Analyze the leaders, strategies, and literature of the abolitionist movement, and explore how activism against slavery catalyzed the fight for women's rights.

Develop skills to research national public policy issues, design evidence-based civic action projects, and participate constructively in democratic society.

Examine early territorial growth, the ideological justifications for expansion, and the policy and human impact of forced Indigenous removal.

Explain the philosophical ideas and historical crises that led from the Articles of Confederation to the Constitutional Convention.