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SS8H5Civil War Impact on Georgia

Analyze the impact of the Civil War on Georgia.

Appears in: Social Studies, Grade 8

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Expectations

  • SS8H5.a

    Explain the importance of key issues and events that led to the Civil War; include slavery, states' rights, nullification, Compromise of 1850 and the Georgia Platform, the Dred Scott case, Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860, and the debate over secession in Georgia.

  • SS8H5.b

    Explain Georgia's role in the Civil War; include the Union blockade of Georgia's coast, the Emancipation Proclamation, Chickamauga, Sherman's Atlanta Campaign, Sherman's March to the Sea, and Andersonville.

Georgia Milestones coverage

  • Social Studies Grade 8 (EOG) · History

    History

    about 50% of the test · 23 points These points are shared with other standards, so count them once and never add them up per standard.

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