AP US History AMSCO Guided Notes
7.1: Contextualizing Period 7
AMSCO Guided Notes
AP US History Guided Notes
AMSCO 7.1 - Contextualizing Period 7
I. Economic Growth
1. How did the U.S. economy transform between 1890 and 1945, and what role did industrialization play in this change?
2. What economic cycles characterized American development during this period, and how did they culminate in the Great Depression?
II. Stability and Democracy
A. Progressive Era Reforms
1. What economic and political reforms did Progressives implement in the early 20th century to address instability and corruption?
2. How did the 19th Amendment represent a significant achievement in the Progressive movement's social reform agenda?
B. Responding to an Economic Crisis
1. What specific economic policies and programs did the New Deal implement to address unemployment and poverty during the Great Depression?
2. How did the New Deal's expansion of federal government power reflect a shift toward American liberalism?
III. Conflicts in Culture and Society
1. How did new mass media like radio and motion pictures contribute to cultural conflicts during this period?
2. What debates over national identity emerged from immigration and internal migration, and how did the government respond?
3. What groups did the resurgent Ku Klux Klan target, and what does this reveal about social tensions in the period?
IV. Shifts in Foreign Relations
A. Imperialism and World War I
1. How did American imperialism after the Spanish-American War create debate about traditional American values?
2. Why did Congress and American voters reject membership in the League of Nations after World War I?
B. World War II and American Leadership
1. How did World War II transform the United States into a world leader with unrivaled economic, political, and military power?
2. What decisions made after World War II, such as collective security and anticommunism, shaped American foreign policy for decades?