SOL - Virginia & US History Exam
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Exam Description: Additional Information
The standards for Virginia and United States History include the historical development of American ideas and institutions from the Age of Exploration to the present. While focusing on political and economic history, the standards provide students with a basic knowledge of American culture through a chronological survey of major issues, movements, people, and events in United States and Virginia history. Students should use historical and geographical analysis skills to explore in depth the events, people, and ideas that fostered our national identity and led to our country’s prominence in world affairs. The study of history must emphasize the intellectual skills required for responsible citizenship. Students practice these skills as they extend their understanding of the essential knowledge defined by the standards for history and social science.The exam covers the following areas:
- Early America: Early Claims, Early Conflicts
- Revolution and the New Nation
- Expansion and Reform: 1788 to 1860
- Civil War and Reconstruction: 1860 to 1877
- Reshaping the Nation and the Emergence of Modern America: 1877 to 1930s
- Conflict: The World at War: 1939 to 1945
- The United States since World War II
