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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.