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title: "SSUSH7: Age of Jackson Developments (Georgia Social Studies standard)"
code: SSUSH7
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Social Studies, SSUSH7
subject: social_studies
grades:
  - high-school
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# SSUSH7: Age of Jackson Developments

Investigate political, economic, and social developments during the Age of Jackson.

- Subject: Social Studies
- Appears in: High School, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/social_studies/high-school.md

## Expectations

- **SSUSH7.a**: Explain Jacksonian Democracy, including expanding suffrage, the Nullification Crisis and states' rights, and the Indian Removal Act.
- **SSUSH7.b**: Explain how the North, South, and West were linked through industrial and economic expansion including Henry Clay and the American System.
- **SSUSH7.c**: Explain the influence of the Second Great Awakening on social reform movements, including temperance, public education, and women's efforts to gain suffrage.
- **SSUSH7.d**: Explain how the significance of slavery grew in American politics including slave rebellions and the rise of abolitionism.

## Georgia Milestones coverage

- US History (EOC). New Republic through Reconstruction. New Republic through Reconstruction (about 20% of the test; 9 points; shared with other standards, so count these points once and never add them up per standard)

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