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List of Benchmarks for United States History 
 Standard 24.Understands how the New Deal addressed the Great Depression, transformed American federalism, and initiated the welfare state
  
Topics1. Legacy of the New Deal; 2. Role of individuals in history
   Level IV (Grade 9-12)
  Benchmark 6.Understands the proposals of Upton Sinclair's EPIC campaign in California (e.g., groups that opposed it, why it failed, the reasons for the growth of the American Communist Party during the 1930s, to whom the party most appealed)
   Vocabulary terms
A.  EPIC campaign
  Knowledge/skill statements
  1. Understands groups the opposed Upton Sinclair’s EPIC campaign in California   
  2. Understands why Upton Sinclair’s EPIC campaign in California failed   
  3. Understands the reasons for the growth of the American Communist party during the 1930s   
  4. Understands to whom the American Communist party most appealed during the 1930s   


Citation Log: BD(AE,198)
Citation reference
BD = benchmark, declarative
BP = benchmark, procedural
BC = benchmark, contextual

1st letter/number of each code in parentheses:
A   NCHS: U.S. History, Expanded Edition
B   NCHS: Basic Edition
L   Lessons from History
N   NAEP: Framework 2006

2nd letter code :
E = Explicitly stated in document
I = Implicit in document

Number:
Page number of the cited document