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SS5H4 The student will describe U.S. involvement in World War I and post-World War I America.
a. Explain how German attacks on U.S. shipping during the war in Europe (1914-1917) ultimately led the U.S. to join the fight against Germany; include the sinking of the Lusitania and concerns over safety of U.S. ships.
b. Describe the cultural developments and individual contributions in the 1920s of the Jazz Age (Louis Armstrong), the Harlem Renaissance (Langston Hughes), baseball (Babe Ruth), the automobile (Henry Ford), and the airplane (Charles Lindbergh).
SS5G2 The student will explain the reasons for the spatial patterns of economic activities.
a. Identify and explain the factors influencing industrial location in the United States after the Civil War.
b. Define, map, and explain the dispersion of the primary economic activities within the United States since the turn of the century.
c. Map and explain how the dispersion of global economic activities contributed to the United States emerging from World War I as a world power.