USII.6

Turmoil and Change: 1890s to 1945

USII.6​ The student will apply social science skills to understand the social, economic, and technological changes of the early twentieth century by

a)​ explaining how developments in factory and labor productivity, transportation (including the use of the automobile), communication, and rural electrification changed American life and standard of living;

b)​ describing the social and economic changes that took place, including prohibition and the Great Migration north and west;

c)​ examining art, literature, and music from the 1920s and 1930s, with emphasis on Langston Hughes, Duke Ellington, Georgia O’Keeffe, and the Harlem Renaissance; and

d)​ analyzing the causes of the Great Depression, its impact on Americans, and the major features of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal.

N.I.C.E. Alternatives

Maggie Walker

Marcus Garvey

W.E.B. Du Bois

Josephine Baker

Zora Neale Hurston