
Social Studies
  Grade Level:   11  
  Component:   4.1 Understands historical chronology.  
  Grade Level Expectation:   4.1.2 Understands how the following themes and developments help to define eras in U.S. history:
  • Our foundations (1776—1791).
  • Industrialization and the emergence of the United States as a world power (1890—1918).
  • Reform, prosperity, and the Great Depression (1918—1939).
  • World War II, the Cold War, and international relations (1939—1991).
  • Movements and domestic issues (1945—1991).
  • Entering a new era (1991—present).
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    -Explains how the ratification of the Bill of Rights defines the founding of the United States.
    -Explains how the Roosevelt Corollary helps to define the early 20th century as a time when the United States was emerging as a world power.
    -Explains how the 19th Amendment and the New Deal Policy define U.S. history following World War I as period of reform.
    -Explains how atomic weapons help to define the decades after World War II as the Cold War era.
    -Explains how the United Farm Workers, Civil Rights Movement, and Feminist Movement help to define U.S. history after World War II as a time of social movements.
    -Explains how the Oklahoma City bombing and 9/11 attacks have defined a new era in U.S. domestic and foreign policy.