Standard(s):
[SS2010] USS5 (5) 8 : 8 ) Identify major events of the American Revolution, including the battles of Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill, Saratoga, and Yorktown.
Describing principles contained in the Declaration of Independence
Explaining contributions of Thomas Jefferson, Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, Patrick Henry, Thomas Paine, George Washington, Haym Solomon, and supporters from other countries to the American Revolution
Explaining contributions of ordinary citizens, including African Americans and women, to the American Revolution
Describing efforts to mobilize support for the American Revolution by the Minutemen, Committees of Correspondence, First Continental Congress, Sons of Liberty, boycotts, and the Second Continental Congress
Locating on a map major battle sites of the American Revolution, including the battles of Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill, Saratoga, and Yorktown
Recognizing reasons for colonial victory in the American Revolution
Explaining the effect of the Treaty of Paris of 1783 on the development of the United States
[SS2010] USS5 (5) 9 : 9 ) Explain how inadequacies of the Articles of Confederation led to the creation and eventual ratification of the Constitution of the United States.
Describing major ideas, concepts, and limitations of the Constitution of the United States, including duties and powers of the three branches of government
Identifying factions in favor of and opposed to ratification of the Constitution of the United States
Example: Federalist and Anti-Federalist factions
Identifying main principles in the Bill of Rights
Analyzing the election of George Washington as President of the United States for its impact on the role of president in a republic
[SS2010] USS5 (5) 11 : 11 ) Identify causes of the Civil War, including states' rights and the issue of slavery.
Describing the importance of the Missouri Compromise, Nat Turner's insurrection, the Compromise of 1850, the Dred Scott decision, John Brown's rebellion, and the election of 1860
Recognizing key Northern and Southern personalities, including Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, William Tecumseh Sherman, and Joseph Wheeler (Alabama)
Describing social, economic, and political conditions that affected citizens during the Civil War
Identifying Alabama's role in the Civil War (Alabama)
Examples: Montgomery as the first capital of the Confederacy, Winston County's opposition to Alabama's secession (Alabama)
Locating on a map sites important to the Civil War
Examples: Mason-Dixon Line, Fort Sumter, Appomattox, Gettysburg, Confederate states, Union states (Alabama)
Explaining events that led to the conclusion of the Civil War