UNIT
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SKILLS
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TYPE OF ASSESSMENT USED
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| Reconstruction
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Understanding conflict between State and Federal governments
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Understanding political alignment
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Understanding conflict in Congress
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Understanding new roles of Freedmen
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Supreme Court cases
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Segregation
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Objectives test
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Thematic Essay
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| Westward Expansion
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Students should have an understanding of:
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Manifest Destiny
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Reasons for expansion
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Destruction of Native American culture
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Government policies toward settlement
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Government policies toward Native Americans
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Objective test
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| Industrial Age
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Students should have an understanding of:
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Resources that allowed for growth
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The concept of monopoly
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Government involvement in business
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Origins of labor unions
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Objective test
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| Immigration
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Students should have an understanding of:
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“Old” and “New” immigration
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Conditions in homelands that leads to immigration
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Government response
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Patterns of settlement
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Effects on industry
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Objective test
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DBQ
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| Progressive Era
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Students should have an understanding of:
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Government reform/policy
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How writers can affect public opinion
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Women’s suffrage
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Constitutional change
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Objective test
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| American Imperialism
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Students should have an understanding of:
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Scarcity of resources and its effect on governments
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Imperialism
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Foreign policy
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Conflict between isolationism v. expansionism
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U.S. relations with Latin America and the Far East
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Objective test
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Thematic Essay
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| World War I
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Students should have an understanding of:
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Reasons for U.S. involvement
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Conflict over U.S. involvement
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Foreign policy
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Treaty of Versailles and its long-term effect
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League of Nations
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Causes of W.W.I
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Objective test
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| 1920’s
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Students should have an understanding of:
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Reasons for economic boom
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Farmers’ struggles
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Struggles of minorities
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Prohibition and its effect on society
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Stock market fluctuations and its effects
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Culture of the 1920’s
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Objective test
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| Great Depression
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Students should have an understanding of:
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Overproduction and its effects
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Causes of the Depression
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Stock market crash and its effects
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Government policy - Federal vs. Local
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New Deal Policy
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Objective test
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| World War II
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Students should have an understanding of:
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Causes of W.W.II
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Reasons for U.S. involvement
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The Holocaust
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Formation of the United Nations
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Alliances and how they form
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Objective test
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| Cold War
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Students should have an understanding of:
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Development of a containment policy
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U.S. aid to foreign nations
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The Red Scare
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U.S. domestic policy (McCarthyism)
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Arms Race
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Foreign conflicts
i.e. Vietnam, Korea, Latin America
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NATO vs. Warsaw Pact
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Objective test
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DBQ
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