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Sectionalism, The Civil War, and Reconstruction

7th Grade · Social Studies · US-WY-SS

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Examine the roots of sectional division, the major events and turning points of the Civil War, and the constitutional transformation during Reconstruction.

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us-wySS8.4.1Wyoming Social Studies Standards · 5th Grade

Describe how historical events impact the future (cause and effect) and how change spreads to other places (e.g., spread of industrial revolution or causes of the Civil War, impacts of Manifest Destiny, aftermath of French and Indian War, and progression of Indian Removal Act).