Content Standard(s):
Social Studies 11 ) Identify causes of the Civil War, including states' rights and the issue of slavery.
• Describing the importance of the Missouri Compromise, Nat Turner's insurrection, the Compromise of 1850, the Dred Scott decision, John Brown's rebellion, and the election of 1860
• Recognizing key Northern and Southern personalities, including Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, William Tecumseh Sherman, and Joseph Wheeler (Alabama)
• Describing social, economic, and political conditions that affected citizens during the Civil War
• Identifying Alabama's role in the Civil War (Alabama)
Examples: Montgomery as the first capital of the Confederacy, Winston County's opposition to Alabama's secession (Alabama)
• Locating on a map sites important to the Civil War
Examples: Mason-Dixon Line, Fort Sumter, Appomattox, Gettysburg, Confederate states, Union states (Alabama)
• Explaining events that led to the conclusion of the Civil War
Unpacked Content
Strand: Economics, Geography, History, Civics and Government
Course Title: United States Studies: Beginnings to the Industrial Revolution
Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students:
Identify and explain the causes of the Civil War, including issues of states' rights, conflicts regarding slavery, important events, regional differences, and social, economic, and political conditions.
Describe Alabama's role in the Civil War. Teacher Vocabulary:
Civil War
Missouri Compromise
insurrection
opposition
rebellion
personalities
political conditions
confederacy
secession Knowledge:
Students know:
Causes of the Civil War, including issues of states' rights and slavery.
The importance of the Missouri Compromise, Nat Turner's insurrection, the Compromise of 1850, the Dred Scott decision, John Brown's rebellion, and the election of 1860.
Key Northern and Southern personalities, including Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, William Tecumseh Sherman, and Joseph Wheeler.
Social, economic, and political conditions that affected citizens during the Civil War.
Alabama's role in the Civil War (Montgomery as the first capital of the Confederacy, Winston County's opposition to Alabama's secession). Skills:
Students are able to:
Locate key places and events on a physical and political map.
Identify and analyze the causes of political conflict
Identify key people and explain their role throughout the Civil War.
Describe and draw conclusions about the war affected the citizens of the United States.
Interpret and define the role of Alabama in the Civil War. Understanding:
Students understand that:
There were many factors that led to the Civil War.
Key people and ordinary citizens contributed to and were impacted by the Civil War.
Alabama responded to, participated in, and was impacted by the Civil War. Alabama Archives Resources:
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Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards
AAS Standard:
Social Studies 7 ) Describe causes, courses, and consequences of United States' expansionism prior to the Civil War, including the Treaty of Paris of 1783, the Northwest Ordinance of 1785, the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, the Louisiana Purchase, the Indian Removal Act, the Trail of Tears, Manifest Destiny, the Mexican War and Cession, Texas Independence, the acquisition of Oregon, the California Gold Rush, and the Western Trails. [A.1.a., A.1.c., A.1.e., A.1.f., A.1.g., A.1.i., A.1.j.]
Unpacked Content
Strand: Economics, Geography, History, Civics and Government
Course Title: United States History I: Beginnings to the Industrial Revolution
Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students:
Analyze the causes, courses, and consequences of United States' expansionism prior to the Civil War. Teacher Vocabulary:
interpretation
Ordinance
expansionism
Manifest Destiny Knowledge:
Students know:
The causes of United States' expansionism prior to the Civil War.
The courses of United States' expansionism prior to the Civil War.
The consequences of United States' expansionism prior to the Civil War.
Causes and effects of documents related to U.S. expansionism prior to the Civil War, including the Treaty of Paris of 1783, the Northwest Ordinance of 1785, the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Indian Removal Act
Causes and effects of vital events and ideas related to expansionism prior to the Civil War, including the Trail of Tears, Manifest Destiny, the Mexican War and Cession, Texas Independence, the acquisition of Oregon, the California Gold Rush, and the Western Trails. Skills:
Students are able to:
Locate points on a map.
Describe causes, courses, and consequences of United States' expansionism prior to the Civil War.
Analyze primary sources relating to the United States' expansionism prior to the Civil War.
Analyze key events and ideas that influenced U.S. expansionism prior to the Civil War. Understanding:
Students understand that:
There were many causes, courses, and consequences of United States' expansionism prior to the Civil War.
Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards
AAS Standard:
Social Studies 12 ) Describe the founding of the first abolitionist societies by Benjamin Rush and Benjamin Franklin and the role played by later critics of slavery, including William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Angelina and Sarah Grimké, Henry David Thoreau, and Charles Sumner. [A.1.a., A.1.c., A.1.e., A.1.f., A.1.g., A.1.i., A.1.j.]
• Describing the rise of religious movements in opposition to slavery, including objections of the Quakers
• Explaining the importance of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 that banned slavery in new states north of the Ohio River
• Describing the rise of the Underground Railroad and its leaders, including Harriet Tubman and the impact of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin , on the abolitionist movement
Unpacked Content
Strand: Geography, History, Civics and Government
Course Title: United States History I: Beginnings to the Industrial Revolution
Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students:
Evaluate the impact of the abolitionist movement on the United States from the earliest groups, leaders, and legislation until right before the Civil War. Teacher Vocabulary:
Knowledge:
Students know:
Details of the founding of the first abolitionist societies by Benjamin Rush and Benjamin Franklin.
The role played by later critics of slavery, including William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Angelina and Sarah Grimke', Henry David Thoreau, and Charles Sumner.
The role of religious movements in opposition to slavery, including objections of the Quakers.
The impact of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 that banned slavery in new states north of the Ohio River.
How the Underground Railroad developed, its impact on American society in the North and in the South, and its leaders, including Harriet Tubman.
The impact of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin on the abolitionist movement. Skills:
Students are able to:
Compare the first abolitionist societies by Benjamin Rush and Benjamin Franklin to the development of later abolitionist societies.
Describe the rise of religious of movements in opposition to slavery.
Explain the importance of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787.
Describe the rise of the Underground Railroad and it's leaders. Understanding:
Students understand that:
There was an important abolitionist movement in the United States from the earliest leaders and groups through the later groups, leaders, and legislation.
Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards
AAS Standard:
Social Studies 13 ) Summarize major legislation and court decisions from 1800 to 1861 that led to increasing sectionalism, including the Missouri Compromise of 1820, the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Acts, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and the Dred Scott decision. [A.1.a., A.1.c., A.1.e., A.1.f., A.1.g., A.1.i., A.1.j.]
• Describing Alabama's role in the developing sectionalism of the United States from 1819 to 1861, including participation in slavery, secession, the Indian War, and reliance on cotton (Alabama)
• Analyzing the Westward Expansion from 1803 to 1861 to determine its effect on sectionalism, including the Louisiana Purchase, Texas Annexation, and the Mexican Cession
• Describing tariff debates and the nullification crisis between 1800 and 1861
• Analyzing the formation of the Republican Party for its impact on the 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States
Unpacked Content
Strand: Economics, Geography, History, Civics and Government
Course Title: United States History I: Beginnings to the Industrial Revolution
Evidence Of Student Attainment:
Students:
Analyze the causes for increasing sectionalism in the United States prior to the Civil War, including legislative, judicial, social, political, and economic causes. Teacher Vocabulary:
legislation
act
secession
annexation
cession Knowledge:
Students know:
Major legislation and court decisions from 1800 to 1861 that led to increasing sectionalism, including the Missouri Compromise of 1820, the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Acts, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and the Dred Scott decision.
Alabama's role in the developing sectionalism of the United States from 1819 to 1861, including participation in slavery, secession, the Indian War, and reliance on cotton.
Westward Expansion from 1803 to 1861 including the Louisiana Purchase, Texas Annexation, and the Mexican Cession.
Tariff debates and the nullification crisis between 1800 and 1861.
The formation of the Republican Party for its impact on the 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States. Skills:
Students are able to
Summarize major legislation and court decision from 1800 to 1861 that led to increasing sectionalism.
Describe Alabama's role in the developing sectionalism of the United States from 1819 to 1861, including the participation in slavery, secession, the Indian War, and reliance on cotton.
Analyzing the Westward Expansion from 1803 to 1861 to determine its effect on sectionalism.
Describe tariff debates and the nullification crisis between 1800 and 1861.
Analyze the formation of the Republican party for its impact on the 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln.
Explain the significance of the 36'30 parallel in relation to the Missouri Compromise, Sectionalism, and Manifest Destiny. Understanding:
Students understand that:
There were important events that led to increased sectionalism, including legislation and court decisions, the role of new land acquisition and the spread of slavery into new territories, and these issues that led to the formation of the Republican Party.
Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards
AAS Standard:
