CHS Social Studies Resources
The Rise of Industrial America: 1877-1914
Primary Documents Key Figures and Topics
Timelines, essays, primary sources, multimedia and more on Industrial America
Timeline in Words and Pictures
Textbook Chapter on The Rise of Industry (section assignment included)
Prezi Presentation on Industrial America
Immigration in Industrial America and the Rise of Nativism: Video, Quiz, Transcripts
The Progressive Era: 1890-1920
Primary Documents Key Figures and Topics
Network for Historians of the Progressvive Era and the Gilded Age
Digital History: Progressive Era
The Progressive Era: 1900-1918
Key Figures, Movements,Social Reform, Muckrakers and More
Economic Reforms in the Progressive Era: Presentation
Immigration During the Progressive Era
The 1920s
Primary Documents
The Clash between Traditionalism and Modernism Red Scare & Civil Liberties
Breakdown of Anti-Modernism and Modernism in the 1920s
1920s Automobiles Ford's Assembly Line Starts Rolling
Technology in the 1920s Growth and Effects of Music and Radio
American Consumerism and Economy A Return to Normalcy
Consumerism to Civil Rights and Prohibition Prohibition and Speakeasies
Native Americans in the Progressive Era Scopes Trial Harlem Renaissance
The Lost Generation Economic Status of Women Rise of Celebrities
United States History:
Post Reconstruction to the Present
Resources on this page are meant to support instrucution and learning in the course United States History. Resources are organized by the new Social Studies 2014-2015 standards. There are also resources that can be found at www.chslbrarymedia.com
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Contemporary United States: 1980-Today
Primary Documents
Obamanation Crash Course Video by John Green
Entrepreneurship Since the 80s
The Reagan Adminstration The Fall of the Soviet Union
Reaganonmics The War on Drugs George H. W. Bush: Foreign Affairs
20th Century Demographic Trends From the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt
Details and Key Elements of the Clinton Administration
Foreign Policy: Late 20th Century Supreme Court Case: Gore v. Bush
Modern United States 1945-1979
Primary Documents Key Figures and Topics
Economy in the 1950s A Culture of Abundance and Consumerism
Baby Boomers Influence on Culture Baby Boomers Facts and History
Medical Brakthroughs of the 1960s The History of Television
The Development of the Interstate Highway System The Birth of Teenage Culture
Taft-Hartley Act Merger of AFL-CIO Tennessee's Impact on Music and Culture
Hoffa and Labor Unions Robert Kennedy's Role in Organized Labor
JFK's New Frontier Brown v. BOE Key Court Cases for Civil Rights
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke Strom Thurmond George Wallace
Orval Faubus KKK Civil RIghts Act of 1964 with Teaching Extras
Voting Rights Act of 1965 CIvil Rights Act of 1968 1960s Feminists Movement
American Indian Movement History & Goals of the Chicano Movement
Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society Political Influence of Hippie Generation
Nixon Presidency Watergate Scandal Energy Crisis Alex Haley
Cold War: 1945-1975
Primary Documents Key Figures and Topics
The Red Scare NATO SEATO The Warsaw Pact
Communisim and the Cold War The Cold War Museum The Marshall Plan
Cold War and Anti Communism The Berlin Airlift
Documents Related to the Cold War: American Foreign Policy
Anti Communisim in the 1950s The Cold War & Containment
Foreign Policy Under President Eisenhower The Truman Doctrine
Domino Theory Massive Retaliation to Flexable Response
The Cold War in Asia McCarthyism Estes Kefauver The Rosenberg Trial
Digital Unit with Resources on The Causes, Controversies, & Consequences of the Korean War
The Nuclear Arms Race The Cuban Missile Crisis The Bay of Pigs
Between the Wars & World War II: 1921-1947
Primary Documents Key Figures and Topics
League of Nations Washington Disarmament Conference Kellogg-Briand Pact
Hoover-Stimson Note Johnson Debt Default Act Neutrality Acts of the 1930s
Rise of Fascisim & Totalitarianism in Europe Totalitarianism Lessons and Tasks
Insights for Teaching FDR's Response to Fascisim Bataan Death March
Interactive WW2 Allied and Axis Map Battle of Midway Island Hopping
Reasons for America's Entrance to WW2 Events Leading Up to the War
World War 2 Timeline Battle of Iwo Jima Battle of Okinawa Battle of the Bulge
Invasion of North Africa and Italy D-Day Special Forces Japenese Internment
American Women During WW2 African Americans in WW2 The Homefront
Aviation, Meds, & Technology Tennessee Goes to War Manhattan Project
American Response to Holocaust Yalta & Postdam Conferences Video
The Great Depression
Primary Documents Key Figures and Topics
The New Deal Crash Course Video by John Green
Facts, Summary, Speeches, & Videos The New Deal Political Cartoon Downloads
Rugged Individualism Campaign Speech
Reconstruction Finance Corporation The New Deal Lesson Plans
Hoovervilles TVA History Norris Dam Dale Hallow Lake History
The Dust Bowl The Dust Bowl: Pictures, Videos, Summaries
Is the New Deal Socialism? First Inaugural Address by FDR
The Grapes of Wrath: Summary, Themes, Essays, Characters, Quotes, Quizes