U.S. History according to sawyer
Standard 1
Describe European settlement in North America looking at the development of the New England, Middle and Southern colonies, development of slavery, Native American relations, and religious reasons for settlement Standard 2 Trace the ways in which the society and economy developed in the colonies looking at mercantilism, Trans-Atlantic trade, Middle Passage, Benjamin Franklin, and the Great Awakening Standard 3 Explain the primary causes of the American Revolution including the French and Indian War, British taxation and Common Sense. Standard 4 Identify the ideological, military, and diplomatic aspects of the American Revolution: Enlightenment writers, Lafayette, George Washington, Valley Forge, Yorktown, and the Treaty of Paris. Standard 5 Explain the adoption and implementation of the US Constitution: Articles of Confederation, Shay’s Rebellion, Anti-Federalist and Federalists, Great Compromise, Bill of Rights, Checks and Balances, the early Presidencies Standard 6 Analyze the population and territorial growth of the new nation: Northwest Ordinance, Louisiana Purchase, War of 1812, Rise of New York City, and the Monroe Doctrine Standard 7 Explain the process of economic growth in the first half of the 19th Century: Industrial Revolution, Manifest Destiny, Reform movements (temperance, public school, abolition), Women’s suffrage, and Jacksonian Democracy Standard 8 Explain the growing north-south divisions and westward expansion: issue of slavery, Missouri Compromise, states’ rights, war with Mexico, and the Compromise of 1850 Standard 9 Identify the causes, course, and consequences of the Civil war including Kansas-Nebraska Act, Lincoln’s efforts to preserve the union, Generals of the war (Grant, Jackson, Lee, Sherman), major battles, Emancipation Proclamation, economic disparity between the north and south Standard 10 Identify legal, political, and social dimensions of Reconstruction: Presidential and Radical Republican Reconstruction, redistributing land among former slaves, 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments, Black Codes, KKK, and impeachment of Jackson Standard 11 Describe growth of big business and technological innovations after Reconstruction: growth of railroads, use of Chinese labor, John D. Rockefeller, Thomas Edison Standard 12 Analyze important consequences of American industrial growth including Ellis Island, AFL, western population of Native Americans, Sitting Bull and Wounded Knee, 1894 Pullman strike Standard 13 Indentify major efforts to reform the US during the Progressive Era: The Jungle, Hull House, NAACP, Plessey v. Ferguson, muckrakers, direct election of senators, labor reform, and living conditions of the poor |
Standard 14
Explain America’s global relationship at the turn of the 20th Century: Chinese Exclusion Act, Spanish-American War, Roosevelt Corollary and the Panama Canal Standard 15 Analyze the origins and impact of US involvement in World War I: unrestricted submarine warfare, Great Migration, Espionage Act, Eugene Debs, Fourteen Points, League of Nations, 18th and 19th Amendments Standard 16 Indentify key developments in the aftermath of WWI: rising socialism and communism, Red Scare, Henry Ford, radio, movies, origins of Jazz, and the Harlem Renaissance Standard 17 Analyze the causes and consequences of the Great Depression: over production, under consumption, Stock Market Crash, Dust Bowl, widespread unemployment, Hoovervilles Standard 18 Describe FDR’s New Deal as a response to the depression: Tennessee Valley Authority, Wagner Act, Social Security Act, Eleanor Roosevelt, “court packing,” and Huey Long Standard 19 Identify the origins, developments, and domestic impact of WWII including A. Phillip Randolph, Pearl Harbor, Japanese internment, Lend-lease, D-day, Midway, Rationing, role of women, Manhattan Project Standard 20 Analyze the domestic and international impact of the Cold War on the US: Marshal Plan, Truman Doctrine, communism in China, Korean War, McCarthyism, Cuban Revolution, Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War Standard 21 Explain economic growth and its impact on the US from 1945 to 1970: Baby boom, impact of television (coverage of Kennedy-Nixon Debates, Civil Rights Movement), technology (Computers, cell phones), Space Race Standard 22 Identify dimensions of the Civil Rights Movement 1945-1970: Truman’s order to integrate federal government and military, Jackie Robinson, Brown v. Board of Education, Martin Luther King, Jr., Civil Rights Act of 1964, and Voting Rights Act of 1965 Standard 23 Describe the political developments between 1945-1970: Warren Court, Miranda decision, assassinations of JFK, Martin Luther King, Jr., Robert Kennedy, and Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society Standard 24 Analyze the social change movements and organizations of the 1960’s: sit-ins, freedom rides, goals of modern women’s movement, anti-Vietnam movement, Cesar Chavez and United Farm Workers Movement, Silent Spring, Earth Day, EPA, rise of conservative movement including Barry Goldwater and Richard Nixon Standard 25 Describe changes in national politics since 1968: Richard Nixon’s presidency and resignation, Roe v. Wade, Carter’s administration and Camp David Accords, Iranian Revolution, Reagan’s presidency and fall of USSR, Bill Clinton, NAFTA, 2000 Election, George W. Bush, September 11th attacks, war against terrorism, and American interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan |
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