Unit 6: America on the World Stage
Critical Vocabulary: Militarism, Nationalism, Allied Powers, Central Powers, Trench Warfare, Lusitania Incident, Preparedness Movement, Zimmerman Note, Creel Committee, Selective Service Act, American Expeditionary Force, Harlem Hellfighters, Great Migration, Espionage & Sedition Acts, Schenck v. United States, Fourteen Points, Treaty of Versailles, War-Guilt Clause, League of Nations, First Red Scare, Radicals, Palmer Raids, Wall Street Bombing, Sacco & Vanzetti Trial, Nativism, Quota System, Red Summer, Tulsa Race Massacre, Prohibition, Speakeasies, 21st Amendment, Scopes Trial, New Woman, Flapper, Harlem Renaissance
Lesson 1: World War I
We will describe the events that led the United States into World War I, and we will analyze the war’s impact on American society.
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Lesson 2: The Treaty of Versailles
We will discuss the Treaty of Versailles, and we will assess its legacy.
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Lesson 3: Post-War Tensions
We will discuss the tensions that divided Americans in the post-war period, and we will analyze the nation’s response to each.
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Lesson 4: The Roaring Twenties
We will summarize the cultural changes of the 1920s, and we will describe the conflicts that developed as a result.
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