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The Common School Movement and Horace Mann
Explain how Horace Mann advocated for universal, tax-funded public education as essential for a democratic republic.
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Jacksonian Democracy, Reform Movements, and Changing Rights
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Investigate the expansion of voting rights for white men, the rise of popular political parties, and early reform movements for social justice.
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Learning standards covered
SS.8.1.2Colorado Social Studies Standards · All agesDevelop a contextual understanding of the historical eras, individuals, groups, ideas, and themes from the origins of the American Revolution through Reconstruction.
SS.8.4.1Colorado Social Studies Standards · All agesConstruct an understanding of the changing definition of citizenship and the expansion of rights of citizens in the United States.
SS.8.5.1Colorado Social Studies Standards · All agesExamine the role of consumer decisions and taxes within the market economies of early American history.