(The College Board declined Education Week‘s requests for comments for this article. While the previous framework was essentially a list of topics broken into 28 time periods, the new framework describes key concepts within nine time periods, and is focused more on analysis than memorization.Īs the framework notes, it “is not a curriculum and thus does not consist of a list of the historical content (names, events, dates, etc.) that teachers will choose for classroom focus.” expansion westward, was built on a belief in white racial superiority and a sense of American cultural superiority, and helped to shape the era’s political debates. power in the Western Hemisphere and supported U.S. The idea of the Manifest Destiny, which asserted U.S. ![]() racial and cultural superiority, resulted in war, the opening of new markets, acquisition of new territory, and increased ideological conflicts. territorial expansion, fueled by economic and national security interests and supported by claims of U.S. Key Concept 5.1: The United States became more connected with the world as it pursued an expansionist foreign policy in the Western Hemisphere and emerged as the destination for many migrants from other countries. imperialism: the Mexican WarĪs the nation expanded and its population grew, regional tensions, especially over slavery, led to a civil war-the course and aftermath of which transformed American society.
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