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Social Studies
SS2010 (2010)
Grade: 5
United States Studies: Beginnings to the Industrial Revolution | 13 ) Describe social and economic influences on United States' expansion prior to World War I.
• Explaining how the development of transcontinental railroads helped the United States achieve its Manifest Destiny
• Locating on a map states, capitals, and important geographic features west of the Mississippi River
• Explaining how the United States acquired Alaska and Hawaii
• Identifying major groups and individuals involved with the Westward Expansion, including farmers, ranchers, Jewish merchants, Mormons, and Hispanics
• Analyzing the impact of closing the frontier on American Indians' way of life
• Explaining how the Spanish-American War led to the emergence of the United States as a world power
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Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards
| Social Studies
SS2010 (2010)
Grade: 10
United States History I: Beginnings to the Industrial Revolution | 7 ) Describe causes, courses, and consequences of United States' expansionism prior to the Civil War, including the Treaty of Paris of 1783, the Northwest Ordinance of 1785, the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, the Louisiana Purchase, the Indian Removal Act, the Trail of Tears, Manifest Destiny, the Mexican War and Cession, Texas Independence, the acquisition of Oregon, the California Gold Rush, and the Western Trails. [A.1.a., A.1.c., A.1.e., A.1.f., A.1.g., A.1.i., A.1.j.]
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Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards
| Social Studies
SS2010 (2010)
Grade: 10
United States History I: Beginnings to the Industrial Revolution | 14 ) Describe how the Civil War influenced the United States, including the Anaconda Plan and the major battles of Bull Run, Antietam, Vicksburg, and Gettysburg and Sherman's March to the Sea. [A.1.a., A.1.b., A.1.c., A.1.d., A.1.e., A.1.i., A.1.k.]
• Identifying key Northern and Southern Civil War personalities, including Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, and William Tecumseh Sherman
Example: President Abraham Lincoln's philosophy of union, executive orders, and leadership
• Analyzing the impact of the division of the nation during the Civil War regarding resources, population distribution, and transportation
• Explaining reasons border states remained in the Union during the Civil War
• Describing nonmilitary events and life during the Civil War, including the Homestead Act, the Morrill Act, Northern draft riots, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the Gettysburg Address
• Describing the role of women in American society during the Civil War, including efforts made by Elizabeth Blackwell and Clara Barton
• Tracing Alabama's involvement in the Civil War (Alabama)
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Alabama Alternate Achievement Standards
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