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1 Transformations of the Late 19th Century

  • SSHS.USII.1.1 The Second Industrial Revolution and urbanization

    • SSHS.USII.1.1 Argue the social and economic impacts of industrialization and the urbanization of the United States after the Civil War

      • SSHS.USII.1.1.a Identify major inventions and innovations from the late 19th Century, and analyze how they contributed to the expansion of industrialization

      • SSHS.USII.1.1.b Analyze how industrialization changed how people lived their lives and earned their living (e.g., changes to farming, mining, and manufacturing industries), and argue how different groups of people were impacted in different ways

      • SSHS.USII.1.1.c Analyze the relationships between urbanization and industrialization (e.g., urban crowding, sanitation issues), and argue their implications for people in society

      • SSHS.USII.1.1.d Explain the purpose, role, and defining characteristics of labor unions in the late 19th century, analyze the relationships between labor unions and their members and labor unions and business owners, and argue the impacts and who benefited

      • SSHS.USII.1.1.e Analyze the effects of urbanization on the environment

  • SSHS.USII.1.2 Industry and westward expansion

    • SSHS.USII.1.2 Argue how government policies fueled the expansion of an industrial economy after the Civil War

      • SSHS.USII.1.2.a Analyze the rationale behind the removal of Indigenous peoples from their lands, and argue how different groups of people were impacted both short- and long-term

      • SSHS.USII.1.2.b Explain the definition of settler colonialism, and analyze how it is similar and different from manifest destiny

      • SSHS.USII.1.2.c Explain the role of the federal government in supporting industrialization and westward expansion (e.g., Morrill Tariff and Land Grant Act 1862, Homestead Acts 1862, Pacific Railway Act of 1862)

      • SSHS.USII.1.2.d Analyze the efficacy of the policies and laws created after the Civil War related to industrialization (e.g., Sherman Antitrust Act, Sherman Silver Purchase Act, McKinley Tariff Act), and argue how they impacted society

  • SSHS.USII.1.3 Sharecropping and segregation

    • SSHS.USII.1.3 Argue how the system of sharecropping and segregation affected the lives of Black Americans in the South after the Civil War

  • SSHS.USII.1.4 Second-wave immigration to the United States

    • SSHS.USII.1.4 Argue the influence industrialization had on second-wave immigration in the late 19th century, and the impacts of government responses

      • SSHS.USII.1.4.a Analyze the similarities and differences in the backgrounds, cultures, and lived experiences of U.S. immigrants after the Civil War (e.g., those from Italy, Poland, Russia, Portugal, Greece, Armenia, China, Japan, Korea, Punjab, Bengal, India, Mexico)

      • SSHS.USII.1.4.b Analyze the policies and practices of the U.S. government toward immigration (e.g., Chinese Exclusion Act 1882, Alien Land Act 1913, Immigration Act of 1924), and argue who benefited from those policies and practices

      • SSHS.USII.1.4.c Analyze the relationships among immigration, urbanization, and industrialization, and argue the impacts of those relationships

      • SSHS.USII.1.4.d Analyze the patterns of immigration and urbanization during the late 19th century, and explain the formations of ethnic neighborhoods in cities and their benefits

  • SSHS.USII.1.5 Emergence of the Populist movement

    • SSHS.USII.1.5 Argue the impacts of the Populist movement on the United States

      • SSHS.USII.1.5.a Explain the purpose and role of Populism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries (e.g., Farmers' Alliance and Grange movements)

      • SSHS.USII.1.5.b Analyze the evolution of Populism in the late 19th and early 20th centuries (e.g., People's Party, merger with the Democratic Party in 1896)

      • SSHS.USII.1.5.c Analyze the influence of Populism on politics and social conditions and argue the legacy of that movement

  • SSHS.USII.1.6 Foreign policy

2 Progressivism and World War I

  • SSHS.USII.2.1 Progressive reformers

    • SSHS.USII.2.1 Argue how Progressive reform socially and economically impacted the lives of people in the United States

      • SSHS.USII.2.1.a Identify the backgrounds, and analyze the perspectives of individuals and groups of the Progressive Era (e.g., Theodore Roosevelt, Jane Addams, Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair, Woodrow Wilson) and argue the impact of the role(s) they fulfilled

      • SSHS.USII.2.1.b Analyze ways in which figures and groups of Progressives used their power to bring about change

      • SSHS.USII.2.1.c Analyze the changes in rules and laws related to labor and the workplace because of the Progressive movement (e.g., child labor laws, safer working conditions, 8-hour workday), and argue their social and economic impacts

      • SSHS.USII.2.1.d Analyze changes in the relationship between producers and consumers during the Progressive Era (e.g., Pure Food and Drug Act, Federal Meat Inspection Act), and argue their social and economic impacts

      • SSHS.USII.2.1.e Analyze events from the Progressive Era, and argue the impact they had on the lives of individuals and different groups in society (e.g., changes to the education system, development of parks and playgrounds, expansion of LGBTQIA+ communities)

  • SSHS.USII.2.2 Civil rights activism during the Progressive Era

    • SSHS.USII.2.2 Argue the impacts of civil rights activism during the Progressive Era on improving Black Americans' lives

      • SSHS.USII.2.2.a Identify the backgrounds, and analyze the perspectives of civil rights leaders during the Progressive Era (e.g., George Washington Carver and the Atlanta Compromise speech, W.E.B. Du Bois and "double consciousness," Ida B. Wells and anti-lynching), and argue the impacts of the role(s) they fulfilled

      • SSHS.USII.2.2.b Analyze the ways in which Progressive civil rights leaders used their power to bring about change (e.g., Tuskegee Institute, Anti-Lynching Campaign, Niagara Movement and National Association for Advancement of Colored People, National Urban League), and argue their effectiveness

      • SSHS.USII.2.2.c Analyze the ways white Americans responded to the civil rights movement (e.g., rise of the KKK, Plessy v. Ferguson 1896, Red Summer 1919, Tulsa Race Massacre 1921), and argue how those responses impacted the movement

  • SSHS.USII.2.3 Progressivism and woman suffrage

    • SSHS.USII.2.3 Argue the impacts of woman suffrage activism during the Progressive Era on the passage of the 19th Amendment

      • SSHS.USII.2.3.a Analyze the legacies of the woman suffrage movement before the Civil War, and argue its impact on the road to suffrage

      • SSHS.USII.2.3.b Identify the backgrounds, analyze the perspectives of people and organizations for and against woman suffrage (e.g., Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, National Woman's Party, Woman's Anti-Suffrage Association, National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage), and argue the impacts of the role(s) they played

      • SSHS.USII.2.3.c Analyze the strategies suffragists used to gain woman suffrage (e.g., pamphlets, protests, conventions), and argue their impacts

      • SSHS.USII.2.3.d Identify the states that began to extend suffrage to women (e.g., Illinois 1913, Rhode Island 1917), and argue the impacts of ratification of the 19th Amendment

      • SSHS.USII.2.3.e Explain why some women were left out of suffrage despite the 19th Amendment (e.g., Indigenous people were not considered citizens until 1924; gerrymandering, poll taxes, and voting exams prevented many Americans of color from voting until the Voting Rights Act of 1965)

  • SSHS.USII.2.4 The United States and World War I

    • SSHS.USII.2.4 Argue the impact of America's shift from isolationism to involvement in World War I

  • SSHS.USII.2.5 The home front

  • SSHS.USII.2.6 The effects of World War I on the global standing of the United States

    • SSHS.USII.2.6 Argue the impact of the emergence of the United States as a dominant global power

      • SSHS.USII.2.6.a Explain the components of Wilson's idea of national self-determination

      • SSHS.USII.2.6.b Analyze the arguments for and against the U.S. joining the League of Nations, and argue how different groups of people were impacted both short- and long-term after joining

      • SSHS.USII.2.6.c Analyze how World War I changed America's global standing in the world and the ways America responded

      • SSHS.USII.2.6.d Analyze the changes World War I had on American global policy

      • SSHS.USII.2.6.e Analyze the rationale for and argue the implications of the U.S.'s position of isolationism and protectionism

      • SSHS.USII.2.6.f Analyze the global economic impact of the World War I

3 The 1920s, the Great Depression, and the New Deal

  • SSHS.USII.3.1 Cultural shifts during the "roaring" twenties

    • SSHS.USII.3.1 Argue how cultural and migratory shifts at the end of World War I impacted society and changed the demographic and cultural landscape of the nation

      • SSHS.USII.3.1.a Explain the reasons individuals and groups migrated to more populated areas during the 1920s (e.g., technological advances such as plumbing, sewers, and electricity)

      • SSHS.USII.3.1.b Analyze ways that municipalities responded to the influx of individuals and groups, and argue the impact these approaches had

      • SSHS.USII.3.1.c Explain the differences and shifts in political, social, and/or cultural values during the 1920s, and analyze the impact these shifts had on society (e.g., Scopes Trial, flappers, Prohibition)

      • SSHS.USII.3.1.d Analyze varying perspectives on immigration and diversity during the 1920s (e.g., Red Scare, Ku Klux Klan, Sacco and Vanzetti trial, Asian Exclusion Act, National Origins Quota Act), and argue the impacts on society

      • SSHS.USII.3.1.e Analyze the range of lived experiences of Black Americans during the 1920s (e.g., Great Migration, Pan-Africanism, "New Negro" movement)

      • SSHS.USII.3.1.f Analyze the characteristics and identify leading figures of the Harlem Renaissance (e.g., Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes), and argue how the movement impacted society in New York City and beyond

  • SSHS.USII.3.2 Causes, effects, and solutions during the Great Depression

    • SSHS.USII.3.2 Argue how and why the Great Depression impacted the United States politically, socially, and economically

      • SSHS.USII.3.2.a Analyze the ways World War I affected farmers and agriculture in America

      • SSHS.USII.3.2.b Analyze the burdens that existed for people when they lost employment (e.g., no unemployment pay, low percentage of married women in the workforce, business policies such as "last hired, first fired"), and argue how different groups were impacted

      • SSHS.USII.3.2.c Explain the system of credit in the early 20th century, analyze its impact on Americans, and argue who benefited from this system

      • SSHS.USII.3.2.d Analyze how the stock market operated in the 1920s and factors that contributed to the stock market crash of 1929 (e.g., buying on margin, excess bank loans)

      • SSHS.USII.3.2.e Argue the impacts of the Great Depression, and the ways individuals and groups responded (e.g., Hoovervilles, Bonus Army, westward migration due to the Dust Bowl)

      • SSHS.USII.3.2.f Analyze the political ideologies related to addressing the Great Depression

      • SSHS.USII.3.2.g Analyze the ways that the federal government responded to the Great Depression (e.g., National Credit Corporation, Smoot-Hawley Tariff, Federal Home Loan Bank Act, Emergency Relief and Construction Act), and argue the extent to which responses were successful and for whom

  • SSHS.USII.3.3 Distinctions between the First and Second New Deals

    • SSHS.USII.3.3 Argue how the New Deal's shift from relief and recovery to long term economic reform impacted the Great Depression

      • SSHS.USII.3.3.a Explain the rationale for, and analyze the actions taken during the first New Deal (e.g., First Hundred Days, Emergency Banking Act)

      • SSHS.USII.3.3.b Analyze the reactions to the First Hundred Days (e.g., popular responses, Supreme Court challenges)

      • SSHS.USII.3.3.c Explain the rationale for, and analyze the actions taken during the second New Deal (e.g., Social Security, the National Labor Relations Act)

      • SSHS.USII.3.3.d Analyze the reactions to the second New Deal (e.g., policy changes, political shifts, Southern Tenant Farmers Union), and argue the short- and long-term social and economic impacts

4 World War II

  • SSHS.USII.4.1 Isolationism and the eventual involvement of the United States in World War II

    • SSHS.USII.4.1 Analyze the United States' attempts to remain isolated from global crises and the reasons for its eventual involvement in World War II

      • SSHS.USII.4.1.a Explain the rationale for, and analyze the policies related to isolationism and internationalism in the United States (e.g., London Conference of 1933, Good Neighbor policy, Neutrality Acts, Lend-Lease Act), and argue how those policies affected society

      • SSHS.USII.4.1.b Analyze the impact of factors leading to WWII (e.g., Treaty of Versailles, failure of appeasement, rise of fascism in Germany, Italy, and Japan)

      • SSHS.USII.4.1.c Analyze the ideologies and conditions leading to the Nazi racial state

      • SSHS.USII.4.1.d Explain the conditions of and factors leading to the United States entering WWII (e.g., Pearl Harbor, German militarism)

  • SSHS.USII.4.2 The effects of the War on American society

    • SSHS.USII.4.2 Argue how World War II impacted different groups of people in the United States

      • SSHS.USII.4.2.a Analyze demographic changes in the United States during World War II

      • SSHS.USII.4.2.b Explain ways individuals and groups responded to the impacts of World War II

      • SSHS.USII.4.2.c Analyze ways labor needs were addressed during World War II (e.g., Bracero Program, more women joining the workforce)

      • SSHS.USII.4.2.d Analyze the status of Black Americans in society during World War II, and argue what conditions led to the Double V campaign

      • SSHS.USII.4.2.e Analyze the rationale for Japanese internment policies World War II, and argue the short- and long-term impacts of those policies on Japanese communities

  • SSHS.USII.4.3 United States military actions during World War II

    • SSHS.USII.4.3 Argue how military actions and the experiences of American and Allied soldiers in Asia and Europe during World War II affected the course and participants of the War

      • SSHS.USII.4.3.a Explain the conditions of and actions taken by the U.S. military in Asia and Europe during World War II

      • SSHS.USII.4.3.b Explain the milestones and events of U.S. involvement in Asia during World War II (e.g., Battle of Midway, atomic bomb on Hiroshima), and argue the impact of that involvement

      • SSHS.USII.4.3.c Explain the milestones and events of U.S. involvement in Europe during World War II (e.g., Battle of the Bulge, liberation of concentration camps, V-E Day), and argue the impact of that involvement

      • SSHS.USII.4.3.d Analyze the experiences of U.S. soldiers from different cultures and backgrounds during World War II (e.g., Navajo Code Talkers, Filipino soldiers, Tuskegee Airmen, 442nd Regimental Combat team), and argue the impacts of the war on soldiers

  • SSHS.USII.4.4 The revelation of Nazi genocide against the European Jews

    • SSHS.USII.4.4 Argue the lasting effects of the causes, results, and response to the Holocaust

      • SSHS.USII.4.4.a Identify the characteristics of, and analyze the factors that gave rise to Nazi racial ideology

      • SSHS.USII.4.4.b Explain the events, and analyze the ideologies that led to the Holocaust

      • SSHS.USII.4.4.c Analyze the responses to Nazi expansionism and the Holocaust across Europe and the U.S. government, and argue the lasting impacts to the people and communities involved

5 The Cold War

  • SSHS.USII.5.1 The United States and the Soviet Union as global superpowers

    • SSHS.USII.5.1 Argue how the political, economic, and ideological differences between the United States and the Soviet Union affected global policies

      • SSHS.USII.5.1.a Analyze the experiences of Soviets during World War II, and argue how those experiences impacted later policy

      • SSHS.USII.5.1.b Analyze the differences between American and Soviet goals and actions after World War II

      • SSHS.USII.5.1.c Argue how the atomic bomb impacted American and Soviet relationships, policies, and actions

      • SSHS.USII.5.1.d Analyze the reactions to the aftermath of World War II (e.g., United Nations, Warsaw Pact, NATO)

  • SSHS.USII.5.2 Foreign policy and domestic effects of the Cold War

    • SSHS.USII.5.2 Argue the ways the Cold War and the fear of Communism affected Americans and domestic and foreign policy of the United States

      • SSHS.USII.5.2.a Explain the rationale for and actions taken in U.S. foreign policy (e.g., domino theory, creation of the National Security Council 1947)

      • SSHS.USII.5.2.b Analyze U.S. foreign policy in reaction to the rise of communism (e.g., "cold war," Korean conflict, arms race), and argue the impact of those policies

      • SSHS.USII.5.2.c Analyze the ways the Cold War influenced domestic policies in the United States (e.g., Federal Loyalty Oath, "lavender scares," HUAC, rise of McCarthyism, domestic containment), and argue the impact of those policies

      • SSHS.USII.5.2.d Analyze the ways the Cold War influenced domestic culture (e.g., "atomic culture," depictions in art, movies, literature)

      • SSHS.USII.5.2.e Analyze the ideas, beliefs, and tensions that defined society in the United States during the Cold War years (e.g., generational conflicts, juvenile delinquency, conformity), identify individuals and groups involved (e.g., Beat writers such as Kerouac, Ginsberg, Kaufman, and Cassady), and argue how these cultural shifts impacted the lives of people

  • SSHS.USII.5.3 The American economy and post-war affluence

    • SSHS.USII.5.3 Argue how the ways the economy changed after World War II affected different individuals and groups

      • SSHS.USII.5.3.a Identify the defining characteristics of, and analyze the key differences between the war economy during WWII and the consumer economy that followed, and argue the impacts on middle-class life

      • SSHS.USII.5.3.b Analyze the characteristics of suburbanization in the 1940s and the factors influencing this movement, including federal and local policies (e.g., William Levitt Towns, redlining, white flight)

      • SSHS.USII.5.3.c Argue the impacts mass migration to the suburbs had on different groups (e.g., isolation of women, northern segregation, voting patterns)

      • SSHS.USII.5.3.d Analyze the influences of the Baby Boom on individuals and different groups

  • SSHS.USII.5.4 Global decolonization and the expansion of American power

    • SSHS.USII.5.4 Argue the ways actions taken by the United States during the Cold War impacted nations around the world

6 Civil Rights Movements

  • SSHS.USII.6.1 Conditions for Black Americans after World War II

    • SSHS.USII.6.1 Argue the ways legal and social actions for and against civil rights affected the lives of Black Americans before the Civil Rights Act of 1964

      • SSHS.USII.6.1.a Analyze the responses of Truman and Eisenhower to increasing civil rights concerns following World War II (e.g., Executive Order 9981, appointment of Herbert Brownell to Attorney General and Earl Warren as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court)

      • SSHS.USII.6.1.b Explain the rationale for, and analyze the actions taken by the NAACP and other groups toward segregation policies and actions

      • SSHS.USII.6.1.c Argue the impacts and legacy of the Brown v. Board of Education case

      • SSHS.USII.6.1.d Analyze the types of racial segregation and racial oppression in the United States leading up to the Civil Rights Act, and argue the impacts on individuals and groups, particularly Black Americans

      • SSHS.USII.6.1.e Analyze goals, strategies, and tactics of leading Civil Rights opponents during the Civil Rights Movement (e.g., the murders of Emmett Till, James Chaney, Michael Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman, the Reverse Freedom Rides, violence to churches and communities, Bloody Sunday), and argue how they affected the movement

      • SSHS.USII.6.1.f Explain the experiences of Black Americans through time, including in Northern states such as Rhode Island (e.g., George T. Downing, Elleanor Eldridge, Snowtown and Hardscrabble, fair housing, fair employment)

  • SSHS.USII.6.2 People and groups of the Civil Rights Movement and their contributions

    • SSHS.USII.6.2 Argue the ways individuals and groups impacted the movement for the fight for civil rights in the 1950s and 1960s and how those impacts continue to have lasting global social, political, and economic effects

      • SSHS.USII.6.2.a Identify the people (e.g., A. Philip Randolph, Jr., Jo Ann Robinson, Rosa Parks, Ella Baker, Fannie Lou Hamer), analyze the actions (e.g., Greensboro sit-ins 1960, Freedom Rides 1961, Freedom Summer 1964, freedom schools) of civil rights leaders and organizations during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s, and argue how they impacted the movement

      • SSHS.USII.6.2.b Analyze the similarities and differences among goals of civil rights leaders (e.g., Malcolm X, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Black nationalism, Pan-Africanism, Black Panthers), and argue the ways their different approaches impacted the movement

      • SSHS.USII.6.2.c Argue the impacts of organizations and groups that supported the Civil Rights Movement (e.g., Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, NAACP, Congress of Racial Equality, Southern Christian Leadership Conference)

      • SSHS.USII.6.2.d Analyze the contributions of individuals and groups in Rhode Island during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s (e.g., Irving J. Fain, Providence Urban League, Citizens United for a Fair Housing Law), and argue how they impacted the movement in Rhode Island and beyond

      • SSHS.USII.6.2.e Explain the rationale for, analyze the elements of, and argue the short- and long-term impacts of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965

  • SSHS.USII.6.3 The liberation and identity power movements of the 1960s and 1970s

    • SSHS.USII.6.3 Argue the reasons why many civil rights movements emerged in the 1960s and 1970s and the ways they impacted society and culture

      • SSHS.USII.6.3.a Analyze the factors contributing to civil rights movements in the 1960s and 70s

      • SSHS.USII.6.3.b Explain the characteristics, and analyze the perspectives of the civil rights movements in the 1960s and 1970s (e.g., Black Power movement, Women's Liberation movement, Gay liberation movement, identify power movements)

      • SSHS.USII.6.3.c Explain the ways that the civil rights movements challenged mainstream systems and beliefs

      • SSHS.USII.6.3.d Argue the impacts of the civil rights movements in the 1960s and 1970s on society

      • SSHS.USII.6.3.e Explain the rationale for, and analyze the actions taken by conservative leaders and groups in response to the liberation and identify power movements (e.g., Barry Goldwater, Phyllis Schlafly, New Right), and argue the impacts of those actions

7 The Ebb and Flow of Left and Right

  • SSHS.USII.7.1 Foreign and domestic policies of presidents Kennedy and Johnson

    • SSHS.USII.7.1 Argue how policies and events during the Kennedy and Johnson presidencies impacted the direction of the country

      • SSHS.USII.7.1.a Analyze President John F. Kennedy's foreign and domestic policy agendas (e.g., Peace Corps, war in Vietnam, civil rights), and argue the impacts on American society

      • SSHS.USII.7.1.b Analyze the events leading to, and argue the impact of the Cuban Missile Crisis on American society and relations with the Soviets

      • SSHS.USII.7.1.c Explain how the assassination of John F. Kennedy led to the passage of the 25th Amendment

      • SSHS.USII.7.1.d Analyze President Lyndon B. Johnson's foreign and domestic policy agendas (e.g., war in Vietnam, Great Society programs), and argue the impacts on American society

      • SSHS.USII.7.1.e Analyze the rationale for, and argue the impact of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 on American life

  • SSHS.USII.7.2 American presence in Vietnam and opposition

    • SSHS.USII.7.2 Argue the ways participation in and criticism of the Vietnam War had lasting effects on American society

      • SSHS.USII.7.2.a Explain the rationale for, and analyze the conditions of the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War (e.g., troop build-up, Gulf of Tonkin incident, Tet Offensive)

      • SSHS.USII.7.2.b Analyze the range of domestic responses to United States' involvement in the Vietnam War (e.g., student protests, anti-war and pro-war marches, cultural reactions to the war), and argue their impacts on American society

      • SSHS.USII.7.2.c Argue the short- and long-term impacts of the Vietnam War on Americans and returning soldiers

  • SSHS.USII.7.3 Economic shifts of the 1960s and 1970s

    • SSHS.USII.7.3 Argue the causes and results of changing economic conditions in the United States in the 1970s, including the energy crisis

      • SSHS.USII.7.3.a Analyze the factors contributing to, and argue the impacts of the Great Inflation and energy crisis of the 1960s and 70s (e.g., U.S. foreign policy in Western Asia (Middle East), OPEC, gasoline prices) on American society

      • SSHS.USII.7.3.b Explain the relationship between unemployment and the economy

      • SSHS.USII.7.3.c Analyze the rationale for, and argue the impact of state and federal measures to protect the environment (e.g., Environmental Protection Agency, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act) on American society

  • SSHS.USII.7.4 Foreign and domestic policies of Presidents Nixon and Carter

    • SSHS.USII.7.4 Argue how policies and events during the Nixon and Carter presidencies impacted the ideological directions of the country

      • SSHS.USII.7.4.a Analyze President Richard Nixon's foreign and domestic policy agendas (e.g., end of Vietnam War, opening of relations with China, detente with the Soviet Union), and argue the impacts on American society and relations with the Soviets

      • SSHS.USII.7.4.b Analyze the events, and argue the impact of the Watergate break-in on American society (e.g., Congressional hearings, Nixon's resignation, Ford's pardon of Nixon)

      • SSHS.USII.7.4.c Analyze President Jimmy Carter's foreign and domestic policy agenda (e.g., Camp David Accords, Iranian Hostage Crisis, return of Panama Canal, response to Soviet invasion of Afghanistan), and argue the impacts on American relationships with other countries

      • SSHS.USII.7.4.d Analyze the influence of President Carter's emphasis on global human rights and who benefited

  • SSHS.USII.7.5 The New Right and the presidencies of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush

    • SSHS.USII.7.5 Argue the effects that political and cultural conflicts during the George H.W. Bush and Reagan presidencies had on foreign and domestic policies of the United States

      • SSHS.USII.7.5.a Analyze President Ronald Reagan's foreign and domestic policy agendas (e.g., trickle-down economics, tax cuts, War on Drugs, confronting the Cold War), and argue the impacts on American society and relationships with the Soviets

      • SSHS.USII.7.5.b Explain the conditions and elements of the Cold War apparent in the 1980s (e.g., challenges to Communism, Reagan Doctrine)

      • SSHS.USII.7.5.c Analyze President George H.W. Bush's foreign and domestic policy agendas (e.g., ending the Cold War, Operation Just Cause, NAFTA, American with Disabilities Act 1990), and argue the impacts on American society

      • SSHS.USII.7.5.d Analyze the conditions leading to the Soviet Union's collapse, and argue the impact on world events

      • SSHS.USII.7.5.e Explain the circumstances that led to United States involvement in a war against Iraq, and argue the impacts at home and abroad

8 Contemporary United States

  • SSHS.USII.8.1 The Clinton and George W. Bush presidencies

    • SSHS.USII.8.1 Argue how policies and events during the Clinton and Bush presidencies indicated continued political divisions into the new millennium

      • SSHS.USII.8.1.a Analyze President Bill Clinton's foreign and domestic policy agendas (e.g., Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act 1993, "don't ask, don't tell," welfare reform, foreign military interventions, NATO), and argue the impacts at home and abroad

      • SSHS.USII.8.1.b Explain the circumstances that led to the government shutdowns of 1995/1996, and argue their impacts on American life

      • SSHS.USII.8.1.c Explain the circumstances that led to impeachment proceedings against President Clinton, and analyze the significance of such a proceeding

      • SSHS.USII.8.1.d Analyze President George W. Bush's foreign and domestic policy agendas (e.g., tax cuts, campaign finance reform, immigration reform, Hurricane Katrina, AIDS relief, free trade agreements, NATO, response to September 11, 2001, attacks), and argue the impacts at home and abroad

      • SSHS.USII.8.1.e Analyze the controversies surrounding the 2000 presidential election, and argue the effects on future elections

  • SSHS.USII.8.2 The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001

    • SSHS.USII.8.2 Argue the impacts of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, on American society and foreign policy

      • SSHS.USII.8.2.a Explain elements of U.S. foreign policy in Western Asia (Middle East) before the attacks on September 11, 2001, and argue who benefited

      • SSHS.USII.8.2.b Explain the American governmental reactions to the attacks on September 11, 2001 (e.g., war in Afghanistan, Patriot Act of 2001), and argue their impacts at home and abroad

      • SSHS.USII.8.2.c Explain American peoples' reactions to the attacks on September 11, 2001 (e.g., increased patriotism, attacks on mosques), and argue their impacts on fellow Americans

  • SSHS.USII.8.3 The Obama and Trump presidencies

    • SSHS.USII.8.3 Argue how policies, actions, and events that occurred during the Obama and Trump presidencies led to the American political divide

      • SSHS.USII.8.3.a Analyze President Obama's domestic and foreign policies and actions (e.g., Troubled Asset Relief Program, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Affordable Care Act, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan), and argue the impacts at home and abroad

      • SSHS.USII.8.3.b Analyze President Trump's domestic and foreign policies and actions (e.g., Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, disaster relief, response to Covid, withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan), and argue the impacts at home and abroad

      • SSHS.USII.8.3.c Explain the circumstances and events that led to impeachment proceedings against President Trump, and analyze the conclusions

      • SSHS.USII.8.3.d Analyze continued issues, challenges, and controversies surrounding civil liberties and civil rights (e.g., immigration, health care, mental health, education, gun ownership, racial issues, LGBTQIA+ rights, women's rights, environment, election integrity, mass incarceration), and argue the impacts and who is affected

      • SSHS.USII.8.3.e Analyze the distinctions between liberal and conservative idea and positions, and argue the continued impacts on domestic American life

  • SSHS.USII.8.4 The internet and the connected society

    • SSHS.USII.8.4 Argue the ways the proliferation of online interactions both benefits global interconnectedness and contributes to the American political divide

      • SSHS.USII.8.4.a Explain the history and evolution of the internet and social media

      • SSHS.USII.8.4.b Argue the impacts that the internet and social media have on individuals and groups in society

      • SSHS.USII.8.4.c Analyze the relationship between the internet and disinformation, and argue who benefits