Themes by Topic
Illinois 18 Understand social systems, with an emphasis on the United States.
18.8.07 Understand the basic causes, course, and impact of significant social movements and events from history, and related legislation (where applicable), including: westward expansion before and after the Civil War and the significance of the words, "Go west, young man;" the Gold Rush and the Homestead Act; the abolitionist movement; the birth of the Civil Rights Movement (e.g., roles of Tuskegee Institute and Booker T. Washington, the NAACP and W.E.B. DuBois); significant immigrations before and since the Civil War; the women's suffrage movement; the Civil Rights Movement in the 20th century.
