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The Decline of European Colonialism
The Cold War
The Civil Rights Movement
The Vietnam War and the Rise of Social Activism
The Middle East and Oil Politics
The End of the Cold War: The Expansion of Democracy and Continuing Challenges
Civics: The Constitution- Principles and Structure of American Democracy
Geography of Canada and Mexico
Breakup of the British Empire
Creation of People's Republic of China
Origins of the Cold War
The Korean War
America in the Cold War
8.HG.III.1
Segregation Plessy v. Ferguson, doctrine of “separate but equal” “Jim Crow” laws
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Post-war steps toward desegregation Jackie Robinson breaks color barrier in baseball Truman desegregates Armed Forces Adam Clayton Powell, Harlem congressman Integration of public schools: Brown v. Board of Education (1954), Thurgood Marshall
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Montgomery Bus Boycott, Rosa Parks
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Southern “massive resistance” Federal troops open schools in Little Rock, Arkansas Murder of Medgar Evers Alabama Governor George Wallace “stands in schoolhouse door”
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Nonviolent challenges to segregation: “We shall overcome” Woolworth lunch counter sit-ins Freedom riders, CORE Black voter registration drives Martin Luther King, Jr. Southern Christian Leadership Conference March on Washington, “I have a dream” speech “Letter from Birmingham Jail” Selma to Montgomery March
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President Johnson and the civil rights movement The Great Society, War on Poverty, Medicare Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, affirmative action
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African American militance Malcolm X Black Power, Black Panthers Watts and Newark riots
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Assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy
The Vietnam War
Social and Environmental Activism
History
Geography of the Middle Easy
The American Policy of Detente
Breakup of the USSR
China Under Communism
Contemporary Europe
The End of Apartheid in South Africa
8.HG.VII.1
Overview of the U.S. Constitution James Madison Founders’ view of human nature Concept of popular sovereignty, the Preamble Rule of law Separation of powers Checks and balances Enumeration of powers Separation of church and state Civilian control of the military
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Bill of Rights Amendments protecting individual rights from infringement (1-3) Amendments protecting those accused of crimes (5-8), Miranda ruling Amendments reserving powers to the people and states (9 and 10) Amendment process Amendments 13 and 19
8.HG.VII.3
Legislative branch: role and powers of Congress Legislative and representative duties Structure of the Congress, committee system, how a bill is passed Budget authority, “power of the purse” Power to impeach the president or federal judge
8.HG.VII.4
Executive branch: role and powers of the presidency Chief executive, cabinet departments, executive orders Chief diplomat, commander-in-chief of the armed forces Chief legislator, sign laws into effect, recommend laws, veto power Appointment power, cabinet officers, federal judges
8.HG.VII.5
Judiciary: Supreme Court as Constitutional interpreter Loose construction (interpretation) vs. strict construction of U.S. Constitution Concepts of due process of law, equal protection Marbury v. Madison, principle of judicial review of federal law, Chief Justice John Marshall
8.HG.VIII.1
Canada The ten provinces and two territories, Nunavut (self-governing American Indian homeland), Ottawa St. Lawrence River, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Grand Banks, Hudson Bay, McKenzie River, Mt. Logan Two official languages: English and French, separatist movement in Quebec Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, most Canadians live within 100 miles of U.S. Rich mineral deposits in Canadian Shield, grain exporter U.S. and Canada share longest open international boundary, affinities between neighboring U.S. and Canadian regions North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
8.HG.VIII.2
Mexico Mexico City: home of nearly one-quarter of population, vulnerable to earthquakes Guadalajara, Monterrey Sierra Madre mountains, Gulf of California, Yucatan Peninsula Oil and gas fields Rapid population growth rate North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Maquiladoras
8.HG.I.A.1
Creation of British Commonwealth, independence for colonial territories
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Troubled Ireland: Easter Rebellion, Irish Free State
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Indian nationalism and independence Sepoy Rebellion Mahatma Gandhi, Salt March Partition of India into Hindu and Muslim states
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Geography of India and South Asia Overview Legacy of British colonial rule: English language, rail system Himalayas, Mt. Everest, K-2 Very high population densities and growth rates, food shortages Monsoons Rivers: Ganges, Indus, Brahmaputra Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal Pakistan, Karachi Bangladesh Sri Lanka
8.HG.I.A.5
"Geography of India and South Asia: India Second most populous country after China Subsistence agriculture Caste system, “untouchables” Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta, Madras Longstanding tension between Hindus and Moslems"
8.HG.I.B.1
China under European domination Opium Wars, Boxer Rebellion Sun Yat Sen
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Communists take power Mao Zedong: The Long March Defeat of nationalists led by Chiang Kai-Shek Soviet-Communist Chinese 30-Year Friendship Treaty
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Geography of China Overview One-fifth of world population 4,000-year-old culture Third largest national territory, regional climates
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"Geography of China: Physical features Huang He (Yellow) River, Chang Jiang (Yangtze) River Tibetan Plateau, Gobi Desert Yellow Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea Great Wall, Grand Canal"
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"Geography of China: Social and economic characteristics Major cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou (formerly Canton), Shenyang World’s largest producer of coal and agricultural products, major mineral producer Off-shore oil reserves"
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Geography of China: Multi-dialectal, including Mandarin, Cantonese
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Geography of China: Hong Kong, special coastal economic zones
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Geography of China: Taiwan, Taipei
8.HG.II.A.1
Post-WWII devastation in Europe, Marshall Plan, Bretton Woods Conference
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Western fear of communist expansion, Soviet fear of capitalist influences
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Truman Doctrine, policy of containment of communism Formation of NATO, Warsaw Pact The “Iron Curtain” (Churchill) Berlin Airlift Eastern European resistance, Hungarian Revolution, Berlin Wall, Prague Spring
8.HG.II.B.1
Inchon, Chinese entry, removal of MacArthur
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Partition of Korea, truce line near the 38th Parallel
8.HG.II.C.1
McCarthyism, House Un-American Activities Committee, “witch hunts” Hollywood Blacklist Spy cases: Alger Hiss, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
8.HG.II.C.2
The Eisenhower Years Secret operations, CIA, FBI counterespionage, J. Edgar Hoover, U-2 incident Soviet Sputnik satellite, “Missile Gap”, Yuri Gagarin Eisenhower’s farewell speech, the “military-industrial complex”
8.HG.II.C.3
The Kennedy Years, “Ask not what your country can do for you . . .” Attack on organized crime, Robert F. Kennedy Cuban Missile Crisis, Fidel Castro, Bay of Pigs invasion Nuclear deterrence, “mutual assured destruction,” Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Kennedy assassination in 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald, Warren Commission
8.HG.II.C.4
Space exploration, U.S. moon landing, Neil Armstrong
8.HG.I.C.5
American culture in the ’50s and ’60s Levittown and the rise of the suburban lifestyle, automobile-centered city planning Influence of television Baby Boom generation, rock and roll, Woodstock festival, 26th Amendment
8.HG.IV.A.1
French Indochina War: Dien Bien Phu, Ho Chi Minh, Viet Cong
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Domino Theory
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U.S. takes charge of the war, Special Forces, Tonkin Gulf Resolution
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Tet Offensive, My Lai Massacre
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Antiwar protests, Kent State, The Pentagon Papers, “hawks” and “doves”
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American disengagement, Nixon’s “Vietnamization” policy, Kissinger, War Powers Act
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Watergate scandal, resignation of Nixon
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Vietnam, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon)
8.HG.IV.B.1
Feminist movement, “women’s liberation” Betty Friedan, National Organization for Women Roe v. Wade Failure of the Equal Rights Amendment
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Cesar Chavez, United Farm Workers
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American Indian Movement Second Wounded Knee Federal recognition of Indian right to self-determination
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Emergence of environmentalism Rachel Carson, Silent Spring Environmental Protection Agency, Endangered Species Act, Clean Air and Water Acts Disasters such as Love Canal, Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, Exxon Valdez
8.HG.V.A.1
League of Nations’ territorial mandates in Middle East
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Creation of Israel in 1948, David Ben-Gurion
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Suez Crisis, Gamal Abal Nasser
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Palestine Liberation Organization, Yasser Arafat
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Arab-Israeli Wars Six-Day War, Israel occupies West Bank, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights Yom Kippur War, OPEC oil embargo
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Camp David Peace Treaty
8.HG.V.A.7
Islamic fundamentalism, Iranian hostage crisis, Iran-Iraq War
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Persian Gulf War
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September 11, 2001 attacks
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Iraq war
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Overview Heartland of great early civilizations, Nile River, Mesopotamia, “Fertile Crescent” Generally hot, arid conditions with thin, poor soils Generally speak Arabic, except in Turkey (Turkish), Israel (Hebrew), Iran (Persian) Predominant religion is Islam Sunni and Shiite sects Principal holy places: Makkah (also spelled Mecca) and Medina in Saudi Arabia
8.HG.V.B.1
Oil: world’s most valuable commodity Greatest known oil reserves concentrated around the Persian Gulf Strait of Hormuz, shipping routes and national imports Extraction of Arab oil required Western technology, which introduced competing cultural influences to Islam
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Egypt Most populous Arab country Nile River and delta, surrounded by inhospitable deserts Aswan Dam, Lake Nasser Cairo (largest city in Africa), Alexandria Suez Canal, Sinai Peninsula, Red Sea
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Israel Formed by the United Nations in 1948 as homeland for Jewish people Jerusalem: Holy city for Judaism (Wailing Wall, Temple Mount), Christianity (Church of the Holy Sepulcher), and Islam (Dome of the Rock) Tel Aviv, West Bank, Gaza Strip, Golan Heights Jordan River, Sea of Galilee, Dead Sea (lowest point on earth), Gulf of Aqaba
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Middle East states and cities Lebanon: Beirut Jordan: Amman Syria: Damascus Iraq: Baghdad Kurdish minority population (also in Turkey and Iran) Iran: Tehran Kuwait Saudi Arabia: Riyadh, Makkah
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Turkey Istanbul (formerly Constantinople) Bosporus, Dardanelles Ataturk Dam controls upper Euphrates River
8.HG.VI.A.1
Diplomatic opening to China
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Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
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Jimmy Carter’s human rights basis for diplomacy
8.HG.VI.B.1
History Arms race exhausts USSR economy, Afghanistan War Helsinki Accord on human rights, Andrei Sakharov Mikhail Gorbachev Solidarity labor movement, Lech Walesa Reunification of Germany, demolition of the Berlin Wall
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Geography Consequences of the breakup of the Soviet Union New European states from former Soviet Union: Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Ukraine Newly independent Muslim states in Asia (with ethnic Russian minorities): Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan Caucasus, mountainous region where Western and Islamic cultures meet: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
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Legacies of Soviet policies Numerous internal republics, many language distinctions Forced relocation of large numbers of ethnic minorities Environmental poisoning from industrial and farm practices
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The Cultural Revolution
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Tiananmen Square
8.HG.VI.D.1
Toward European unity European Economic Community, “Common Market” European Parliament, Brussels, Maastricht Treaty on European Union France linked to Britain by the Channel Tunnel (“Chunnel”) European Union; the Euro
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"Conflict and change in Central Europe Geography of the Balkan region Ethnically fragmented, mixture of languages and religions Mountainous region, Danube River Seas: Adriatic, Ionian, Black, Aegean, Mediterranean Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Albania Countries that emerged from the breakup of Yugoslavia: Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia Bosnian conflict “Balkanization”"
8.HG.VI.E.1
" Background British and Dutch colonialism in South Africa, Cecil Rhodes, Afrikaners African resistance, Zulu wars, Shaka Boer Wars Union of South Africa, majority nonwhite population but white minority rule Apartheid laws"
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African National Congress Nelson Mandela
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Internal unrest and external pressures (such as economic sanctions) force South Africa to end apartheid, Mandela released
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