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The Kansas-Nebraska Act and Bleeding Kansas
Learners will explain how the Kansas-Nebraska Act led to violent conflict over slavery.
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Causes of the Civil War: Dividing a Nation
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Goal
Learners will analyze the economic, political, and social divisions that caused the Civil War, including slavery, states' rights, key legislative compromises, abolitionists, and the election of 1860.
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- North and South Before the Civil WarUp next
- Economic Differences: Slavery vs. IndustryNot started yet
- Political Divisions Over States' RightsNot started yet
- Social Divisions and the Slavery DebateNot started yet
- The Missouri Compromise of 1820Not started yet
- The Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave ActNot started yet
- The Kansas-Nebraska Act and Bleeding KansasYou are here
- The Dred Scott Decision and Its AftermathNot started yet
- Abolitionists and the Anti-Slavery MovementNot started yet
- The Election of 1860 and SecessionNot started yet
Learning standards covered
SS.5.10West Virginia Social Studies Standards · All agesCompare the industrial North and the agricultural South prior to the Civil War, the geographic characteristics and boundaries of each region and the basic way of life in each region.
SS.5.12West Virginia Social Studies Standards · All agesCompare the economic and social effects of Reconstruction on different populations, including the move from farms to factories and the change from the plantation system to sharecropping.