The Underground Railroad and Resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act

Sectional Division and the American Civil War

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Examine how Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad helped enslaved people escape, and how Northern resistance to the Fugitive Slave Act deepened conflict.

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Sectional Division and the American Civil War

5th Grade · Social Studies · US-UT-SS

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Analyze the sectional crises rooted in slavery that caused Southern secession, the leadership and strategies of the Civil War, and the ultimate Union victory.

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U.S. I Standard 7.1Utah Social Studies Standards · 5th Grade

Students will explain how slavery and other geographic, social, economic, and political differences between the North, South, and West led to the Civil War.