Virginia History and Social Science Standards of Learning -- Grade 11

United States History

11.1 The student will analyze and explain the contact between American Indians and European settlers during the Age of Discovery, in terms of:

Economic and cultural characteristics of the groups;
• Native American Society on the Eve of British Colonization AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/1.asp
  
• The Growth of the Tobacco Trade
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/2d.asp
  
• War and Peace with Powhatan's People
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/2e.asp
  

Motives and strategies of the explorers and settlers;
• Britain in the New World AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/2.asp
  
• The New England Colonies AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/3.asp
  
• The Middle Colonies AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/4.asp
  
• The Southern Colonies AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/5.asp
  
• Europeans Explore AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur11/2.asp
  

Impact of European settlement on the American Indians;
• Native American Society on the Eve of British Colonization AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/1.asp
  
• War and Peace with Powhatan's People
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/2e.asp
  

Legacies of contact, cooperation, and conflict from that period.
• Native American Society on the Eve of British Colonization AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/1.asp
  
• The Growth of the Tobacco Trade
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/2d.asp
  
• War and Peace with Powhatan's People
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/2e.asp
  

11.2 The student will compare the colonization of Virginia with that of other American colonies, in terms of:

Motivations of ethnic, religious, and other immigrants and their influences on the settlement of colonies;
• Britain in the New World AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/2.asp
  
• The New England Colonies AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/3.asp
  
• The Middle Colonies AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/4.asp
  
• The Southern Colonies AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/5.asp
  

Economic activity;
• Britain in the New World AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/2.asp
  
• William Bradford and the First Thanksgiving
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/3b.asp
  
• The Middle Colonies
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/4.asp
  
• Indentured Servants
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/5b.asp
  
• Life in the Plantation South
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/5e.asp
  

Political developments;
• Britain in the New World
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/2.asp
  
• The House of Burgesses
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/2f.asp
  
• The Mayflower and Plymouth Colony
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/3a.asp
  
• City of Brotherly Love - Philadelphia
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/4c.asp
  
• The Ideas of Benjamin Franklin
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/4d.asp
  

Social customs, the arts, and religious beliefs.
• Britain in the New World
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/2.asp
  
• Jamestown Settlement and the 'Starving Time'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/2c.asp
  
• The Growth of the Tobacco Trade
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/2d.asp
  
• War and Peace with Powhatan's People
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/2e.asp
  
• Life in the Plantation South
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/5e.asp
  

11.3 The student will analyze and explain events and ideas of the Revolutionary Period, with emphasis on:

Changes in British policies that provoked the American colonists;
• The Beginnings of Revolutionary Thinking AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/7.asp
  
• The Events Leading to Independence AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/9.asp
  
• The Colonial Experience
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/2a.asp
  

The debate within America concerning separation from Britain;
• The Events Leading to Independence AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/9.asp
  
• E Pluribus Unum AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/10.asp
  

The Declaration of Independence and "Common Sense;"
• Thomas Paine's Common Sense
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/10f.asp
  
• The Declaration of Independence
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/10g.asp
  
• The Declaration of Independence and Its Legacy
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/1a.asp
  
• Independence and the Articles of Confederation
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/2b.asp
  

Individuals, including Virginians, who provided leadership in the Revolution;
• The Beginnings of Revolutionary Thinking AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/7.asp
  
• George Washington's Background and Experience
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/8c.asp
  
• E Pluribus Unum AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/10.asp
  
• The American Revolution
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/11.asp
  

Key battles, military turning points, and key strategic decisions.
• The American Revolution AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/11.asp
  

11.4 The student will analyze the events and ideas of the Constitutional Era, with emphasis on:

New constitutions in Virginia and other states, the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom, the Virginia Declaration of Rights, and the Articles of Confederation;
• Articles of Confederation
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/2b.asp
  
• The Tough Issues
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/3c.asp
  
• The Bill of Rights
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/6a.asp
  
• Independence and the Articles of Confederation
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/2b.asp
  

Issues and policies affecting relations among existing and future states, including the Northwest Ordinance;
• Evaluating the Congress
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/2c.asp
  

The Constitutional Convention, including the leadership of James Madison and George Washington;
• Political Experience
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/12c.asp
  
• Drafting the Constitution AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/3.asp
  
• Ratifying the Constitution AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/4.asp
  
• Independence and the Articles of Confederation
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/2b.asp
  
• Creating the Constitution
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/2c.asp
  

The struggle for ratification of the Constitution, including the Federalist Papers and the arguments of the Anti-Federalists;
• Ratifying the Constitution AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/4.asp
  
• Federalism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/3.asp
  
• The Founders and Federalism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/3a.asp
  

The addition of the Bill of Rights to the Constitution.
• Unsettled Domestic Issues
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/6.asp
  
• The Bill of Rights
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/6a.asp
  
• The Bill of Rights
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/2d.asp
  

11.5 The student will analyze and explain events of the Early National Period, with emphasis on:

Organization of the national government under the new Constitution;
• The First Administration
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/5c.asp
  
• Farewell Address
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/5d.asp
  
• Unsettled Domestic Issues
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/6.asp
  
• The Bill of Rights
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/6a.asp
  
• Hamilton's Financial Plan
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/6b.asp
  
• Growing Opposition
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/6c.asp
  
• Politics in Transition: Public Conflict in the 1790s AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/7.asp
  
• Jeffersonian America: A Second Revolution? AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/8.asp
  
• Politics and the New Nation AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/11.asp
  
• Creating the Constitution
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/2c.asp
  
• The Bill of Rights
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/2d.asp
  
• Federalism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/3.asp
  
• The Founders and Federalism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/3a.asp
  
• Tipping the Scales Toward National Power
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/3b.asp
  

Major domestic and foreign affairs issues facing the first presidents and Congress;
• The Age of Atlantic Revolutions
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/1h.asp
  
• The First Administration
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/5c.asp
  
• Farewell Address
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/5d.asp
  
• Westward Expansion: The Louisiana Purchase
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/8c.asp
  
• A New National Capital: Washington, D.C.
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/8d.asp
  
• A Federalist Stronghold: John Marshall's Supreme Court
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/8e.asp
  
• Gabriel's Rebellion: Another View of Virginia in 1800
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/8f.asp
  
• Politics in Transition: Public Conflict in the 1790s
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/7.asp
  
• Diplomatic Challenges in an Age of European War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/9c.asp
  
• Native American Resistance in the Trans-Appalachian West
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/9d.asp
  
• The Second War for American Independence
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/9e.asp
  
• Claiming Victory from Defeat
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/9f.asp
  
• Social Change and National Development
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/10.asp
  
• Economic Growth and the Early Industrial Revolution
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/10a.asp
  
• Politics and the New Nation AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/11.asp
  

The development of political parties;
• Two Parties Emerge
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/7c.asp
  
• The Era of Good Feelings and the Two-Party System
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/11a.asp
  

The impact of Supreme Court decisions affecting interpretation of the Constitution, including Marbury v. Madison and McCulloch v. Maryland;
• A Federalist Stronghold: John Marshall's Supreme Court
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/8e.asp
  
• Tipping the Scales Toward National Power
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/3b.asp
  
• The Creation of the Federal Courts
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/9a.asp
  

Foreign relations and conflicts, including the War of 1812 and the Monroe Doctrine;
• Politics in Transition: Public Conflict in the 1790s
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/7.asp
  
• Trans-Atlantic Crisis: The French Revolution
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/7a.asp
  
• Negotiating with the Superpowers
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/7b.asp
  
• Westward Expansion: The Louisiana Purchase
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/8c.asp
  
• The Expanding Republic and the War of 1812 AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/9.asp
  

The Louisiana Purchase and the acquisition of Florida;
• Westward Expansion: The Louisiana Purchase
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/8c.asp
  

Economic development, trade, tariffs, taxation, and trends in the national debt.
• Social Change and National Development
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/10.asp
  
• Economic Growth and the Early Industrial Revolution
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/10a.asp
  
• Cotton and African-American Life
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/10b.asp
  
• The Colonial Experience
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/2a.asp
  

11.6 The student will analyze the causes and effects of major events of the Civil War and Reconstruction, including:

Slavery;
• An Uneasy Peace AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/7.asp
  
• 'Bloody Kansas' AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/8.asp
  
• From Uneasy Peace to Bitter Conflict AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/9.asp
  

States' Rights Doctrine;
• The South Secedes
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/9e.asp
  

Tariffs and trade;

Settlement of the West;

• Gold in California
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/6e.asp
  
• An Uneasy Peace AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/7.asp
  
• 'Bloody Kansas'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/8.asp
  
• The Kansas-Nebraska Act
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/8a.asp
  

Secession;
• The Election of 1860
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/9d.asp
  
• The South Secedes
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/9e.asp
  

Military advantages of the Union and the Confederacy;
• Strengths and Weaknesses: North vs. South
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/10b.asp
  
• The Northern Homefront
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/11c.asp
  
• The Southern Homefront
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/11d.asp
  

Threat of foreign intervention;
• The War Behind the Lines
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/11.asp
  
• Wartime Diplomacy
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/11b.asp
  

Economic and political impact of the war;
• Northern Plans to End the War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/10h.asp
  
• The Northern Homefront
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/11c.asp
  
• The Southern Homefront
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/11d.asp
  
• The Election of 1864
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/11e.asp
  
• Reconstruction
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/12.asp
  
• Presidential Reconstruction
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/12a.asp
  
• Radical Reconstruction
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/12b.asp
  
• A President Impeached
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/12c.asp
  

Roles played by individual leaders;
• A House Divided
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/10.asp
  
• Fort Sumter
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/10a.asp
  
• Strengths and Weaknesses: North vs. South
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/10b.asp
  
• Of Generals and Soldiers
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/10f.asp
  
• Gettysburg: High Watermark of the Confederacy
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/10g.asp
  
• Northern Plans to End the War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/10h.asp
  
• The Road to Appomattox
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/10i.asp
  
• The War Behind the Lines AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/11.asp
  

Impact of Reconstruction policies on the South.
• Reconstruction AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/12.asp
  

11.7 The student will analyze the impact of immigration on American life, in terms of:

Contributions of immigrant groups and individuals;
• Irish and German Immigration
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/2f.asp
  
• Gold in California
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/6e.asp
  
• Binding the Nation by Rail
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/1a.asp
  
• The New Tycoons: Andrew Carnegie
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/1c.asp
  
• From the Countryside to the City AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3.asp
  

Ethnic conflict and discrimination.
• The Glamour of American Cities
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3a.asp
  
• The Underside of Urban Life
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3b.asp
  
• The Rush of Immigrants
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3c.asp
  

11.8 The student will summarize causes and effects of the Industrial Revolution, with emphasis on:

New inventions and industrial production methods;
• The Rise of American Industry
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/2.asp
  
• The Canal Era
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/2a.asp
  
• Early American Railroads
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/2b.asp
  
• Inventors and Inventions
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/2c.asp
  
• The First American Factories
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/2d.asp
  
• The Gilded Age AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/1.asp
  
• The Print Revolution
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/4e.asp
  

New technologies in transportation and communication;
• The Canal Era
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/2a.asp
  
• Early American Railroads
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/2b.asp
  
• Inventors and Inventions
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/2c.asp
  
• Binding the Nation by Rail
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/1a.asp
  
• The Glamour of American Cities
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3a.asp
  
• New Dimensions in Everyday Life
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/4.asp
  
• The Print Revolution
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/4e.asp
  
• The Age of the Automobile
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/11a.asp
  
• Radio Fever
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/11g.asp
  
• Fads and Heroes
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/11h.asp
  

Incentives for capitalism and free enterprise;
• The Gilded Age AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/1.asp
  

The impact of immigration on the labor supply and the movement to organize workers;
• Organized Labor AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/2.asp
  
• From the Countryside to the City
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3.asp
  
• The Underside of Urban Life
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3b.asp
  
• The Rush of Immigrants
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3c.asp
  

Government policies affecting trade, monopolies, taxation, and money supply;
• The Gilded Age AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/1.asp
  
• Progressivism Sweeps the Nation
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/7.asp
  
• Roots of the Movement
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/7a.asp
  
• Muckrakers
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/7b.asp
  
• The Trust Buster
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/8b.asp
  
• A Helping Hand for Labor
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/8c.asp
  
• Passing the Torch
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/8e.asp
  

Expansion of international markets;
• Reaching to Asia
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/9f.asp
  
• The Panama Canal
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/9g.asp
  

The impact of industrialization, urbanization, and immigration on American society.
• The Gilded Age AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/1.asp
  
• Organized Labor AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/2.asp
  
• From the Countryside to the City AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3.asp
  
• New Dimensions in Everyday Life AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/4.asp
  
• Progressivism Sweeps the Nation
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/7.asp
  
• Roots of the Movement
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/7a.asp
  
• Muckrakers
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/7b.asp
  
• Progressives in the White House AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/8.asp
  

11.9 The student will analyze and explain the importance of World War I, in terms of:

The end of the Ottoman Empire and the creation of new states in the Middle East;
• America in the First World War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/10.asp
  
• The War to End All Wars
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/6.asp
  
• The Assassination and Its Aftermath
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/6a.asp
  
• The Treaty of Versailles
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/6f.asp
  

The declining role of Great Britain and the expanding role of the United States in world affairs;
• The Spanish-American War and Its Consequences
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/9d.asp
  
• The Roosevelt Corollary and Latin America
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/9e.asp
  
• Reaching to Asia
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/9f.asp
  
• The Panama Canal
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/9g.asp
  
• America in the First World War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/10.asp
  

Political, social, and economic change in Europe and the United States;
• Over There
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/10b.asp
  
• Over Here
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/10c.asp
  
• The Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/10d.asp
  
• The Decade That Roared AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/11.asp
  
• The War to End All Wars
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/6.asp
  
• Home Fronts in Europe
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/6d.asp
  
• The Russian Revolution
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/6e.asp
  
• The Treaty of Versailles
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/6f.asp
  

Causes of World War II.
• The Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/10d.asp
  
• The Road to Pearl Harbor AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/3.asp
  
• The Treaty of Versailles
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/6f.asp
  
• The Depression and the Rise of Totalitarianism AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/7.asp
  

11.10 The student will analyze and explain the Great Depression, with emphasis on:

Causes and effects of changes in business cycles;
• The Market Crashes
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/1a.asp
  
• Sinking Deeper and Deeper: 1929-33
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/1b.asp
  

Weaknesses in key sectors of the economy in the late 1920's;
• The Great Depression
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/1.asp
  
• The Market Crashes
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/1a.asp
  

United States government economic policies in the late 1920's;
• Domestic and International Politics
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/12e.asp
  
• The Great Depression
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/1.asp
  
• Sinking Deeper and Deeper: 1929-33
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/1b.asp
  
• Hoover's Last Stand
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/1d.asp
  

Causes and effects of the Stock Market Crash;
• The Great Depression
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/1.asp
  
• The Market Crashes
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/1a.asp
  

The impact of the Depression on the American people;
• Social and Cultural Effects of the Depression
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/1e.asp
  
• Putting People Back to Work
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/2b.asp
  
• The Farming Problem
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/2c.asp
  
• Social Security
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/2d.asp
  
• FDR's Alphabet Soup
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/2e.asp
  

The impact of New Deal economic policies;
• The New Deal AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/2.asp
  

The impact of the expanded role of government in the economy since the 1930's.
• An Evaluation of the New Deal
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/2g.asp
  
• Domestic Challenges
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/5f.asp
  
• Lyndon Johnson's 'Great Society'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9e.asp
  

11.11 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the origins and effects of World War II, with emphasis on:

The rise and aggression of totalitarian regimes in Germany, Italy, and Japan;
• The Road to Pearl Harbor
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/3.asp
  
• 1930s Isolationism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/3a.asp
  
• Reactions to a Troubled World
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/3b.asp
  
• War Breaks Out
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/3c.asp
  

The role of the Soviet Union;
• War Breaks Out
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/3c.asp
  
• Wartime Strategy
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4a.asp
  
• The American Homefront
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4b.asp
  
• D-Day and the German Surrender
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4c.asp
  

Appeasement, isolationism, and the war debates in Europe and the United States prior to the outbreak of war;
• The Road to Pearl Harbor AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/3.asp
  
• The Depression and the Rise of Totalitarianism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/7.asp
  

The impact of mobilization for war, at home and abroad;
• Pearl Harbor
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/3e.asp
  
• America in the Second World War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4.asp
  
• The American Homefront
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4b.asp
  
• War in the Pacific
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4d.asp
  

Major battles, military turning points, and key strategic decisions;
• Wartime Strategy
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4a.asp
  
• D-Day and the German Surrender
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4c.asp
  
• War in the Pacific
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4d.asp
  
• The Manhattan Project
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4f.asp
  
• The Decision to Drop the Bomb
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4g.asp
  
• The Course of the War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/8b.asp
  

The Holocaust and its impact;
• America in the Second World War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4.asp
  
• D-Day and the German Surrender
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4c.asp
  
• The Holocaust
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/8d.asp
  

The reshaping of the United States' role in world affairs after the war.
• Postwar Challenges AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/5.asp
  

11.12 The student will analyze and explain United States foreign policy since World War II, with emphasis on:

The origins and both foreign and domestic consequences of the Cold War;
• Postwar Challenges AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/5.asp
  
• McCarthyism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/6a.asp
  
• The Cold War Continues
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/6e.asp
  
• The Vietnam War AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/8.asp
  
• Kennedy's Global Challenges
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9c.asp
  
• 1968: Year of Unraveling
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9f.asp
  
• Triangular Diplomacy: U.S., USSR, and China
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9g.asp
  
• Foreign Woes
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/11c.asp
  
• Foreign and Domestic Entanglements
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12c.asp
  
• The End of the Cold War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12e.asp
  

Communist containment policies in Europe, Latin America, and Asia;
• The United Nations
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/5b.asp
  
• Containment and the Marshall Plan
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/5c.asp
  
• The Berlin Airlift and NATO
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/5d.asp
  
• The Korean War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/5e.asp
  
• The Vietnam War AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/8.asp
  
• Kennedy's Global Challenges
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9c.asp
  
• 1968: Year of Unraveling
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9f.asp
  
• Triangular Diplomacy: U.S., USSR, and China
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9g.asp
  
• NATO
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/9d.asp
  
• The United Nations
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/9e.asp
  
• The Reconstruction of Western Europe
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/10.asp
  
• The Marshall Plan and Economic Miracles
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/10a.asp
  

The strategic and economic factors in Middle East policy;
• The Cold War Continues
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/6e.asp
  
• The Sickened Economy
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/11b.asp
  
• Foreign Woes
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/11c.asp
  
• Foreign and Domestic Entanglements
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12c.asp
  
• Operation Desert Storm
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/13a.asp
  

Relations with South Africa and other African nations;

The collapse of communism and the end of the Cold War;

• The End of the Cold War
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12e.asp
  
• The Collapse of the Soviet Union
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/eur12/12a.asp
  

New challenges to America's leadership role in the world.
• Foreign and Domestic Entanglements
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12c.asp
  
• Life in the 1980s
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12d.asp
  

11.13 The student will evaluate federal civil rights and voting rights developments since the 1950's, in terms of:

The Brown v. Board of Education decision and its impact on education;
• Separate No Longer?
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7a.asp
  
• Showdown in Little Rock
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7c.asp
  

Civil rights demonstrations and related activity leading to desegregation of public accommodations, transportation, housing, and employment;
• A New Civil Rights Movement
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7.asp
  
• Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7b.asp
  
• The Sit-In Movement
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7d.asp
  
• Gains and Pains
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7e.asp
  
• The Long, Hot Summers
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7g.asp
  
• Lyndon Johnson's 'Great Society'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9e.asp
  

Reapportionment cases and voting rights legislation and their impact on political participation and representation;
• Lyndon Johnson's 'Great Society'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9e.asp
  

Affirmative action.
• 'Morning in America'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12a.asp
  

11.14 The student will demonstrate an understanding of domestic policy issues in contemporary American society by:

Comparing conservative and liberal economic strategies;
• The Sickened Economy
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/11b.asp
  
• Reaganomics
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12b.asp
  
• Life in the 1980s
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/12d.asp
  
• Toward a New Millennium
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/13.asp
  
• A Baby Boomer in the White House
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/13b.asp
  
• Republicans vs. Democrats
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/13c.asp
  
• The End of the American Century
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/13e.asp
  

Explaining current patterns of Supreme Court decisions and evaluating their impact;
• The Judicial Branch AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/9.asp
  

Comparing the positions of the political parties and interest groups on major issues.
• Political Parties
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/5a.asp
  

11.15 The student will explain relationships between geography and the historical development of the United States by using maps, pictures, and computer databases to:

Locate and explain the location and expansion of the original colonies;
• Britain in the New World AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/2.asp
  
• The New England Colonies AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/3.asp
  
• The Middle Colonies AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/4.asp
  
• The Southern Colonies AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/5.asp
  

Trace the advance of the frontier and the territorial expansion of the United States and explain how it was influenced by the physical environment;
• The Treaty of Paris (1763) and Its Impact
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/8d.asp
  
• U.S. Military Defeat; Indian Victory in the West
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/6d.asp
  
• Westward Expansion: The Louisiana Purchase
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/8c.asp
  
• The Expanding Republic and the War of 1812 AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/9.asp
  
• The Missouri Compromise
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/11c.asp
  
• Manifest Destiny AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/6.asp
  
• An Uneasy Peace AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/7.asp
  
• The Kansas-Nebraska Act
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/8a.asp
  
• Binding the Nation by Rail
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/1a.asp
  
• Closing the Frontier AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/5.asp
  
• Western Folkways
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/6.asp
  
• The Mining Boom
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/6a.asp
  
• Life on the Farm
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/6c.asp
  
• Preserving the Wilderness
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/8d.asp
  

Locate new states as they were added to the Union;
• The Missouri Compromise
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/11c.asp
  
• The Lone Star Republic
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/6a.asp
  
• Closing the Frontier
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/5.asp
  

Understand the settlement patterns, migration routes, and cultural influence of various racial, ethnic, and religious groups;
• The Expanding Republic and the War of 1812
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/9.asp
  
• The Importance of the West
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/9a.asp
  
• Native American Resistance in the Trans-Appalachian West
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/9d.asp
  
• The Missouri Compromise
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/11c.asp
  
• Early American Railroads
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/2b.asp
  
• The Lone Star Republic
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/6a.asp
  
• 54° 40' or Fight
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/6b.asp
  
• 'American Blood on American Soil'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/6c.asp
  
• Gold in California
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/6e.asp
  
• Binding the Nation by Rail
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/1a.asp
  
• The Glamour of American Cities
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3a.asp
  
• The Harlem Renaissance
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/11e.asp
  
• The American Homefront
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4b.asp
  
• Suburban Growth
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/6b.asp
  
• The Long, Hot Summers
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7g.asp
  

Compare patterns of agricultural and industrial development in different regions as they relate to natural resources, markets, and trade;
• Economic Growth and the Early Industrial Revolution
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/10a.asp
  
• Cotton and African-American Life
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/10b.asp
  
• The Rise of American Industry AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/2.asp
  
• The Crowning of King Cotton
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/4a.asp
  
• The Southern Argument for Slavery
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/4f.asp
  
• The Gilded Age AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/1.asp
  
• From the Countryside to the City
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3.asp
  
• The Glamour of American Cities
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3a.asp
  
• The Mining Boom
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/6a.asp
  
• The Ways of the Cowboy
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/6b.asp
  
• Life on the Farm
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/6c.asp
  
• The Election of 1896
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/6e.asp
  
• Preserving the Wilderness
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/8d.asp
  
• Passing the Torch
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/8e.asp
  

Analyze the political, social, and economic implications of demographic changes in the nation over time.
• The Expanding Republic and the War of 1812
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/9.asp
  
• The Importance of the West
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/9a.asp
  
• Native American Resistance in the Trans-Appalachian West
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/9d.asp
  
• The Missouri Compromise
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/11c.asp
  
• Early American Railroads
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/2b.asp
  
• The Lone Star Republic
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/6a.asp
  
• 54° 40' or Fight
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/6b.asp
  
• 'American Blood on American Soil'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/6c.asp
  
• Gold in California
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/6e.asp
  
• Binding the Nation by Rail
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/1a.asp
  
• The Glamour of American Cities
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3a.asp
  
• The Harlem Renaissance
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/11e.asp
  
• The American Homefront
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/4b.asp
  
• Suburban Growth
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/6b.asp
  
• America Rocks and Rolls
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/6d.asp
  
• The Long, Hot Summers
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7g.asp
  

11.16 The student will interpret the significance of excerpts from famous speeches and documents in United States history, including: and

"The Letter from Birmingham Jail,"
• Gains and Pains
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7e.asp
  

"Speak softly and carry a big stick...,"
• Passing the Torch
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/8e.asp
  
• The Roosevelt Corollary and Latin America
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/9e.asp
  
• Reaching to Asia
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/9f.asp
  

"The Gettysburg Address,"
• Gettysburg: High Watermark of the Confederacy
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/10g.asp
  

"The Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom."

11.17 The student will develop skills for historical analysis including the ability to:

Analyze documents, records, and data (such as artifacts, diaries, letters, photographs, journals, newspapers, historical accounts, etc.);

Students can use the content provided by Beyond Books to help achieve this standard.


Evaluate the authenticity, authority, and credibility of sources;

Students can use the content provided by Beyond Books to help achieve this standard.


Formulate historical questions and defend findings based on inquiry and interpretation;

Students can use the content provided by Beyond Books to help achieve this standard.


Develop perspectives of time and place, including the construction of various time lines of events, periods, and personalities in American history;

Students can use the content provided by Beyond Books to help achieve this standard.


Communicate findings orally, in brief analytical essays, and in a comprehensive paper.

Students can use the content provided by Beyond Books to help achieve this standard.

11.18 The student will develop skills in discussion, debate, and persuasive writing with respect to enduring issues and determine how divergent viewpoints have been addressed and reconciled. Such issues include:

Civil disobedience vs. the rule of law;
• Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7b.asp
  
• The Sit-In Movement
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7d.asp
  
• Gains and Pains
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7e.asp
  
• Henry David Thoreau
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/lam11/2f.asp
  

Slavery and its impact;
• The Impact of Slavery
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/12a.asp
  
• Revolutionary Changes and Limitations: Slavery
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/1d.asp
  
• The Peculiar Institution AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/4.asp
  
• Abolitionist Sentiment Grows AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/5.asp
  
• An Uneasy Peace AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/7.asp
  
• 'Bloody Kansas' AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/8.asp
  
• From Uneasy Peace to Bitter Conflict AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/9.asp
  
• The Emancipation Proclamation
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/11a.asp
  
• Reconstruction AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/12.asp
  
• Booker T. Washington
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/7d.asp
  
• W. E. B. DuBois
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/7e.asp
  
• Intolerance
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/12c.asp
  
• A New Civil Rights Movement AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7.asp
  

The relationship of government to the individual in economic planning and social programs;
• The New Deal AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/2.asp
  
• Lyndon Johnson's 'Great Society'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/9e.asp
  
• Republicans vs. Democrats
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/13c.asp
  
• Economic Policy
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/11c.asp
  
• Social and Regulatory Policy
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/11d.asp
  

Freedom of the press vs. the right to a fair trial;
• The Beginnings of Revolutionary Thinking
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/7.asp
  
• The Trial of John Peter Zenger
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/7c.asp
  
• Drafting the Constitution AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/3.asp
  
• Unsettled Domestic Issues
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/6.asp
  
• The Bill of Rights
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/6a.asp
  
• The Alien and Sedition Acts
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/7e.asp
  
• Jeffersonian Ideology
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/8b.asp
  
• A Federalist Stronghold: John Marshall's Supreme Court
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/8e.asp
  
• Civil Liberties and Civil Rights AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/gov91/10.asp
  

The tension between majority rule and minority rights;
• A New Civil Rights Movement AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7.asp
  
• Shaping a New America AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/10.asp
  

Problems of intolerance toward racial, ethnic, and religious groups in American society;
• Puritan Life
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/3d.asp
  
• The Middle Colonies AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/4.asp
  
• Maryland - The Catholic Experiment
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/5a.asp
  
• 'Slave Codes'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/6f.asp
  
• The Impact of Enlightenment in Europe
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/7a.asp
  
• The Great Awakening
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/7b.asp
  
• Revolutionary Changes and Limitations: Slavery
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/1d.asp
  
• Revolutionary Limits: Native Americans
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/1f.asp
  
• Cotton and African-American Life
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/10b.asp
  
• Religious Transformation and the Second Great Awakening
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/10c.asp
  
• The Rush of Immigrants
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3c.asp
  
• Religious Revival: The 'Social Gospel'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3e.asp
  
• Booker T. Washington
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/7d.asp
  
• W. E. B. DuBois
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/7e.asp
  
• Intolerance
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/12c.asp
  
• A New Civil Rights Movement AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7.asp
  
• Shaping a New America AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/10.asp
  

The evolution of rights, freedoms, and protections through political and social movements.
• The Beginnings of Revolutionary Thinking
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/7.asp
  
• A Tradition of Rebellion
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/7e.asp
  
• The Events Leading to Independence
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/9.asp
  
• E Pluribus Unum
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/10.asp
  
• The American Revolution
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/11.asp
  
• A Revolution in Social Law
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/12b.asp
  
• Political Experience
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush72/12c.asp
  
• The Declaration of Independence and Its Legacy
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/1a.asp
  
• Making Rules AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/2.asp
  
• Drafting the Constitution AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/3.asp
  
• The Bill of Rights
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/6a.asp
  
• The Alien and Sedition Acts
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/7e.asp
  
• Jeffersonian Ideology
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/8b.asp
  
• New Roles for White Women
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush81/10e.asp
  
• The Emergence of 'Women's Sphere'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/2e.asp
  
• Women's Rights
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/3c.asp
  
• Free(?) African-Americans
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/4d.asp
  
• Abolitionist Sentiment Grows AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/5.asp
  
• Radical Reconstruction
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush82/12b.asp
  
• Organized Labor AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/2.asp
  
• Religious Revival: The 'Social Gospel'
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/3e.asp
  
• Women in the Gilded Age
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/4c.asp
  
• The Growth of Populism
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/6d.asp
  
• Progressivism Sweeps the Nation AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush11/7.asp
  
• A New Civil Rights Movement AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/7.asp
  
• The Antiwar Movement
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/8d.asp
  
• Shaping a New America AND ALL FOCUS TOPICS
  http://www.beyondbooks.com/ush12/10.asp