Content Specification - SS.11.8.a.1:
Students will examine reasons for the passage of the Neutrality Acts (1935–1937) and consider the national debate as a shift to pro‐Allied policies including “cash and carry” and Lend‐Lease.

Content Specification - SS.11.8.a.2:
Students will trace ongoing negotiations with Japan and United States efforts to stop Japanese aggression without resorting to war and without appeasing Japanese demands.

Content Specification - SS.11.8.a.3:
Students will examine the impact of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Content Specification - SS.11.8.a.4:
Students will examine President Roosevelt’s leadership during World War II, including his role as commander in chief and his diplomatic efforts to maintain the Grand Alliance.

Content Specification - SS.11.8.a.5:
Students will examine how technological advancements altered the nature of war and the extent of its devastation, including the use of air power over civilian targets and President Truman’s decision to use the atomic bomb against the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Content Specification - SS.11.8.b.1:
Students will examine United States mobilization efforts and wartime production and their effects on unemployment rates.

Content Specification - SS.11.8.b.2:
Students will examine the reasons for President Roosevelt’s executive order for Japanese removal, the impact of removal on Japanese people living in the United States, and the Supreme Court’s decision in Korematsu v. United States (1944).

Content Specification - SS.11.8.b.3:
Students will examine the contributions of women, African Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, Mexican workers, and Mexican Americans to the war effort, as well as the discrimination they experienced in the military and workforce.

Content Specification - SS.11.8.c.1:
Students will investigate American officials' knowledge of the Holocaust, evaluating the degree to which intervention may have been possible.

Content Specification - SS.11.8.c.2:
Students will examine the contributions of Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson and his arguments made as Chief Prosecutor for the United States at the Nuremberg War Crimes trials.

Content Specification - SS.11.8.c.3:
Students will investigate the role of Eleanor Roosevelt in creating the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.