Crossroads: Middle School Curriculum

Crossroads:
Middle School Curriculum

Unit VIII: "Waves of Reform" ca. 1800s to 1921

Question 1: What were the political, economic, and social reforms that shaped America?

Resource 1: Populist Party Platform Worksheet
Resource 2: Data Recording Worksheet
Resource 3: Political Reform
Resource 4: Interstate Commerce
Resource 5: Temperance
Resource 6: Regulation of Industry
Resource 7: Conservation
Resource 8: Women's Suffrage
Resource 9: Civil Rights
Resource 10: Helping the Needy
Resource 11: Exposing Corruption
Resource 12: Data Recording Worksheet
Resource 13: Essay Assignment Sheet
Resource 14: Criteria for Essay: Three Most Significant Reforms

Question 2: How did America become an imperial nation?

Resource 1: Reasons for the War Worksheet
Resource 2: Imperialism Readings: Reading I
Resource 3: Imperialism Readings: Reading II
Resource 4: Imperialism Political Cartoons: Assessment Criteria

Question 3: How did the United States exert its influence?

Resource 1:"World Power Political Cartoon -1905" Worksheet
Resource 2: Rating United States World Involvement: Directions for Filling the Chart
Resource 3: Rating United States World Involvement: Chart
Resource 4: "World Power Political Cartoon -1920" Worksheet

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