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New JerseyCore Curriculum Content Standards for Social Studies

Grade 8

correlated to

McDougal LittellCreating America: A History of the United States ©2005

Creating America: A History of the United StatesNew Jersey

Core Curriculum Content Standards for SocialStudies, Grade 8

Unit 1Three Worlds Meet: Beginnings to 1763

(pp. 22–153)Chapter 1 (pp. 24–57)The World in 1500: Beginnings–1500

Crossing to the Americas pp. 27–31 6.1A.1 Analyze how events are related over time.6.3.A.1 Describe the physical and cultural changes

that shaped the earliest human communitiesas revealed though scientific methods,including:.

• Early hominid development, including thedevelopment of language and writing

• Migration and adaptation to newenvironments

• Differences between wild and domesticplants and animals

• Locations of agricultural settlements• Differences between hunter/gatherer,

fishing, and agrarian communities,6.3.A.2 Describe how environmental conditions

impacted the development of differenthuman communities (e.g. populationcenters, impact of the last Ice Age).

6.6.A.1 Distinguish among the distinctcharacteristics of maps, globes, graphs,charts, diagrams, and other geographicalrepresentations, and the utility of each insolving problems.

6.6.A.2 Translate maps into appropriate spatialgraphics to display geographicalinformation.

6.6.D.6 Compare the patterns and processes of pastand present human migration.

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and present human migration.

Societies of North America pp. 32–37 6.3.D.3 Compare the social and political elementsof Incan and Aztec societies, including themajor aspects of government, the role ofreligion, daily life, economy, and socialorganization. ,

6.4.C.6 Compare and contrast historic NativeAmerican groups of the West, Southwest,Northwest, Arctic and sub-Arctic, GreatPlains, and Eastern Woodland regions atthe beginning of European exploration.


Societies of West Africapp. 39–43

6.1.A.2 Use critical thinking skills to interpretevents, recognize bias, point of view, andcontext.

6.1.A.5 Examine current issues, events, or themesand relate them to past events.

6.1.A.11 Summarize information in written,graphic, and oral formats.

6.3.C.4 Analyze the rise of West African Empiresof Ghana, Mali and Songhay and comparewith changes in Asia, Europe, and theAmericas.



6.6.A.7 Explain the distribution of major humanand physical features at country and globalscales.

6.6.B.3 Compare the natural characteristics used todefine a region.

Societies of Europepp. 44–48

6.1A.1 Analyze how events are related over time.6.1.A.10 Distinguish fact from fiction by

comparing sources about figures andevents with fictionalized characters andevents.

6.3.B.2 Describe the political framework ofAthenian political ideals on public lifeincluding

• The influence of Athenian political idealson public life

6.3.C.7 Discuss the evolution of significantpolitical, economic, social and culturalinstitutions and events that shapedEuropean medieval society, includingCatholic and Byzantine churches,feudalism and manorialism, the Crusades,the rise of cities, and changing technology.


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institutions and events that shapedEuropean medieval society, includingCatholic and Byzantine churches,feudalism and manorialism, the Crusades,the rise of cities, and changing technology.

6.3.D.2 Describe the significant contributions ofthe Renaissance and Reformation toEuropean society, including majorachievements in literature, music, painting,sculpture, and architecture.


6.6.D.3 Compare and contrast the primarygeographic causes for world trade.

Early European Explorers pp. 49–53 6.1.A.5 Examine current issues, events, or themesand relate them to past events.


6.3.D.1 Discuss factors that contributed to oceanictravel and exploration in the 15th an 16th

centuries, including technologicalinnovations in ship building navigation,naval warfare, navigational inventions suchas the compass, and the impact of windcurrents on the major trade routes.

6.4.C.1 Discuss factors that stimulated Europeanoverseas explorations between the 15th and17th centuries and the impact of thatexploration on the modern world.

6.4.C.2 Trace the major land and water routes ofthe explorers.



Chapter 2 (pp. 58–81)European Exploration of the Americas: 1492–1700

Spain Claims an Empire pp. 61–66 6.1A.1 Analyze how events are related over time.6.1.A.5 Examine current issues, events, or themes

and relate them to past events.6.4.C.1 Discuss factors that stimulated European

overseas explorations between the 15th and17th centuries and the impact of thatexploration on the modern world.



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the explorers.6.4.C.3 Compare the political social, economic, and

religious systems of African, Europeans,and Native Americans who converged inthe western hemisphere after 1492 (e.g.civic values, population levels, familystructure, communication, use of naturalresources).

6.4.C.4 Discuss the characteristics of the Spanishand Portuguese exploration and conquest ofthe Americas, including Spanish interactionwith the Incan and Aztec empires,expeditions in the American Southwest,and the social composition of early settlersand their motives for exploration andconquest.



European Competition in North Americapp. 67–70

6.4.C.1 Discuss factors that stimulated Europeanoverseas explorations between the 15th and17th centuries and the impact of thatexploration on the modern world.



6.6.D.7 Explain and identify examples of globalinterdependence.


The Spanish and Native Americanspp. 71–75


6.4.C.3 Compare the political social, economic, andreligious systems of African, Europeans,and Native Americans who converged inthe western hemisphere after 1492 (e.g.civic values, population levels, familystructure, communication, use of naturalresources).

6.4.C.4 Discuss the characteristics of the Spanishand Portuguese exploration and conquest ofthe Americas, including Spanish interactionwith the Incan and Aztec empires,expeditions in the American Southwest,and the social composition of early settlersand their motives for exploration andconquest.


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and their motives for exploration andconquest.

6.4.D.7 Discuss the exploration, settlement, andmissions in the American Southwest.



6.6.B.4 Explain how regional systems areinterconnected (e.g. watersheds, trade,transportation systems).


Beginnings of Slavery in the Americaspp. 76–79


6.4.C.7 Analyze the cultures and interactions ofpeoples in the Americas, Western Europe,and Africa after 1450 including thetransatlantic slave trade.

6.4.C.8 Discuss how millions of Africans, broughtagainst their will from Central Africa to theAmericas, including Brazil, Caribbeannations, North America and otherdestinations, retained their humanity, theirfamilies, and their cultures duringenslavement.

6.4.D.6 Identify factors that account for theestablishment of African slavery in theAmericas.



Chapter 3 (pp. 82–105)The English Establish 13 Colonies: 1585–1732

Early Colonies Have Mixed Successpp. 85–89

6.1A.1 Analyze how events are related over time.6.1.A.5 Examine current issues, events, or themes

and relate them to past events.6.4.D.3 Explain the differences in colonization of

the Americas by England, the Netherlands,France, and Spain, including governance,relation to the mother countries, andinteractions with other Native Americans.

6.4.D.4 Examine the interactions between NativeAmericans and European settlers, such asagriculture, trade, cultural exchanges, andmilitary alliances and conflicts.


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Americans and European settlers, such asagriculture, trade, cultural exchanges, andmilitary alliances and conflicts.


New England Colonies pp. 92–97 6.2.A.1 Discuss the sources, purposes, andfunctions of law and the importance of therule of law for the preservation ofindividual rights and the common good.

6.2.B.2 Describe representative government andexplain how it works to protect the majorityand the minority.

6.2.C.1 Discuss the major principles of theConstitution, including shared powers,checks and balances, separation of churchand state, and federalism.

6.4.D.3 Explain the differences in colonization ofthe Americas by England, the Netherlands,France, and Spain, including governance,relation to the mother countries, andinteractions with other Native Americans.


6.4.D.5 Describe Native American resistance tocolonization, including the Cherokee Waragainst the English, the French and IndianWar, and King George’s War.



Founding the Middle and Southern Coloniespp. 100–103

6.4.D.2 Describe the political, religious, social, andeconomic institutions that emerged inColonial America, including NewNetherland and colonial New Jersey.

6.4.D.3 Explain the differences in colonization ofthe Americas by England, the Netherlands,France, and Spain, including governance,relation to the mother countries, andinteractions with other Native Americans.



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Chapter 4 (pp. 106–131)The Colonies Develop: 1700–1753

New England: Commerce and Religionpp. 109–113

6.1.A.7 Use effective strategies for locatinginformation.




6.6.B.1 Compare and contrast the physical andhuman characteristics of places in regionsin New Jersey, the United States, and theworld.

6.6.B.2 Describe how regions change over time.6.6.C.5 Describe how the physical environment

affects life in different regions (e.g.population density, architecture,transportation systems, industry, buildingmaterials, land use, recreation).

6.6.D.2 Analyze demographic characteristics toexplain reasons for variations betweenpopulations.


The Middle Colonies: Farms and Citiespp. 114–118






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6.6.D.8 Describe how physical and humancharacteristics of regions change over time.

6.6.E.5 Describe world, national, and local patternsof resource distribution and utilization, anddiscuss the political and social impact.

The Southern Colonies: Plantationsand Slavery

pp. 119–123










6.6.E.5 Describe world, national, and local patternsof resource distribution and utilization, anddiscuss the political and social impact.

The Backcountrypp. 126–129



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6.4.D.7 Discuss the exploration, settlement, andmissions in the American Southwest.



6.6.B.2 Describe how regions change over time.6.6.B.3 Compare the natural characteristics used to

define a region.6.6.D.2 Analyze demographic characteristics to

explain reasons for variations betweenpopulations.



Chapter 5 (pp. 132–153)Beginnings of an American Identity: 1689–1763

Early American Culture pp. 135–140 6.2.A.1 Discuss the sources, purposes, andfunctions of law and the importance of therule of law for the preservation ofindividual rights and the common good.



Roots of Representative Governmentpp. 141–145

6.3.C.6 Explain the medieval origins ofconstitutional government in England (e.g.Edward I, Magna Carta, Model Parliamentof 1295, Common Law).


6.2.B.3 Describe the continuing struggle to bringall groups of Americans into themainstream of society with the liberties andequality to which all are entitled, asexemplified by individuals such as SusanB. Anthony, Frederick Douglass, NatTurner, Paul Robeson, and Cesar Chavez.

6.2.D.1 Discuss the rights and responsibilities ofAmerican citizens, including obeying laws,paying taxes, serving on juries, and votingin local, state, and national elections.


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paying taxes, serving on juries, and votingin local, state, and national elections.

6.1A.1 Analyze how events are related over time.6.2.A.2 Describe the underlying values and

principles of democracy and distinguishthese from authoritarian forms ofgovernment. ,

6.2.A.3 Discuss the major characteristics ofdemocratic governments.

6.2.B.1 Analyze how certain values includingindividual rights, the common good, self-government, justice, equality and freeinquiry are fundamental to American publiclife.

6.5.A.9 Explain what taxes are, how they arecollected, and how tax dollars are used bylocal, state, and national governments toprovide goods and services.


The French and Indian Warpp. 146–151

6.1A.1 Analyze how events are related over time.6.4.D.5 Describe Native American resistance to

colonization, including the Cherokee Waragainst the English, the French and IndianWar, and King George’s War.



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Unit 2Creating a New Nation–1791

(pp. 154–287)Chapter 6 (pp. 156–189)The Road to Revolution: 1763–1776

Tighter British Control pp. 159–162 6.1.A.8 Compare and contrast competinginterpretations of current and historicalevents.

6.4.E.1 Discuss the background and major issues ofthe American Revolution, including thepolitical and economic causes andconsequences of the revolution.

6.5.B.2 Describe the many ways federal state, andlocal governments raise funds to meet theneed for public facilities and governmentservices.

Colonial Resistance Grows pp. 163–167 6.1A.1 Analyze how events are related over time.6.1.A.2 Use Critical thinking skills to interpret

events, recognize bias, point of view, andcontext.

6.1.A.3 Assess the credibility of primary andsecondary sources.

6.1.A.6 Formulate questions based on informationneeds.

6.1.A.7 Use effective strategies for locatinginformation.

6.1.A.8 Compare and contrast competinginterpretations of current and historicalevents.




6.4.E.2 Discuss the major events (e.g. Boston TeaParty, Battle of Trenton) and personalities(e.g. George Washington, John Adams,John Witherspoon, William Franklin,Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson) ofthe American Revolution.

6.4.E.3 Identify major British and Americanleaders and describe their roles in keyevents, such as the First and SecondContinental Congresses, drafting andapproving the Declarations ofIndependence (1776), the publication of“Common Sense,” and major battles of theRevolutionary War.


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events, such as the First and SecondContinental Congresses, drafting andapproving the Declarations ofIndependence (1776), the publication of“Common Sense,” and major battles of theRevolutionary War.




The Road to Lexington and Concordpp. 170–173

6.1A.1 Analyze how events are related over time.6.1.A.2 Use Critical thinking skills to interpret










Declaring Independencepp. 176–181




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individual rights, the common good, self-government, justice, equality and freeinquiry are fundamental to American publiclife.



Chapter 7 (pp. 190–217)The American Revolution: 1776–1783

The Early Years of the War pp. 193–199 6.1.A.2 Use Critical thinking skills to interpretevents, recognize bias, point of view, andcontext.


6.2.A.2 Describe the underlying values andprinciples of democracy and distinguishthese from authoritarian forms ofgovernment. ,







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“Common Sense,” and major battles of theRevolutionary War.


The War Expands pp. 200–205 6.1.A.2 Use Critical thinking skills to interpretevents, recognize bias, point of view, andcontext.


6.1.A.10 Distinguish fact from fiction bycomparing sources about figures andevents with fictionalized characters andevents.




The Path to Victorypp. 206–210

6.1.A.4 Analyze the data in order to see personsand events in context.



The Legacy of the War 6.1.A.11 Summarize information in written,graphic, and oral formats.


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pp. 211–215 graphic, and oral formats.6.4.E.2 Discuss the major events (e.g. Boston Tea

Party, Battle of Trenton) and personalities(e.g. George Washington, John Adams,John Witherspoon, William Franklin,Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson) ofthe American Revolution.


6.5.A.1 Discuss how needs and wants change asone ages and the impact of planning,spending and saving.


6.5.A.2 Explain the law of supply and demand.6.5.A.6 Describe how private industry acquires

material and energy resources, providesjobs, raises financial capital, managesproduction processes, and markets goodsand services that create wealth in order tomeet consumer and industrial requirements.

6.5.A.7 Discuss how innovation, entrepreneurship,competition, customer satisfaction, andcontinuous improvement in productivity areresponsible for the rise in the standard ofliving in the United States and othercountries with market economies.



Chapter 8 (pp. 218–241)Confederation to Constitution: 1776–1791

The Confederation Era pp. 221–225 6.1.A.2 Use Critical thinking skills to interpretevents, recognize bias, point of view, andcontext.




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and state, and federalism.6.4.E.3 Identify major British and American

leaders and describe their roles in keyevents, such as the First and SecondContinental Congresses, drafting andapproving the Declarations ofIndependence (1776), the publication of“Common Sense,” and major battles of theRevolutionary War.



Creating the Constitution pp. 228–233 6.1.A.5 Examine current issues, events, or themesand relate them to past events.


6.2.A.1 Discuss the sources, purposes, andfunctions of law and the importance of therule of law for the preservation ofindividual rights and the common good.



6.4.E.5 Discuss the political and philosophicalorigins of the United State Constitution andits implementation in the 1790s.



Ratifying the Constitutionpp. 234–237

6.1.A.2 Use Critical thinking skills to interpretevents, recognize bias, point of view, andcontext.


6.2.A.2 Describe the underlying values andprinciples of democracy and distinguishthese from authoritarian forms ofgovernment. ,


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principles of democracy and distinguishthese from authoritarian forms ofgovernment. ,







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Unit 3The Early Republic: 1789–1844

(pp. 288–363)Chapter 9 (pp. 290–309)Launching a New Republic: 1789–1800

Washington’s Presidency pp. 293–297 6.1.A.2 Use Critical thinking skills to interpretevents, recognize bias, point of view, andcontext.





6.5.A.3 Compare ways to save money, includingchecking and savings accounts, stocks andbonds, and the relationship between riskand return in investments.

6.5.A.4 Describe the role credit plays in theeconomy and explain the difference in costbetween cash and credit purchases.

6.5.A.8 Compare and contrast the characteristics ofthe three basic economic systems:traditional or barter and trade, marketcapitalism, and command (e.g.communism).



Challenges to the New Governmentpp. 298–302

6.2.A.2 Describe the underlying values andprinciples of democracy and distinguishthese from authoritarian forms ofgovernment.




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American citizens, including obeying laws,paying taxes, serving on juries, and votingin local, state, and national elections.

6.4.E.6 Describe and map American territorialexpansions and the settlement of thefrontier during this period.

6.4.E.7 Analyze the causes and consequences ofcontinuing conflict between NativeAmerican tribes and colonists (e.g.Tecumseh’s rebellion).



The Federalists in Chargepp. 303–307

6.2.C.3 Discuss the role of political parties in theAmerican democratic system includingcandidates, campaigns, financing, primaryelections, and voting systems.


Chapter 10 (pp. 310–337)The Jefferson Era: 1800–1816

Jefferson Takes Office pp. 313–317 6.1.A.5 Examine current issues, events, or themesand relate them to past events.


6.1.A.10 Distinguish fact from fiction bycomparing sources about figures and eventswith fictionalized characters and events.


6.2.C.2 Compare and contrast the purposes,organization, functions, and interactions ofthe legislative, executive, and judicialbranches of national, state, and localgovernments and independent regulatoryagencies.

6.2.C.4 Discuss major historical and contemporaryconflicts over United States constitutionalprinciples, including judicial review inMarbury v. Madison, slavery in the DredScott Decision, separate but equal in Plessv. Ferguson, and the rights of minorities inthe Indian Removal Act.


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6.5.B.4 Describe how inventions and innovationshave improved standards of living over thecourse of history.

The Louisiana Purchase and Explorationpp. 318–323

6.1A.1 Analyze how events are related over time.6.1.A.3 Assess the credibility of primary and

secondary sources.6.1.A.6 Formulate questions based on information

needs.6.1.A.11 Summarize information in written,

graphic, and oral formats.6.4.E.6 Describe and map American territorial

expansions and the settlement of thefrontier during this period.

6.4.F.9 Describe and map the continuing territorialexpansion and settlement of the frontier,including the acquisition of new territoriesand conflicts with Native Americans, theLouisiana Purchase, the Lewis and Clarkexpedition, and the California gold rush.



Problems with Foreign Powerspp. 326–329

6.4.E.7 Analyze the causes and consequences ofcontinuing conflict between NativeAmerican tribes and colonists (e.g.Tecumseh’s rebellion).


The War of 1812pp. 330–333 6.1A.1 Analyze how events are related over time.

6.4.E.8 Discuss the background and major issues ofthe War of 1812 (e.g. sectional issues, roleof Native Americans).




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Chapter 11 (pp. 338–363)National and Regional Growth: 1800–1844

Early Industry and Inventions pp. 341–345 6.1A.1 Analyze how events are related over time.6.1.A.11 Summarize information in written,

graphic, and oral formats.6.4.E.8 Discuss the background and major issues of

the War of 1812 (e.g. sectional issues, roleof Native Americans).

6.4.F.1 Describe the political, economic, and socialchanges in New Jersey and AmericanSociety preceding the Civil War, includingthe early stages of industrialization, thegrowth of cities, and the political, legal, andsocial controversies surrounding theexpansion of slavery.



6.6.D.1 Discuss how technology affects the ways inwhich people perceive and use places andregions.

Plantations and Slavery Spreadpp. 348–353



6.4.F.8 Discuss sectional compromises associatedwith westward expansion of slavery, suchas the Missouri Compromise (1820) and thecontinued resistance to slavery by AfricanAmericans (e.g. Amistad Revolt).


Nationalism and Sectionalismpp. 354–359



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the early stages of industrialization, thegrowth of cities, and the political, legal, andsocial controversies surrounding theexpansion of slavery.

6.4.F.8 Discuss sectional compromises associatedwith westward expansion of slavery, suchas the Missouri Compromise (1820) and thecontinued resistance to slavery by AfricanAmericans (e.g. Amistad Revolt).





6.6.B.2 Describe how regions change over time.6.6.B.4 Explain how regional systems are

interconnected (e.g. watersheds, trade,transportation systems).


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Unit 4A Changing Nation: 1810–1860

(pp. 364–451)Chapter 12 (pp. 366–389)The Age of Jackson: 1824–1840

Politics of the People pp. 369–373 6.1.A.8 Compare and contrast competinginterpretations of current and historicalevents.










Jackson’s Policy Toward Native Americanspp. 374–378



6.2.C.4 Discuss major historical and contemporaryconflicts over United States constitutionalprinciples, including judicial review inMarbury v. Madison, slavery in the DredScott Decision, separate but equal in Plessv. Ferguson, and the rights of minorities inthe Indian Removal Act.


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Marbury v. Madison, slavery in the DredScott Decision, separate but equal in Plessv. Ferguson, and the rights of minorities inthe Indian Removal Act.

6.4.F.10 Explain how state and federal policiesinfluenced various Native American tribes(e.g. homeland vs. resettlement, BlackHawk War, Trail of Tears).




Conflicts over States’ Rightspp. 379–383





Prosperity and Panicpp. 384–387



needs.6.1.A.8 Compare and contrast competing

interpretations of current and historicalevents.




Chapter 13 (pp. 390–419)Manifest Destiny: 1810–1853

Trails West pp. 393–397 6.4.E.6 Describe and map American territorialexpansions and the settlement of thefrontier during this period.


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expansions and the settlement of thefrontier during this period.

6.4.F.3 Explain the concept of Manifest Destinyand its relationship to the westwardmovement of settlers and territorialexpansion, including the purchase ofFlorida (1819), the annexation of Texas(1845), the acquisition of the OregonTerritory (1846), and territorial acquisitionresulting from the Mexican War (1846-1848).



The Texas Revolution pp. 400–405 6.1A.1 Analyze how events are related over time.6.1.A.3 Assess the credibility of primary and



graphic, and oral formats.6.6.A.1 Distinguish among the distinct

characteristics of maps, globes, graphs,charts, diagrams, and other geographicalrepresentations, and the utility of each insolving problems.


The War with Mexicopp. 406–411



needs.6.1.A.10 Distinguish fact from fiction by

comparing sources about figures and eventswith fictionalized characters and events.




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(1845), the acquisition of the OregonTerritory (1846), and territorial acquisitionresulting from the Mexican War (1846-1848).





The California Gold Rushpp. 412–417


6.1.A.7 Use effective strategies for locatinginformation




Chapter 14 (pp. 420–451)A New Spirit of Change: 1820–1860

The Hopes of Immigrants pp. 423–428 6.2.C.3 Discuss the role of political parties in theAmerican democratic system includingcandidates, campaigns, financing, primaryelections, and voting systems.




American Literature and Art pp. 429–432 6.1.A.10 Distinguish fact from fiction bycomparing sources about figures andevents with fictionalized characters andevents.


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comparing sources about figures andevents with fictionalized characters andevents.

Reforming American Societypp. 433–437

6.4.F.2 Discuss American cultural, religious, andsocial reform movements in the antebellumperiod (e.g. abolitionists, the Second GreatAwakening, the origins of the labor andwomen’s movements).

6.4.F.4 Explain the characteristics of political andsocial reform movements in the antebellumperiod in New Jersey, including the 1844State Constitution, the temperancemovement, the abolition movement, andthe women’s rights movement.

6.5.A.5 Discuss the economic growth of a nation interms of increasing productivity,investment in physical capital, andinvestment in human capital.

Abolition and Women’s Rightspp. 440–445



and relate them to past events.6.1.A.6 Formulate questions based on information


graphic, and oral formats.6.2.B.3 Describe the continuing struggle to bring

all groups of Americans into themainstream of society with the liberties andequality to which all are entitled, asexemplified by individuals such as SusanB. Anthony, Frederick Douglass, NatTurner, Paul Robeson, and Cesar Chavez.

6.4.F.2 Discuss American cultural, religious, andsocial reform movements in the antebellumperiod (e.g. abolitionists, the Second GreatAwakening, the origins of the labor andwomen’s movements).

6.4.F.4 Explain the characteristics of political andsocial reform movements in the antebellumperiod in New Jersey, including the 1844State Constitution, the temperancemovement, the abolition movement, andthe women’s rights movement.

6.4.F.11 Understand the institution of slavery in theUnited States, resistance to it, and NewJersey’ s role in the Underground Railroad.



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Unit 5A Nation Divided and Rebuilt: 1846–1877

(pp. 452–551)Chapter 15 (pp. 454–477)The Nation Breading Apart: 1846–1861

Growing Tensions Between North and Southpp. 457–461



6.4.F.7 Compare political interests and viewsregarding the War of 1812 (e.g. USresponses to shipping harassment, interestsof Native Americans and white settlers inthe Northwest Territory).

6.4.G.1 Explain the major events, issues, andpersonalities of the American Civil Warincluding:

• The causes of the Civil War (e.g. slavery,states’ rights)

• Sectionalism• The Dred Scott and other Supreme Court

decisions6.6.B.4 Explain how regional systems are

interconnected (e.g. watersheds, trade,transportation systems).


6.6.D.5 Discuss how and why people cooperate,but also engage in conflict, to control theEarth’s surface.

The Crisis Deepens pp. 462–465 6.1A.1 Analyze how events are related over time.6.1.A.8 Compare and contrast competing





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checks and balances, separation of churchand state, and federalism.


• The causes of the Civil War (e.g., slavery,states’ rights)

• Sectionalism• The role of women• The Dred Scott and other Supreme Court

decisions6.6.A.1 Distinguish among the distinct



Slavery dominates Politicspp. 466–470










• The Dred Scott and other Supreme Courtdecisions


Lincoln’s Election and Southern Secessionpp. 471–475



needs.


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needs.6.1.A.7 Use effective strategies for locating

information.6.1.A.8 Compare and contrast competing



6.2.B.2 Describe representative government andexplain how it works to protect the majorityand the minority.





• SectionalismF6.6.A.1 Distinguish among the distinct





Chapter 16 (pp. 478–499)The Civil War Begins: 1861–1865

War Erupts pp. 481–485 6.4.G.1 Explain the major events, issues, andpersonalities of the American Civil Warincluding:

• The course and conduct of the war (e.g.,Antietam, Vicksburg, Gettysburg)


Life in the Army pp. 488–491 6.1.A.11 Summarize information in written,graphic, and oral formats.


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graphic, and oral formats.6.4.G.1 Explain the major events, issues, and

personalities of the American Civil Warincluding:

• The role of African Americans6.6.A.2 Translate maps into appropriate spatial

graphics to display geographicalinformation.

The Legacy of the Warpp. 493–497




graphic, and oral formats.6.4.G.1 Explain the major events, issues, and

personalities of the American Civil Warincluding:

• The course and conduct of the war (e.g.,Antietam, Vicksburg, Gettysburg)



Chapter 17 (pp. 500–529)The Tide of War Turns: 1863–1865

The Emancipation Proclamationpp. 503–506





• The Emancipation Proclamation

War Affects Society pp. 507–511 6.1.A.11 Summarize information in written,graphic, and oral formats.



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including:• The role of women• The role of African Americans



The North Winspp. 512–519

6.1A.1 Analyze how events are related over time.





• The Gettysburg Address6.6.A.1 Distinguish among the distinct



6.6.A.5 Use geographic tools and technologies topose and answer questions about spatialdistributions and patterns on Earth.

The Legacy of Warpp. 520–523


• The Emancipation Proclamation6.6.A.1 Distinguish among the distinct



Chapter 18 (pp. 530–551)Reconstruction: 1865–1877

Rebuilding the Union pp. 533–537 6.1A.1 Analyze how events are related over time.6.1.A.3 Assess the credibility of primary and


needs.


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needs.6.2.C.3 Discuss the role of political parties in the

American democratic system includingcandidates, campaigns, financing, primaryelections, and voting systems.

6.4.G.3 Explain Reconstruction as a governmentaction, how it worked, and its effects afterthe war.

6.4.G.4 Discuss the impact of retaliatory state lawsand general Southern resistance toReconstruction.

Reconstruction and Daily Lifepp. 540–544



6.4.G.3 Explain Reconstruction as a governmentaction, how it worked, and its effects afterthe war.

6.4.G.4 Discuss the impact of retaliatory state lawsand general Southern resistance toReconstruction.

End of Reconstructionpp. 545–549


secondary sources.6.1.A.5 Examine current issues, events, or themes



graphic, and oral formats.6.4.G.4 Discuss the impact of retaliatory state laws

and general Southern resistance toReconstruction.




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Unit 6America Transformed 1860–1914

(pp. 552–633)Chapter 19 (pp. 554–581)Growth in the West 1860–1900

Miners, Ranchers, and Cowhandspp. 557–561




Native Americans Fight to Survivepp. 562–567

6.4.G.5 Discuss the Dawes Act of 1887, how itattempted to assimilated Native Americansby converting tribal lands to individualownership, and its impact on NativeAmericans.


Life in the Westpp. 568–571



Farming and Populismpp. 574–579







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6.5.A.2 Explain the law of supply and demand.6.6.A.2 Translate maps into appropriate spatial


Chapter 20 (pp. 582–605)An Industrial Society: 1860–1914

The Growth of Industry pp. 585–589 6.1.A.8 Compare and contrast competinginterpretations of current and historicalevents.


6.5.A.6 Describe how private industry acquiresmaterial and energy resources, providesjobs, raises financial capital, managesproduction processes, and markets goodsand services that create wealth in order tomeet consumer and industrial requirements.


6.5.B.3 Discuss how societies have been affectedby industrialization and by differentpolitical and economic philosophies.



Railroads Transform the Nationpp. 590–593





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transportation systems).6.6.D.1 Discuss how technology affects the ways in

which people perceive and use places andregions.

The Rise of Big Businesspp. 594–597



6.5.B.3 Discuss how societies have been affectedby industrialization and by differentpolitical and economic philosophies.

6.5.B.7 Discuss the need for ethical behavior ineconomic decisions and financialtransactions.

Workers Organizepp. 600–603




graphic, and oral formats.6.6.A.2 Translate maps into appropriate spatial


Chapter 21 (pp. 606–633)Changes in American Life: 1880–1914

Cities Grow and Change pp. 609–613 6.2.A.2 Describe the underlying values andprinciples of democracy and distinguishthese from authoritarian forms ofgovernment.



6.6.B.6 Discuss the similarities and differencesamong rural, suburban, and urbancommunities.

6.6.D.4 Analyze the patterns of settlement indifferent urban regions of the world.

The New Immigrants pp. 614–617 6.1.A.3 Assess the credibility of primary andsecondary sources.



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Segregation and Discriminationpp. 620–623

6.1A.1 Analyze how events are related over time.6.2.E.13 Analyze how prejudice and discrimination

may lead to genocide as well as other actsof hatred and violence for the purposes ofsubjugation and exploitation.

Society and Mass Culturepp. 626–629


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Unit 7Modern America Emerges: 1880–1920

(pp. 634–703)Chapter 22 (pp. 636–655)The Progressive Era: 1890–1920

Roosevelt and Progressivism pp. 639–643 6.1.A.5 Examine current issues, events, or themesand relate them to past events.



Taft and Wilson as Progressivespp. 646–649


6.2.A.5 Discuss examples of domestic policies andagencies that impact American lives,including the Environmental ProtectionAgency (e.g. clean air and water), theDepartment of Labor (e.g. minimum wage)and the Internal Revenue Service (e.g.Social Security, income tax).


Women Win New Rightspp. 650–653



Chapter 23 (pp. 656–675)Becoming a World Power: 1880–1917

The United States continues to Expandpp. 659–661



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solving problems.6.6.A.7 Explain the distribution of major human

and physical features at country and globalscales.

The Spanish-American War pp. 662–667 6.1A.1 Analyze how events are related over time.6.1.A.3 Assess the credibility of primary and






U.S. Involvement Overseaspp. 668–673




Chapter 24 (pp. 676–703)World War I: 1914–1920

War Breaks Out in Europe pp. 679–683 6.1.A.3 Assess the credibility of primary andsecondary sources.



6.5.A.8 Compare and contrast the characteristics ofthe three basic economic systems:traditional or barter and trade, marketcapitalism, and command (e.g.communism).





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but also engage in conflict, to control theEarth’s surface.

America Joins the Fight pp. 686–690 6.6.A.1 Distinguish among the distinctcharacteristics of maps, globes, graphs,charts, diagrams, and other geographicalrepresentations, and the utility of each insolving problems.

Life on the Home Frontpp. 691–694


The Legacy of World War Ipp. 695–698





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Unit 8Depression, War, and Recovery: 1919–1960

(pp. 704–807)Chapter 25 (pp. 706–725)The Roaring Twenties: 1919–1929

The Business of America pp. 709–712 6.5.A.5 Discuss the economic growth of a nation interms of increasing productivity,investment in physical capital, andinvestment in human capital.



6.1A.1 Analyze how events are related over time.

Changes in Society pp. 713–716 6.6.D.6 Compare the patterns and processes of pastand present human migration.

The Jazz Age and the Harlem Renaissancepp. 717–721


Chapter 26 (pp. 726–753)The Great Depression and New Deal

Hoover and the Crash pp. 729–733 6.1A.1 Analyze how events are related over time.6.1.A.5 Examine current issues, events, or themes

and relate them to past events.6.1.A.8 Compare and contrast competing



Roosevelt and the New Deal pp. 734–738 6.2.A.4 Describe the processes of localgovernment.



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Life During the Depressionpp. 739–743



6.6.E.1 Discuss the environmental impacts orintended and unintended consequences ofmajor technological changes (e.g. autos andfossil fuels, nuclear power and nuclearwaste).

6.6.E.2 Analyze the impact of various humanactivities and social policies on the naturalenvironment and describe how humanshave attempted to solve environmentalproblems through adaptation andmodification.

The Effects of the New Dealpp. 746–749




Chapter 27 (pp. 754–785)The Rise of Dictators and World War II: 1931–1945

Steps to War pp. 757–762 6.1A.1 Analyze how events are related over time.6.1.A.3 Assess the credibility of primary and







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these from authoritarian forms ofgovernment.




War in Africa and Europe pp. 763–768 6.1A.1 Analyze how events are related over time.6.1.A.11 Summarize information in written,





War in the Pacificpp. 770–773


secondary sources.6.1.A.4 Analyze the data in order to see persons

and events in context.6.1.A.6 Formulate questions based on information






The Home Frontpp. 774–777


The Legacy of the War pp. 780–783 6.1.A.5 Examine current issues, events, or themesand relate them to past events.


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and relate them to past events.6.5.A.9 Explain what taxes are, how they are

collected, and how tax dollars are used bylocal, state, and national governments toprovide goods and services.



Chapter 28 (pp. 786–807)The Cold War and the American Dream: 1945–1960

Peacetime Adjustments and the Cold Warpp. 789–794

6.2.E.1 Analyze ways in which nation-statesinteract with one another through trade,diplomacy, cultural exchanges, treaties oragreements, humanitarian aid, economicincentives and sanctions, and the use orthreat of military force.

6.2.E.2 Discuss factors that lead to a breakdown oforder among nation-states (e.g. conflictsabout national interests, ethnicity, andreligion; competition for territory orresources; absence of effective means toenforce international law) and describe theconsequences of the breakdown of order.

6.5.A.2 Explain the law of supply and demand.6.5.A.7 Discuss how innovation, entrepreneurship,

competition, customer satisfaction, andcontinuous improvement in productivity areresponsible for the rise in the standard ofliving in the United States and othercountries with market economies.



6.6.B.6 Discuss the similarities and differencesamong rural, suburban, and urbancommunities.


The Korean War and McCarthyismpp. 795–799




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The Fiftiespp. 800–803


6.5.A.4 Describe the role credit plays in theeconomy and explain the difference in costbetween cash and credit purchases.

6.5.A.6 Describe how private industry acquiresmaterial and energy resources, providesjobs, raises financial capital, managesproduction processes, and markets goodsand services that create wealth in order tomeet consumer and industrial requirements.

6.5.B.6 Analyze and give examples of howbusiness and industry influence the buyingdecisions of consumers throughadvertising.

6.6.B.7 Describe the types of regions and theinfluence and effects of regions labelsincluding:

• Perceptual regions: the Bible Belt, theRiviera in southern France





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Unit 9Tensions at Home and Abroad: 1954–Present

(pp. 808–891)Chapter 29 (pp. 810–831)The Civil Rights Era: 1954–1975

Origins of the Civil Rights Movementpp. 813–817



6.2.A.6 Explain how non-governmentalorganizations influence legislation andpolicies at the federal, state, and locallevels.



6.2.D.3 Describe major conflicts that have arisenfrom diversity (e.g. land and suffrage forNative Americans, civil rights, women’srights) and discuss how the conflicts havebeen addressed.

Kennedy, Johnson, and Civil Rightspp. 818–823




graphic, and oral formats.6.2.A.2 Describe the underlying values and

principles of democracy and distinguishthese from authoritarian forms ofgovernment.




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Agency (e.g. clean air and water), theDepartment of Labor (e.g. minimum wage)and the Internal Revenue Service (e.g.Social Security, income tax).

6.2.A.6 Explain how non-governmentalorganizations influence legislation andpolicies at the federal, state, and locallevels.




6.2.D.3 Describe major conflicts that have arisenfrom diversity (e.g. land and suffrage forNative Americans, civil rights, women’srights) and discuss how the conflicts havebeen addressed.



The Equal Rights Struggle Expandspp. 824–827





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Chapter 30 (pp. 832–851)The Vietnam War Years: 1954–1975

Cold War Roots of the Conflict pp. 835–839 6.1A.1 Analyze how events are related over time.6.1.A.3 Assess the credibility of primary and








War Expands in Vietnam pp. 840–845 6.6.A.1 Distinguish among the distinctcharacteristics of maps, globes, graphs,charts, diagrams, and other geographicalrepresentations, and the utility of each insolving problems.



The Vietnam War Endspp. 846–849


Chapter 31 (pp. 852–869)Years of Doubt: 1969–1981

Nixon Confronts Problems pp. 855–858 6.1.A.5 Examine current issues, events, or themesand relate them to past events.



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Watergate Brings Down Nixonpp. 859–861







Issues of the Seventiespp. 862–865


6.2.E.8 Discuss how global challenges areinterrelated, complex, and changing andthat even local issues may have a globaldimension (e.g. environmental issues,transportation).






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Chapter 32 (pp. 870–889)Entering a New Millennium: 1981–Present

Conservatives Reshape Politics pp. 873–879 6.1A.1 Analyze how events are related over time.6.1.A.2 Use Critical thinking skills to interpret






6.2.E.2 Discuss factors that lead to a breakdown oforder among nation-states (e.g. conflictsabout national interests, ethnicity, andreligion; competition for territory orresources; absence of effective means toenforce international law) and describe theconsequences of the breakdown of order.

6.2.E.4 Evaluate current United States foreignpolicy issues and strategies and their impacton the nation and the rest of the world.

6.2.E.5 Discuss the purposes and functions ofmajor international organizations (e.g.United Nations, World HealthOrganization, International Red Cross,Amnesty International) and the role of theUnited State within each.

6.2.E.7 Analyze how the life, culture, economics,politics, and the media of the United Statesimpact the rest of the world.

6.5.A.2 Explain the law of supply and demand.6.6.A.2 Translate maps into appropriate spatial



Technological and Economic Changespp. 880–884





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6.2.D.5 Discuss basic contemporary issuesinvolving the personal, political, andeconomic rights of American citizens (e.g.dress codes, sexual harassment, fair trial,free press, minimum wage).


6.2.E.7 Analyze how the life, culture, economics,politics, and the media of the United Statesimpact the rest of the world.

6.2.E.8 Discuss how global challenges areinterrelated, complex, and changing andthat even local issues may have a globaldimension (e.g. environmental issues,transportation).

6.2.E.11 Discuss the impact of the Internet andtechnology on global communication.


6.5.B.1 Discuss how meeting the needs and wantsof growing world population impacts theenvironment and economic growth.





The New Americanspp. 885–887

6.2.D.4 Explain the benefits, costs, and conflicts ofa diverse nation.

6.2.E.6 Describe how one’s heritage includespersonal history and experiences, culture,customs, and family background.

6.2.E.9 Discuss how cultures may change and thatindividuals may identify with more thanone culture.




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