VA.SS.USI.9
Virginia History & Social Science Standards of Learning 2015
Grades 5-8
Learning Domain: US History I
Standard: The student will apply social science skills to understand the causes, major events, and effects of the Civil War.
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VA.SS.USI.9.b
Virginia History & Social Science Standards of Learning 2015
Grades 5-8
Learning Domain: US History I
Standard: The student will explain how the issues of states rights and slavery increased sectional tensions.
Essential Understandings:
The South feared that the North would take control of Congress, and Southerners began to proclaim states rights as a means of self-protection.
The North believed that the nation was a union that could not be divided.
While the Civil War did not begin as a war to abolish slavery, issues surrounding slavery deeply divided the nation.
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VA.SS.USII.3
Virginia History & Social Science Standards of Learning 2015
Grades 5-8
Learning Domain: US History II
Standard: The student will apply social science skills to understand the effects of Reconstruction on American life.
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VA.SS.USII.3.a
Virginia History & Social Science Standards of Learning 2015
Grades 5-8
Learning Domain: US History II
Standard: The student will analyze the impact of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America and how they changed the meaning of citizenship.
Essential Understandings:
The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America address the issues of slavery and guarantee equal protections under the law for all citizens.
Advanced Academic Extension: Analyze the factors contributing to success or failure of the implementation of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments. (Practice)
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VA.SS.USII.3.b
Virginia History & Social Science Standards of Learning 2015
Grades 5-8
Learning Domain: US History II
Standard: The student will describe the impact of Reconstruction policies on the South and North.
Essential Understandings:
The Reconstruction policies were harsh and created problems in the South.
Reconstruction attempted to define the means by which all Southerners could live together equally.
Advanced Academic Extension: Analyze the three Reconstruction policies (Lincoln, Johnson, and Radical Republicans) from multiple perspectives of people in the time period. (Practice)
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VA.SS.USII.9
Virginia History & Social Science Standards of Learning 2015
Grades 5-8
Learning Domain: US History II
Standard: The student will apply social science skills to understand the key domestic and internationalissues during the second half of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
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VA.SS.USII.9.a
Virginia History & Social Science Standards of Learning 2015
Grades 5-8
Learning Domain: US History II
Standard: The student will examine the impact of the Civil Rights Movement, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the changing role of women on all Americans.
Essential Understandings:
The Civil Rights Movement of the twentieth century was committed to equal rights and fair treatment of African Americans, but resulted in social, legal, political, and cultural changes that prohibited discrimination and segregation for all Americans.
Other activists were inspired by the achievements of the Civil Rights Movement and took action to gain equality.
Advanced Academic Extension: Trace the record of the Civil Rights movement and changing role of women including Supreme Court decisions, federal legislation, and leaders in order to evaluate changes in culture and society.(Connections/Practice)
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