Mrs. Hamilton's History Classes

Fall Semester

Unit #1: Foundations of American History

1.  The Constitution

2. Between the Revolution and Civil War

3. Introduction to the Civil War and Reconstruction

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Unit #2: Industrialization, Immigration, Urbanization & Reform​

1. Review of Industrial Revolution

2. Industrialization, Immigration, and Urbanization

3. Fighting for Change

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Unit #3: America Becomes a World Power

1. Imperialism Review

2. Turn of the Century Foreign Policies

3. U.S. Involvement in WWI

4. Effects of WWI

 

Unit #4: Between the Wars

1. An Introduction to Between the Wars

2. The 1920s

3. The Depression

4. FDR & The New Deal

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Spring Semester

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Unit #1: World War II​

1. Causes of WWII

2. World War II So Far

3. America Joins

4. New Opportunities & Ongoing Hardships

5. WWII Continues

6. End of WWII

7. Effects of WWII

 

Unit #2: Early Cold War

1. The Cold War Begins

2. Cold War Tensions

3. The Korean War

4. The Second Red Scare

5. JFK and the Cold War
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Unit #3: Conformity & Change

1. The 1950s: An Era of Conformity

2. Challenges to Conformity: The New Generation

3. JFK

4. LBJ's Great Society

5. An Introduction to the Civil Rights Movement

6. Successes of the Civil Rights Movement

 

Unit #4: The Vietnam Conflict

1. Background on the Vietnam Conflict

2. Vietnam Conflict Mini-Lectures

3. The End and Legacy 

 

Unit #5: Modern Foreign Policy

1. The End of the Cold War 

2. The Middle East

3. Road to 9-11 

4. U.S. & The Middle East Today