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The Underground Railroad and Escape Networks
Describe how conductor networks, safe houses, and cooperative resistance aided freedom seekers fleeing southern enslavement.
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Antebellum Division, Slavery, and Reform Movements
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Analyze the institution of slavery, the Second Great Awakening, major reform movements, and the intensifying sectional crises before the Civil War.
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Learning standards covered
8.9Oregon Social Studies Standards · All agesAnalyze the effect of historical and contemporary means of changing societies, and promoting the common good.
8.22Oregon Social Studies Standards · All agesEvaluate continuity and change over the course of United States history by analyzing examples of conflict, compromise, cooperation, interdependence, and social justice from multiple perspectives.