1. Bigger, Better, Faster: The Changing Nation
Unit 5
Bigger, Better, Faster: The Changing Nation

2. America grew very quickly after the Civil War

3. Conflict and Change
What conflicts could still happen in America after the Civil War?
Do we care about money?
Do we care about land?

4. GPS: SS5H3c.
You will describe how life changed in America at the turn of the century.
What will you be able to describe?

5. 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?

6. GPS: SS5H3c.
You will be able to explain how the Spanish-American War changed America?
What will you do?

7. 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?

8. Location Certain places in America became bigger.
Certain places in America were very important.

9. GPS-SS5G1a.
You will be able to locate important places in the United States.
What will you be able to do?

10. GPS-SS5G1a. Locate The Grand Canyon. (Google Earth and Map)
Tell about the important physical features of The Grand Canyon.

12. GPS-SS5G1a. Locate Salton Sea. (Google Earth and Map)
Tell about the important physical features of the Salton Sea.

13. GPS-SS5G1a. Locate The Great Salt Lake. (Google Earth and Map)
Tell about the important physical features of The Great Salt Lake.

14. GPS-SS5G1a. Locate The Mojave Desert. (Google Earth and Map)
Tell about the important physical features of The Mojave Desert.

15. GPS-SS5G1b. Locate Kitty Hawk, N.C. (Google Earth and Map)
Tell about the important physical features of Kitty Hawk, N.C.

16. GPS-SS5G2a.
You will be able to explain how areas of America’s economy were affected.
What will you be able to do?

17. GPS-SS5G2a.
When the Civil War ended, until 1900, new places opened up for things to be built and sold.

18. GPS-SS5G2a.
Where was the population biggest in the US?

19. GPS-SS5G2a.
How did transportation change America?

20. GPS-SS5G2a.
What resources did American’s have to help the economy?

21. GPS- SS5G2b.
When the Civil War ended, until 1900, new places opened up for things to be built and sold.

22. GPS- SS5G2b. Where could America have farms?
What factors decide where farms and industry will happen?

23. GPS- SS5G2b.
Factors:
-population
-transportation
-resources

24. GPS-SS5E1c. To have an economy we must have basic concepts -trade
-opportunity cost
-specialization

25. 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?

26. GPS-SS5E1c.
How does specialization improve a person’s standard of living?
How did this work for those in the North and the South?

27. Movement/Migration

28. What kind of movement and migration would change America?

29. 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?

30. GPS-SS5H3
Goal:
Describe what the cattle trails did to change America in the late 19th century.
What do you need to do?

31. Cattle Trails The Black Cowboys of Texas
The Great Western Cattle Trail
The Chisholm Trail

32. GPS: SS5E1b. Basic economic concepts:
For people across America, how did joining in on the Cattle Trails benefit them?
Beef prices?

33. 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?

34. GPS: SS5H3d Why did people emigrate to America?
Where did people emigrate from?
Where did they emigrate to?

35. GPS: SS5E3b.
How did people sell their labor for money in America at this time?
Think about the trails, the panama canal, and factories.

36. Technological Innovation

37. Technological Innovation
You will be able to explain how technology changed America.
What will you do?

38. GPS: SS5H3b.
How did The Wright brothers change America?

39. GPS: SS5H3b.
How did George Washington Carver change America?

40. GPS: SS5H3b.
How did Alexander Graham Bell change America?

41. GPS: SS5H3b.
How did Thomas Edison change America?

42. GPS: SS5E1e. Economic Concepts:
How did The Panama Canal change America and give opportunity for trade?

43. 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?

44. What is a consumer?

45. What is a business?

46. 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?