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Cold War, Civil Rights, and Modern America

9th Grade · Social Studies · TEKS

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Analyze the major political, social, and global transformations of the Cold War era through the present day.

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  1. Origins of the Cold War and the Policy of ContainmentUp next
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  5. Civil Rights Legislation and Its ImpactNot started yet
  6. The Vietnam War and American SocietyNot started yet
  7. The Counterculture Movement of the 1960sNot started yet
  8. The Conservative Resurgence and the End of the Cold WarNot started yet
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  10. The 2008 Election and the Election of Barack ObamaYou are here
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us-tx113.41(b)(2)(B)Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · Social-studies · 9th Grade

explain the significance of the following years as turning points: 1898 (Spanish-American War), 1914-1918 (World War I), 1929 (the Great Depression begins), 1939-1945 (World War II), 1957 (Sputnik launch ignites U.S.-Soviet space race), 1968 (Martin Luther King Jr. assassination), 1969 (U.S. lands on the moon), 1991 (Cold War ends), 2001 (terrorist attacks on World Trade Center and the Pentagon), and 2008 (election of first black president, Barack Obama).