SSUSH16 Investigate how political, economic, and cultural developments after WW I led to a shared national identity.

1. Explain how fears of rising communism and socialism in the United States led to the Red Scare and immigrant restriction.

2. Describe the effects of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Amendments.

3. Examine how mass production and advertising led to increasing consumerism, including

   Henry Ford and the automobile.

4. Describe the impact of radio and movies as a unifying force in the national culture.

5. Describe the emergence of modern forms of cultural expression including the origins of jazz and the Harlem Renaissance.

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SSUSH15 Analyze the origins and impact of U.S. involvement in World War I.

1. Describe the movement from U.S. neutrality to engagement in World War I, including unrestricted submarine warfare and the Zimmerman Telegram.

2. Explain the domestic impact of World War I, including the origins of the Great Migration, the Espionage Act, and socialist Eugene Debs.

3. Explain Wilson’s Fourteen Points and the debate over U.S. entry into the League of Nations.

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​Standards

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​Neutrality

World War 1

unrestricted submarine warfare

Zimmerman Telegram

the Great Migration

the Espionage Act

Eugene Debs

Wilson’s Fourteen Points

League of Nations

US Entry​

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• Began August 1914

• Central Powers V. Allies

• Woodrow Wilson went to Congress for Neutrality

• US in recession due to British blockade of ports

• 1915 Germany begins unrestricted submarine warfare​

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• Sinking of the Lusitania (128 Americans dies May 7, 1915

• Pres Woodrow re-elected​ tried for peace with Germany

• Germany brought back warfare and in 1917 and reached out to Mexico with Zimmerman Telegraph​

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