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California Social Studies Standards -- Grade 11

United States History and Geography: Continuity & Change in the 20th Century

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11.1 Students analyze the significant events surrounding the founding of the nation and its attempts to realize the philosophy of government described in the Declaration of Independence, in terms of:

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11.2 Students analyze the relationship among the rise of industrialization, large scale rural to urban migration and massive immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe, in terms of:

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11.3 Students analyze the role religion played in the founding of America, its lasting moral, social and political impact, and issues regarding religious liberty, in terms of:

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11.4 Students trace the rise of the U.S. to its role as a world power in the 20th century, in terms of:

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11.5 Students analyze the major political, social, economic, technological, and cultural developments of the 1920s, in terms of:

    1. the policies of Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover

    2. the international and domestic events, interests, and philosophies that prompted attacks on civil liberties, including the Palmer Raids, Marcus Garvey's "back-to-Africa" movement, the Ku Klux Klan, immigration quotas and the responses of organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and the Anti-Defamation League to those attacks

    3. the passage of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution and the Volstead Act (Prohibition)

    4. the passage of the 19th Amendment and the changing role of women in society

    5. the Harlem Renaissance and new trends in literature, music, and art, with special attention to the work of writers (e.g., Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes)

    6. the growth and effects of radio and movies and their role in the world wide diffusion of popular culture

    7. the rise of mass production techniques, the growth of cities, the impact of new technologies (e.g., the automobile, electricity), and the resulting prosperity and effect on the American landscape

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11.6 Students analyze the different explanations for the Great Depression and how the New Deal fundamentally changed the role of the federal government, in terms of:

    1. the monetary issues of the late 19th and early 20th century that gave rise to the establishment of the Federal Reserve and the weaknesses in key sectors of the economy in the late 1920s

    2. the principal explanations of the causes of the Great Depression and steps taken by the Federal Reserve, Congress and the President to combat the economic crisis

    3. the human toll of the Depression, natural disasters, unwise agricultural practices and their effect on the depopulation of rural regions and on political movement s of the left and right with particular attention to the Dust Bowl refugees and their social and economic impact in California

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11.7 Students analyze the American participation in World War II, in terms of:

    1. the origins of American involvement in the war, with an emphasis on the events that precipitated the attack on Pearl Harbor

    2. United States and Allied wartime strategy, including the major battles of Midway, Normandy, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and the Battle of the Bulge

    3. the role and sacrifices of individual American soldiers, as well as the unique contributions of the special fighting forces (e.g., the Tuskegee Airmen, the 442 Regimental Combat Team, and the Navajo Code talkers)

    4. Roosevelt's foreign policies during World War II (e.g., Four Freedoms speech)

    5. the constitutional issues and impact of events on the U.S. home front, including the internment of Japanese Americans (e.g., Fred Korematsu v. United States of America) and the restrictions on German and Italian resident aliens; the response of the administration to Hitler's atrocities against Jews and other groups; the role of women in military production; the role and growing political demands of African Americans

    6. major developments in aviation, weaponry, communication, and medicine and the War's impact on the location of American industry and use of resources

    7. the decision to drop atomic bombs and the consequences (Hiroshima and Nagasaki)

    8. the effect of massive aid given to western Europe under the Marshall Plan to rebuild itself after the war, and its importance to the U.S. economy

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11.8 Students analyze the economic boom and social transformation of post-World War II America, in terms of:

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11.9 Students analyze United States foreign policy since World War II, in terms of:

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11.10 Students analyze federal civil rights and voting rights developments, in terms of:

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