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Ms. V History7th Grade Social Studies
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Unit 61820 – 1877

A Nation Divided

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Standards & I Can Statements

4 standards and 12 I Can statements for this unit. Each standard keeps the colour it has in your packet, and the vocabulary in that colour belongs to it. Use the I Can statements as your study checklist — if you cannot say it yet, that is what to practice.

Mastery by standard

The same colours as your packet. Pick a standard to practice just the words you are still learning in it.

  • 7.8a

    Sectional Differences

    15 termsColour code: Blue

    Factories changed the North far more than the South, so the two regions ended up with different economies, different values, and different ideas about how much power the federal government should have.

    How the standard says it

    Early United States industrialization affected different parts of the country in different ways. Regional economic differences and values as well as different conceptions of the Constitution, laid the basis for the tensions between states’ rights advocates and supporters of a strong federal government.

    I Can Statements

    • I can explain how inventions and factory systems in the North caused cities to grow and led to new ideas and political changes.
    • I can explain how the South's farming economy, which depended on enslaved labor, influenced its political beliefs and values.
    • I can explain how differences in geography between the North and South led to different ways of life, which caused political and economic conflicts that led to the Civil War.

    Study the 15 terms for Standard 7.8a

  • 7.8b

    Slavery in the New Territories

    12 termsColour code: Red

    Every time the country added new land, people argued over whether slavery would be allowed there. Leaders kept writing compromises, and the compromises kept failing.

    How the standard says it

    As the nation expanded geographically, the question of slavery in new territories and states led to increased sectional tensions. Attempts to compromise ended in failure.

    I Can Statements

    • I can describe the lives of enslaved people prior to the Civil War.
    • I can explain how the question of slavery in new territories and states led to increased sectional tensions and failed compromises.
    • I can describe how the Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford further divided the North & South.

    Study the 12 terms for Standard 7.8b

  • 7.8c

    Causes of the Civil War

    10 termsColour code: Green

    People in different parts of the country blamed different things for the war. What set it off right away was the election of a Republican president, after which Southern states began to leave the Union.

    How the standard says it

    Perspectives on the causes of the Civil War varied based on geographic region, but the election of a Republican president was one of the immediate causes of the secession of the Southern States.

    I Can Statements

    • I can explain why the election of Abraham Lincoln, a republican president, was one of the immediate causes for the secession of the Southern states.
    • I can identify the region of states that seceded to form the Confederate States of America, and the reasons presented for secession. I can identify the states that remained loyal to the union including the border states.

    Study the 10 terms for Standard 7.8c

  • 7.8d

    The Course of the Civil War

    11 termsColour code: Gold

    How the Civil War was fought and who won came down to the leaders on each side, a few key battles, the strategies they chose, and new technology.

    How the standard says it

    The Course and outcome of the Civil War were influenced by strategic leaders from both the North and South, decisive battles, military strategy, and technology.

    I Can Statements

    • I can compare the advantages and disadvantages of the North and the South at the beginning of the Civil War.
    • I can describe the goals and content of Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, as well as its outcome.
    • I can discuss the effects of the Civil War.
    • I can describe what happened at Ford’s Theatre on the night of April 14, 1865, and explain how President Lincoln’s assassination affected the United States.

    Study the 11 terms for Standard 7.8d