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SS4H5Civil War Causes and Consequences

Explain the causes, major events, and consequences of the Civil War.

Appears in: Social Studies, Grade 4

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Expectations

  • SS4H5.a

    Identify Uncle Tom's Cabin and John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry and explain how each of these events was related to the Civil War.

  • SS4H5.b

    Discuss how the issues of states' rights and slavery increased tensions between the North and South.

  • SS4H5.c

    Identify major battles, campaigns, and events: Fort Sumter, Gettysburg, the Atlanta Campaign, Sherman's March to the Sea, and Appomattox Court House.

  • SS4H5.d

    Describe the roles of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, Jefferson Davis, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, and William T. Sherman.

  • SS4H5.e

    Describe the effects of war on the North and South.

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Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.

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