SS.912.AA.2.13

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Explain how the rise of cash crops accelerated the growth of the domestic slave trade in the United States.

Clarifications

Clarification 1: Instruction includes the regions where cotton was produced.

Clarification 2: Instruction includes the purpose and impact of Eli Whitney’s cotton gin.

Clarification 3: Instruction includes how the demand for slave labor resulted in a large, forced migration.

Clarification 4: Instruction includes debates over the westward expansion of slavery (e.g., Louisiana Purchase, Missouri Compromise, Wilmot Proviso, Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act).

General Information
Subject Area: Social Studies
Grade: 912
Strand: African American History
Standard: Analyze events that involved or affected African descendants and changed the American economic, political and social landscapes between 1776-1865.
Date Adopted or Revised: 05/24
Status: State Board Approved

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2100340: African-American History (Specifically in versions: 2014 - 2015, 2015 - 2022, 2022 - 2023, 2023 - 2024, 2024 and beyond (current))
2100336: African-American History Honors (Specifically in versions: 2015 - 2022, 2022 - 2023, 2023 - 2024, 2024 and beyond (current))

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