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Antietam and the Emancipation Proclamation

Turning Points and Union Victory in the Civil War

5th Grade·Social Studies·US-UT-SS

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Analyze how the battle of Antietam gave Lincoln the strategic opening to issue the Emancipation Proclamation, redefining the war's purpose.

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Turning Points and Union Victory in the Civil War

5th Grade · Social Studies · US-UT-SS

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Craft an evidence-based argument explaining how Union resources, strategy, and critical turning-point battles led to victory over the Confederacy.

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5.4.6Utah Social Studies Standards · 5th Grade

Use evidence from primary and secondary sources to craft an argument that explains how the United States of America prevailed over the Confederate States of America in the United States Civil War.