Unit 5

Bigger, Better, Faster: The Changing Nation

America grew very quickly after the Civil War

Conflict and Change

• What conflicts could still happen in America after the Civil War?

• Do we care about money?

• Do we care about land?

GPS: SS5H3c.

• You will describe how life changed in America at the turn of the century.

What will you be able to describe?

GPS: SS5H3c.

• You will be able to explain how President William McKinley and President Theodore Roosevelt helped America gain a more responsible role in the World.

What will you be able to do?

GPS: SS5H3c.

• You will be able to explain how the Spanish-American War changed America?

What will you do?

GPS: SS5H3c.

• You will be able to explain how building the Panama Canal changed America and the world.

What will you do?

What did the Panama Canal do for America’s economy?

Location

• Certain places in America became bigger.

• Certain places in America were very important.

GPS-SS5G1a.

• You will be able to locate important places in the United States.

What will you be able to do?

GPS-SS5G1a.

• Locate The Grand Canyon.

(Google Earth and Map)

• Tell about the important physical features of The Grand Canyon.

GPS-SS5G1a.

• Locate Salton Sea.

(Google Earth and Map)

• Tell about the important physical features of the Salton Sea.

GPS-SS5G1a.

• Locate The Great Salt Lake.

(Google Earth and Map)

• Tell about the important physical features of The Great Salt Lake.

GPS-SS5G1a.

• Locate The Mojave Desert.

• (Google Earth and Map)

• Tell about the important physical features of The Mojave Desert.

GPS-SS5G1b.

• Locate Kitty Hawk, N.C.

• (Google Earth and Map)

• Tell about the important physical features of Kitty Hawk, N.C.

GPS-SS5G2a.

• You will be able to explain how areas of America’s economy were affected.

What will you be able to do?

GPS-SS5G2a.

• When the Civil War ended, until 1900, new places opened up for things to be built and sold.

GPS-SS5G2a.

Where was the population biggest in the US?

GPS-SS5G2a.

How did transportation change America?

GPS-SS5G2a.

What resources did American’s have to help the economy?

GPS- SS5G2b.

• When the Civil War ended, until 1900, new places opened up for things to be built and sold.

GPS- SS5G2b.

• Where could America have farms?

• What factors decide where farms and industry will happen?

GPS- SS5G2b.

• Factors:

-population

-transportation

-resources

GPS-SS5E1c.

• To have an economy we must have basic concepts

-trade

-opportunity cost

-specialization

GPS-SS5E1c.

• You will be able to explain specialization.

• What will you do?

How does specialization improve a person’s standard of living?

• How did this work for those in the North and the South?

GPS-SS5E1c.

How does specialization improve a person’s standard of living?

• How did this work for those in the North and the South?

Movement/Migration

What kind of movement and migration would change America?

GPS: SS5H3a

• You will be able to describe how life changed in America at the turn of the century.

What will you be able to do?

GPS-SS5H3

• Goal:Describe what the cattle trails did to change

America in the late 19th century.

What do you need to do?

Cattle Trails

• The Black Cowboys of Texas

• The Great Western Cattle Trail

• The Chisholm Trail

GPS: SS5E1b.

• Basic economic concepts:

For people across America, how did joining in on the Cattle Trails benefit them?

Beef prices?

GPS: SS5H3d

• You will be able to discuss that life in America changed because people emigrated to the United states.

What will you be able to do?

GPS: SS5H3d

• Why did people emigrate to America?

• Where did people emigrate from?

• Where did they emigrate to?

GPS: SS5E3b.

• How did people sell their labor for money in America at this time?

Think about the trails, the panama canal, and factories.

Technological Innovation

Technological Innovation

• You will be able to explain how technology changed America.

What will you do?

GPS: SS5H3b.

• How did The Wright brothers change America?

GPS: SS5H3b.

• How did George Washington Carver change America?

GPS: SS5H3b.

• How did Alexander Graham Bell change America?

GPS: SS5H3b.

• How did Thomas Edison change America?

GPS: SS5E1e.

Economic Concepts:

• How did The Panama Canal change America and give opportunity for trade?

GPS: SS5E3c.

• You will be able to describe how consumers and businesses interact in the U.S. economy.

What will you be able to do?

What is a consumer?

What is a business?

SS5E3c.

• An entrepreneur is someone that starts a business on their own.

What can they risk to make better goods and services when beginning their business?