---
title: "SS5H2: WWI and Postwar America (Georgia Social Studies standard)"
code: SS5H2
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Social Studies, SS5H2
subject: social_studies
grades:
  - grade-5
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# SS5H2: WWI and Postwar America

Describe U.S. involvement in World War I and post-World War I America.

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

## Expectations

- **SS5H2.a**: Explain how German attacks on U.S. shipping during the war in Europe (1914-1917) ultimately led the U.S. to join the fight against Germany; include the sinking of the Lusitania and concerns over safety of U.S. ships, U.S. contributions to the war, and the impact of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919.
- **SS5H2.b**: Describe the cultural developments and individual contributions in the 1920s of the Jazz Age (Louis Armstrong), the Harlem Renaissance (Langston Hughes), baseball (Babe Ruth), the automobile (Henry Ford), and transatlantic flight (Charles Lindbergh).

## 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.