South Carolina

Foundations of American Republicanism

• USHC.1.CO Analyze the development of the American identity through the founding principles and social and economic development of the Northern and Southern colonies from 1607–1763 using a comparative analysis.

  • The Southern Colonies (US-A.)

• USHC.1.CE Assess the major developments of the American Revolution through significant turning points in the debates over independence and self-government from 1763–1791.

  • The French and Indian War (US-B.1)
  • Source analysis: the Declaration of Independence (US-B.2)
  • The Constitutional Convention (US-C.1)

• USHC.1.P Summarize the changing relationship between individuals and the government during the period 1607–1800.

  • Source analysis: the Declaration of Independence (US-B.2)
  • The Constitutional Convention (US-C.1)

• USHC.1.CX Contextualize significant republican developments within North America's connection to the Atlantic World.

• USHC.1.CC Analyze the processes of continuity and change in the debates over the proper role of the central government and neutrality in foreign affairs from 1789–1815.

  • The War of 1812 (US-C.2)

• USHC.1.E Utilize primary and secondary sources to investigate the impact of the Atlantic influence in the regional and national development of Republicanism and Federalism.

Expansion and Union

• USHC.2.CO Compare the economic, political, and social, development of the antebellum North and South from 1803–1860 using a comparative analysis.

  • The growth of sectionalism (US-E.1)

• USHC.2.CE Evaluate the causes and consequences of economic and geographic expansion through significant turning points from 1803–1865.

  • The growth of sectionalism (US-E.1)
  • Causes of the Civil War: compromises (US-E.2)

• USHC.2.P Summarize the impact of technological changes and social developments on the U.S., including the Civil War, during the period 1815–1865.

  • Antebellum reform movements (US-D.1)
  • Source analysis: What to the slave is the Fourth of July? (US-D.2)
  • The growth of sectionalism (US-E.1)
  • Causes of the Civil War: compromises (US-E.2)

• USHC.2.CX Contextualize the perspectives on the role of the federal government in securing natural rights during the period 1830–1877.

  • Presidential Reconstruction (US-F.1)

• USHC.2.CC Differentiate the patterns of continuity and change within the development of sectionalism and reunion.

  • The growth of sectionalism (US-E.1)
  • Causes of the Civil War: compromises (US-E.2)
  • Presidential Reconstruction (US-F.1)

• USHC.2.E Utilize primary and secondary sources to judge the impact of economic and continental expansion on the evolving disagreements over natural rights and federalism.

  • Source analysis: What to the slave is the Fourth of July? (US-D.2)
  • The growth of sectionalism (US-E.1)
  • Causes of the Civil War: compromises (US-E.2)

Capitalism and Reform

• USHC.3.CO Compare the strategies and tactics of the Captains of Industry to those of the leaders of the labor movement.

  • Industry in the Gilded Age (US-G.1)
  • Cities in the Gilded Age (US-G.2)

• USHC.3.CE Assess the causes and effects of significant turning points in the Populist and Progressive era from 1877–1924.

  • The presidency of Theodore Roosevelt (US-H.2)

• USHC.3.P Examine the relationship between the expanding corporate economy and American government during the period 1862–1924.

  • Industry in the Gilded Age (US-G.1)
  • The presidency of Theodore Roosevelt (US-H.2)

• USHC.3.CX Contextualize demographic changes resulting from economic development and growth during the Gilded Age.

  • Cities in the Gilded Age (US-G.2)

• USHC.3.CC Analyze significant developments in the settlement of the frontier between 1862–1924.

• USHC.3.E Utilize a variety of primary and secondary sources to analyze multiple perspectives of innovation and industrialization on demographic change, reform, and American identity.

  • Cities in the Gilded Age (US-G.2)
  • The Jim Crow system (US-G.3)
  • Prohibition (US-J.1)

Modernism and Interventionism

• USHC.4.CO Develop a comparative analysis of the motives for and outcomes of American policies regarding foreign intervention.

  • The rise of U.S. imperialism (US-H.1)
  • World War I: causes and U.S. entry (US-I.1)
  • Causes of World War II (US-L.1)

• USHC.4.CE Evaluate significant turning points, including the immediate and long-term causes and effects of the business cycles of capitalism.

  • Causes of the Great Depression (US-K.1)

• USHC.4.P Summarize the changing role of the government in the economy during the period 1917–1945.

  • World War I: the home front and battlefront (US-I.2)

• USHC.4.CX Contextualize changes in American culture within new migration patterns, participation in global conflict, and capitalist business cycles.

  • Source analysis: the Great Migration (US-J.2)

• USHC.4.CC Examine the continuity and changes on the U.S. homefront surrounding World War I and World War II.

  • World War I: the home front and battlefront (US-I.2)
  • Japanese American internment (US-L.2)

• USHC.4.E Utilize primary and secondary sources to analyze the impact of changes in American foreign policy, worldwide conflicts, and business cycles in capitalism.

  • The rise of U.S. imperialism (US-H.1)
  • World War I: causes and U.S. entry (US-I.1)
  • World War I: the home front and battlefront (US-I.2)
  • Identify New Deal agencies (US-K.2)
  • Source analysis: fireside chats (US-K.3)
  • Causes of World War II (US-L.1)

Legacy of the Cold War

• USHC.5.CO Explain the technological developments and economic changes in the U.S. during the Cold War and post-Cold War eras using a comparative analysis.

  • Introduction to the Cold War (US-M.1)

• USHC.5.CE Assess the immediate and long-term causes and effects through significant turning points of the Cold War.

  • Introduction to the Cold War (US-M.1)
  • The presidency of John F. Kennedy (US-N.1)

• USHC.5.P Summarize the changes in the major American political party platforms during the period.

  • The presidency of John F. Kennedy (US-N.1)

• USHC.5.CX Contextualize domestic economic development and American national identity within global politics.

• USHC.5.CC Evaluate continuities and changes during the Civil Rights Movement and other subsequent movements for equal rights.

  • Civil rights movement: school desegregation (US-O.1)

• USHC.5.E Utilize primary and secondary sources to judge the impact of evolving American foreign policy on American identity and capitalism.