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History, Civics & Social Studies · Grade 11

The United States in Global Conflicts

Learners analyze key US decisions for war from 1917 to 1964, the recurring tension between national security and civil liberties (from the Espionage Act to Japanese American incarceration and McCarthyism), how historians have argued about the atomic bomb and the origins of the Cold War, and competing explanations for why the Cold War ended.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 135 minutes
  • Global conflicts check: 9 questions
  • Ways to answer: fill in the blanks, choose an answer, highlight a text, match pairs, type a number and put in order
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What learners will discover

  • Analyze major US decisions to enter or escalate wars (1917, 1941, 1950, 1964), comparing stated reasons with other factors.
  • Evaluate conflicts between national security and civil liberties during wartime, using cases and primary sources.
  • Compare historians' interpretations of the atomic bomb decision and the origins of the Cold War.
  • Evaluate competing explanations for the end of the Cold War.

Lessons

  1. Decisions for war 5 steps3 practiceabout 33 min
  2. Security and liberty 5 steps4 practiceabout 34 min
  3. Historians disagree 5 steps3 practiceabout 34 min
  4. Why did the Cold War end? 5 steps4 practiceabout 34 min
  5. Global conflicts check 9 questions at the end

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