US+Learning+Targets

**United States History 1st Quarter Learning Targets** 1. I can identify the causes and effects of the Civil War. 2. I can explain the impacts of Westward expansion (1870’s – 1900). 3. I can explain the positive and negative impacts of Industrialization. 4. I can explain the goals of the Progressive Movement.
 * // **Vocabulary** // : Popular sovereignty, sectionalism, secession, assimilation, Manifest Destiny, labor union, urbanization, capitalism, demographics, immigration, suffrage, reform, patronage ||

**United States History 2nd Quarter Learning Targets** 1. I can identify the causes and effects of imperialism. 2. I can identify the causes and effects of World War One 3. I can identify the causes and effects of the Great Depression.


 * **//Vocabulary://** deficit spending, imperialism, isolation, diplomacy, propaganda, reparations, speculation, inflation, public works ||

US History 3rd Quarter Learning Targets // Quarter 3 Vocabulary // : Appeasement, baby boomer, civil liberties, Cold War, conformity, consumerism, fascism, foreign policy, genocide, ideology, internment, materialism, McCarthyism, neutrality, propaganda  4th Quarter Learning Targets for United States History 1. I can identify US government interventions during the Civil Rights Movement. 2. I can identify the key Civil Rights groups and methods during the 1950's and 1960's. 3. I can explain the Watergate scandal and the impact it had on the United States. 4. I can explain the “arms race” and the impact it had on U.S. foreign and domestic policy. 5. I can explain the causes of U.S. Involvement in the Vietnam War and key factors that affected the success of the U.S. military effort. 6. I can describe the impact of President Carter's foreign policy. 7. I can explain the major beliefs of modern conservatism and the impact they had on the United States in the 1980s. 8. I can describe the impact the fall of the Soviet Union had on the United States. 9. I can describe the impact of globalization on the United States economy and its role in the world during the 1990s. // Quarter 4 Vocabulary: // attrition, affirmative action, boycott, civil disobedience, conservatism, credibilty, cynicism, desegregation, feminism, free enterprise, glass ceiling, globalization, impeachment, inflation, integration, judicial review, reverse discrimination, (de facto and de jure) segregation
 * 1) I can identify the factors leading to World War II.
 * 2) I can explain the impact of World War II on American society.
 * 3) I can define and explain factors of the Holocaust.
 * 4) I can identify the causes and the impact of the Cold War.
 * 5) I can explain how the fear of communism affected the United States.
 * 6) I can explain the impact of the post war economy on Americans.
 * 7) I can identify the "Great Society" and the impact it had on the United States.