Direct democracy, representative democracy, parliamentary democracy, presidential democracy, monarchy and others types of government that contributed to the development of American constitutional democracy

CG.b.1

Depth 2

Natural rights philosophy

CG.b.2

Depth 2

Popular sovereignty and consent of the governed

CG.b.3

Depth 2

Constitutionalism

CG.b.4

Depth 2

Majority rule and minority rights

CG.b.5

Depth 2

Checks and balances

CG.b.6

Depth 2

Separation of powers

CG.b.7

Depth 2

Rule of law

CG.b.8

Depth 2

Individual rights

CG.b.9

Depth 2

Federalism

CG.c.1

Depth 2

Structure, powers, and authority of the federal executive, judicial, and legislative branches

CG.c.2

Depth 2

Individual governmental positions (e.g. president, speaker of the house, cabinet secretary, etc.)

CG.c.3

Depth 2

Major powers and responsibilities of the federal and state governments

CG.c.4

Depth 2

Shared powers

CG.c.5

Depth 2

The amendment process

CG.c.6

Depth 2

Governmental departments and agencies

CG.d.1

Depth 2

The Bill of Rights

CG.d.2

Depth 2

Personal and civil liberties of citizens

CG.e.1

Depth 2

Political parties

CG.e.2

Depth 2

Interest groups

CG.e.3

Depth 2

Political campaigns, elections and the electoral process

USH.a.1

Depth 2

Key documents and the context and ideas that they signify (e.g. Magna Carta, Mayflower Compact, Declaration of Independence, United States Constitution, Martin Luther King’s Letter from the Birmingham Jail, landmark decisions of the United States Supreme Court, and other key documents)

USH.b.1

Depth 2

Revolutionary War

USH.b.2

Depth 2

War of 1812

USH.b.3

Depth 2

George Washington

USH.b.4

Depth 2

Thomas Jefferson

USH.b.5

Depth 2

Articles of Confederation

USH.b.6

Depth 2

Manifest Destiny

USH.b.7

Depth 2

U.S. Indian Policy

USH.c.1

Depth 2

Slavery

USH.c.2

Depth 2

Sectionalism

USH.c.3

Depth 2

Civil War Amendments

USH.c.4

Depth 2

Reconstruction policies

USH.d.1

Depth 2

Jim Crow laws

USH.d.2

Depth 2

Women’s suffrage

USH.d.3

Depth 2

Civil Rights Movement

USH.d.4

Depth 2

Plessy vs. Ferguson and Brown vs. Board of Education

USH.d.5

Depth 2

Warren court decisions

USH.f.1

Depth 2

Alliance system

USH.f.2

Depth 2

Imperialism, nationalism, and militarism

USH.f.3

Depth 2

Russian Revolution

USH.f.4

Depth 2

Woodrow Wilson

USH.f.5

Depth 2

Treaty of Versailles and League of Nations

USH.f.6

Depth 2

Neutrality Acts

USH.f.7

Depth 2

Isolationism

USH.f.8

Depth 2

Allied and Axis Powers

USH.f.9

Depth 2

Fascism, Nazism, and totalitarianism

USH.f.10

Depth 2

The Holocaust

USH.f.11

Depth 2

Japanese-American internment

USH.f.12

Depth 2

Decolonization

USH.f.13

Depth 2

GI Bill

USH.g.1

Depth 2

Communism and capitalism

USH.g.2

Depth 2

NATO and the Warsaw Pact

USH.g.3

Depth 2

U.S. maturation as an international power

USH.g.4

Depth 2

Division of Germany, Berlin Blockade and Airlift

USH.g.5

Depth 2

Truman Doctrine

USH.g.6

Depth 2

Marshall Plan

USH.g.7

Depth 2

Lyndon B. Johnson and The Great Society

USH.g.8

Depth 2

Richard Nixon and the Watergate scandal

USH.g.9

Depth 2

Collapse of U.S.S.R. and democratization of Eastern Europe

E.c.1

Depth 2

Markets

E.c.2

Depth 2

Incentives

E.c.3

Depth 2

Monopoly and competition

E.c.4

Depth 2

Labor and capital

E.c.5

Depth 2

Opportunity cost

E.c.6

Depth 2

Profit

E.c.7

Depth 2

Entrepreneurship

E.c.8

Depth 2

Comparative advantage

E.c.9

Depth 2

Specialization

E.c.10

Depth 2

Productivity

E.c.11

Depth 2

Interdependence

E.d.1

Depth 2

Supply, demand and price

E.d.2

Depth 2

Individual choice

E.d.3

Depth 2

Institutions

E.d.4

Depth 2

Fiscal and monetary policy

E.d.5

Depth 2

Regulation and costs of government policies

E.d.6

Depth 2

Investment

E.d.7

Depth 2

Government and market failures

E.d.8

Depth 2

Inflation and deflation

E.d.9

Depth 2

GDP

E.d.10

Depth 2

Unemployment

E.d.11

Depth 2

Tariffs

E.e.1

Depth 2

Types of credit

E.e.2

Depth 2

Savings and banking

E.e.3

Depth 2

Consumer credit laws

G.b.1

Depth 2

Nationhood and statehood

G.b.2

Depth 2

Sustainability

G.b.3

Depth 2

Technology

G.b.4

Depth 2

Natural resources

G.b.5

Depth 2

Human changes to the environment

G.c.1

Depth 2

Concepts of region and place

G.c.2

Depth 2

Natural and cultural diversity

G.c.3

Depth 2

Geographic tools and skills

G.d.1

Depth 2

Immigration, emigration and diaspora

G.d.2

Depth 2

Culture, cultural diffusion and assimilation

G.d.3

Depth 2

Population trends and issues

G.d.4

Depth 2

Rural and urban settlement

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