VA and US History

SOL VUS.1a Identify, analyze, and interpret primary and secondary source documents, records, and data

SOL VUS.1b Evaluate the authenticity, authority, and credibility of sources

SOL VUS.1c Formulate historical questions and defend findings

SOL VUS.1d Develop perspectives of time and place

SOL VUS.1e Communicate findings orally

SOL VUS.1f Develop skills in discussion, debate, and persuasive writing

SOL VUS.1g Apply geographic skills and reference sources

SOL VUS.1h Interpret the significance of famous speeches and documents

SOL VUS.1i Identify the costs and benefits of specific choices made

SOL VUS.2 Early European exploration and colonization

SOL VUS.3 Values and institutions of European economic and political life in the colonies

SOL VUS.4a Political ideas of John Locke

SOL VUS.4b Key principles of Declaration of Independence

SOL VUS.4c Political differences among colonist

SOL VUS.4d Reasons for colonial victory in Revolutionary War

SOL VUS.5d Federalists and Anti-Federalists during the ratification debates

SOL VUS.5e John Marshall's precedent-setting decisions established the Supreme Court

SOL VUS.6c Reasons why James Madison asked Congress to declare war on Great Britain

SOL VUS.6d Changing character of American political life

SOL VUS.6e Cultural, economic, and political issues that divided the nation

SOL VUS.7a Evaluate the causes of the Civil War

SOL VUS.7b Identify the major events and the roles of key leaders of the Civil War Era

SOL VUS.7c Analyze the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation and Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

SOL VUS.7d Examine the political and economic impact of the war and Reconstruction

SOL VUS.7e Social impact of war on African Americans, the common soldier, and the home front

SOL VUS.7f Examine postwar contributions of key leaders of the Civil War

SOL VUS.8a Examine territorial expansion, westward movement, new immigration, and growth of cities

SOL VUS.8b Transformation of the American economy from agrarian to a modern industrial economy

SOL VUS.8c Analyze prejudice and discrimination during this period

SOL VUS.8d Identify the causes and impact of the Progressive Movement

SOL VUS.9a Explain the changing policies of the United States toward Latin America and Asia

SOL VUS.9b Evaluating United States involvement in World War I

SOL VUS.10a Analyze how radio, movies, newspapers, and magazines created popular culture

SOL VUS.10b Assess the causes and consequences of the stock market crash of 1929

SOL VUS.10c Causes of the Great Depression and impact on American people

SOL VUS.10d Describe Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal relief, recovery, and reform measures

SOL VUS.11a Analyze the causes and events that led to America's involvement in World War II

SOL VUS.11b Describe and locate the major battles and turning points of World War II

SOL VUS.11c Describe the role of all-minority military units

SOL VUS.11d Examine the Geneva Convention and treatment of prisoners during World War II

SOL VUS.11e Analyze the Holocaust and its impact on Jews and other groups

SOL VUS.12a Explain how the United States mobilized its economic, human, and military resources

SOL VUS.12b Describe contributions of women and minorities to the war effort

SOL VUS.12c Explain the internment of Japanese Americans during the war

SOL VUS.12d Describe the role of media and communications in the war effort

SOL VUS.13a Describe the outcomes of World War II

SOL VUS.13b Explain the origins of the Cold War and describe the Truman Doctrine

SOL VUS.13c Explain the role of America's military and veterans in defending freedom during Cold War

SOL VUS.13d Explain the collapse of communism and the end of the Cold War

SOL VUS.13e Explain the impact of presidents of the United States since 1988 on foreign policy

SOL VUS.14a Brown v. Board of Education, Thurgood Marshall, and Oliver Hill

SOL VUS.14b NAACP, 1963 March on Washington, Civil Rights Act, and Voting Rights Act of 1965

SOL VUS.15a Role of the United States Supreme Court

SOL VUS.15b Immigration and immigrants

SOL VUS.15c Media influence on contemporary American culture

SOL VUS.15d Reagan Revolution, role of government, and state and national elections since 1988

SOL VUS.15e Role of government actions that impact the economy

SOL VUS.15f Role of United States in a world confronted by international terrorism