Unit 9 Standards

SSUSH23

  1. Describe the Warren Court and the expansion of individual rights as seen in the Miranda decision. (972-973)
  1. Describe the political impact of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, including the impact on Civil Rights legislation. (963, 966)
  1. Explain Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society, including the establishment of Medicare. (969-971)
  1. Describe the social and political turmoil of 1968, including the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, and the events surrounding the Democratic National Convention. (996-999)

SSUSH24

  1. Compare and contrast the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) tactics; include sit-ins, freedom rides, and changing composition.
  1. Describe the National Organization of Women and the origins and goals of the modern women’s movement.
  1. Analyze the anti-Vietnam War movement.
  1. Analyze Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers’ movement.
  1. Explain the importance of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring and the resulting developments; include Earth Day, the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the modern environmentalist movement.
  2. Describe the rise of the conservative movement as seen in the presidential candidacy of Barry Goldwater (1964) and the election of Richard M. Nixon (1968). (968-969, 999)

SSUSH25

  1. Describe President Richard M. Nixon’s opening of China, his resignation due to the Watergate scandal, changing attitudes toward government, and the Presidency of Gerald Ford. (1009, 1010, 1049-1052, 1055-1057)
  1. Explain the impact of Supreme Court decisions on ideas about civil liberties and civil rights, including such decisions as Roe v. Wade (1973) and the Bakke decision on affirmative action
  1. Explain the Carter administrations’ efforts in the Middle East including the Camp David Accords, his response to the 1979 Iranian Revolution and Iranian hostage crisis. (1065-1067)
  1. Describe domestic and international events of Ronald Reagan’s presidency, including Reaganomics, the Iran-contra scandal, and the collapse of the Soviet Union. (1081-1083, 1087-1091)
  1. Explain the relationship between Congress and President Bill Clinton, including the North American Free Trade Agreement and his impeachment and acquittal. (1111-1112, 1115, 1113)
  1. Analyze the 2000 presidential election and its outcome, emphasize the role of the electoral college.(1119-1120)
  1. Analyze the response of President George W. Bush to the attacks of September 11, 2001, on the United States, the war against terrorism, and the subsequent American interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq. (1122-1125)