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  2. Indigenous Peoples Before the Arrival of Europeans
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  4. Colonization
  5. The Revolutionary War
  6. Key Developments in the Formation of the National Government (including Founding Documents)
    1. Founding Documents
    2. Types of U.S. Government
      1. Three Branches of Government
        1. Legislative Branch (Federal, State)
        2. Judicial Branch (Federal, State)
        3. Executive Branch (Federal, State)
    3. Responsibilities of U.S. Citizenship
  7. Settlement of the West and Overseas Expansion
  8. The Civil War and Reconstruction
  9. The Industrial Revolution
  10. The Progressive Era, Depression, and the New Deal
  11. Emergence of U.S. as a world power
  12. Civil Rights
  13. U.S. world leadership (collapse of Soviet Union to the present)
  14. World History (Major Developments and Key People)
  15. Geography
  16. Economics (Basic Terms and Issues)
  17. Interactive Sites (Survey Sites that Cover Multiple Time Periods)
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Key Developments in the Formation of the National Government (including Founding Documents)

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They address these exam objectives

GENERAL CURRICULUM TEST OBJECTIVE : 0006  Understand major developments in the history of the United States from precolonial times to the present.

  • Recognize key developments in the formation of the national government

GENERAL CURRICULUM TEST OBJECTIVE : 0007  Understand the founding documents and governmental systems of the United States; the principles, ideals, rights, and responsiblities of U.S. Citizenship; and the fundamental principles and concepts of economics

  • Recognize the responsibilities of U.S. citizens (e.g., paying taxes, jury duty, voting)
  • Apply basic economic terms (e.g., scarcity, opportunity cost) to analyze contemporary economic issues.
  • Examine the fundamental concepts and principles of capitalism (e.g., private property, profit, supply and demand).
Web Links:
  1. American Civics - Kahn Academy American Civics - Kahn Academy
    A site with short videos about how government works in the United States. It includes many contemporary topics.
Author: Janet Painter
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