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title: "SSUSH9: Civil War Key Events (Georgia Social Studies standard)"
code: SSUSH9
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Social Studies, SSUSH9
subject: social_studies
grades:
  - high-school
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# SSUSH9: Civil War Key Events

Evaluate key events, issues, and individuals related to the Civil War

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

## Expectations

- **SSUSH9.a**: Explain the importance of the growing economic disparity between the North and the South through an examination of population, functioning railroads, and industrial output.
- **SSUSH9.b**: Discuss Lincoln's purpose in using emergency powers to suspend habeas corpus, issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, and delivering the Gettysburg and Second Inaugural Addresses.
- **SSUSH9.c**: Examine the influences of Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, William T. Sherman, and Jefferson Davis.
- **SSUSH9.d**: Explain the importance of Fort Sumter, Antietam, Vicksburg, Gettysburg, and Atlanta, as well as the impact of geography on these battles.

## 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.