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title: "SSUSH20: Truman and Eisenhower Era Policies (Georgia Social Studies standard)"
code: SSUSH20
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Social Studies, SSUSH20
subject: social_studies
grades:
  - high-school
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# SSUSH20: Truman and Eisenhower Era Policies

Analyze U.S. international and domestic policies including their influences on technological advancements and social changes during the Truman and Eisenhower administrations.

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

## Expectations

- **SSUSH20.a**: Analyze the international policies and actions developed as a response to the Cold War including containment, the Marshall Plan, the Truman Doctrine, and the Korean War.
- **SSUSH20.b**: Connect major domestic issues to their social effects including the G.I. Bill, Truman's integration policies, McCarthyism, the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act, and Brown v. Board of Education.
- **SSUSH20.c**: Examine the influence of Sputnik on U.S. technological innovations and education.

## Georgia Milestones coverage

- US History (EOC). Post–World War II to the Present. Post–World War II to the Present (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.