---
title: "SS5H1: Turn-of-Century American Life (Georgia Social Studies standard)"
code: SS5H1
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Social Studies, SS5H1
subject: social_studies
grades:
  - grade-5
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# SS5H1: Turn-of-Century American Life

Describe how life changed in America at the turn of the century.

- Subject: Social Studies
- Appears in: Grade 5, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/social_studies/grade-5.md

## Expectations

- **SS5H1.a**: Describe the role of the cattle trails in the late 19th century; include the Black Cowboys of Texas, the Great Western Cattle Trail, and the Chisholm Trail.
- **SS5H1.b**: Describe the impact on American life of the Wright brothers (flight), George Washington Carver (science), Alexander Graham Bell (communication), and Thomas Edison (electricity).
- **SS5H1.c**: Explain how William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt expanded America's role in the world; include the Spanish-American War and the building of the Panama Canal.
- **SS5H1.d**: Describe the reasons people immigrated to the United States, from where they emigrated, and where they settled.

## Georgia Milestones coverage

No Georgia Milestones blueprint cites this standard.

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.