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John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry and Polarization
Examine John Brown's raid on the federal armory, his trial, and why his actions deeply fractured northern and southern attitudes.
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The Road to the Civil War: Sectional Crisis and Secession
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Analyze the escalating political, moral, and constitutional conflicts over slavery from the Missouri Compromise through the election of 1860 and southern secession.
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8.SP2.1Arizona Social Studies Standards · All agesAnalyze multiple factors that influence the perspectives of people during different historical eras.
8.SP2.3Arizona Social Studies Standards · All agesAnalyze how people’s perspectives influenced what information is available in the historical sources they created.