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1 Reconstruction (1865–1877)

2 Rebuilding the United States: Industry and Immigration (1865–1920)

  • 9-12.US.22 Examine immigration policy in the United States.

  • 9-12.US.23 Evaluate the following concerning the economic system of the United States: efficiency, equity, equality, and justice.

  • 9-12.US.24 Examine labor struggles and populist movements in the United States and compare to other movements around the world.

  • 9-12.US.25 Examine the impact of the end of the Civil War on the settlement of the West and on the relationships between the United States and the Indigenous nations in the West.

  • 9-12.US.26 Explain the various causes of the Industrial Revolution.

  • 9-12.US.27 Evaluate the consequences of the Industrial Revolution.

  • 9-12.US.28 Analyze social, political, and economic reasons groups migrated to and within the United States, including push and pull factors.

  • 9-12.US.29 Evaluate the effects of the entry of women into the workforce after the Civil War and analyze women's political organizations.

  • 9-12.US.30 Analyze the consequences of the continuing westward expansion of the American people after the Civil War.

  • 9-12.US.31 Evaluate the impact of the 14th Amendment on Indigenous people and Asian and European immigrant men and women.

  • 9-12.US.32 Examine the ways that the Great Migration changed America, exploring the ways that African Americans adapted and resisted.

  • 9-12.US.33 Compare and contrast the various origins (indigenous, forced, voluntary) of identity groups in the United States.

  • 9-12.US.34 Examine the role assimilation plays in the loss of cultural, ethnic, racial, and religious identities and language between 1865 and 1920.

  • 9-12.US.35 Analyze and predict how locations, places, and regions impact the evolution of human perspective and identity.

3 Imperialism (1890–1920)

4 Progressivism and World War I

5 Conflicts and Transitions (1920–1929)

6 The Great Depression and the New Deal (1929–1941)

7 World War II

  • 9-12.US.75 Analyze the similarities, differences, and connections between the racial social order in the United States, Germany, and other countries during World War II.

  • 9-12.US.76 Analyze the influence of cultural, literary, and artistic movements during World War II.

  • 9-12.US.77 Explore the legacy of "othering" in the United States, including boarding schools, internment camps, and detention centers.

  • 9-12.US.78 Explain the reasons for U.S. involvement in World War II and the key actions and events leading up to declarations of war against Japan and Germany.

  • 9-12.US.79 Explain the rise of fascism and the forms it took in Germany and Italy, including ideas and policies that led to the Holocaust, also known as Shoah.

  • 9-12.US.80 Analyze the events that led to World War II, the major battles of the war, use of nuclear weapons, and the Holocaust, also known as Shoah.

  • 9-12.US.81 Analyze the consequences of World War II, including the conferences of Allied leaders following the war and the development of human rights.

  • 9-12.US.82 Assess the social, political, and economic transformation of the United States during World War II.

  • 9-12.US.83 Evaluate how the events during World War II impacted people from diverse groups.

  • 9-12.US.84 Examine the ways in which gender roles changed and stayed the same during World War II.

  • 9-12.US.85 Examine the impact of historical, cultural, economic, political, religious, and social factors that resulted in unequal power relations among identity groups during World War II.

  • 9-12.US.86 Assess how social policies and economic forces offer privilege or systemic inequity in accessing social, political, and economic opportunity for identity groups in education, government, healthcare, industry, and law enforcement.

  • 9-12.US.87 Predict future social, political, economic, cultural, religious, spiritual, and environmental opportunities as well as obstacles associated with movement, population, decision making, and perspectives in World War II.

  • 9-12.US.88 Describe how particular historical events and developments shaped human processes and systems in World War II.

8 The Cold War (1945–1975)

9 Civil Rights and People Power Movements

10 Rise of Conservatism and Liberalism (1968–2008)

11 The United States in a Global Age (2008–Present)

  • 9-12.US.123 Analyze the influence of cultural, literary, and artistic movements between 2008 and the present.

  • 9-12.US.124 Analyze major trends, issues, and advances to address healthcare disparities in the past, present, and future.

  • 9-12.US.125 Evaluate how the events between 2008 and the present impact people from diverse groups.

  • 9-12.US.126 Examine the ways in which gender roles changed and stayed the same between 2008 and the present.

  • 9-12.US.127 Investigate how identity groups and society address systemic inequity through individual actions, individual champions, social movements, and local community, national, and global advocacy.

  • 9-12.US.128 Evaluate the role of racial social constructs in the structure and function of 21st-century U.S. society.

  • 9-12.US.129 Assess how social, economic, political, and environmental developments at global, national, regional, and local levels affect the sustainability of modern and traditional cultures.

  • 9-12.US.130 Evaluate the role of the United States in contemporary global issues.

  • 9-12.US.131 Evaluate the impacts of contemporary global issues on the United States.

  • 9-12.US.132 Analyze the current state and health of U.S. democracy.

  • 9-12.US.133 Analyze some of the major technological and social trends and issues of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

  • 9-12.US.134 Evaluate the effectiveness of the federal government's response to international and domestic terrorism in the 21st century.

  • 9-12.US.135 Examine contemporary civil and human rights struggles and successes.

  • 9-12.US.136 Analyze U.S. government policies to reduce climate disruption.