Social Studies - United States History

Unit 1

• Civilizations of indigenous nations in North America
• Explorations of the Americas
• European colonization of America
• Effects of colonization on indigenous people
• Mayflower Compact
• Independence movement
• American Revolution
• Founding documents
• Principles and values of the new democratic government
• Challenges of the new government
• Drafting and ratification of the Constitution

Unit 2

• Federalists and anti-federalists
• Economic expansion; agricultural and industrial growth (1792-1861)
• Conquest of indigenous people and Mexican territory
• Regional and ethnic divisions and reform movements
• Jeffersonian Era
• Louisiana Purchase
• Slavery and abolition
• Conflicts between the North and South
• Civil War and Reconstruction
• African-American struggle for rights
• Voting rights

Unit 3

• Industrialization (1870-1920)
• Growth as an industrial and global power
• Immigration
• Class and ethnic conflicts
• The Progressive Era
• Urbanization
• World War 1: causes, events, and effects
• The Great Depression
• The New Deal
• World War II: causes, events, U.S. role, impacts
• Post World War II and the Cold War

Unit 4

• Vietnam War and protests
• Civil Rights movements
• Changes in policies about Native Americans
• Era of geopolitical dynamics and a global economy
• Impact of technological innovations on society
• U.S. identity, roles, and values in the world (1980-present)
• National security
• Current domestic and foreign policy
• Global interdependence and cooperation
• Current national and global issues (human rights, terrorism, environment, poverty, hunger, refugees, resource scarcity, genocide, etc.
• Patriotism and citizenship