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Women's Suffrage in Utah: Seraph Young and Voting Rights
Explain how Utah women were among the first to vote in 1870 and fought to secure equal voting rights in the 1896 State Constitution.
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Conflict, Cooperation, and the Path to Statehood
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Analyze 19th-century conflicts among native peoples, settlers, and the federal government, and trace Utah's fifty-year journey to statehood.
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Learning standards covered
UT Standard 2.7Utah Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeStudents will identify the political challenges that delayed Utah’s statehood and explain how these challenges were overcome. (civics)
UT Standard 3.1Utah Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeStudents will identify the civic virtues and principles codified by the Utah Constitution. (civics)