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The Road to the Civil War: Sectional Crisis and Secession

7th Grade · Social Studies · US-AZ-SS

7 lessons

Goal

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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  1. The Missouri Compromise and Sectional Balance in 1820Up next
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  4. The Kansas-Nebraska Act, Popular Sovereignty, and Bleeding KansasNot started yet
  5. The Dred Scott Decision and Its Constitutional FalloutNot started yet
  6. John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry and PolarizationNot started yet
  7. The Election of 1860 and Southern SecessionYou are here
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Learning standards covered

us-az8.SP4.1Arizona Social Studies Standards · All ages

Explain the multiple causes and effects of events and developments in the past.

us-az8.SP4.3Arizona Social Studies Standards · All ages

Organize applicable evidence into a coherent argument about the multiple causes and effects of events and issues.