US History II

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Develop an argument about how the conflict between traditionalism and modernity manifested itself in the major societal trends and events in first two decades of the 20th century. USII.2.1

Describe the multiple causes (e.g., fall in stock market and commodities prices, restrictive monetary and trade policies, post-war reparations and debt) and consequences of the global depression of the 1930sUSII.2.2

Gather, evaluate, and analyze primary sources (e.g., economic data, articles, diaries, photographs, audio and video recordings, songs, movies, and literary works) to create an oral, media, or written report on how Americans responded to the Great Depression.USII.2.3

Analyze the important policies, institutions, trends, and personalities of the Depression eraUSII.2.4

Evaluate the effectiveness of the New Deal programs enacted during the 1930s and the societal responses to those programs.USII.2.5

Develop an argument which analyzes the effectiveness of American isolationism and analyzes the impact of isolationism on U.S. foreign policyUSII.3.1

Explain the rise of fascism and the forms it took in Germany and Italy, including ideas and policies that led to the Holocaust.USII.3.2

Explain the reasons for American involvement in World War II and the key actions and events leading up to declarations of war against Japan and GermanyUSII.3.3

On a map of the world, locate the Allied powers at the time of World War II (Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States) and Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan). USII.3.4

Analyze one of the events that led to World War II, one of the major battles of the war and its consequences, or one of the conferences of Allied leaders following the warUSII.3.5

Describe the Allied response to the persecution of the Jews by the Nazis before, during, and after the war.USII.3.6

Explain the reasons the United States gave for the use of atomic bombs at Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan; and use primary and secondary sources to analyze how arguments for and against the use of nuclear weapons developed from the late 1940s to the early 1960s.USII.3.7

Explain the long-term consequences of important domestic events during the war. USII.3.8

Analyze the factors that contributed to the Cold War and describe the policy of containment as a response by the United States to Soviet expansionist policiesUSII.3.9

Explain what communism is as an economic system and analyze the sources of Cold War conflict; on a political map of the world, locate the areas of Cold War conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in the 1950s to the 1980s.USII.3.10

Analyze Dwight D. Eisenhower’s response to the Soviet Union’s launching of Sputnik (1957) and the nation’s increased commitment to space exploration and education in science.USII.3.11

Summarize the diplomatic and military policies on the War in Vietnam of Presidents Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon and explain the intended and unintended consequences of the Vietnam War the Vietnamese and Americans.USII.3.12

Research and analyze one the domestic policies of Presidents Truman and EisenhowerUSII.4.1

Analyze the roots of domestic communism and anti-communism in the 1950sUSII.4.2

Analyze the causes and consequences of important domestic Cold War trends in the United StatesUSII.4.3

Analyze the origins, evolution, and goals of the African American Civil Rights MovementUSII.4.4

Analyze resistance to integration in some white communities, protests to end segregation, and Supreme Court decisions on civil rights.USII.4.5

Evaluate accomplishments of the Civil Rights movement and how they served as a model for later feminist, disability, and gender rights movements of the 20th and 21st centuriesUSII.4.6

Research Massachusetts leaders for civil rights and the controversies over the racial desegregation of public schools in the 1960s and 1970sUSII.4.7

Analyze the causes and course of one of the following social and political movements (Women's, LGBTQ, disabled, environment, workers, Native Americans).USII.4.8

Research and analyze issues related to race relations in the United States since the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965USII.4.9

Analyze the important policies and events that took place during the presidencies of John F. Kennedy , Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon USII.5.1

Analyze and evaluate the impact of economic liberalism on mid-20th century societyUSII.5.2

Analyze the presidency of Ronald Reagan (1981-1989) and the rise of the conservative movement in American politicsUSII.5.3

Analyze how the failure of communist economic policies and U.S.-sponsored resistance to Soviet military and diplomatic initiatives contributed to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, and the end of the Cold War.USII.5.4

Analyze some of the major technological and social trends and issues of the late 20th and early 21st centuriesUSII.5.5

Evaluate the effectiveness of the federal government’s response to international terrorism in the 21st centuryUSII.5.6