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Standard 5.0 History
Students will examine significant ideas, beliefs, and themes; organize patterns and events; and analyze how individuals and societies have changed over time in Maryland and the United States.
Topic
B. Emergence, Expansion and Changes in Nations and Empires
Indicator
- 1. Analyze the growth and the development of the United States
Objectives
- Explain the political and economic impact of the Louisiana Purchase on the United States
- Evaluate Manifest Destiny and its impact on territorial expansion of the nation
Indicator
- 2. Evaluate the importance of Jacksonian Democracy and how it represented a change in the social, political and economic life of the United States
Objectives
- Explain how the philosophies and policies of the Jacksonian Era represented a move towards greater democratization
- Analyze how tariff policy and issues of states' rights influenced the development of political parties and prompted sectional differences
Indicator
- 3. Evaluate westward movement in the United States before 1877
Objectives
- Explain the political, economic, and social factors that motivated people to move west
- Describe the government strategies used to acquire territory
- Analyze the impact of westward movement on relations with Native Americans, such as treaty relations, land acquisition and the policy of Indian Removal
Indicator
- 4. Analyze patterns of immigration to the United States before 1877
Objectives
- Identify the push and pull factors responsible for immigration to the United States, such as the forced migration of Africans and Western European migration
- Analyze the consequences of the rapid settlement of California and Oregon
Indicator
- 5. Analyze the political, economic, and social goals of Reconstruction
Objectives
- Explain the goals and policies of the various Reconstruction plans
- Explain how the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments addressed the issue of civil rights through abolition, the granting of citizenship, and the right to vote
- Identify the legal and illegal actions used to deny African-Americans civil rights
- Evaluate the social and economic impact of sharecropping, tenant farming and the Freedman's Bureau in the post Civil War South
Topic
C. Conflict between Ideas and Institutions
Indicator
- 1. Examine and explain the role of religious, social and political institutions in America at the end of the American Revolution
Objectives
- Analyze the political effects of the American Revolution on American society and culture
- Describe the evolution of the American system of government from a confederal to a federal system of government
- Describe how unresolved social, economic, and political issues impacted disenfranchised groups
Indicator
- 2. Analyze the emerging foreign policy of the United States
Objectives
- Explain why the United States adopted a policy of neutrality prior to the War of 1812
- Explain how the continuing conflict between Great Britain and France influenced the domestic and foreign policy of the United States
- Evaluate the origins and provisions of the Monroe Doctrine and explain how it influenced foreign affairs
- Explain causes and effects of the Mexican-American War
Indicator
- 3. Analyze the influence of industrialization and technological developments on society in the United States before 1877
Objectives
- Describe changes in land and water transportation, including the expanding network of roads, canals, and railroads, and their impact on the economy and settlement patterns
- Explain how the cotton gin and the opening of new lands in the South and West impacted the institution of slavery
- Analyze the advantages and disadvantages of early industrialization on the economy and society
Indicator
- 4. Analyze the institution of slavery and its influence on societies in the United States
Objectives
- Describe pro-slavery and anti-slavery positions and explain how debates over slavery influenced politics and sectionalism
- Analyze the experiences of African-American slaves, and free blacks
- Compare the relationship of abolitionists to the other reform movements
Indicator
- 5. Analyze factors affecting the outcome of the Civil War
Objectives
- Analyze government policies regarding slavery, such as the three-fifths clause, the Missouri Compromise (1820) and the Compromise of 1850
- Analyze the ideological breakdown that resulted from different events and issues, such as Virginia-Kentucky resolutions, the Hartford Convention, nullification/states' rights, political party division, the Dred Scott decision, John Brown raids
- Explain why the 1860 election led to the secession of the southern states
- Identify the goals, resources and strategies of the North and the South
- Describe the political impact of Lincoln's decisions regarding the deployment of black regiments
Date: 6/20/2006
