Standards
Objective 2
Describe the events that motivated expansion of the United States.
- Explain the political factors that aided expansion;, e.g., Louisiana Purchase, Homestead Act, free/slave state admission, territorial wars.
- Relate how new settlement affected the homes and communities of the westward pioneers.
- Research the impact of inventions on expansion; e.g., steamboat, cotton gin, transcontinental railroad.
- Analyze the significant events and actions of the 20th century.
- Examine social and political movements; e.g., suffrage, prohibition, civil rights.
- Describe the significance of science, technology, inventions, and medical discoveries.
- Examine the development of arts and popular culture of the United States; e.g., artists, writers, pop culture.