Chronological Reasoning and Causation
Investigations into Seditious Activities
Suggested Teaching Instructions
11.6 THE RISE OF AMERICAN POWER (1890 – 1920): Numerous factors contributed to the rise of the United States as a world power. Debates over the United States’ role in world affairs increased in response to overseas expansion and involvement in World War I. United States participation in the war had important effects on American society.
(Standards: 1, 2, 3, 4: Themes: GEO, SOC, GOV, ECO)
11.6c World War I had important social, political, and economic effects on American society.
Students will examine the relationship between postwar recession, fear of radicals, xenophobia, and the Red Scare (1919–1921).