Benchmark 1-B
United States: Analyze and interpret major eras, events and individuals from the periods of exploration and colonization through the Civil War and Reconstruction in United States history.
#6 Standard with Test Specifications:
Explain how sectionalism led to the Civil War, to include:
a. different economies that developed in the north, south, and west; addition of new states to the union and the balance of power in the United States senate (Missouri and 1850 compromises);
b. extension of slavery into the territories (e.g., Dred Scott decision, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Frederick Douglass, John Brown);
c. the presidential election of 1860, Lincoln’s victory, and the South’s secession;
Sample Question: H8.1-B.6c
The south seceded from the Union after what event
A. the election of Abraham Lincoln*
B. the passage of the Three-Fifths Compromise
C. the passage of the Missouri compromise
D. the ratification of the Kansas Nebraska Act
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Sound Smart: Dred Scott Case | History
Sound Smart: The Lincoln-Douglass Debates | History
America the Story of Us: Frederick Douglass | History
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Who is John Brown?
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How the Civil War Got Its Start Smithsonian
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The Civil War, Part I: Crash Course US History #20
The Civil War Part 2: Crash Course US History #21
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Blood and Glory: The Civil War in Color: Davis is Chosen to Lead | History
Sound Smart: Fort Sumter and the Civil War | History
Civil War Artillery: The Civil War in Four Minutes
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Blood and Glory: The Civil War in Color: Sherman's March to Savannah | History
Blood and Glory: The Civil War in Color: The H.L. Hunley Death Trap | History
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How the North Won the Civil War