La Habra High School
Social Sciences Department
Social Science Standards - United States History

UNITED STATES HISTORY

The student will:
  • contrast enlightenment thinking with Puritan religious tradition.
  • identify the sources and ideas of the enlightenment.
  • recognize the causes of limited government.
  • understand legitimate opposition.
  • examine the failures of the Articles of Confederation.
  • identify the results of the Civil War and Reconstruction.
  • appreciate the unexpected consequences of both military conflict and industrialization.
  • examine the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments.
  • recognize the influence of the media.
  • identify the regulatory role of government.
  • recognize tension between labor & business.
  • chart the impact and change of immigration on every aspect of American life.
  • discuss the role of government and how it interacts with the role of the city.
  • statistically analyze the impact of migration as well as immigration patterns.
  • evaluate the role of public education on Americanizing new immigrants.
  • discuss the origins of political machines.
  • identify the role of “big city” bosses.
  • examine the Reform Movement.
  • evaluate the role of the federal government and its initial response to big business.
  • analyze the role of individuals in the shaping of these tensions.
  • analyze the physical geography and its impact on the economic development of the U.S.
  • define Social Darwinism and Social Gospel, and analyze their impact on society.
  • assess the role and impact of the Populists.
  • explore the shifting monetary policy.
  • examine the role and programs of the Progressives.
  • evaluate the impact of individuals on American society.
  • explore the various religious influences shaping life in America.
  • view constitutional responses.
  • examine the purpose and the effects of the Open Door policy.
  • identify the role of American imperialism and results of the Spanish-American War.
  • trace U.S. expansion in the South Pacific.
  • identify the U.S. role in Panama.
  • discuss Roosevelt's Big Stick Diplomacy, Taft's Dollar Diplomacy, and Wilson's Moral Diplomacy.
  • evaluate the political, economic and social ramifications of World War I.
  • compare the declining role of Great Britain with the expanding role of the U.S. in world affairs after World War II.
  • examine specific pieces of legislation and Supreme Court decisions.
  • examine the role foreign affairs played and how it effects the world today.
  • compare the policies of presidents.
  • examine the international and domestic events that shaped American policies and society.
  • evaluate the passage of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution and the Volstead Act (Prohibition).
  • analyze the impact of the 19th Amendment and the role of women.
  • appraise the impact of the Harlem Renaissance.
  • analyze the growth & influence of the media.
  • investigate the rise of new technologies and the resulting prosperity and effect on the American landscape.
  • identify the causes and effects of the American isolation.
  • examine the current forces causing economic depressions.
  • analyze the causes of the Great Depression and steps taken to combat the economic crisis.
  • examine the human toll of the Depression with regards to the political, economic, social, and geographical impact.
  • explore the effects and controversies of the New Deal.
  • discuss advances/retreats of organized labor.
  • analyze various economic theories.
  • explore the origins of American involvement in the war, with an emphasis on Pearl Harbor.
  • examine U.S. and Allied wartime strategy.
  • identify the role and sacrifices of individual American soldiers.
  • analyze Roosevelt's foreign policies during World War II.
  • assess the impact of the war on the civil liberties in America.
  • identify the major developments and applications of wartime technologies.
  • analyze and evaluate the decision and effects of using atomic weapons.
  • explore post war foreign policy.
  • examine the American reaction to the Holocaust.
  • examine shifts in foreign policy.
  • explore the growth of the service-based economy.
  • recognize the role of immigration, women, and ethnic minorities in American society.
  • analyze the role of the labor policy.
  • examine the role of federal government spending.
  • examine technological developments and their impact on society and the economy.
  • examine the role of the United States in maintaining peace and international order.
  • formulate the role of military alliances.
  • trace the origins and geopolitical consequences of the Cold War.
  • analyze the factors that lead to the end of the Cold War.
  • explore the increasing influence of Middle East policy.
  • enumerate U.S./Latin American policies.
  • examine the stimulus for changes in civil rights.
  • examine the role of the Supreme Court as a legislative policymaker.
  • analyze the resistance in the South towards legislative change.
  • assess the agendas, strategies, and effectiveness of the quest of American Indians, Asian Americans, and Hispanic Americans.
  • identify the reasons for the nation's changing immigration policy.
  • enumerate the significant domestic policies (post 1945).
  • examine the changing role of women.
  • analyze the causes and effects of the Watergate scandal.
  • explore the related issues generated by the environmental movement.
  • examine how the federal, state and local governments have responded to demographic and social changes.