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HSS-11.9.3 (History–Social Science)


Standard Identifier: HSS-11.9.3
Content Area: History–Social Science
Grade: 11
Course: United States History and Geography: Continuity and Change in the Twentieth Century, Grade 11

Overarching Standard:
HSS-11.9 Students analyze U.S. foreign policy since World War II.

Standard:
Trace the origins and geopolitical consequences (foreign and domestic) of the Cold War and containment policy, including the following: • The era of McCarthyism, instances of domestic Communism (e.g., Alger Hiss) and blacklisting • The Truman Doctrine • The Korean War • The Berlin Blockade • The Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis • Atomic testing in the American West, the “mutual assured destruction” doctrine, and disarmament policies • The Vietnam War • Latin American policy

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