The Kansas-Nebraska Act, Popular Sovereignty, and Bleeding Kansas

The Road to the Civil War: Sectional Crisis and Secession

7th Grade·Social Studies·US-AZ-SS

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Explain how repealing the Missouri Compromise led to violent conflict between pro- and anti-slavery settlers in Kansas.

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The Road to the Civil War: Sectional Crisis and Secession

7th Grade · Social Studies · US-AZ-SS

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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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Learning standards covered

8.SP4.1Arizona Social Studies Standards · All ages

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

8.SP4.2Arizona Social Studies Standards · All ages

Evaluate the influence of various causes of events and developments in the past.