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Conflict, Cooperation, and the Path to Statehood

5th Grade · Social Studies · US-UT-SS

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Analyze 19th-century conflicts among native peoples, settlers, and the federal government, and trace Utah's fifty-year journey to statehood.

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  4. The Black Hawk War and Dispossession of Tribal LandsNot started yet
  5. Utah During the American Civil War and the Pony ExpressNot started yet
  6. Challenges to Statehood: Polygamy, Politics, and Federal LawsNot started yet
  7. The Edmunds-Tucker Act and Territorial Court BattlesNot started yet
  8. The 1890 Manifesto and the Enabling Act of 1894You are here
  9. Crafting the 1895 Utah State ConstitutionNot started yet
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us-utUT Standard 2.7Utah Social Studies Standards · 5th Grade

Students will identify the political challenges that delayed Utah’s statehood and explain how these challenges were overcome. (civics)