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Maryland State Social Studies Standards -- Grades 9-12

2.0 UNITED STATES HISTORY

    Students will examine significant ideas, beliefs, and themes; organize patterns and events; and analyze how individuals and societies have changed over time in Maryland and the United States.

2.9 Students demonstrate understanding of the causes, course, and character of the Civil War and its effect on the people of the United States (1850-1865).

2.10 Students demonstrate understanding of the successes and failures of Reconstruction and its enduring impact.

2.11 Students demonstrate understanding of the transformation of the American economy and the changing social and political conditions in the United States in response to the Industrial Revolution up to 1917.

2.12 Students demonstrate understanding of the changing role of the United States in world affairs through World War I (1867-1920).

    2.12.12.1. trace and explain the changing economic and political roles that contributed to the emergence of the United States as a world power

    2.12.12.2. relate the principles of American foreign policy in the era of imperialism to events in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean, including Roosevelt's Big Stick diplomacy, Taft's Dollar Diplomacy, and Wilson's Moral Diplomacy

    2.12.12.3. analyze the debates for and against entering WW I and the events that led to our eventual involvement

    2.12.12.4. analyze the economic, social, and political impact of WW I on individuals, groups, and institutions in the United States

    2.12.12.5. analyze the debate in the US over the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations, and explain why the nation neither ratified the Treaty nor joined the League

2.13 Students analyze the major political, social, economic, technological, and cultural developments of the 1920's and 30's.

    2.13.12.1. explain the international and domestic events, interests, and philosophies that prompted attacks on civil liberties and the rise of intolerance

    2.13.12.2. describe the urban and social reform movements under the leadership of W.E.B. DuBois, Jane Addams and Frances Willard with the initiation of the National Urban League and the NAACP

    2.13.12.3. explain the rise of the women's movement; the significance of the 1920's for American women; the passage of the 19th amendment, and the struggles of the leaders such as Alice Paul, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Carrie Chapman Catt

    2.13.12.4. describe the Harlem Renaissance and new trends in literature, art, and music and the impact of individuals such as Langston Hughes, Eubie Blake, and Rose McClendon

    2.13.12.6. explain the emergence of a modern market economy and its effects on mass culture

    2.13.12.7. describe the monetary issues of the late 19th and early 20th centuries that gave rise to the establishment of the Federal Reserve and weaknesses in key sectors of the economy

    2.13.12.8. analyze 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

    2.13.12.9. explain the effects of the Great Depression on workers, farmers, gender roles, and various social and ethnic groups

    2.13.12.10. explain the arguments for and against the New Deal

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    2.13.12.11. evaluate the successes and failures of the relief, recovery, and reform measures of the New Deal and the expanded role of the federal government in society and the economy

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2.14 Students demonstrate understanding of the cause, course, and consequences of World War II, including the character of the war at home.

    2.14.12.1. explain the reasons the United States moved from a policy of isolationism to involvement with emphasis on the events that precipitated the attack on Pearl Harbor

    2.14.12.2. analyze Allied war aims, strategies, and major turning points of the war and evaluate the decision to drop the atomic bomb

    2.14.12.3. describe the impact of events on people at the home front, including the internment of Japanese Americans, the role of women in military production, and the role and growing political demands of African Americans

    2.14.12.4. describe the role and sacrifices of members of the American armed forces

    2.14.12.5. explain the economic and military mobilization on the home front including the resulting innovations in aviation, weaponry, communications, and medicine

    2.14.12.6. assess the impact of World War II on the United States' foreign policy

2.15 Students demonstrate understanding of the economic boom, social transformation, and technological development of post-war United States to the present.

    2.15.12.1. describe the growth of service sector, white collar, and professional sector jobs in government and business

    2.15.12.2. analyze the nation's changing immigration policy with emphasis on how the Immigration Act of 1965 and successor acts have affected American society

    2.15.12.3. analyze the impact, need, and controversies associated with environmental conservation, expansion of the national park system, and development of environmental protection laws

    2.15.12.4. explain the effects on the nation's economic strength, daily life, and the world economy of such technological developments as the computer revolution, changes in communication, and advances in medicine

2.16 Students demonstrate understanding of how the Cold War and related conflicts influenced domestic politics and foreign policy from 1945 to the present.

2.17 Students demonstrate understanding of domestic policies and politics from 1945 - 1970 with emphasis on the struggle for racial & gender equality and the extension of civil liberties.

    2.17.12.1. trace the expansion of New Deal policies from the Fair Deal through the Great Society, including the controversies

    2.17.12.2. analyze the origins, major developments, controversies, and consequences of the post-war African American civil rights movement, including Truman's decision to end segregation in the armed forces, the role and view of leading civil rights advocates such as M. L. King, Jr., T. Marshall, and Rosa Parks and key United States Supreme Court cases

    2.17.12.3. analyze how the advances in the African-American civil rights movement influenced the agendas and strategies of the quest of Native Americans, Asian-Americans, and Hispanic-Americans for civil rights and equal opportunities

    2.17.12.4. analyze reapportionment cases and voting rights legislation and their impact on political participation and representation

    2.17.12.5. analyze the origins, major developments, controversies, and consequences of the post-war women's movement

2.18 Students demonstrate understanding of the political, economic, social, and cultural developments in contemporary United States.

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