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The Indian Removal Act and the Trail of Tears
Explain the causes, legislative actions, and devastating effects of forced Cherokee and Southeastern tribal removal.
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Expansion, Civil War, and Reconstruction: Causes and Perspectives
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Explain the causes, effects, and conflicting perspectives surrounding westward expansion, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and late 19th-century transformation.
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SS.H.3.5Illinois Social Studies Standards · All agesExplain probable causes and effects of events and developments in U.S. history.
SS.H.1.4Illinois Social Studies Standards · All agesExplain connections among historical contexts and why individuals and groups differed in their perspectives during the same historical period.