New Paltz Middle School

8th Grade Social Studies

Topics that we will cover this year include:

CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR

THE CIVIL WAR

RECONSTRUCTION

WESTWARD MOVEMENT

INDUSTRIALIZATION/BIG BUSINESS

IMMIGRATION

THE PROGRESSIVE AGE

IMPERIALISM

WORLD WAR I

THE 1920S

THE GREAT DEPRESSION

WORLD WAR II

THE 1950S

THE COLD WAR

THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

MODERN AMERICA

Enduring Issues we will look at this year include:

Conflict

Human Rights

Power

Human Impact on the Environment

Tension between Traditional Culture and Modernization

Impact of Cultural Diffusion

Impact of Technology

Impact of Industrialization

Impact of Imperialism and Colonization

Last Modified on September 8, 2020

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New Paltz Middle School

Hicks, Jennifer - Social Studies

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