What grade levels do these standards cover?

Grade 11, Grade 10, and Grade 12

Where can I read the official document?

Statewide Dual Credit Learning Objectives American History

K–12 Standards

American History II (HIST 2020)
Other Tennessee Statewide Dual Credit (SDC) sets
Psychology (PSYC 1030)
Speech and Communications (COMM 2025)

Reconstructing America: 1863 – 1900 South, West, and North

A
Race and Ethnicity: Explain the new meanings of freedom and citizenship created by the Civil War and Reconstruction as well as the racist and often violent counterrevolutions that arose in opposition to those changes.1.A
1. 1
  emancipation2.1
2. 2
  Black Codes2.2
3. 3
  Reconstruction Amendments2.3
4. 4
  Buffalo Soldiers2.4
5. 5
  Indian Wars and the Ghost Dance Movement2.5
6. 6
  cowboys and multiculturalism2.6
7. 7
  Native American boarding schools2.7
8. 8
  Jim Crow2.8
9. 9
  lynching and the anti-lynching campaign2.9
B
Gender: Analyze the development of Black households and communities, cowboy masculinity, and women’s rights campaigns after the Civil War.1.B
1. 1
  sharecropping2.1
2. 2
  Rise of Black Churches2.2
3. 3
  Ku Klux Klan2.3
4. 4
  cowboys and ranchers2.4
5. 5
  dissension within the suffrage movement over the 15th Amendment2.5
C
Politics and Law: Assess how emancipation, western Indian Wars, and industrialization challenged a Republican political culture centered upon the free labor ideology.1.C
1. 1
  Presidential Reconstruction2.1
2. 2
  Congressional/Radical Reconstruction2.2
3. 3
  The Reconstruction Amendments2.3
4. 4
  creation of Native American reservations2.4
5. 5
  The Dawes Act2.5
6. 6
  disfranchisement (Williams v. Mississippi)2.6
7. 7
  segregation (Plessy v. Ferguson)2.7
D
Economics: Explain the transformation of American agriculture and the rise of industrial capitalism in the late 19th century.1.D
1. 1
  sharecropping2.1
2. 2
  New South2.2
3. 3
  Transcontinental Railroads2.3
4. 4
  Open Range Cattle2.4
5. 5
  Coal Mining2.5
E
Society and Culture: Identify the different historical memories and cultural ideals emerging out of the South and the West and analyze their impact on American society and culture around the turn of the 20th century.1.E
1. 1
  Lost Cause Myth2.1
2. 2
  Vaudeville2.2
3. 3
  Minstrel shows2.3
4. 4
  Romanticism of the West (Cowboy stereotype, Rocky Mountain School-Bierstadt, Moran, Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show)2.4

Industrial Capitalism, Organized Labor, and Populism

A
Economics: Explain the nation’s shift from an agricultural to an industrial economy along with the technological and business innovations that enabled this transition.1.A
1. 1
  urbanization of America from both immigration and demographic shifts2.1
2. 2
  technological advances (transportation, electricity, steel construction methods) that enabled the growth of the cities2.2
3. 3
  specific industries and the individuals associated with them. (Steel-Carnegie, Railroads and Transportation- Cornelius Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Morgan)2.3
4. 4
  strategic tools employed by industrial magnates to build and control business empires (corporations, trusts, vertical and horizontal monopolies)2.4
5. 5
  wealth inequality in the Gilded Age2.5
6. 6
  Social Darwinism, Gospel of Wealth2.6
7. 7
  major unions, leaders, and examples of industrial labor unrest (RR Strike, Haymarket, Pullman, Homestead, etc.)2.7
B
Politics and Law: Analyze the efforts to address corruption in government and business, including efforts to educate the public about common practices.1.B
1. 1
  Tammany Hall and Boss Tweed2.1
2. 2
  jobs and votes2.2
3. 3
  major political scandals of the Gilded Age (Whiskey Ring, Gold Ring)2.3
4. 4
  reform legislation (Pendleton Act, ICC, Sherman Antitrust Act)2.4
5. 5
  populism2.5
6. 6
  The Silver Question2.6
7. 7
  fusion of Democrats and Populist Party2.7
C
Race and Ethnicity: Relate the growing national diversity of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to urban development and the backlash against specific groups.1.C
1. 1
  the “New Immigration” wave of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.2.1
2. 2
  sources of immigrants at different times from the late nineteenth century into the early twentieth century2.2
3. 3
  the Ethnic City as a result of both immigration and industrialization during the Gilded Age (assimilation and exclusion).2.3
4. 4
  nativism2.4
5. 5
  Chinese Exclusion Act2.5
D
Gender: Articulate the relationship between industrialization, immigration, and urbanization and traditional gender roles, distinguishing between the impacts on upper-, middle-, and working-class women.1.D
1. 1
  the Victorian concept of womanhood2.1
2. 2
  gender- and class-based class differences2.2
3. 3
  women in mass consumerism2.3
4. 4
  The Domestic Sphere2.4
5. 5
  early suffrage successes such as Women’s Suffrage in Wyoming (1869) and Colorado (1890)2.5
6. 6
  women in the Granger Movement (Mary Lease)2.6
7. 7
  the role of the WCTU as a women’s movement on social issues2.7
E
Society and Culture: Associate the major movements of this era that shaped cultural trends and societal characteristics.1.E
1. 1
  Rise of the Middle class2.1
2. 2
  leisure (Vaudeville, Luna Park, phonograph, movies)2.2
3. 3
  Third Great Awakening2.3
4. 4
  The Social Gospel Movement2.4
5. 5
  rise in Catholicism (overlap with immigration, parochial schools, colleges)2.5
6. 6
  growing Jewish communities (overlap with immigration)2.6

Imperialism and the Progressives

A
Economics: Analyze the economic factors that altered the American workforce and led to calls for reform.1.A
1. 1
  mass production2.1
2. 2
  Taylorism2.2
3. 3
  Ford’s Assembly line2.3
4. 4
  welfare capitalism2.4
5. 5
  Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire2.5
6. 6
  Progressive labor reform2.6
7. 7
  Imperialism as a path to cheap labor and increased access to markets2.7
B
Politics and Law: Evaluate the nation’s debate over the expansion of the federal government’s role in regulating capitalism, solving social problems, and managing territory overseas.1.B
1. 1
  Imperialism2.1
2. 2
  Spanish American War2.2
3. 3
  US territories, Philippine–American War2.3
4. 4
  17th, 18th, 19th Amendments2.4
5. 5
  Theodore Roosevelt and conservation2.5
6. 6
  Antiquities Act2.6
7. 7
  Gifford Pinchot2.7
8. 8
  John Muir2.8
9. 9
  Hetch Hetchy2.9
10. 10
  National Parks2.1
11. 11
  Panama Canal2.11
12. 12
  Pure Food and Drug Act / consumer protection2.12
13. 13
  Coal Strike2.13
C
Race and Ethnicity: Analyze how issues of race intersected with the contemporary topics of imperialism and progressive reform.1.C
1. 1
  the debate over imperialism (Hawaii, Cuba, Philippines)2.1
2. 2
  the debate over civil rights2.2
3. 3
  W.E.B. DuBois and the NAACP2.3
4. 4
  Booker T. Washington and the Atlanta Compromise2.4
5. 5
  Black Women’s Club Movement2.5
6. 6
  “Birth of a Nation”2.6
7. D
  Gender: Recognize influential events that advanced women’s political participation and public influence.2.D
8. 1
  masculinity and imperialism2.1
9. 2
  Settlement House Movement2.2
10. 3
  Suffrage/19th amendment/white supremacy in women’s suffrage2.3
11. 4
  New Women2.4
12. 5
  birth control & Margaret Sanger2.5
13. 6
  continuation of role of UDC and expansion of Lost Cause mythology2.6
E
Society and Culture: Discuss the major trends of this era that shaped attitudes in American society, and the technology that impacted American culture.1.E
1. 1
  Muckrakers (Upton Sinclair, Ida Tarbell, Jacob Riis)2.1
2. 2
  urbanization and tenements2.2
3. 3
  Social Justice2.3
4. 4
  electricity2.4
5. 5
  streetcars2.5
6. 6
  Chicago, White City, 18932.6
7. 7
  the Eugenics Movement2.7
8. 8
  Yellow Journalism2.8
9. 9
  Rise of Professionalism2.9

America and the World: WWI and 1920s

A
Economics: Identify the political and corporate policies that, by supporting the expansion of corporate and consumer capitalism, increased U.S. involvement in the global economy and created the illusion of widespread prosperity for most white Americans.1.A
1. 1
  economic causes of U.S. entry into WWI2.1
2. 2
  post-war demobilization, economic recession, and labor strikes2.2
3. 3
  Efficiency Progressivism2.3
4. 4
  Republican presidential administrations and the “Business of America”2.4
5. 5
  expansion of a credit economy2.5
6. 6
  technological innovation, consumerism capitalism, and early suburbanization2.6
7. 7
  welfare capitalism2.7
8. 8
  agricultural depression2.8
B
Politics and Law: Examine how the idealization of free markets and political self-determination prompted the U.S. to expand its international role during Woodrow Wilson’s administration, then analyze how WWI’s failure to achieve Wilson’s idealistic objectives instigated a Republican retreat into a post-war politics of diplomatic neutrality and technocratic efficiency.1.B
1. 1
  Wilsonian moral diplomacy and U.S. intervention in the Caribbean and Mexico2.1
2. 2
  Wilsonianism and U.S. entry into WWI2.2
3. 3
  the modernization of warfare and its psychological consequences2.3
4. 4
  George Creel and the Committee on Public Information2.4
5. 5
  Wilsonian liberalism, the Treaty of Versailles, and the League of Nations2.5
6. 6
  interwar neutrality and the Kellogg-Briand Pact2.6
7. 7
  Sedition Act and Schenck v. U.S.2.7
8. 8
  Espionage Act and Eugene Debs2.8
9. 9
  Red Scare2.9
10. 10
  Herbert Hoover’s technocratic vision of government (associational state)2.1
C
Race and Ethnicity: Explain how global war and economic modernization enabled black Americans to challenge the geographic, social, and legal boundaries of Jim Crow, while immigrants also struggled to assimilate into a society that resisted racial integration, ethnic diversity, and cultural transformation through nativist policies, racial terrorism, and scientific racism.1.C
1. 1
  Great Migration2.1
2. 2
  African-American military service and the 92nd and 93rd divisions2.2
3. 3
  lynching, the Red Summer, and the 1921 attack on Tulsa’s Greenwood district2.3
4. 4
  The Harlem Renaissance and the “New Negro”2.4
5. 5
  100% Americanism2.5
6. 6
  National Origins Act of 19242.6
7. 7
  Second KKK and its women’s auxiliary2.7
D
Gender: Assess how global war and consumerism created opportunities for white women to pursue new economic roles and public responsibilities in ways that both modernized and reinforced their duties to both home and family.1.D
1. 1
  Women’s Peace Party2.1
2. 2
  Women’s mobilization during WWI2.2
3. 3
  Katherine Magnolia Johnson and black women’s interwar activism2.3
4. 4
  Alice Paul and the ERA2.4
5. 5
  expansion of women’s professional and clerical employment2.5
6. 6
  home economics movement and “Mrs. Consumer”2.6
7. 7
  Fashion and Fun: the modernization of femininity2.7
8. 8
  eugenics, birth control, and Buck v. Bell2.8
9. 9
  from Babbitt to Babe Ruth: white masculinity in the 1920s2.9
10. E
  Society and Culture: Explore the numerous conflicts that divided a modernizing American society as it simultaneously became more demographically diverse and culturally homogeneous.2.E
11. 1
  Lost Generation and modernism2.1
12. 2
  return to normalcy and middlebrow culture2.2
13. 3
  consumerism and advertising2.3
14. 4
  automobiles and radios2.4
15. 5
  motion pictures and Hollywood2.5
16. 6
  youth culture2.6
17. 7
  Jazz2.7
18. 8
  prohibition2.8
19. 9
  Protestant fundamentalism and the Scopes Trial2.9

Crisis of Capitalism: From Hoover’s New Era to FDR’s New Deal

A
Economics: Evaluate FDR’s policies and New Deal programs in meeting the short-term and long-term effects of the Great Depression.1.A
1. 1
  First Hundred Days: Emergency Banking Act, FERA, CCC, AAA, NIRA2.1
2. 2
  TVA and REA2.2
3. 3
  Second New Deal: Wagner Act, FLSA, Social Security2.3
4. B
  Politics and Law: Discuss opposition to FDR’s New Deal from both the Right and the Left, and FDR’s plans to alleviate this opposition.2.B
5. 1
  New Deal Coalition2.1
6. 2
  Religious opposition: Father Coughlin2.2
7. 3
  Huey Long2.3
8. 4
  Francis Townsend2.4
9. 5
  American Liberty League2.5
10. 6
  Southern Tenant Farmers' Union2.6
11. 7
  Second New Deal2.7
12. 8
  Court-packing2.8
13. C
  Race and Ethnicity: Discuss how the Great Depression impacted American minorities during the decade of the 1930s, in what ways Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal programs sought to ameliorate these impacts for minorities, and resistance to the growing debate over equality for racial and ethnic minorities.2.C
14. 1
  Mexican Deportation 1930s2.1
15. 2
  Federal Housing and Slum clearance2.2
16. 3
  Scottsboro Boys2.3
D
Gender: Examine the expanding role of women in the American political arena during the decade of the 1930s.1.D
1. 1
  Eleanor Roosevelt2.1
2. 2
  Frances Perkins2.2
3. 3
  Mary McLeod Bethune2.3
4. 4
  WPA and NYA2.4
E
Society and Culture: Examine the impact of FDR’s New Deal programs on American culture of the 1930s.1.E
1. 1
  Hoovervilles/hoboes2.1
2. 2
  Works Progress Administration: Federal Writers Project, Federal Arts Project, Federal Theater Project, etc., WPA posters2.2
3. 3
  The Popular Front and popular culture (movies, folk music)2.3
4. 4
  Great Depression Realism: photography, blues/country music2.4
5. 5
  Dust Bowl and response: Farm Security Administration (Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, Gordon Parks)2.5
6. 6
  Civilian Conservation Corps and conservation (national/state parks)2.6

World War to Cold War: American Hegemony in a New World Order

A
Economics: Assess how America’s involvement in WWII reshaped both domestic and international economies and examine how postwar American affluence transformed the country.1.A
1. 1
  Neutrality Act/Cash and Carry2.1
2. 2
  Lend Lease Act2.2
3. 3
  wartime tax increases2.3
4. 4
  GI Bill2.4
5. 5
  Marshall Plan2.5
6. 6
  1950s economic boom2.6
7. 7
  interstate system2.7
8. 8
  The Sunbelt2.8
B
Politics and Law: Discuss the US’s broad political reasons for entering WWII and how those motivations and wartime experiences informed postwar policies and the Cold War.1.B
1. 1
  military course of the war2.1
2. 2
  Manhattan Project2.2
3. 3
  FDR 3rd and 4th term2.3
4. 4
  United Nations2.4
5. 5
  Partition of Germany2.5
6. 6
  NATO2.6
7. 7
  Korean War2.7
8. 8
  Israel2.8
9. 9
  McCarthyism2.9
10. 10
  NSC 682.1
11. 11
  CIA activity (Iran/Guatemala)2.11
12. 12
  Containment Policy2.12
13. 13
  military-industrial complex2.13
14. 14
  JFK and the New Frontier2.14
15. 15
  Berlin Wall2.15
16. 16
  Cuba2.16
17. 17
  Nixon and China2.17
18. 18
  Space Race2.18
C
Race and Ethnicity: Examine the varied roles race and ethnicity played during the Second World War, including as a causative factor of both the global war and violent division on the America home front and explore how Black Americans sought to redefine their place in society during and after the war.1.C
1. 1
  attitude toward Jews during 1930s & WWII2.1
2. 2
  Holocaust2.2
3. 3
  Pacific theater2.3
4. 4
  Japanese internment camps in America2.4
5. 5
  Hispanic labor and the Bracero program2.5
6. 6
  Race riots (Detroit, Zoot Suit Riots, Guam)2.6
7. 7
  A. Philip Randolph2.7
8. 8
  Mary McLeod Bethune and FDR’s Black Cabinet2.8
9. 9
  Jackie Robinson2.9
10. 10
  growth of the NAACP and CORE2.1
D
Gender: Describe the experience of women during WWII from both a military and domestic perspective and evaluate how gendered expectations changed following the conclusion of the war.1.D
1. 1
  women in military service2.1
2. 2
  mass rape of civilians2.2
3. 3
  Rosie the Riveter and femininity2.3
4. 4
  television and the “American family”2.4
5. 5
  1950s masculinity2.5
E
Society and Culture: Examine how America transformed from a culture of sacrifice during WWII to a culture of commercialization and consensus throughout the postwar period.1.E
1. 1
  Rationing2.1
2. 2
  portrayal of WWII in 1940s popular culture (music, fashion, film, comics)2.2
3. 3
  the “Baby Boom”2.3
4. 4
  impact of television2.4
5. 5
  Car culture2.5
6. 6
  Levittown and suburbanization2.6
7. 7
  1950s consensus culture2.7
8. 8
  Hollywood Ten and Blacklisting2.8
9. 9
  rock and roll/new music and art2.9

The Second Reconstruction: Civil Rights Movement

A
Economics: Explain the economic challenges that minority groups faced in the mid-20th century, as well as the specific economic demands voiced by the people of color and describe the economic approaches and tactics used by various rights organizations.1.A
1. 1
  sit-ins, the Montgomery Bus Boycott2.1
2. 2
  the Birmingham Campaign2.2
3. 3
  Martin Luther King’s Poor People’s Campaign2.3
4. 4
  suburban prosperity and urban decline2.4
5. 5
  urban riots of the mid-1960s2.5
6. 6
  Native American Movement’s goals2.6
7. 7
  the National Farm Association boycotts led by Cesar Chavez2.7
B
Politics and Law: Describe the landmark Civil Rights Supreme Court decisions and Congressional Acts of the 1960s and explain how these key acts and decisions resulted from the protests of everyday people.1.B
1. 1
  Loving v. Virginia2.1
2. 2
  1964, 1965, and 1968 Civil Rights Legislation2.2
3. 3
  legal victories for Civil Rights in the 40s, 50s & 60s2.3
4. 4
  Students for a Democratic Society2.4
5. 5
  the Supreme Court during the Warren years2.5
C
Race and Ethnicity: Describe the social, political, and economic conditions the Civil Rights Protestors were reacting against as well as the specific goals they were working towards. Compare, contrast, and relate the African-American Civil Rights Movement to the Native American and Chicano-American Movements.1.C
1. 1
  Cesar Chavez2.1
2. 2
  Dolores Huerta2.2
3. 3
  Johnson’s Immigration Act2.3
4. 4
  Martin Luther King2.4
5. 5
  SNCC and Ella Baker2.5
6. 6
  John Lewis and Selma2.6
7. 7
  sit-ins2.7
8. 8
  Freedom Rides2.8
9. 9
  Mississippi Freedom Summer2.9
10. 10
  Fannie Lou Hamer and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party2.1
11. 11
  American Indian Movement2.11
12. 12
  Young Lords2.12
D
Gender: Explain the multiple challenges faced by women of color and describe how the Civil Rights Movement helped lead to the Women’s Liberation Movement.1.D
1. 1
  Pauli Murray2.1
2. 2
  Jane Crow2.2
3. 3
  Diane Nash2.3
4. 4
  Emmett Till2.4
5. 5
  Mississippi Freedom Summer2.5
E
Society and Culture: Explain social and cultural racism in the mid-20th century and de-facto segregation; grasp how the legislative and judicial victories of the early 1960s led to increased demands for changing American society and culture in the late 1960s and understand the phrase, “the personal is political”.1.E
1. 1
  Malcolm X2.1
2. 2
  The Vietnam War2.2
3. 3
  Cassius Clay2.3
4. 4
  racially-motivated police brutality2.4
5. 5
  anti-gay police brutality2.5
6. 6
  The Black Power Movement2.6
7. 7
  The Black Panther Party2.7
8. 8
  James Brown2.8
9. 9
  Aretha Franklin2.9
10. 10
  Soul music2.1
11. 11
  the culture of protest, & the pride movements (black pride, gay pride, Native American pride, & women’s liberation)2.11
12. 12
  impact of television2.12

War at Home and Abroad: Vietnam, The War on Poverty, Black Power, and Women’s War against Patriarchy

A
Economics: Explain the economic effects of the Cold War & the Vietnam War, as well as the rise of suburbs and the decline of American cities.1.A
1. 1
  the Great Society’s War on Poverty2.1
2. 2
  Medicare2.2
3. 3
  Medicaid2.3
4. 4
  the urban riots of the mid 1960s2.4
5. 5
  The Native American Movement2.5
6. 6
  The United Farm Workers2.6
B
Politics and Law: Explain the significant Supreme Court decisions and legislative acts of the 1960s and the factors that led to these decisions and acts.1.B
1. 1
  Earl Warren2.1
2. 2
  John F. Kennedy2.2
3. 3
  Lyndon Johnson2.3
4. 4
  the Free Speech Movement2.4
5. 5
  the Great Society2.5
6. 6
  Roe v Wade2.6
7. 7
  Equal Pay Act2.7
8. 8
  “Silent Spring” & the Modern Environmental Movement2.8
C
Race and Ethnicity: Discuss the transition from the 1950s Civil Rights Movement to the Black Power Movement of the late 1960s.1.C
1. 1
  Malcolm X2.1
2. 2
  Kwame Ture (aka Stokely Carmichael)2.2
3. 3
  Students for a Democratic Society2.3
4. 4
  The Black Panthers2.4
5. 5
  the Black Power Movement2.5
6. 6
  the Poor People’s Campaign2.6
7. 7
  the 1968 Olympics2.7
D
Gender: Explain gender-based and sexual orientation-based protests for equality and the reasons and goals for those protests1.D
1. 1
  Feminine Mystique2.1
2. 2
  goals of the 2nd Wave of Feminism2.2
3. 3
  Mattachine Society, Stonewall & the emergence of Gay Power2.3
4. 4
  Phyllis Schlafly & the anti-Women’s Liberation Movement2.4
5. 5
  the double struggle of women of color2.5
6. 6
  the legalization of birth control2.6
E
Society and Culture: Discuss the factors that influenced American culture in the mid-1960s, and the cultural effects of the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War, the baby boom, & the Cold War.1.E
1. 1
  early 1960s culture/the Folk Music Revival2.1
2. 2
  Port Huron Statement2.2
3. 3
  the Anti-War movement2.3
4. 4
  Kent State University killings2.4
5. 5
  Students for a Democratic Society2.5
6. 6
  The Weather Underground2.6
7. 7
  Hippies, Soul Music, & Black Power2.7
8. 8
  The Culture of Women’s Liberation2.8
9. 9
  anti-war protest music2.9

The Return to Conservatism: Economic Contraction and Cultural Reaction to the 1970s and 1980s

A
Economics: Describe the changing economics of the 1970s and 1980s.1.A
1. 1
  Recession of the 1970s2.1
2. 2
  inflation2.2
3. 3
  the Oil Crisis2.3
4. 4
  Stagflation2.4
5. 5
  unemployment2.5
6. 6
  Regan-omics2.6
7. 7
  Trickle Down Economics2.7
B
Politics and Law: Describe the circumstances leading to the election of Richard Nixon and his policies while in office. Additionally, students should be able to describe the downfall of Nixon and the rise of Raegan and New Conservatism.1.B
1. 1
  The Silent Majority2.1
2. 2
  the election of Richard Nixon2.2
3. 3
  Nixon’s foreign policy of détente rather than containment2.3
4. 4
  Watergate2.4
5. 5
  impeachment2.5
6. 6
  Gerald Ford becoming President2.6
7. 7
  Jimmy Carter’s election2.7
8. 8
  Carter’s foreign policy – Camp David Accords2.8
9. 9
  Islamic Revolution in Iran2.9
10. 10
  the Nicaraguan Revolution2.1
11. 11
  the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan2.11
12. 12
  the Iran hostage situation2.12
13. 13
  election of Ronald Regan2.13
14. 14
  New Conservatism2.14
15. 15
  U.S. relations with the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War2.15
C
Race and Ethnicity: Discuss the continued push for equal rights among many minority groups such as African Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans, focusing on the changes of each subsequent administration.1.C
1. 1
  changes to the government’s policies regarding the desegregation of schools2.1
2. 2
  busing2.2
3. 3
  Redlining2.3
4. 4
  “White-Flight”2.4
5. 5
  Nixon’s Law and Order policies2.5
6. 6
  The United Farm Workers Union2.6
7. 7
  Caesar Chavez2.7
8. 8
  the War on Poverty2.8
9. 9
  the War on Drugs2.9
D
Gender: Discuss the changing roles of women in both the home and the workplace and explain what women were trying to accomplish with their continued activism.1.D
1. 1
  the continuation of 1960s activism in many minority groups2.1
2. 2
  Esther Peterson and labor feminism2.2
3. 3
  the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution2.3
4. 4
  pushback from New-Right groups2.4
5. 5
  Phyllis Schlafly and the fight to maintain traditional feminine roles, and the defense of “traditional family values,”2.5
6. 6
  Roe v. Wade2.6
7. 7
  Sandra Day O’Connor2.7
E
Society and Culture: Describe the change from the 1960’s Counter-Culture to a more excessive-type lifestyle of the 1970s and explain the impact of new technology.1.E
1. 1
  Disco2.1
2. 2
  MTV2.2
3. 3
  pop music2.3
4. 4
  the computer2.4
5. 5
  conservatism2.5
6. 6
  Religious Right2.6

Terrorism and the Security State: the Precarities of Globalization

A
Economics: Discuss the changing economic policies from Reagan to Clinton to George W. Bush and how these policies affected the economy, including the effect did that Clinton’s views on the economy differed and how his policies had an effect on the American job market and overall economic infrastructure.1.A
1. 1
  Reagan-omics2.1
2. 2
  Clinton’s economic plans2.2
3. 3
  the change from supply-side economic policies2.3
4. 4
  NAFTA2.4
B
Politics and Law: Discuss the major political events of the late 1990s and early 2000s and how these still play a role in modern American politics.1.B
1. 1
  the Gulf War2.1
2. 2
  Election of 20002.2
3. 3
  September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks2.3
4. 4
  the Bush Doctrine2.4
5. 5
  the War on Terror2.5
6. 6
  the Patriot Act2.6
C
Race and Ethnicity: Discuss the changing views on African Americans and immigrants, specifically, how the 9/11 terrorist attacks change how Americans viewed immigrants in America, particularly those of the Islamic faith.1.C
1. 1
  LA Riots2.1
2. 2
  OJ Simpson Trial2.2
3. 3
  9/11 attacks2.3
4. 4
  the War on Terror2.4
5. 5
  the Patriot Act2.5
D
Gender: Discuss how the New Conservatism of the 1990s affected and changed society views of women, gays, and lesbians1.D
1. 1
  Sandra Day O’Connor2.1
2. 2
  Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell2.2
E
Society and Culture: Discuss the major impact of technology, such as the internet, and a 24-hour news cycle on American society.1.E
1. 1
  invention of the internet2.1
2. 2
  the O.J. Simpson Trial2.2
3. 3
  Monica Lewinsky Scandal2.3
4. 4
  the Y2K Bug2.4
5. 5
  9/11 attacks2.5

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What grade levels do these standards cover?: Grade 11, Grade 10, and Grade 12
Where can I read the official document?: Statewide Dual Credit Learning Objectives American History

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