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U.S. History End-of-Course Assessment SS.912.A.6.1 BENCHMARK SS.912.A.6.1 Strand A American History Reporting Category The United States and the Defense of the International Peace Standard 6 World War II and post–World War II Understand the causes and course of World War II, the character of the war at home and abroad, and its reshaping of the United States’ role in the post-war world. Benchmark SS.912.A.6.1 Examine causes, course, and consequences of World War II on the United States and the world. Also Assesses SS.912.A.6.2 Describe the United States’ response in the early years of World War II (Neutrality Acts, Cash and Carry, Lend Lease Act). Benchmark Clarifications SS.912.A.6.3 Analyze the impact of the Holocaust during World War II on Jews as well as other groups. SS.912.A.6.4 Examine efforts to expand or contract rights for various populations during World War II. SS.912.A.6.5 Explain the impact of World War II on domestic government policy. SS.912.A.6.6 Analyze the use of atomic weapons during World War II and the aftermath of the bombings. SS.912.A.6.7 Describe the attempts to promote international justice through the Nuremberg Trials. SS.912.A.6.8 Analyze the effects of the Red Scare on domestic United States policy. SS.912.A.6.9 Describe the rationale for the formation of the United Nations, including the contribution of Mary McLeod Bethune. SS.912.A.6.15 Examine key events and peoples in Florida history as they relate to United States history. Students will identify and/or evaluate the social, political, and economic causes of World War II. Students will identify and/or evaluate the causes and consequences of World War II both domestically and internationally. 40 | U.S. History End-of-Course Assessment Test Item Specifications Florida Department of Education
U.S. History End-of-Course Assessment SS.912.A.6.1 Benchmark Clarifications Content Limits Stimulus Attribute Content Focus Students will evaluate the significance of specific wartime events and actions both on the home front and on the progress of the war. Students will analyze the role played by individuals in the war effort, including the involvement of women and minority groups in home front and overseas activities. Students will identify and/or evaluate the role of technology in World War II and the political, economic, and social implications of the use of technology. Students will evaluate the long-term influences of the war on both domestic and international affairs. Items should address international issues from the perspective of the United States rather than from the perspective of other countries or global leaders. If a battle is mentioned, it should be a turning point in the cause, course, or outcome of the war. Items addressing the American involvement in World War II will use historical documents and other relevant stimuli (e.g., maps, timelines, charts, graphs, tables). These terms are given in addition to those found in the standards, benchmarks, and benchmark clarifications. Additional items may include, but are not limited to, the following: Atlantic Charter, Coral Sea, Final Solution, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Holocaust, home front, Japanese-American internment, Lend-Lease Act, loyalty review boards, loyalty review program, Mary McLeod Bethune, Midway, national security, Normandy, Nuremberg Trials, Pearl Harbor, Potsdam, Salerno, Tehran Conference, United Nations, V-E Day, V-J Day, Yalta Conference. U.S. History End-of-Course Assessment Test Item Specifications Florida Department of Education | 41 | 41
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