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Standards for Grade(s): 11

United States History and Geography: Continuity and Change in the Twentieth Century

11.8 Students analyze the economic boom and social transformation of post-World War II America.

2. Describe the significance of Mexican immigration and its relationship to the agricultural economy, especially in California.

Standards for Grade(s): 8

United States History and Geography: Growth and Conflict

8.12 Students analyze the transformation of the American economy and the changing social and political conditions in the United States in response to the Industrial Revolution.

7. Identify the new sources of large-scale immigration and the contributions of immigrants to the building of cities and the economy; explain the ways in which the new social and economic patterns encouraged assimilation of newcomers into the mainstream amidst growing cultural diversity; and discuss the new wave of nativism.