Unit 6: Imperialism through the Great Depression
Unit 6 Study Guide - (due on test day) You should clearly answer the questions, summarizing the main idea surrounding the key events and figures in a way that allows you to use this list as a study guide for the Unit 6 quiz/test.
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AMSCO Review Book (Period 7 1898-1945) - covers the rise of imperialism, America becoming a world power and the Progressive Era
AMSCO Review Book (Period 7 1920-1936) - covers the 1920s and the Great Depression
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Textbook Reading Assignments (black Brinkley book)
Part 1
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Textbook Reading Assignments (tan Brinkley book)
Part 1
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NOTES AND POWERPOINTS
Part 1 - Imperialism, World War I and 1920s
American Imperialism (PPT 1) - covers the Spanish-American War and the foreign policy objectives of Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson.
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Progressivism (PPT 2) - covers the nature of progressive reforms, the reformers of the time period and Progressive presidents
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Causes of World War I (worksheet packet) - reviews the MAIN causes of World War I - militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism
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World War I (PPT 3) - factors that contributed to the war, reasons for US entry and the effects of the war on the US
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The 1920s (PPT 4) - covers political, social and economic events of the 1920s in the aftermath of World War I leading up to the Great Depression
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Part 2- The Great Depression and World War II
Causes of the Great Depression (PPT 1) - covers the major factors leading to the Great Depression of the 1930s and the effect this crash had on the American public
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FDR and the New Deal (PPT 2) - covers the motivation behind, and consequences of, both the New Deal and the Second New Deal initiated by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 and 1936.
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New Deal Programs (handout) - list of major government programs started under the First New Deal (1932)
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