United States History (1877 to Present): Grades 9, 10, 11, 12

Students review and summarize key ideas, events, people, and developments from the Founding Era through the Civil War and Reconstruction (1775-1877).

Students examine the political, economic, social, and cultural development of the United States during the period from 1870 to 1900.

Students examine the political, economic, social, and cultural development of the United States during the period from 1897 to 1920.

Students examine the political, economic, social, and cultural development of the United States during the period from 1920 to 1939.

Students examine the causes and course of World War II, the effects of the war on United States society and culture, and the consequences for United States involvement in world affairs.

Students examine the political, economic, social, and cultural development of the United States during the period from 1945 to 1960.

Students examine the political, economic, social, and cultural development of the United States during the period from 1960 to 1980.

Students examine the political, economic, social, and cultural development of the United States during the period from 1980 to 2001 prior to 9/11.

Students examine the political, economic, social, and cultural development of the United States during the period after 9/11.

Students conduct historical research that incorporates information literacy skills such as forming appropriate research questions, evaluating information by determining its accuracy, relevance and comprehensiveness, interpreting a variety of primary and secondary sources, and presenting their findings with documentation.

Read key documents from the Founding Era and analyze major ideas about government, individual rights, and the general welfare embedded in these documents. http://www.ourdocuments.gov/content.php?flash=true&page=milestone

Summarize major themes in the early history of the United States such as federalism, sectionalism, nationalism, and states' rights.

Identify and tell the significance of controversies pertaining to slavery, abolitionism, and social reform movements.

Describe causes and lasting effects of the Civil War and Reconstruction as well as the political controversies surrounding this time such as Andrew Johnson's impeachment, the Black Codes, and the Compromise of 1877.

Explain the causes and consequences of the Industrial Revolution.

Explain the urban and rural responses to the challenges of the Gilded Age.

Analyze the factors associated with the development of the West and how these factors affected the lives of those who settled there, including Buffalo Soldiers, the Irish, and the Chinese.

Articulate the causes and consequences of Indian wars in the West and explain how the lives of American Indians changed with the development of the West.

Summarize the impact industrialization and immigration had on social movements of the era including the contributions specific individuals and groups.

Describe the growth of unions and the labor movement and evaluate various approaches and methods used by different labor leaders and organizations.

Describe and assess the contribution of Indiana's only president, Benjamin Harrison, to national policies on environmental protection, business regulation, immigration, and civil rights.

Evaluate the effectiveness of government attempts to regulate business (Interstate and Commerce Act 1887, Sherman Antitrust Act 1890).

Analyze the development of "separate but equal" policies culminating in the Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) case. Explain the historical significance of the denial of African American rights in the South and the effects of these policies in future years.

Explain the debates surrounding American's entrance into global imperialism.

Explain the origins, goals, achievements, and limitations of the Progressive Movement in addressing political, economic, and social reform.

Compare and contrast the Progressive reforms of Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson.

Explain the constitutional significance of the following landmark decisions of the United States Supreme Court: Northern Securities Company v. United States (1904), Muller v. Oregon (1908), Schenck v. United States (1919) and Abrams v. United States (1919).

Explain the importance of social and cultural movements within the Progressive Era, including significant individuals/groups such as Booker T. Washington, Ida B. Wells, W.E.B. DuBois, NAACP, muckrakers and Upton Sinclair and including movements such as the Harlem Renaissance, women's suffrage, labor movements, and socialist movement.

Analyze the reasons why the United States became involved in World War I.

Analyze President Wilson's Fourteen Points and describe the obstacles he faced in getting European leaders to accept his approach to peace.

Summarize the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles and analyze reasons why the treaty was never ratified by the U.S. Senate.

Describe the experiences of migrants from Europe, Asia, and the southern United States as they encountered and interacted with their new communities.

Explain the significance of protectionist business policies in the 1920 and the effect they had on the economy.

Identify new cultural movements of the 1920s, including the emergence of women in the public sphere and the professions.

Assess the causes of the resurgence of conservative social movements, reform movements, and vigilante groups, including the Ku Klux Klan, the Red Scare, and Prohibition.

Identify technological developments during the 1920s and explain their impact on rural and urban Americans.

Analyze the causes of the Great Depression and its social and cultural impacts.

Identify and describe the contributions of political and social reformers during the Great Depression Era.

Assess the economic impact of the Great Depression on all Americans.

Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the First New Deal, including the Works Progress Administration and the National Recovery Act.

Explain the long-term effects of the Second New Deal, including its effects on agriculture, labor, social welfare, and banking.

Analyze the causes and effects of American isolationism during the 1930s and the effect this policy had on America's war preparation.

Compare and contrast President Franklin D. Roosevelt's worldview with that of Germany's Adolf Hitler, Italy's Benito Mussolini, the Soviet Union's Joseph Stalin, and Japan's Hideki Tojo.

Identify and explain key events from Versailles to Pearl Harbor that resulted in the United States entry into World War II.

Identify key leaders and events from World War II and explain the significance of each.

Describe Hitler's "final solution" policy and explain the Allied responses to the Holocaust and war crimes.

Explain the experiences of African Americans, Asian Americans, Latinx Americans, Native Americans, and women during World War II.

Summarize the efforts the national government made to regulate production, labor, and prices during the war and evaluate the success or failure of these efforts.

Explain the role of World War II as a catalyst for social change.

Explain the origins of the Cold War.

Analyze the principal of containment, including the Domino Theory (Cold War).

Explain the origins of the Civil Rights Movement in the North and South (1945-1960).

Describe the challenges involved with the enforcement of desegregation directives in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954).

Discuss key economic and social changes in post-WW II American life including the Second Red Scare and its effects on American culture.

Explain the efforts of groups of African Americans, Native Americans, Latinx, LGBTQ community, and women to assert their social and civic rights in the years following World War II.

Evaluate various methods and philosophies (e.g. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Black Panthers, and Malcolm X) to bring about social justice during the Civil Rights Movement.

Assess the social and economic programs of the Kennedy-Johnson era, including policies and legal rulings.

Describe developing trends in science and technology and explain how they impacted the lives of Americans during the period 1960-1980.

Identify and analyze the significance of key decisions of the Warren Court.

Identify the problems confronting different minorities during this period of economic and social change and describe the solutions to these problems.

Identify areas of social tension from this time period and explain how social attitudes shifted as a result, including the Immigration Reform Act of 1965.

Explain and analyze changing relations between the United States and the Soviet Union from 1960 to 1980.

Analyze the foreign and domestic consequences of U.S. involvement in Vietnam.

Explain and analyze U.S. foreign policy with regards to Africa, Middle East, and China during the 1960s and 1970s.

Explain the constitutional, political, and cultural significance of the Watergate Scandal and the United States Supreme Court decision of "United States v. Nixon."

Explain the significance of social, economic and political issues during the period 1980 to the present and how these issues affected individuals and organizations.

Describe developing trends in science and technology and explain how they impact the lives of Americans today including NASA and space programs, identification of DNA, the Internet, global climate change, and U.S. energy policy.

Discuss the origins of the New Right, including the Moral Majority, in the 1980's.

Explain the assumptions of supply-side economics or "Reaganomics" and the impact of these policies on ordinary citizens.

Explain how and why the Cold War came to an end and identify new obstacles to US leadership in the world.

Assess foreign and domestic policies aimed at redressing the effects of the Cold War on the developing world.

Explain the constitutional significance of the following landmark decisions of the United States Supreme Court: Westside Community School District v. Mergens (1990), Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union (1997), Mitchell v. Helms (2000), and Bush v. Gore (2000).

Explain the background and effects of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on US foreign and domestic policy.

Analyze the impact of globalization on U.S. culture and U.S. economic, political, and foreign policy, including North African Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

Explain the causes and consequences of deindustrialization in the United States after 1970.

Explain the similarities and differences between George W. Bush's foreign policy and those who came before him.

Explain the origins of legislation which began to unravel the work of the New Deal and the Great Society, including reforms in the areas of welfare, public housing, Social Security, and labor.

Assess the decisions of the John Roberts court, especially those which addressed the contests among individual citizens, workers, and corporations

Reflect on the role of media and social media in the democratic process.

Explain the revival of popularity for white nationalism and immigration restriction in the era since 2008.

Explain the similarities and differences among presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump with regards to foreign policy.

Cultivate historical thinking, including the ability to evaluate competing explanations for historical change.

Locate and analyze primary sources and secondary sources related to an event or issue of the past; discover possible limitations in various kinds of historical evidence and differing secondary opinions.

Analyze multiple, unexpected, and complex causes and effects of events in the past.

Assess competing historical interpretations of a particular historical moment, historical event, or historical change.

Develop arguments, defended with historical evidence, which explain historical change.