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Constitutional Debates Over Slavery: Three-Fifths Compromise and Slave Trade Clause
Analyze the contentious debates over slavery at the Constitutional Convention and the compromises reached by the framers.
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Creating the Constitution and the Three Branches
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Investigate the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation, the Constitutional Convention, key constitutional compromises, and the structure of representative government.
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Learning standards covered
SS.5.17West Virginia Social Studies Standards · All agesCompare and contrast the various regions of the United States; locate each of the fifty states and correlate them with their regions.
SS.5.21West Virginia Social Studies Standards · All agesExamine the economic, political and social developments during Reconstruction. • Explain the effects of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination and the goals of Reconstruction. • Characterize the effects of Reconstruction on African Americans (e.g., rights and restrictions, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth Amendments, rise of discriminatory laws and groups (Klu Klux Klan), motivations to relocate, and the actions of the Freedmen’s Bureau, etc.).