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title: "SSUSH19: World War II Overview (Georgia Social Studies standard)"
code: SSUSH19
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Social Studies, SSUSH19
subject: social_studies
grades:
  - high-school
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# SSUSH19: World War II Overview

Examine the origins, major developments, and the domestic impact of World War II, including the growth of the federal government.

- Subject: Social Studies
- Appears in: High School, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/social_studies/high-school.md

## Expectations

- **SSUSH19.a**: Investigate the origins of U.S. involvement in the war including Lend-lease and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
- **SSUSH19.b**: Examine the Pacific Theater including the difficulties the U.S. faced in delivering weapons, food, and medical supplies to troops, the Battle of Midway, Manhattan Project and the dropping of the atomic bombs.
- **SSUSH19.c**: Examine the European Theater including difficulties the U.S. faced in delivering weapons, food, and medical supplies to troops, D-Day, and the Fall of Berlin.
- **SSUSH19.d**: Investigate the domestic impact of the war including war mobilization, as indicated by rationing, wartime conversion, and the role of women and African Americans or Blacks.
- **SSUSH19.e**: Examine Roosevelt's use of executive powers including the integration of defense industries and the internment of Japanese-Americans.

## Georgia Milestones coverage

- US History (EOC). Establishment as a World Power. Establishment as a World Power (about 24% of the test; 11 points; shared with other standards, so count these points once and never add them up per standard)

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