Indians, miners, cowboys, and farmers and how their interactions opened up the western half of the continent  

1850-1900-- Railroads, cattle companies, agricultural students, and homesteaders all benefited from a series of laws that distributed federal lands in the last half of the 19th century. Biggest losers: American Indians, who saw over half of their lands (usually the best half) taken by whites.

The owners, workers, machines, and ideas that helped form the American industrial empire

In a dreary time of party politics and economic disaster, the Populists energized America and helped promote William Jennings Bryan, an orator of prodigious power

Urban problems such as corruption and congestion were battled by reformers and the rise of a new form of Christianity called the Social Gospel which applied religious principles to social problems.

Read Progressive Era Reform.

Read about Women's Suffrage under the "Suffrage" category.

Read about Government Involvement and the Populism under the "Industrial Reform" category.

Click Practice athe bottom and answer questions about "The Progressive Movement".

1877-1914--As American industrial might grew, the desire to expand to international markets and the emergence of a new manifest destiny led to adventures and misadventures close to home (Mexico) and far away (China)

A summary of the important background, major events, and results of the Spanish-American War (1898) (Microsoft Word .doc file)

1. Read all of the section called "Imperialism".

2. Read about the Monroe Doctrine in the sections called "Neutrality".

3. Read about the Treaty of Versailles and League of Nations in the section called "Isolationism".

Attack on Civil Liberties and Betrayal at Versailles 1918-1920-- Wilson's idealistic quest for a "war to end all wars" ends disastrously in France while civil liberties are squelched in America 

A list of the serious issues in the culture wars of the 1920s that led to divisions and disagreements about American society. (pdf file)

The decade of the 1920s was marked with disillusionment, conservative Republican presidents, and major social and technological changes

This 1925 Tennessee trial pitted Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan in a fight over the teaching of evolution in the schools and also pointed to the growing divisions in American society between religious fundamentalism and modernism (Microsoft Word .doc file)

America's most serious economic downturn had many causes and brought a decade of personal and national hardships

Use this link to help you complete the the Respnses to the Great Depression by Hoover and FDR worksheet.

Use this powerpoint to complete "Responses to the Great Depression by Hoover and FDR" worksheet.

You will use this video to complete the New Deal viewing guide.

Below is a partial list of New Deal "alphabet agencies" and their primary function (relief, recovery, or reform).

Agrowing isolationism marked America's response to totalitarian advances in Europe and Asia.

A quick look atthe key events and battles of World War II. (Microsoft Word .doc file)

Short descriptions of the key battles of WWII

The Ho Chi Minh Trail not only connected North and South Vietnam during a brutal war but also aided Vietnamese soldiers. The trail shaved nearly five months of time off of the trip and was used as a secret weapon of sorts. Cameron Paterson describes the history and usage of the infamous trail.

"Dangerous Missions" History Channel

Domestic and foreign policies of George H. Bush, Bill CLinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama.