NCES.AH1.H.6 - Understand how and why the role of the United States in the world has changed over time.
- NCES.AH1.H.6.1 - Explain how national economic and political interests helped set the direction of United States foreign policy from independence through Reconstruction (e.g., treaties, embargo, tariffs, Proclamation of Neutrality, Monroe Doctrine, etc.).
- NCES.AH1.H.6.2 - Explain the reasons for involvement in wars prior to Reconstruction and the influence each involvement had on international affairs (e.g., French and Indian War, War of 1812, Mexican War, Civil War).