” movement
P Interrelate the concept of the forces promoting change vs the forces resisting change in
the 1920’s. (11.5.4)
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Describe the Harlem Renaissance and new trends in literature, music, and art, include:
(11.5.5)
- Zora Neale Hurston
- Langston Hughes
- Louis Armstrong
 Paul Robeson
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Understand economic trends of the 1920’s, including: (11.5.6)
- Mass consumerism
- Buying on credit/margin
- Advertising
- Technology
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Interrelate the rise of mass production techniques, the growth of cities, and the resulting
prosperity and effect on the American landscape. Emphasize the following: (11.5.7)
- Leisure Activities
- Automobile
- Sports
- Electricity
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Identify the economic and political policies of Presidents Warren Harding, Calvin
Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover and connect them to the causes of the Great Depression.
(11.5.7)
7. Students analyze the causes for the Great Depression, its human toll and how the New
Deal fundamentally changed the relationship between the citizen and the federal
government. (11.6)
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Identify the economic and political policies of Presidents Warren Harding, Calvin
Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover. (11.5.7)
Examine the Limitations of Progressivism, emphasize: (11.2.9)
- Civil Rights
P Describe the social and economic factors that gave rise to the onset of the Great
Depression. Emphasize the following: (11.6.2)
- Bank Runs
- Speculation
- Overproduction
- Tariffs and Economic Isolation
 Dawes Plan
P Understand the explanations of the principal causes of the Great Depression and the
steps taken by the Federal Reserve, Congress, and Presidents Herbert Hoover to combat
the economic crisis. (11.6.2)
P Connect the unwise agricultural practices and natural disasters on the depopulation of
rural regions and political movements of the left and right. (11.6.3)
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P Empathize with the people affected by the Great Depression with particular attention
paid to issues of race: (11.6.3)
- Dorthea Lange
- Woody Guthrie
- John Steinbeck
- WPA
 Dust Bowl refugees - social and economic impacts in California.
P Analyze the effects of and the controversies arising from New Deal economic policies
and the expanded role of the federal government in society and the economy since the
1930s. Emphasize the following: (11.6.4)
- Works Progress Administration
- Social Security
- National Labor Relations Board
- AAA
- TVA
- CCC
- FDIC
- NRA
- Supreme Court reaction and Court Packing
- Fireside Chats
- Bank Holiday
8. Students analyze America’s participation in World War II. (11.7)
P Evaluate Americas political response to fascist (Germany, Japan, Spain, Italy) territorial
aggression and identify its effect on the economy at home. Emphasize the following:
(11.7.1)
- Neutrality Acts
- Lend Lease (Industrial mobilization)
- Cash and Carry
- Atlantic Charter
- Appeasement
- Embargo
 Peacetime Draft
P Explain U.S. and Allied wartime strategy in the following events: (11.7.2)
- Pearl Harbor
- Midway
- Normandy
- Iwo Jima
- Okinawa
- the Battle of the Bulge
- the Battle of Britain
- North Africa
- Stalingrad
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P Identify the roles and sacrifices of individual American soldiers, as well as the unique
contributions of the special fighting forces in World War II, include: (11.7.3)
- Tuskegee Airmen
- 442nd Regimental Combat team
- Navajo Code Talkers
- Women in the Military
P Analyze Roosevelt’s foreign policy during World War II (Four Freedoms speech).
(11.7.4)
P Discuss the Constitutional Issues and evaluate the government’s response to: (11.7.5)
- Japanese Internment
- Fred Korematsu v. United States of America
P Analyze the American public’s response to Homefront Issues and how it transformed
American society, include: (11.7.5)
- Zoot Suit Riots
- Rationing (WPB, Office of Price Administration)
- Effects on African American labor
- Demographic Shifts
- Women in the Workplace - Rosie the Riveter Propaganda
P Evaluate America’s response to the Holocaust, including: (11.7.5)
- Hitler’s atrocities against Jews and other groups
 Describe major developments in technology and the war’s impact on the location of
American industry and use of resources, include the following: (11.7.6)
 Sunbelt
 Aviation
 Weaponry
 Communication
 Medicine
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Evaluate the decision to drop atomic bombs and the consequences of the decision,
emphasize: (11.7.7)
- Hiroshima and Nagasaki
 Manhattan Project
9. Students analyze the foreign policies of the Cold War and its effects on American
society. (11.8)
P Understand the early stages of the Cold War (1945 to 1963) foreign and domestic,
emphasize the following events: (11.8.1)
- Yalta Conference
- Truman Doctrine (containment)
- Marshall Plan
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Warsaw Pact
NATO
Berlin Blockade > Airlift > Wall
Domino Theory
Brinkmanship
Arms Race / Space Race
Iron Curtain
U2 Incident
Korean War
Cuban Missile Crisis
Bay of Pigs
United Nations
Early Vietnam
Satellite Nations
Military Industrial Complex
Economic Interests
CIA
P Analyze how Cold War fears permeated American society, include: (11.8.2)
- McCarthyism
- Rosenbergs
- Alger Hiss
- Hollywood Ten (black list)
- HUAC
- Civil Defense (Bomb Shelters)
P Explain how the American economy and culture flourished alongside the Cold War,
include: (11.8.3)
- Consumerism
- Pop culture (Television)
- GI Bill
- Suburbia & “white flight”
- Technology
- Interstate Highway Act
- Gender Roles
- Counter Culture (e.g. Rock n’ Roll, Beatniks)
- Baby Boom
10. Students analyze U.S. foreign and domestic policies of 1960’s and 1970’s (Johnson to
Nixon). (11.9)
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Describe the U.S. escalation and resolution of America’s conflict in Vietnam, emphasize
the following: (11.9.1)
- Gulf of Tonkin Incident
- Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
- Guns and Butter
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Ho Chi Minh Trail
Bombing of Cambodia
Vietnamization
Tet Offensive
My Lai Massacre
Fall of Saigon
Guerilla Warfare (napalm, search and destroy, Agent Orange)
Hearts and Minds
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Describe the effect of Vietnam on American Society, including: (11.9.1)
- Draft
- Hawks and Doves
- Kent State
- Student Protest
- Hippie Movement
- Pentagon Papers
- Students for a Democratic Society
- 1968 Democratic National Convention (Chicago 7)
- The New Left
- Silent Majority
- Vietnam Veterans against the War
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Analyze the domestic policies of the era, including the following: (11.9.2)
Johnson Years:
- Great Society
- Medicare
- Medicaid
- Immigration Act of 1965
- The Warren Court
- NEA
- NPR
- PBS
- EEOC
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Nixon Years:
-Watergate
-CREEP
-Nixon vs. U.S.
-Impeachment and Resignation
-Role of the Press
-The Burger Court
Analyze Nixon’s Cold War policy, include: (11.9.3)
- Real Politik
- Détente
- SALT I Treaty
11. Students trace and analyze U.S. society from 1975 to the present. (11.10)
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Trace and analyze the U.S. foreign policy with regards to Latin America post WWII,
include: (11.10.1)
- Grenada
- Nicaragua
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Panama
El Salvador
Haiti
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Trace and analyze the U.S. foreign policy with regards to the Middle East post WWII,
emphasize: (11.10.2)
- OPEC
- Iran Hostage Crisis
- Iran Contra Scandal
- Afghanistan
- Camp David Accords
- Desert Storm / Gulf War
- War in Iraq
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Analyze the policies & events surrounding the end of the Cold War: (11.10.3)
- Perestroika
- Glasnost
- Fall of the Berlin Wall
- SDI (Star Wars)
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Examine the domestic concerns of U.S. government in the 1970s: (11.10.4)
- Energy Crisis (1970’s)
- Stagflation
- AIDS Epidemic
- Welfare Reform
- War on Drugs
12. Students analyze the development of federal civil rights and voting rights with regards
to both race and gender. (11.11)
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Trace the evolution of civil rights race relations to provide students with a basis from
which to understand the Civil Rights Movement. Emphasize the following: (11.11.1)
- Dred Scott v. Sandford
- Plessy v. Ferguson
- Share cropping
- Jim Crow Laws
- WWII (as cause of Civil Rights Movement)
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Examine and analyze the politics of the Civil Rights Movements, including the
following: (11.11.2)
- Brown v. Board of Education
- 1964 Civil Rights Act
- Voting Rights Act of 1965
- Twenty-Fourth Amendment
- DeJure vs. DeFacto
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Analyze the effectiveness of Grassroots Movements as they relate to the Civil Rights
Movement, emphasize the following: (11.11.3)
- MLK Jr.
- Montgomery Bus Boycott
- March on Washington
- Freedom Rides
- SNCC
- SCLC
- Little Rock Nine
- Sit-ins
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Analyze societal reaction to the CRM, include: (11.11.4)
- Bussing
- Regents of the University of California v. Bakke California Proposition 209
- Resistance to integration - Little Rock/Birmingham
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Analyze how the Civil Rights Movement played out in Urban areas, emphasize the
following: (11.11.4)
- Black Power
- Black Panthers
- Malcolm X
- Watts Riots
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Understand the strategies and effectiveness of the quests of Hispanic Americans, include
the following: (11.11.5)
- United Farm Workers in California.
- Chicano Movement
- Cesar Chavez
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Analyze the strategies and effectiveness of the quests of the Feminist Movement,
emphasize the following: (11.11.6)
- Gloria Steinem
- Betty Freidan and Feminine Mystique
- ERA
- Glass Ceiling
- Wage Disparity
- Roe vs. Wade
- Phyllis Schafly
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Understand how other groups were inspired by the Civil Rights Movement (eg. Native
Americans, Asian Americans, Gay and Lesbian, disabled, elderly). (11.11.7)
13. Students examine major themes and interrelate the concepts. The following themes will
be a focus throughout the year: (11.12)
- Labor
- Power of the executive branch
- Environmental issues
- Religion
- Current political issues
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Compare importance and struggles of the labor movement and how it relates to the US as
an industrial power: (11.12)
- Techniques used by management and labor
- (collective bargaining, strikes, yellow-dog contract, strikebreakers, blacklisting,
closed shop, arbitration)
- CIO and AFL
- United Farm Workers and Cesar Chavez
- Major leaders in the labor movement
- Major legislation (Wagner Act)
- Role of federal government
- Refer to major events as applicable in chronological study
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Trace the expansion of the power of the Executive branch from the Great Depression to
the present: (11.12)
- Taft-Hartley
- The New Deal
- The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
- Great Society
- Watergate
- War Powers Act
- The Patriot Act
- New Frontier
- New Federalism
- Reaganomics
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Examine the balance between conservation, reclamation, and exploitation. (11.12)
- Industrialization
- Progressive conservation (Roosevelt, Muir, Pinchot)
- Modern environmental concerns (Silent Spring, oil spills, greenhouse effect,
endangered species, clean air, industrial and nuclear waste)
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Explain how Religion has played a major social and political role in American history:
(11.12)
- First and Second Great Awakenings
- First Amendment
- (separation of church and state + free exercise)
- Role of religion in progressive reforms
- (Social Gospel, temperance)
- Rise of fundamentalism in the 1920s
- Civil Rights Movement
- Rise of the religious right, moral majority
- Religious intolerance
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Understand major current events and draw connections to the past. (11.12)
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