Scope & Sequence

U.S. History II
Ms. White

Unit 4 Migration and Industrialization 1877-1900

Chapter 14 New Industrial Age
1.    Expansion of Industry
2.    Age of Railroads
3.    Big Business & labor

Chapter 15 Immigrants and Urbanization
1.    The New Immigrants
2.    Challenges of Urbanization
3.    Politics in the Gilded Age

Unit 5 Modern America Emerges 1890-1920

Chapter 17 Progressive Era
1.    Muckrakers
2.    The Jungle
3.    Square Deal

Chapter 18 America Claims an Empire
1.    Imperialism & America
2.    Spanish-American War
3.    America as A World Power (Panama Canal)

Chapter 19 The First World War
1.    World War I Begins
2.    Technology At War
3.    War At Home
4.    Wilson Fights for Peace

Unit 6 The 1920’s and the Great Depression 1919-1940

Chapter 20 Politics of the Roaring Twenties
1.    America Struggles with Postwar Issues
2.    The Harding Presidency
3.    The Business of America
4.    Politics of the Roaring Twenties

Chapter 21 The Roaring Life of the 1920’s
1.    Changing Ways of Life
2.    The Twenties Woman
3.    Education and Popular Culture
4.    The Harlem Renaissance

Chapter 22 The Great Depression Begins
    1. The Nation’s Sick Economy
    2. Hardship and Suffering During the Depression
    3. Hoover Struggles with the Depression

Chapter 23 The New Deal
1.    A New Deal Fights the Depression
2.    The Second New Dealt Takes Hold
3.    The New Deal Affects Many Groups
4.    Culture in the 1930’s

Unit 7 World War II and Its Aftermath 1931-1960

Chapter 24 World War Looms
1.    Dictators Threaten World Peace
2.    War in Europe
3.    The Holocaust
4.    America Moves Toward War

Chapter 25 The United States in WWII
1.    Mobilizing for Defense
2.    The War for Europe and North Africa
3.    The War in the Pacific
4.    The Home Front

Chapter 26 Cold War Conflicts
1.    Origins of the Cold War
2.    The Cold War Heats Up
3.    The Cold War at Home
4.    Two Nations Live on the Edge


Chapter 27 The Post War Boom
1.    Postwar America
2.    The American Dream in the Fifties
3.    Popular Culture
4.    The Other America

Unit 8 Living with Great Turmoil 1954-1975

Chapter 28 The New Frontier and the Great Society
1.    Kennedy and the Cold War
2.    The New Frontier
3.    The Great Society

Chapter 29 Civil Rights
1.    Taking on Segregation
2.    The Triumphs of a Crusade
3.    Challenges and Changes in the Movements

Chapter 30 The Vietnam War Years
1.    Moving Toward Conflict
2.    U.S. Involvement and Escalation
3.    A Nation Divided
4.    1968: A Tumultuous Year
5.    The End of the War and Its Legacy

Chapter 31 An Era of Social Change
1.    Latinos and Native Americans Seek Equality
2.    Women Fight for Equality
3.    Culture and Counterculture

Chronologically: Approximately 1 chapter every 2-3 weeks

1st QTR Ch. 14, 15, 17

2nd QTR Ch. 17-19

3rd QTR Ch. 20 -23

4th QTR Ch. 24-26

Course Themes:
War & Conflict: Spanish American War through Cold War
Social Justice: Women, African Americans, Immigrants fight for equality
Industrialization and the Rise of Consumer Culture