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Number: SS.8.A.4
Title: Demonstrate an understanding of the domestic and international causes, course, and consequences of westward expansion.
Type:
Standard
Subject: Social Studies
Grade: 8
Strand: American History
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SS.8.A.4.AP.1
Identify the causes, events, and consequences of United States westward expansion.
SS.8.A.4.AP.2
Identify the debate, legislation, and events surrounding the spread of slavery into western territories and Florida.
SS.8.A.4.AP.3
Identify the experiences and perspectives of significant individuals and groups during this era of American History.
SS.8.A.4.AP.4
Identify the impacts of westward expansion on cultural practices and migration patterns of Native American and African slave populations.
SS.8.A.4.AP.5
Identify the causes, events, and consequences of the 19th century transportation revolution on the growth of the nation’s economy.
SS.8.A.4.AP.6
Identify the inventions and inventors that contributed to industrial growth.
SS.8.A.4.AP.7
Identify the causes, events, and consequences of New England’s textile industry on children, women, and industrial growth.
SS.8.A.4.AP.8
Identify the influence of individuals on social and political developments of this era in American History.
SS.8.A.4.AP.9
Identify the causes, events, and consequences of the Second Great Awakening on social reform movements.
SS.8.A.4.AP.10
Identify the impact of technological advancements on the agricultural economy and slave labor.
SS.8.A.4.AP.11
Identify the aspects of slave culture including plantation life, resistance efforts, and the role of the slaves’ spiritual system.
SS.8.A.4.AP.12
Identify the effects of the 1804 Haitian Revolution on the United States acquisition of the Louisiana Territory.
SS.8.A.4.AP.13
Identify the consequences of early landmark Supreme Court decisions, including but not limited to, McCulloch v. Maryland [1819], Gibbons v. Odgen [1824], Cherokee Nation v. Georgia [1831], and Worcester v. Georgia [1832].
SS.8.A.4.AP.14
Identify the causes, events, and consequences of the women’s suffrage movement.
SS.8.A.4.AP.15
Identify the causes, events, and consequences of the Transcendentalism movement.
SS.8.A.4.AP.16
Identify key ideas and influences of Jacksonian democracy.
SS.8.A.4.AP.17
Identify the impact of key events and peoples in Florida during this era of American history.
SS.8.A.4.AP.18
Identify the experiences, perspectives, and contributions of key groups in Florida during the Territorial Period.
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