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California History-Social Science Standards
Grade 11 U. S. History and Geography: Continuity and Change in the
20th Century
Students in grade eleven study the major turning points in American History in the 20th
century. Following a review of the nation's beginnings and the impact of the
enlightenment on the U.S. democratic ideals, students build upon the tenth grade study
of global industrialization to understand the emergence and the impact of new
technology and a corporate economy, including the social and cultural effects. They
trace the change in the ethnic composition of an American society; the movement
towards equal rights for racial minorities and women; and the role of the United States,
a major world power. An emphasis is placed on the expanding role of the federal
government and federal courts as well as the continuing tension between the individual
and the state. Students consider the major social problems of our time and trace their
causes. Students realize that historical rights and freedoms we enjoy are not accidents,
but the results of a defined set of political principles that are not always basic to citizens
of other counties. Students understand that our rights under the U.S. Constitution
comprise a precious inheritance that depends on an educated citizenry for their
preservation and protection.
In the following topics, eleventh grade students will...
The Founding of a Nation
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Analyze the Enlightenment and democratic ideas.
Analyze the ideological origins of the American Revolution.
Analyze the history of the Constitution after 1787.
Analyze the effect of the Civil War and Reconstruction and of the Industrial Revolution.
The Rise of Industrialization
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Analyze the effect of Industrialization on living and working conditions.
Analyze the growth of cities linked by industry and trade, and divided by race, ethnicity, and
class.
Analyze the effect of the Americanization movement.
Analyze the urban political machines and responses by immigrants and middle-class
reformers.
Analyze the corporate mergers that produced trusts and cartels.
Analyze the economic development of the U.S. and its emergence as a major industrial
power.
Analyze the similarities and differences between the ideologies of Social Darwinism and
Social Gospel.
Analyze the effect of political programs of the Populists and Progressives.
Religion in the Founding of America
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Analyze the contributions of various religious groups to American civic principles and social
reform.
Analyze the great religious revivals.
Analyze the incidence of religious intolerance in the United States and the expanding
religious pluralism in the United States and California.
Analyze the principle of religious liberty.
The Rise of the U.S. as a World Power
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Analyze the purpose and the effects of the Open Door policy.
Analyze the Spanish-American War and the U.S. expansion in the South Pacific.
Discuss Roosevelt's Big Stick diplomacy, Taft's Dollar Diplomacy, and Wilson's Moral
Diplomacy.
Analyze the political, economic, and social ramifications of World War I on the home front.
Trace the declining role of Great Britain and the expanding role of the U.S. in world affairs
after World War II.
Developments of the 1920's
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Analyze the policies of Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover.
Analyze the international and domestic issues that prompted attacks on civil liberties.
Analyze the passage of the 18th and later amendments to the Constitution.
Analyze the Harlem Renaissance and new trends in literature, music, and art.
Analyze the advances of mass media, production techniques, urban growth, and the effect of
new technologies.
The Great Depression and the New Deal
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Analyze the monetary issues of the late19th and 20th century that gave rise to the
establishment of the Federal Reserve.
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.
Describe the human toll of the Depression.
Analyze the effects and controversies of the New Deal economic policies and the expanded
role of the federal government in society and the economy since the 1930's.
Analyze the advance and retreat of organized labor.
American Participation in World War II
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Analyze the origins of American Involvement in the war.
Analyze the United States and Allied wartime strategy.
Describe the role and sacrifices of individual American soldiers.
Analyze Roosevelt's foreign policies during World War II.
Analyze the Constitutional issues and impact of events on the U.S. home front.
Describe major development in aviation, weaponry, communication, and medicine.
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Analyze the decision to drop atomic bombs and the consequences.
Analyze the effect of massive aid given to Western Europe under the Marshall Plan.
Post World War II America
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Analyze the growth of service sector, white collar, and professional sector jobs in government
and in business.
Analyze the significance of Mexican immigration and its relationship to the agricultural
economy.
Analyze Truman's labor policy and congressional reaction to it.
Discuss effects of increased federal spending in education, defense, welfare.
Analyze the increased powers of the presidency in response to the Great Depression, World
War II and the Cold War.
Describe the technological developments since 1945 and effects on society.
Analyze the diverse environmental regions in North America, and their relation to particular
forms of economic life.
Analyze forms of popular culture with emphasis on their origins and geographic diffusion.
American Foreign Policy Post World War II
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Analyze the establishment of the United Nations and International Declaration of Human
Rights, IMF, the World Bank, and GATT.
Analyze the role of military alliances including NATO and SEATO.
Analyze the origins and geopolitical consequences of the Cold War and the Containment
Policy: McCarthyism, Truman Doctrine, Berlin Blockade, Korean War, Bay of Pigs and Missile
Crisis, atomic testing, Vietnam War and Latin America policy.
Analyze the effects of foreign policy on domestic policies.
Analyze the role of the Reagan Administration in the Cold War.
Analyze the U. S. Middle East policy, including the Gulf War.
Analyze the U.S./Mexican relations in the twentieth century.
Federal Civil Rights
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Analyze how demands of African Americans helped produce a stimulus for civil rights.
Analyze key events, policies, and court cases in the evolution of civil rights.
Analyze the collaboration on legal strategy between African-American and white civil rights
lawyers to end racial segregation in higher education.
Identify and analyze the role of civil rights advocates.
Analyze the diffusion of the civil rights movement from the churches of the rural South and the
urban North.
Analyze the passage and effect of civil rights and voting rights legislation.
Analyze the causes and effects of the women's rights movement.
Major Social Problems and Domestic Policy Issues in Contemporary American
Society
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Analyze the reasons for the nation's changing immigration policy.
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Analyze the significant domestic policy speeches of contemporary presidents.
Analyze the changing role of women in society.
Analyze the constitutional crisis originating from the Watergate Scandal.
Analyze the impact, need, and controversies associated with environmental conservation.
Analyze the persistence of poverty and how different analyses of this issue influence welfare
reform, health insurance reform, and other social policies.
Analyze how federal, state, and local governments have responded to demographic and
social changes such as population shifts, racial concentrations in the cities, international
migration, increase in out-of-wedlock births, and drug abuse.
How Parents Can Help
1. Follow and discuss current issues and how national and world events impact your community and
future economic status.
2. Discuss possible policy options for the government and society as it tries to resolve problems in
the community, nation, and the world.
3. Participate in a community service project as a family.