Expansion, Slavery, Civil War & Reconstruction — Chapter overview · United States History & Government: Colonial Foundations to the Early 21st Century, Grade 11
5 focused units, followed by an evidence workshop, chapter review, and chapter quiz.
Chapter question
How did conflict over land, slavery, and authority transform the Union and the meaning of freedom?
Units in this chapter
- Unit 2.1 · Territorial Expansion, Indigenous Sovereignty & Removal
I can distinguish acquisition methods.
- Unit 2.2 · Slavery, Cotton, Abolition & Antebellum Reform
I can trace cotton through an economic system.
- Unit 2.3 · Sectional Conflict, Political Breakdown & Secession
I can explain why territorial rules mattered.
- Unit 2.4 · Civil War, Emancipation & the Destruction of Slavery
I can relate resources to military choices.
- Unit 2.5 · Reconstruction: Citizenship, Labor & Federal Enforcement
I can distinguish the three amendments.