EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY
28. Explain the reasons for the growth of representative government and institutions during the Colonial
period. (Virginia House of Burgesses). (TEKS 8.3A) (TAKS 4)
29. Identify Colonial grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence and explain how those grievances
were addressed in the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights (“no taxation without representation,”
protects the rights of the individual). (TEKS US 8.16) (TAKS 1)
30. Explain the roles played by significant individuals during the American Revolution, including [Samuel
Adams, Benjamin Franklin, King George III] Thomas Jefferson, [the Marquis de Lafayette, Thomas
Paine,] and George Washington. (TEKS 8.4B) (TAKS 1)
31. Explain the issues surrounding [important events of] the American Revolution, including declaring
independence; [writing] the Articles of Confederation, [fighting the battles of Lexington, Concord,
Saratoga, and Yorktown; and signing the Treaty of Paris]. (TEKS 8.4C) (TAKS 1)
32. Identify the influence of ideas from historic documents including the Magna Carta, the English Bill of
Rights, [the Mayflower Compact], the Declaration of Independence, the Federalist Papers, [and elected antifederalist writings] on the U.S. system of government. (TEKS 8.16A) (TAKS 4)
33. Analyze how the U.S. Constitution reflects the principles of limited government, republicanism, checks
and balances, federalism, separation of powers, popular sovereignty, and individual rights. (TEKS8.16D) (TAKS 4)
34. Define and give examples of Unalienable Rights (life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness) (TEKS8.20A) (TAKS 4)
35. Summarize rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights (freedom of speech, etc.). (TEKS 8.20B) (TAKS 4)
36. Describe the importance of free speech and press in a democratic society. (TEKS 8.22B) (TAKS 4)
37. Compare the ways people satisfy their basic needs through the production of goods and services such as
subsistence agriculture verses market-oriented agriculture or cottage industries verses commercial
industries. (TEKS WG 10C) (TAKS 3)
38. Describe historical conflicts arising over the issues of states’ rights, including the Nullification Crisis
(Andrew Jackson, John C. Calhoun, federalism) and the Civil War. (TEKS 8.18B) (TAKS 4)
WESTWARD EXPANSION AND THE GILDED AGE
39. Analyze the relationship between private property rights and the migration and settlement of the Great
Plains.(Homestead Act) (TEKS US 12A)
40. Analyze political issues such as Indian policies. (Wounded Knee, reservation system, and Dawes Act).
(TEKS US 2A)
41. Explain efforts of the Americanization movement to assimilate immigrants into American culture
and settlement movement). (TEKS US 21B)
42. Identify the political, social, and economic contributions of women to American society (the settlement
movement, Mary Harris Jones, Jane Addams, Susan B. Anthony). (TEKS US 21D) (TAKS 3)
43. Analyze political issues such as growth of political machines (Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall) and
civil service reform (Pendleton Act). (TEKS US 2A)
44. Explain the effects of scientific discoveries and technological innovations such as electric power, the
telegraph and telephone, petroleum based–products on the development of the U.S. (Thomas Edison,
Alexander Graham Bell). (TEKS US 22A) (TAKS 3)
45. Give examples of [major mathematical and scientific discoveries and] technological innovations that
occurred at different periods in history and describe the changes produced by these discoveries and
innovations (light bulbs). (TEKS WH 23A) (TAKS 2)
46. Compare the purpose of the Interstate Commerce Commission with its performance over time. (TEKS
US 12B)
47. Describe the impact of the Sherman Antitrust Act on businesses. (TEKS US 12C)
48. Analyze how scientific discoveries and technological innovations, including those in transportation and
communication, have changed the standard of living in the United States (suspension bridges and
street cars). (TEKS US 23A) (TAKS 3)
49. Analyze social issues such as child labor, growth of cities (tenements), treatment of minorities, and
problems of immigrants ("new" immigrants from southern and eastern Europe). (TEKS US 2C) (TAKS 3)
50. Analyze the effects of changing demographic patterns resulting from immigration to the United States
(new immigrants v. old immigrants). (TEKS US 10B) (TAKS 2)
51. Analyze economic issues such as industrialization, the growth of the Railroad, the growth of labor
unions, farm issues, and the rise of big business. (TEKS US 2B) (TAKS 3)
52. Analyze the impact of technological innovations on the nature of work, the American labor movement,
and businesses (the assembly line, Henry Ford). (TEKS US 22C) (TAKS 3)