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Sectional Division and the Causes of the Civil War

5th Grade · Social Studies · US-UT-SS

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Goal

Compare the economic, political, and cultural divergences between the North and South to explain the outbreak of the American Civil War.

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us-ut5.4.4Utah Social Studies Standards · 5th Grade

Use primary and secondary sources to compare how differences in economics, politics, and culture (for example, slavery, political and economic competition in Western territories) between the North and South led to the United States Civil War.