Virginia 7th Grade Social Studies Standards

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United States History 1865 to Present

• Skills
  • USII.1 The student will demonstrate skills for historical thinking, geographical analysis, economic decision making, and responsible citizenship by
    • a analyzing and interpreting artifacts and primary and secondary sources to understand events in United States history;
    • b analyzing and interpreting geographic information to determine patterns and trends in United States history;
    • c interpreting charts, graphs, and pictures to determine characteristics of people, places, or events in United States history;
    • d using evidence to draw conclusions and make generalizations;
    • e comparing and contrasting historical, cultural, and political perspectives in United States history;
    • f determining relationships with multiple causes or effects in United States history;
    • g explaining connections across time and place;
    • h using a decision-making model to identify costs and benefits of a specific choice made;
    • i identifying the rights and responsibilities of citizenship and the ethical use of material or intellectual property; and
    • j investigating and researching to develop products orally and in writing.
• Geography
  • USII.2 The student will use maps, globes, photographs, pictures, or tables for
    • a explaining how physical features and climate influenced the movement of people westward;
    • b explaining relationships among natural resources, transportation, and industrial development after 1865; and
    • c locating the 50 states and the cities most significant to the development of the United States and explaining what makes those cities significant.
• Reconstruction: 1865 to 1877
  • USII.3 The student will apply social science skills to understand the effects of Reconstruction on American life by
    • a analyzing the impact of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States and how they changed the meaning of citizenship;
    • b describing the impact of Reconstruction policies on the South and North; and
    • c describing the legacies of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, and Frederick Douglass.
• Reshaping the Nation and the Emergence of Modern America: 1877 to the Early 1900s
  • USII.4 The student will apply social science skills to understand how life changed after the Civil War by
    • a examining the reasons for westward expansion, including its impact on American Indians;
    • b explaining the reasons for the increase in immigration, growth of cities, and challenges arising from this expansion;
    • c describing racial segregation, the rise of “Jim Crow,” and other constraints faced by African Americans and other groups in the post-Reconstruction South;
    • d explaining the impact of new inventions, the rise of big business, the growth of industry, and the changes to life on American farms in response to industrialization; and
    • e evaluating and explaining the impact of the Progressive Movement on child labor, working conditions, the rise of organized labor, women’s suffrage, and the temperance movement.
• Turmoil and Change: 1890s to 1945
  • USII.5 The student will apply social science skills to understand the changing role of the United States from the late nineteenth century through World War I
    • a explaining the reasons for and results of the Spanish-American War;
    • b describing Theodore Roosevelt’s impact on the foreign policy of the United States; and
    • c evaluating and explaining the reasons for the United States’ involvement in World War I and its international leadership role at the conclusion of the war.
  • USII.6 The student will apply social science skills to understand the social, economic, and technological changes of the early twentieth century
    • Skills covering this topic are not currently available on IXL.
  • USII.7 The student will apply social science skills to understand the major causes and effects of American involvement in World War II
    • Skills covering this topic are not currently available on IXL.
• The United States since World War II
  • USII.8 The student will apply social science skills to understand the economic, social, and political transformation of the United States and the world between the end of World War II and the present
    • Skills covering this topic are not currently available on IXL.
  • USII.9 The student will apply social science skills to understand the key domestic and international issues during the second half of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries
    • Skills covering this topic are not currently available on IXL.