Grade 9 through 12 U.S. History Standards

Other Alaska Social Studies sets

• Kindergarten through Grade 2 Civics Standards
• Kindergarten through Grade 2 Economics Standards
• Kindergarten through Grade 2 Geography Standards
• Kindergarten through Grade 2 History Standards
• Kindergarten through Grade 2 Inquiry Standards
• Grade 3 through 5 Civics Standards
• Grade 3 through 5 Economics Standards
• Grade 3 through 5 Geography Standards
• Grade 3 through 5 History Standards
• Grade 3 through 5 Inquiry Standards
• Grade 6 Alaska Studies and Geography Standards
• Grade 6 through 8 Inquiry Standards
• Grade 7 World History and Geography Standards
• Grade 8 U.S. History and Civics
• Grade 9 through 12 Alaska History Standards
• Grade 9 through 12 Civics Standards
• Grade 9 through 12 Economics Standards
• Grade 9 through 12 Geography Standards
• Grade 9 through 12 Inquiry Standards
• Grade 9 through 12 World History Standards

Identify the economic, social, and political conditions that led to the persistence of the institution of slavery in the American South as it was outlawed in other states and countries.SS.USH.2.23.1

Use evidence to explain the development of cultures and identities within groups facing discrimination and oppression.SS.USH.2.23.2

Explain ways in which enslaved people survived within and resisted their enslavement.SS.USH.2.21.1

Examine the outcomes of the religious and utopian movements that flourished around the Second Great Awakening.SS.USH.2.24.1

Examine the outcomes of 19th‐century reform movements.SS.USH.2.24.2

Investigate how identity groups and society address systemic inequity through individual actions; individual champions; social movements; and local community, national, and global advocacy.SS.USH.2.7.1

Develop a claim using evidence from a variety of sources and perspectives about how conflicts over enslavement led the North and South to war.SS.USH.2.21.2

Explain the role of border states and territories in the U.S. Civil War.SS.USH.2.16.1

Explain the effects of the Emancipation Proclamation and determine its contemporary purpose and current significance.SS.USH.2.22.1

Explain the impact of the Western Campaign on Indigenous peoples.SS.USH.2.21.3

Analyze the major factors that determined the outcome of the Civil War.SS.USH.2.23.3

Use primary and secondary sources to contextualize and explain how the political, economic, and social position of Black people changed during Reconstruction.SS.USH.2.7.2

Explain how Union Army strategies, the end of slavery, and socioeconomic changes at the end of the Civil War led to an economic depression in the southeastern United States.SS.USH.2.13.1

Describe how white supremacist groups in the United States arose with the intention of maintaining the oppression of specific groups through informal institutions.SS.USH.2.24.3

Explain how the Civil War and Reconstruction created demographic shifts in the United States.SS.USH.2.23.4

Explain the impact of significant legislation and judicial precedents in formally perpetuating legal oppression.SS.USH.2.8.1

Explore and demonstrate the contemporary and current significance of Juneteenth.SS.USH.2.21.4

Explain how massive immigration after 1870 led to new social patterns, conflicts, and ideas of national unity that developed amid growing cultural diversity.SS.USH.3.19.1

Examine the economic, social, and political impacts of industrialization in the 1870s.SS.USH.3.11.1

Compare and contrast the perspectives of monopolists and labor unions about the best way to improve society.SS.USH.3.21.1

Examine ways in which Progressives and others addressed problems of industrial capitalism, urbanization, and political corruption.SS.USH.3.24.1

Evaluate major reform movements and reformers during the Progressive Era.SS.USH.3.23.1

Analyze the campaign for, and the opposition to, women’s suffrage in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.SS.USH.3.23.2

Evaluate the inclusivity and exclusivity of Progressive Era reform movements.SS.USH.3.21.2

Analyze the governmental policies of the Progressive period, determine which problems they were designed to solve, and assess their long‐ and short‐term effectiveness.SS.USH.3.8.1

Analyze the strategies of Black people, Indigenous people, and people of color to achieve basic civil rights in the early 20th century.SS.USH.3.10.1

Analyze how ideologies of the progressive movement impacted Indigenous people in the United States.SS.USH.3.10.2

Analyze the factors that enabled the United States to become an imperial power. SS.USH.3.17.1

Evaluate the effects of U.S. foreign policy in Latin America, Asia, and the Pacific. SS.USH.3.23.3

Analyze the economic, social, and political impacts of imperialism on people at home and abroad.SS.USH.3.23.4

Examine ways in which art, journalism, and literature impacted imperialist and anti‐imperialist movements.SS.USH.3.22.1

Distinguish between the long‐term causes and triggering events that led to the United States entering World War I.SS.USH.3.24.1

Evaluate wartime restrictions on civil liberties.SS.USH.3.10.3

Analyze the reasons for American isolationism and internationalism in the interwar period and their effects on international relations and foreign policy.SS.USH.4.24.1

Assess how innovations in transportation, communication, and finance changed American society.SS.USH.4.13.1

Compare rival perspectives on economic, social, and religious conflicts in the 1920s.SS.USH.4.21.1

Analyze the cultural contributions of modernism, the Harlem Renaissance, and the New Woman.SS.USH.4.22.1

Explain the global context of the Great Depression and the reasons for the worldwide economic collapse.SS.USH.4.24.2

Analyze the conditions and policies that led to the Great Depression.SS.USH.4.24.3

Examine the impact of the Great Depression on the American family and on ethnic and racial minorities.SS.USH.4.24.4

Analyze how the decline in production and spending affected Americans during the Great Depression.SS.USH.4.13.2

Contrast the first and second New Deals and evaluate the successes and failures of the relief, recovery, and reform measures associated with each. SS.USH.4.24.5

Assess the impact and legacy of New Deal relief, recovery, and reform programs on Black people, Indigenous people, and people of color.SS.USH.4.24.6

Explain the historical developments and policies that resulted in the United States entering WWII.SS.USH.4.24.7

Evaluate the decision to employ nuclear weapons against Japan and assess its long‐term impacts.SS.USH.4.24.8

Assess the social, political, and economic transformation of the United States during WWII.SS.USH.4.23.1

Identify the conditions that gave rise to the internment of Japanese Americans and the Unangax people during the war and assess the implications for civil liberties.SS.USH.4.10.1

Examine the suppression of civil liberties and human rights during times of conflict and war, past and present.SS.USH.4.10.2

Use primary sources and varying perspectives to analyze how the Holocaust shifted American perceptions and policies regarding civil liberties and human rights.SS.USH.4.23.2

Analyze the role of the United States in the outcome of WWII in the European and the Pacific theaters.SS.USH.4.24.9

Explain the purposes and organization of the United Nations.SS.USH.4.6.1

Explain how political ideology shaped the postwar order and led to the Soviet‐U.S. arms race.SS.USH.5.21.1

Analyze how U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War shaped conflicts in Asia and the Americas.SS.USH.5.23.1

Analyze the impact of Cold War rhetoric and ideology on social movements and activists in the United States.SS.USH.5.10.1

Analyze other economic and social impacts of the Cold War on the United States.SS.USH.5.23.2

Evaluate the effectiveness of civil rights organizations and actions in overcoming racial segregation.SS.USH.6.6.1

Evaluate the impact of Great Society‐era policies in addressing economic, social, and environmental conditions.SS.USH.6.13.1

Assess the impact of student movements and the counterculture on American politics and society.SS.USH.6.6.2

Construct an argument using a variety of sources and perspectives explaining why efforts to expand civil rights were more successful at achieving change than in previous years or eras.SS.USH.6.6.3

Analyze the rise of modern conservatism in the United States.SS.USH.6.23.1

Assess the social and political impact of conservatism in the United States.SS.USH.6.8.1

Investigate how identity groups and society address chronic inequity through individual actions; individual champions; social movements; and local community, national, and global advocacy.SS.USH.6.21.1 

Evaluate popular and government responses to emerging domestic challenges.SS.USH.7.8.1

Analyze U.S. responses to global challenges and crises.SS.USH.7.17.1

Analyze some of the major technological and social trends and issues of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.SS.USH.7.23.1

Analyze the current state and health of U.S. democracy in a global context.SS.USH.7.6.1