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West Point in the Making of America Resources
Grade Range: 4-12
Resource Type(s): Reference Materials
Date Posted:
8/14/2011
The collection of resources relating to military history and the United States Military Academy at West Point includes an extensive bibliography, teacher and student resources and web links. It is included in the online exhibition entitled West Point in the Making of America.
National Standards
Standards in History (Grades K-4)
United States History Standards (Grades 5-12)
Era 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820s)
2: The impact of the American Revolution on politics, economy, and society
3: The institutions and practices of government created during the Revolution and how they were revised between 1787 and 1815 to create the foundation of the American political system based on the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights
Era 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
2: How the industrial revolution, increasing immigration, the rapid expansion of slavery, and the westward movement changed the lives of Americans and led toward regional tensions
3: The extension, restriction, and reorganization of political democracy after 1800
4: The sources and character of cultural, religious, and social reform movements in the antebellum period
Era 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
2: Massive immigration after 1870 and how new social patterns, conflicts, and ideas of national unity developed amid growing cultural diversity
3: The rise of the American labor movement and how political issues reflected social and economic changes
4: Federal Indian policy and United States foreign policy after the Civil War