US History

Identify key people, documents, factors, and events in the founding of the United States and analyze the political, territorial, and cultural challenges people faced in the new nation.

Examine how history embodies the concept of continuity and change.

Explain the growing divide of the nation in the years preceding the Civil War.

Describe the events and impacts of the Civil War.

Analyze the successes and failures of Reconstruction.

Evaluate primary sources to understand and compare the experiences and perspectives of individuals and groups.

Describe how industrialization and innovation affected the United States politically, socially, and economically.

Identify major factors that led to westwards expansion and discuss the interactions and conflicts between groups that resulted from it.

Compare who benefitted and who did not as the nation industrialized after the Civil War.

Explain and analyze the influences of the Progressives on American politics and society and evaluate the long-term impact of key-ideologies of the Progressive movement.

Analyze the effect of World War I on American foreign policy and describe the events and impacts of America’s involvement in it.

Explain how societal forces impacted women’s voting rights, the civil rights movement, and the treatment of immigrants.

Examine how bias, point of view, and frame of reference influenced historical events.

Analyze contributing factors that led to the Great Depression and its impacts on society and governmental policies.

Describe the US policy of isolationism in the 1930s.

Describe the events and impacts of America’s involvements in World War II.

Make and analyze historical arguments. 

Analyze political, economic, and social conditions in the United States in the post–World War II era.

Analyze and explain how the United States and the rest of the world were affected by the Cold War.

Identify and evaluate different Cold War strategies and policies and their effectiveness.

Identify how the United States fought in overseas wars to combat communism and the Soviets.

Evaluate the long-term impact of major Cold War events.

Examine the events and policies that led to the end of the Cold War.

Identify and describe major events that took place during the Civil Rights Movement.

Evaluate the advancements made by African Americans during the 1950s in the Civil Rights Movement.

Analyze the contributions of individuals and organizations during the Civil Rights Movement.

Explore the effect of the Civil Rights Movement on American society, politics, and the legal system.

Compare the treatment of people in marginalized communities before and after the Civil Rights Movement.

Analyze and compare the goals and strategies of various groups who fought for civil rights and equality.

Explain how competition with the Soviet Union spurred scientific advancement.

Identify and analyze the impacts of major scientific advancements.

Explain the impacts of key events and politics of the 1960s.

Analyze the Watergate scandal and describe the impacts of Watergate.

Explain how scientific discoveries and technologies created in the 1970s changed the daily lives of most Americans.

Describe the domino theory and explain its impact on American foreign policy in Southeast Asia.

Explain how the decisions of US presidents affected US involvement in Vietnam.

Identify how “Reaganomics” affected the US economy and American citizens in the 1980s.

Discuss the causes and effects of the Persian Gulf War.

Describe globalization and its impact on the economy and society of the United States.

Describe the war on terror and the conflicts waged as part of it.

Analyze the relationship between economics and inequality.

Examine the events that led up to the coronavirus outbreak.

Examine how the coronavirus pandemic changed American life.

Describe key events and impacts of presidents from 1945 through 2020.