Sectional Conflicts Over Territorial Slavery

Westward Expansion and the Early Industrial Revolution

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Investigate how the acquisition of western lands sparked fierce national political crises regarding the balance between free and slaveholding states.

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Westward Expansion and the Early Industrial Revolution

5th Grade · Social Studies · US-UT-SS

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Analyze the territorial growth of the United States, conflicts over land and slavery, and the technological innovations that revolutionized American industry and transportation.

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U.S. I Standard 6.2Utah Social Studies Standards · 5th Grade

Students will use primary sources representing multiple perspectives to interpret conflicts that arose during American expansion, especially as American Indians were forced from their traditional lands and as tensions grew over free and slaveholding territory.