Alabama

Industrialization prior to World War I

• 1 Explain the impact of industrialization, urbanization, communication, and cultural changes on life in the United States from the late nineteenth century to World War I.

  • Industrial and Transportation Revolutions (7-NN.1)

• 2 Describe reform movements and changing social conditions during the Progressive Era in the United States.

  • Relating countries of origin and experiences of new immigrants to life in the United States

  • Identifying workplace reforms, including the eight-hour workday, child labor laws, and workers' compensation laws

    • Industrialization in the Gilded Age (7-QQ.1)

  • Identifying political reforms of Progressive movement leaders, including Theodore Roosevelt and the establishment of the national park system

  • Identifying social reforms of the Progressive movement, including efforts by Jane Adams, Clara Barton, and Julia Tutwiler

  • Recognizing goals of the early civil rights movement and the purpose of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

  • Explaining Progressive movement provisions of the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twenty-first Amendments to the Constitution of the United States

    • The Constitution: amendments (6-DD.2)

World War I

• 3 Identify causes and consequences of World War I and reasons for the United States' entry into the war.

  • Describing military and civilian roles in the United States during World War I

    • World War I: events of the war (5-J.3)

  • Explaining roles of important persons associated with World War I, including Woodrow Wilson and Archduke Franz Ferdinand

    • World War I: the road to war (5-J.1)
    • World War I: events of the war (5-J.3)
    • World War I: the road to peace (5-J.4)

  • Analyzing technological advances of the World War I era for their impact on modern warfare

    • World War I: events of the war (5-J.3)

  • Locating on a map major countries involved in World War I and boundary changes after the war

    • Identify and select countries of Europe: region 1 (6-V.1)
    • Name countries of Europe: region 1 (6-V.2)
    • Identify and select countries of Europe: region 2 (6-V.3)
    • Name countries of Europe: region 2 (6-V.4)
    • Identify and select countries of Europe: region 3 (6-V.5)
    • Name countries of Europe: region 3 (6-V.6)
    • Identify and select countries of Europe: region 4 (6-V.7)
    • Name countries of Europe: region 4 (6-V.8)
    • Identify and select countries of Europe: region 5 (6-V.9)
    • Name countries of Europe: region 5 (6-V.10)
    • Identify countries of Europe: review (6-V.11)
    • Select countries of Europe: review (6-V.12)
    • Name countries of Europe: review (6-V.13)

  • Explaining the intensification of isolationism in the United States after World War I

  • Recognizing the strategic placement of military bases in Alabama

• 4 Identify cultural and economic developments in the United States from 1900 through the 1930s.

  • Skills covering this topic are not currently available on IXL.

The Great Depression

• 5 Explain causes and effects of the Great Depression on the people of the United States.

  • Identifying patterns of migration during the Great Depression

    • The Great Depression: part II (5-J.6)

  • Locating on a map the area of the United States known as the Dust Bowl

    • The Great Depression: part II (5-J.6)

  • Describing the importance of the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt as President of the United States, including the New Deal alphabet agencies

    • The New Deal (5-J.7)

  • Locating on a map the river systems utilized by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

World War II

• 6 Identify causes and consequences of World War II and reasons for the United States' entry into the war.

  • Locating on a map Allied countries and Axis Powers

    • Identify and select countries of Europe: region 1 (6-V.1)
    • Name countries of Europe: region 1 (6-V.2)
    • Identify and select countries of Europe: region 2 (6-V.3)
    • Name countries of Europe: region 2 (6-V.4)
    • Identify and select countries of Europe: region 4 (6-V.7)
    • Name countries of Europe: region 4 (6-V.8)
    • Identify and select countries of Asia: region 1 (6-AA.1)
    • Name countries of Asia: region 1 (6-AA.2)

  • Locating on a map key engagements of World War II, including Pearl Harbor; the battles of Normandy, Stalingrad, and Midway; and the Battle of the Bulge

  • Identifying key figures of World War II, including Franklin D. Roosevelt, Sir Winston Churchill, Harry S. Truman, Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Michinomiya Hirohito, and Hideki Tōjō

    • World War II: lead-up to war in Europe, Asia (5-J.8)
    • World War II: global events (5-J.9)

  • Describing the development of and the decision to use the atomic bomb

  • Describing human costs associated with World War II

    • World War II: global events (5-J.9)

  • Explaining the importance of the surrender of the Axis Powers ending World War II

• 7 Identify changes on the American home front during World War II.

  • Recognizing the retooling of factories from consumer to military production

  • Identifying new roles of women and African Americans in the workforce

  • Describing increased demand on the Birmingham steel industry and Port of Mobile facilities

  • Describing the experience of African Americans and Japanese Americans in the United States during World War II, including the Tuskegee Airmen and occupants of internment camps

Post-World War II to the present

• Skills covering this topic are not currently available on IXL.