Content+Standards

=Grade 8 Social Studies Content Standards =

History

1.Explain how the uneven distribution of productive resources influenced historic events such as the Civil War.

3. Explain the purpose and effects of trade barriers such as tariffs enacted before the Civil War.

9. Explain causes of the Civil War with emphasis on: e. the abolitionist movement and the roles of Frederick Douglass and John Brown; f. the addition of new states to the Union and their impact on the balance of power in the Senate, including the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850; and g. the emergence of Abraham Lincoln as a national figure in the Lincoln-Douglas debates, the presidential election of 1860 and the South's secession.

10. Explain the course and consequences of the Civil War with emphasis on: a. contributions of key individuals, including Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant; b. the Emancipation Proclamation; and c. the Battle of Gettysburg.