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US History

This is a survey course that provides students with an investigation of important political, economic, and social developments in American history from the pre-colonial time period to the present day. Students will be engaged in activities that call upon their skills as historians (i.e. recognizing cause and effect relationships, various forms of research, expository and persuasive writing, reading of primary and secondary sources, comparing and contrasting important ideas and events).

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Civil War Test

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FIFTH GRADE-SOCIAL STUDIES Civil War Test Directions: Answer the following questions on your own paper. Name ______________ 1. How was the economy of the South different from that of the North before the Civil War? A. The South did not import or export many products. B. Most Southern industries grew at a faster rate. C. The South had developed a better system of railroads. D. Much of the Southern agriculture depended on slave labor. 2. The Civil War began in 1861 when Union forces surrendered at Ft. Sumter. The war ended at Appomattox in 1865 when A. General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant. B. President Jefferson Davis left office and fled to Europe.

U.S Expansion

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Territory Date Acquired Previous owner Circumstances of acquisition Louisiana Purchase 1803 France Frances failure to subdue Santoa Domingo and the termination of American rights were the ultimate causes. British Cession 1818 Britain Was an attempt to restore peace with Great Britain. Florida (Spanish Cession) 1819 Spain War and violence Texas 1845 Independent In 1836 Texas requested admission to the union and declared its independence from Mexico. Oregon Territory April 1846 Britain Britain had no choice but to negotiate or go to war. Mexican Cession Feb. 2nd 1848 Mexico Mexican-American war Gadsden Purchase 1853 Mexico Manifest destiny had little effect due to State conflicts. Purchase was negotiated by James Gadsden. U.S. after Revolution

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