United States History

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Era 1 - Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
1.	Understands the characteristics of societies in the Americas, Western Europe, and Western Africa that increasingly interacted after 1450
2.	Understands cultural and ecological interactions among previously unconnected people resulting from early European exploration and colonization
Era 2 - Colonization and Settlement (1585-1763)
3.	Understands why the Americas attracted Europeans, why they brought enslaved Africans to their colonies and how Europeans struggled for control of North America and the Caribbean
4.	Understands how political, religious, and social institutions emerged in the English colonies
5.	Understands how the values and institutions of European economic life took root in the colonies and how slavery reshaped European and African life in the Americas
Era 3 - Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820s)
6.	Understands the causes of the American Revolution, the ideas and interests involved in shaping the revolutionary movement, and reasons for the American victory
7.	Understands the impact of the American Revolution on politics, economy, and society
8.	Understands the institutions and practices of government created during the Revolution and how these elements were revised between 1787 and 1815 to create the foundation of the American political system based on the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights
Era 4 - Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
9.	Understands the United States territorial expansion between 1801 and 1861, and how it affected relations with external powers and Native Americans
10.	Understands how the industrial revolution, increasing immigration, the rapid expansion of slavery, and the westward movement changed American lives and led to regional tensions
11.	Understands the extension, restriction, and reorganization of political democracy after 1800
12.	Understands the sources and character of cultural, religious, and social reform movements in the antebellum period
Era 5 - Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
13.	Understands the causes of the Civil War
14.	Understands the course and character of the Civil War and its effects on the American people
15.	Understands how various reconstruction plans succeeded or failed
Era 6 - The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
16.	Understands how the rise of corporations, heavy industry, and mechanized farming transformed American society
17.	Understands massive immigration after 1870 and how new social patterns, conflicts, and ideas of national unity developed amid growing cultural diversity
18.	Understands the rise of the American labor movement and how political issues reflected social and economic changes
19.	Understands federal Indian policy and United States foreign policy after the Civil War
Era 7 - The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
20.	Understands how Progressives and others addressed problems of industrial capitalism, urbanization, and political corruption
21.	Understands the changing role of the United States in world affairs through World War I
22.	Understands how the United States changed between the post-World War I years and the eve of the Great Depression
Era 8 - The Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
23.	Understands the causes of the Great Depression and how it affected American society
24.	Understands how the New Deal addressed the Great Depression, transformed American federalism, and initiated the welfare state
25.	Understands the causes and course of World War II, the character of the war at home and abroad, and its reshaping of the U.S. role in world affairs
Era 9 - Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970s)
26.	Understands the economic boom and social transformation of post-World War II United States
27.	Understands how the Cold War and conflicts in Korea and Vietnam influenced domestic and international politics
28.	Understands domestic policies in the post-World War II period
29.	Understands the struggle for racial and gender equality and for the extension of civil liberties
Era 10 - Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
30.	Understands developments in foreign policy and domestic politics between the Nixon and Clinton presidencies
31.	Understands economic, social, and cultural developments in the contemporary United States

	1.	Abolition of the slave trade
	2.	African, European, and Native American Societies circa 1492
	3.	Allies in World War II
	4.	American cultural movements, late 19th Century
	5.	American expansionism, post-Civil War
	6.	American political conflict
	7.	Antebellum debates over slavery
	8.	Antebellum immigration
	9.	Art in culture/society
	10.	Causes and consequences of slavery
	11.	Causes of the American Revolution
	12.	Causes of World War I
	13.	Causes of World War II
	14.	Changes in American life during the 1930s
	15.	Changes in American political life
	16.	Changing role of the United States in world affairs, early 20th century
	17.	Civil Rights Movement
	18.	Civil War
	19.	Colonial economic life and labor systems
	20.	Colonies and colonial systems
	21.	Comparative analysis of culture and societies
	22.	Consequences of U.S. involvement in Vietnam
	23.	Consumer culture
	24.	Contemporary American culture
	25.	Cooperation and conflict
	26.	Creation and ratification of the United States Constitution
	27.	Cultural continuity and change
	28.	Cultural diffusion, adaptation, and interaction
	29.	Cultural movements in American society, 1920s
	30.	Cultural perspectives
	31.	Development of state and national government post-American Revolution
	32.	Development of the first American party system
	33.	Development of the Supreme Court
	34.	Development, ideology, and structure of political systems
	35.	Differences between the North and South prior to the Civil War
	36.	Domestic policies in early 21st century United States
	37.	Domestic policies in late 20th century United States
	38.	Domestic policies of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations
	39.	Domestic policies of the Nixon and Carter administrations
	40.	Domestic policies of the Reagan and Bush administrations
	41.	Economic changes of the post-World War II period
	42.	Economic conditions and society
	43.	Economic development and growth
	44.	Economic patterns in the United States since 1968
	45.	Economic programs and policies
	46.	Economic systems
	47.	Education and society
	48.	Effects of the environment
	49.	Emergence of modern capitalist economy, 1920s
	50.	European exploration and colonization, 9th to 17th centuries
	51.	European struggle for control of North America
	52.	Expansion, exploration, and conquest
	53.	Family and gender roles
	54.	Farming and agriculture
	55.	Foreign policies in early 21st century United States
	56.	Foreign policies in the late 20th century United States
	57.	Government and the economy
	58.	Great Depression
	59.	Group and national identity
	60.	Growth of slavery after 1800
	61.	Guarantees and significance of the Bill of Rights
	62.	Historic documents, treaties, and agreements
	63.	Historical analysis and interpretations
	64.	Historical documents, treaties, and agreements
	65.	Historical viewpoints and perspectives
	66.	Human and civil rights
	67.	Immigration and demographic shifts in the United States
	68.	Immigration and the immigrant experience
	69.	Immigration in the United States, late 19th century
	70.	Impact of American Revolution
	71.	Impact of immigration on colonial development
	72.	Impact of post-World War II science and technology in the United States
	73.	Impact of religious diversity on American institutions and values
	74.	Impact of slavery on African life
	75.	Impact of society on the environment
	76.	Impact of the American Revolution
	77.	Impact of the New Deal on labor
	78.	Impact of World War II on the home front
	79.	Industrialization and the rise of big business
	80.	Influence of art on culture/society
	81.	Influence of ideas on society
	82.	International background of World War II
	83.	International diplomacy and relations
	84.	Labor movements, patterns, and conflicts
	85.	Labor unions and role of government in labor conflict
	86.	Leaders and leadership styles
	87.	Leadership of Franklin D. Roosevelt
	88.	Legacy of the New Deal
	89.	Limits of Progressivism
	90.	Literary and artistic developments
	91.	Migration and settlement patterns
	92.	Military strategies
	93.	Multinational and international organizations
	94.	Northern and southern resources of the Civil War
	95.	Opposition to the New Deal
	96.	Origins and consequences of the Cold War
	97.	Origins of colonial government and politics
	98.	Origins of Progressivism
	99.	Perspectives on federal Indian policy and westward expansion
	100.	Political controversy over Reconstruction
	101.	Political debates of the post-World War II period
	102.	Political parties, campaigns, and elections
	103.	Politics and ideologies that led to the Civil War
	104.	Politics and international affairs of the 1920s
	105.	Popular culture
	106.	Population density, distribution, and growth rates
	107.	Pre-Columbian indigenous societies
	108.	Principles of the Declaration of Independence
	109.	Progressivism at the national level
	110.	Race and ethnicity
	111.	Race relations and the struggle for equal rights after 1870
	112.	Racial, ethnic, and religious discrimination
	113.	Rapid industrialization and environmental issues, late 19th century
	114.	Reconstruction policies
	115.	Reform movements
	116.	Religion in the English colonies
	117.	Religion, belief systems, and values
	118.	Revolutionary War
	119.	Rights and status of individuals and groups
	120.	Rise and decline of societies and civilizations
	121.	Rise of social, political, and economic revolutions
	122.	Role of government in society
	123.	Role of individuals in history
	124.	Role of race and ethnicity
	125.	Role of the Warren Court in addressing civil liberties and equal rights
	126.	Role of women
	127.	Roles and experiences of diverse groups
	128.	Roles of ordinary people in American democracy
	129.	Science, technology, and society
	130.	Scope and human costs of World War I
	131.	Second industrial revolution
	132.	Settlement of the West, early 19th century
	133.	Shay’s Rebellion
	134.	Slavery
	135.	Social change and development
	136.	Social change in the post-World War II period
	137.	Social class structure and interactions
	138.	Social conflict
	139.	Social experience of the Civil War
	140.	Social issues and individual rights in contemporary American society
	141.	Social movements
	142.	Social, economic, and political issues of the late 19th century
	143.	Social, political, and economic characteristics of society
	144.	Social, political, and economic characteristics of society
	145.	Society and culture in colonial America
	146.	Spanish and Portuguese conquest of the Americas
	147.	State and federal Indian policy, early 19th century
	148.	Successes and failures of Reconstruction
	149.	Suffrage movements
	150.	Territorial expansion in the United States, early 19th century
	151.	Trade and trade routes
	152.	Transformation of agriculture, mining, and ranching
	153.	Transportation and market revolutions of the 19th century
	154.	U.S. involvement in World War I at home and abroad
	155.	United States foreign policy post-World War II
	156.	United States foreign policy, early 19th century
	157.	Urban growth and development
	158.	Western Europe during the Age of Exploration
	159.	Women’s movement for civil rights and equal opportunities

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