NAEP - U.S. History 2006: Educators: Historical Periods Studied

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Historical periods studied

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As part of the 2006 U.S. history assessments, twelfth-grade students were asked the following question about the historical periods they covered in class. Below is the full text of the question and the percentage of students who responded within each category.

Since the beginning of middle school or junior high school, how much have you studied the following periods of United States history?

Period in U.S. history	Not at all	Some	A lot
	Percentage of students
The period before 1815: beginnings through the Revolution (e.g., colonization, settlement, revolution)	6	64	30
The period between 1815 and 1865: the new nation through the Civil War (e.g., expansion, reform, crisis of the Union)	5	58	37
The period between 1865 and 1945: the development of modern America (e.g., Reconstruction, Industrial growth, United States role in world affairs, the Great Depression, the First and Second World Wars, immigration)	5	48	48
The period between 1945 and the present: contemporary America (e.g., civil rights movement, women's rights movement, Korean and Vietnam wars, environmental movement)	8	59	33

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NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2006 U.S. History Assessment.

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