11th Grade California History Standards Correlation for Our Documents
11.1.2 Analyze the ideological origins of the American Revolution, the Founding Fathers’ philosophy of divinely bestowed unalienable natural rights, the debate on the drafting and ratification of the Constitution, and the addition of the Bill of Rights
Lee Resolution 1776 Federalist Papers, No. 10 & No. 51 1787 Virginia Plan 1787 Constitution of the United States 1787 Bill of Rights 1791
11.1.3 Understand the history of the Constitution after 1787 with emphasis on federal versus state authority and growing democratization.
Constitution of the United States 1787
11.1.4 Examine the effects of the Civil War and Reconstruction and of the industrial revolution, including demographic shifts.
Wade-Davis Bill 1864
11.10.1 Explain how demands of African Americans helped produce a stimulus for civil rights, including Roosevelt’s ban on racial discrimination in the defense industry, and how African Americans service in World War II produced a stimulus for Truman decision to end segregation in the armed forces.
Executive Order 8802: Prohibition of Discrimination in the Defense Industry 1941
Executive Order 9981: Desegregation of the Armed Forces 1948 11th Grade California History Standards Correlation for Our Documets
11.10.2 Examine the key events, policies, and court cases in the evolution of civil rights, including Dred Scott v. Sanford, Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board of Education.
Dred Scott v. Sanford 1857 Plessy v. Ferguson 1896 Brown v. Board of Education 1954
11.10.6 Analyze the passage and effects of civil rights and voting rights legislation (Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act) and the 24th Amendment, with an emphasis on equality of access to education and to the political process.
Executive Order 10730: Desegregation of Central High School 1957 Civil Rights Act 1964 Voting Rights Act 1965
11.10.7 Analyze the women’s rights movement from the era of Elizabeth Stanton and Susan Anthony and the passage of the 19th Amendment to the movement launched in the 1960’s.
19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Women's Right to Vote 1920
11.11.2 Discuss the significant domestic policy speeches of Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy, with regard to civil rights, economic policy, and environmental policy.
President John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address 1961 President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Farewell Address 1961
11.11.5 Trace the impact environmental conservation, expansion of the national parks system, and the development of environmental protection laws.
Act Establishing Yellowstone National Park 1872 11th Grade California History Standards Correlation for Our Documets
11.11.6 Analyze the persistence of poverty and how different analyses of this issue influence welfare reform, health insurance reform, and other social policies.
Social Security Act Amendments 1965
11.2.5 Discuss corporate mergers that produced trust and cartels and the economic and political policies of economic leaders.
Sherman Anti-Trust Act 1890
11.2.9 Understand the effect of political programs and activities of the Progressives (e.g., Federal regulation of railroad transport, Children’s Bureau, the 16th Amendment).
16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Federal Income Tax 1913 Keating-Owen Child Labor Act of 1916
11.20.4 Examine the roles of civil rights advocates, including the significance of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech.
Official Program for the March on Washington 1963
11.4.1 Examine the effects of the Civil War and Reconstruction and of the industrial revolution.
13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Abolition of Slavery 1865 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Civil Rights 1868 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Voting Rights 1870
11.4.2 Describe the Spanish–American War and U.S. expansion in the South Pacific.
Joint Resolution to Provide for Annexing the Hawaiian Islands to the United 1898 States
De Lôme Letter 1898 11th Grade California History Standards Correlation for Our Documets
11.4.4 Explain Roosevelt’s Big Stick diplomacy, William Taft’s Dollar Diplomacy, and Woodrow Wilson’s Moral Diplomacy.
Theodore Roosevelt's Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine 1905 President Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points 1918
11.4.6 Trace the declining role of Great Britain and the expanding role of the U.S. in world affairs after World War II.
Truman Doctrine 1947 Marshall Plan 1948
11.5.4 Analyze the passage of the 19th Amendment and the changing role of women in society.
19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Women's Right to Vote 1920
11.6.2 Understand the explanations of the principal causes of the Great Depression and the steps taken by the Federal Reserve, Congress, and Presidents Hoover and Roosevelt.
Tennessee Valley Authority Act 1933 National Industrial Recovery Act 1933 Social Security Act 1935 President Franklin Roosevelt's Radio Address unveiling the second half of the 1936 New Deal 11th Grade California History Standards Correlation for Our Documets
11.6.4 Analyze the effects of and the controversies arising from New Deal economic policies and the expanded role of federal government in society and the economy since the 1930s (WPA, SSA, National Labor Relations Board, farm programs, regional development policies, and the Tennessee Valley Authority).
Tennessee Valley Authority Act 1933 National Industrial Recovery Act 1933 Social Security Act 1935 National Labor Relations Act 1935 President Franklin Roosevelt's Radio Address unveiling the second half of the 1936 New Deal
11.7.1 Examine the origins of American involvement in the war, with an emphasis on the events that precipitated the attacks on Pearl Harbor.
Joint Address to Congress Leading to a Declaration of War Against Japan 1941
Lend-Lease Act 1941
11.7.3 Identify the roles and sacrifices of individual American soldiers.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower's Order of the Day 1944
11.7.4 Analyze Roosevelt’s foreign policy during World War II (Four Freedoms speech).
President Franklin Roosevelt's Annual Message (Four Freedoms) to 1941 Congress
11.7.5 Discuss the constitutional issues and impacts of events on the U.S. home front, including the internment of Japanese Americans.
Executive Order 9066: Japanese Relocation Order 1942 11th Grade California History Standards Correlation for Our Documets
11.7.6 Discuss major developments in aviation, weaponry, communication, and medicine and the war’s impact on the location of American industry.
Manhattan Project Notebook 1945
11.7.7 Discuss the decision to drop the atomic bomb and the consequences of that decision.
Surrender of Japan 1945
11.7.8 Analyze the effect of massive aid given to Western Europe under the Marshall Plan to rebuild itself after the war and the importance of a rebuilt Europe to the U.S. economy.
Marshall Plan 1948
11.8.1 Trace the growth of service sector, white collar, and professional sector jobs in business and government.
Servicemen's Readjustment Act 1944
11.9.1 Discuss the establishment of the U.N. and International Declaration of Human Rights, International Monetary Fund, Work Bank, and General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and their importance in shaping modern Europe and maintaining peace and international order.
United Nations Charter 1945
11.9.3 Trace the origins and geopolitical consequences of the Cold War and containment policy, including the following: Truman Doctrine
Truman Doctrine 1947 Armistice Agreement for the Restoration of the South Korean State 1953 Senate Resolution 301: Censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy 1954 Aerial Photograph of Missiles in Cuba 1962 Test Ban Treaty 1963 Tonkin Gulf Resolution 1964