ELEVENTH GRADE

United States History From 1877 to the Present

 

The study of the history of the United States in Grade 11 continues the journey begun in Grade 10 through the economic, geographic, social, and political development of the United States.  Beginning with the post-Reconstruction United States and its shift into a more industrialized society, the course continues through the twentieth century to the present.  Students are involved in a chronological study of major events, issues, movements, and leaders of the United States through the present from both a national and an Alabama perspective.  Students are actively involved in and are challenged by the level of expectation inherent in the required content of this course.  With more fully developed skills in abstract thinking, students compare, analyze, and explain events and developments rather than simply list or identify them.

 

In order to provide a classroom environment that encourages all students to reach their potential, teachers employ various instructional methods to facilitate students’ pursuit of knowledge about the United States.  Instruction that includes individual and group research, debate, presentation, and the employment of current technology such as interactive digital video software and Internet sources provides students with extensive opportunities to explore and analyze historical topics and interpretations.

 

Cherokee County Schools:  This document correlates the Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies content standards with the Alabama High School Graduation Exam (AHSGE) and the state/county adopted textbooks.  Information in the columns labeled NCLB Reading/Writing and Resources is suggested.  All material in the column labeled Alabama Course of Study is minimum and required content for instruction. Content standards marked (*) denote content that is required but not covered by the textbook.  Content standards marked (***) denote tenth grade content.

 

Directions: The location of the course of study standards in the text is in the first column of the local document.  They are listed by chapter and section.  The second column contains state standards followed by dominant strands.  The standards are presented in the order they appear in the text.  The third column includes an AHSGE correlation, if indicated.  The last two columns are the suggested resources for reading/writing strategies and additional information on the standard.

 

 

 

Text Location

Ch./Sec.

 

Alabama Course of Study

E

G

H

PS

 

Alabama High School Graduation Exam

 

NCLB

Reading/Writing

 

Resources

 

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1.  Explain the transition of the United States from an agrarian society to an industrial nation prior to World War I.

 

Examples: Urbanization, development of Birmingham, Sherman Anti-trust Act, mechanized farming, Turner Frontier Thesis.

 

A.     Describing the impact of Manifest Destiny on the economic development of the post-Civil War West, including mining, the cattle industry, railroads, Great Plains farming, and the Grange

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

X

X

V-1 Identify and evaluate the events that led to the settlement of the West

 

Reading Essentials and Study Guide

 

www.nmai.si.edu

 

13/2

1. Explain the transition of the United States from an agrarian society to an industrial nation prior to World War I.

 

Examples: Urbanization, development of Birmingham, Sherman Anti-trust Act, mechanized farming, Turner Frontier Thesis.

 

 

  1. Describing the impact of Manifest Destiny on the economic development of the post-Civil War West, including mining, the cattle industry, railroads, Great Plains farming, and the Grange

 

X

X

X

X

IV-1 Identify and evaluate events, causes, and effects of the Civil War Era

 

V-1 Identify and evaluate the events that led to the settlement of the West

Reading Essentials and Study Guide

 

13/3
  1. Explain the transition of the United States from an agrarian society to an industrial nation prior to World War I.

Examples: Urbanization, development of Birmingham, Sherman Anti-trust Act, mechanized farming, Turner Frontier Thesis.

 

C.  Describing the impact of the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the Dawes Act on the United States between Reconstruction and World War I

X

X

X

X

V-1 Identify and evaluate the events that led to the settlement of the West

Reading Essentials and Study Guide

 

14/1

1. Explain the transition of the United States from an agrarian society to an industrial nation prior to World War I.

 

Examples: Urbanization, development of Birmingham, Sherman Anti-trust Act, mechanized farming, Turner Frontier Thesis.

X

X

X

X

V-2 Evaluate the concepts, developments, and consequences of industrialization and urbanization

Reading Essentials and Study Guide

www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook14.html

 

14/2
  1. Explain the transition of the United States from an agrarian society to an industrial nation prior to World War I.

Examples: Urbanization, development of Birmingham, Sherman Anti-trust Act, mechanized farming, Turner Frontier Thesis.

 

A. Describing the impact of Manifest Destiny on the economic development of the post-Civil War West, including mining, the cattle industry, railroads, Great Plains farming, and the Grange

X

X

X

X

V-2 Evaluate the concepts, developments, and consequences of industrialization and urbanization

Reading Essentials and Study Guide

 

14/3

1. Explain the transition of the United States from an agrarian society to an industrial nation prior to World War I.

 

Examples: Urbanization, development of Birmingham, Sherman Anti-trust Act, mechanized farming, Turner Frontier Thesis.

X

X

X

X

V-2 Evaluate the concepts, developments, and consequences of industrialization and urbanization

Reading Essentials and Study Guide

 

14/4

1. Explain the transition of the United States from an agrarian society to an industrial nation prior to World War I.

 

Examples: Urbanization, development of Birmingham, Sherman Anti-trust Act, mechanized farming, Turner Frontier Thesis.

X

X

X

X

V-2 Evaluate the concepts, developments, and consequences of industrialization and urbanization

Reading Essentials and Study Guide

 

15/1
  1. Explain the transition of United States from an agrarian society to an industrial nation prior to World War I.

Examples: Urbanization, development of Birmingham, Sherman Anti-trust Act, mechanized farming, Turner Frontier Thesis.

 

D. Comparing the volume, motives, and settlement patterns of immigrants from Asia, Africa, Europe, and Latin America

X

X

X

X

V-2 Evaluate the concepts, developments, and consequences of industrialization and urbanization

Reading Essentials and Study Guide

www.historychannel.com/ellisisland/index2.html

 

15/2

1. Explain the transition of the United States from an agrarian society to an industrial nation prior to World War I.

 

Examples: Urbanization, development of Birmingham, Sherman Anti-trust Act, mechanized farming, Turner Frontier Thesis.

X

X

X

X

V-2 Evaluate the concepts, developments, and consequences of industrialization and urbanization

Reading Essentials and Study Guide

 

15/3

1. Explain the transition of the United States from an agrarian society to an industrial nation prior to World War I.

 

Examples: Urbanization, development of Birmingham, Sherman Anti-trust Act, mechanized farming, Turner Frontier Thesis.

X

X

X

X

V-2 Evaluate the concepts, developments, and consequences of industrialization and urbanization

Reading Essentials and Study Guide

 

15/4

2. Describe social and political origins, accomplishments, and limitations of Progressivism.

 

Examples: women’s suffrage, political reform, contributions of third parties.

 

E. Determining the influence of the Niagara Movement, Booker T. Washington, William Edward Burghardt (W. E. B.) Du Bois, and Carter G. Woodson on the Progressive Era 

X

 

X

X

V-2 Evaluate the concepts, developments, and consequences of industrialization and urbanization

Reading Essentials and Study Guide

 

16/1

1. Explain the transition of the United States from an agrarian society to an industrial nation prior to World War I.

 

Examples: Urbanization, development of Birmingham, Sherman Anti-trust Act, mechanized farming, Turner Frontier Thesis.

X

X

X

X

V-2 Evaluate the concepts, developments, and consequences of industrialization and urbanization

Reading Essentials and Study Guide

History.smsu.edu/wrmiller/Populism/Texts/popul

ism.htm

 

 

 

 

 

16/2
  1. Explain the transition of the United States from an agrarian society to an industrial nation prior to World War I

Examples: Urbanization, development of Birmingham, Sherman Anti-trust Act, mechanized farming, Turner Frontier Thesis.

 

A.  Describing the impact of Manifest Destiny on the economic development of the post-Civil War West, including mining, the cattle industry, railroads, Great Plains farming, and the Grange

B. Contrasting arguments over currency issues, including the silver issue, greenbacks, and the gold standard

  1. Describe social and political origins, accomplishments, and limitations of Progressivism.

Examples: women’s suffrage, political reform, contributions of third parties.

 

A. Explaining the Populist Movement as a forerunner of Progressivism

X

X

X

X

V-1 Identify and evaluate the events that led to the settlement of the West

Reading Essentials and Study Guide

 

16/3

 

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10. 10. Describe how the course, character, and effects of the Civil War influenced the United States.

 

2. Describe social and political origins, accomplishments, and limitations of Progressivism.

 

Examples: women’s suffrage, political reform, contributions of third parties.

 

D. Explaining Supreme Court decisions affecting the Progressive Movement

 

Example: Plessy vs. Ferguson

 

E. Determining the influence of the Niagara Movement, Booker T. Washington, William Edward Burghardt (W. E. B.) Du Bois, and Carter G. Woodson on the Progressive Era 

 

X

X

X

IV-1 Identify and evaluate events, causes, and effects of the Civil War Era

V-2 Evaluate the concepts, developments, and consequences of industrialization and urbanization

Reading Essentials and Study Guide

 

17/1

3. Explain the impact of American imperialism, including the geographic changes due to the Open Door Policy and the Roosevelt Corollary, on the foreign policy of the United States between Reconstruction and World War I.

 

Examples: territorial expansion in the Pacific and Caribbean.

 

X

X

X

X

VI-1 Evaluate the causes of World War I

Reading Essentials and Study Guide

www.theodoreroosevelt.org