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Reconstruction
- 8th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- USHG ERA 5 - CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION (1850-1877)
Compare the different positions concerning the reconstruction of Southern society and the nation, including the positions of President Abraham Lincoln, Preside…
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Civil War
- 8th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- USHG ERA 5 - CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION (1850-1877)
Construct generalizations about how the war affected combatants, civilians (including the role of women and Indigenous Peoples), the physical environment, and …
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Civil War
- 8th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- USHG ERA 5 - CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION (1850-1877)
Describe the role of African-Americans in the war, including black soldiers and regiments, and the increased resistance of enslaved people.
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Civil War
- 8th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- USHG ERA 5 - CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION (1850-1877)
Discuss the social, political, economic, and cultural reasons for secession.
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The Coming of the Civil War
- 8th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- USHG ERA 5 - CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION (1850-1877)
Describe how major issues debated at the Constitutional Convention, such as disagreements over the distribution of political power, rights of individuals (libe…
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The Coming of the Civil War
- 8th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- USHG ERA 5 - CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION (1850-1877)
Describe the resistance of enslaved persons and effects of their actions before and during the Civil War.
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The Coming of the Civil War
- 8th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- USHG ERA 5 - CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION (1850-1877)
Draw conclusions about why the following increased sectional tensions: • the Missouri Compromise (1820). • the Wilmot Proviso (1846). • the Compromise of 18…
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The Coming of the Civil War
- 8th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- USHG ERA 5 - CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION (1850-1877)
Describe the competing views of John C. Calhoun, Daniel Webster, and Henry Clay on the nature of the union among the states.
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The Coming of the Civil War
- 8th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- USHG ERA 5 - CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION (1850-1877)
Describe the impact of the Northwest Ordinance on the expansion of slavery.
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The Coming of the Civil War
- 8th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- USHG ERA 5 - CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION (1850-1877)
Compare the differences in the lives of free black people (including those who escaped from slavery) with the lives of free white people and enslaved people.
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Reform Movements
- 8th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- USHG ERA 4 - EXPANSION AND REFORM (1792-1861)
Investigate the role of religion in shaping antebellum reform movements.
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Reform Movements
- 8th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- USHG ERA 4 - EXPANSION AND REFORM (1792-1861)
Analyze the goals and effects of the antebellum temperance movement.
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Reform Movements
- 8th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- USHG ERA 4 - EXPANSION AND REFORM (1792-1861)
Analyze the antebellum women’s rights (and suffrage) movement by discussing the goals of its leaders and comparing primary source documents from this era to th…
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Reform Movements
- 8th Grade
- Michigan Social Studies Standards
- USHG ERA 4 - EXPANSION AND REFORM (1792-1861)
Describe the formation and development of the abolitionist movement by considering the roles of key abolitionist leaders and the response of southerners and no…