Middle Level Social Studies (Grades 5–8) Subtest 2
Subarea I.1. U.S. and Minnesota History
0012
Understand major developments in early U.S. history from the precontact period to 1791.
- demonstrating knowledge of important social, economic, political, and cultural features of the large and diverse American Indian nations that were the original inhabitants of North America
- examining major events and developments related to European exploration and colonization in the Americas and analyzing coexistence and conflict between Europeans and American Indians (e.g., the effect of expanding settlements on American Indian nations; the influence of Spanish colonies; major wars of the colonial period; differences in beliefs, values, and attitudes)
- demonstrating knowledge of the development of colonial North America, including reasons for European migration; similarities and differences between the New England, mid-Atlantic, and southern colonies; the Triangular Trade; the growth of slavery; and the emergence of representative government
- analyzing major causes, events, developments, and consequences of the American Revolution
- demonstrating knowledge of the establishment of the American government and nation during and after the Revolution, including problems under the Articles of Confederation and major debates and compromises of the Constitutional Convention
- recognizing major figures of the period (e.g., John Smith, Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson, William Penn, James Oglethorpe, Chief Pontiac, Daniel Boone, Benjamin Banneker, Thomas Paine, George Washington, John and Abigail Adams)
- recognizing chronological relationships between major events and developments in U.S. history during this period
0013
Understand major developments in U.S. history from 1791 to 1877.
- examining major political and constitutional developments of the period (e.g., the emergence of political parties, the election of 1800, John Marshall and the Supreme Court) and analyzing the rise of Jacksonian democracy
- demonstrating knowledge of events and developments related to territorial expansion and examining the effects of westward settlement on American Indian nations
- analyzing the effects of technological innovation, economic growth, industrialization, and immigration on U.S. society during the first half of the nineteenth century
- demonstrating understanding of major antebellum reform movements and the achievements of leading reformers (e.g., William Lloyd Garrison, Dorothea Dix, Frederick Douglass, Horace Mann, Elizabeth Cady Stanton)
- analyzing the effects of slavery in the United States during the antebellum period and examining major developments contributing to the sectional polarization that resulted in secession and armed conflict
- demonstrating an understanding of major events, leading figures, and significant consequences of the Civil War
- examining the debates, achievements, failures, and outcomes of the Reconstruction period
- recognizing chronological relationships between major events and developments in U.S. history during this period
0014
Understand major developments in U.S. history from 1877 to 1929.
- analyzing the process of westward expansion during the late nineteenth century and demonstrating knowledge of the struggle of American Indian nations to resist white settlement and military attack
- analyzing the transformation of the U.S. economy and the social and economic consequences of industrialization
- examining immigration to the United States after the Civil War and the effect of immigration and urbanization on U.S. society
- demonstrating knowledge of the origins of racial segregation and the efforts of African Americans to overcome the social, economic, and political obstacles that confronted them
- analyzing the rise of the United States as a world power, recognizing the causes and consequences of the Spanish-American War, and examining the debate over U.S. imperialism
- examining the Populist and Progressive challenges to the established economic and political order and demonstrating knowledge of the major reforms of the Progressive Era
- demonstrating knowledge of the causes and consequences of U.S. participation in World War I
- examining major social, economic, political, and cultural developments during the 1920s, including the Red Scare, Prohibition, mass production, the Harlem Renaissance, and changes in urban popular culture
- recognizing chronological relationships between major events and developments in U.S. history during this period
0015
Understand major developments in U.S. history from 1929 to the present.
- demonstrating knowledge of the causes of the Great Depression and the government response to economic collapse and social dislocation during the 1930s
- examining major events and developments related to U.S. participation in World War II (e.g., the causes and effects of U.S. neutrality, major battles involving U.S. forces, the effect of World War II on various groups in U.S. society)
- analyzing major events and developments in U.S. foreign policy from the beginnings of the Cold War to the present (e.g., the doctrine of containment and the domino theory, atomic diplomacy, the Korean and Vietnam wars, the Cuban missile crisis, the policy of détente, the Camp David Accords, the Iran hostage crisis, the Persian Gulf War, the Afghanistan and Iraq wars)
- analyzing major social, economic, and technological developments in the United States since 1945 (e.g., the postwar economic boom, deindustrialization, the computer revolution, economic globalization)
- analyzing major constitutional and political developments in the United States since 1945 (e.g., the Warren Court, Lyndon Johnson and the Great Society, Watergate, Ronald Reagan and the conservative revolution, the election of Barack Obama)
- examining the aims, strategies, and achievements of the struggle for equality and major social movements and changes during the postwar period in the United States (e.g., civil rights, women's rights, immigration)
- recognizing the contributions of significant individuals in U.S. history during this period and examining major developments in literature, the arts, and popular culture
- recognizing chronological relationships between major events and developments in U.S. history during this period
0016
Understand major events and developments in Minnesota history.
- demonstrating knowledge of the cultures and histories of Minnesota's indigenous peoples
- examining how early explorers and fur traders influenced the development of Minnesota and analyzing the effect of the fur trade on both European and native societies
- examining factors that led to the rapid settlement of Minnesota in the nineteenth century and analyzing the changes brought about by the new Minnesotans
- demonstrating knowledge of Minnesota's role in the Civil War and the effect of the Dakota War of 1862
- identifying Minnesota's major industries and analyzing the economic, social, political, and technological changes that accompanied industrialization in the state
- analyzing the social and economic changes of the 1920s and 1930s in Minnesota and examining the effect of World War I and World War II on the state
- recognizing Minnesota's role in major national and international social, economic, and political developments of the last half of the twentieth century and analyzing the effect of those developments on the state's people and institutions
- demonstrating knowledge of individuals who have influenced Minnesota and recognizing chronological relationships between major events and developments in Minnesota history
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