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A House Dividing: The Growing Crisis of Sectionalism in Antebellum America
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, United States History, U.S. Constitution, History-Social ScienceIn this unit of four lessons, from EDSITEment, students trace the development of sectionalism in the United States as it was dri...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0An Early Threat of Secession: The Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Nullification Crisis
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, United States History, U.S. Constitution, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students explore the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Nullification...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854: Popular Sovereignty and the Political Polarization over Slavery
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, United States History, U.S. Constitution, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, one of a multi-part unit from EDSITEment, students explore the wide-ranging debate over American slavery by pres...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0Old Courthouse in St. Louis
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: United States, United States History, History-Social Science, Immigration and Migration, GeographyOld Courthouse in St. Louis is exhibit about a place which, throughout the 19th century, served not only as a house of justice, ...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0Lincoln/Net
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: The Civil War & Reconstruction, American Democracy, United States History, History-Social Science, Branches of GovernmentLincoln/Net presents writings, speeches, and materials from Abraham Lincoln's years in Illinois (1830-1861). Biographical mater...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0Abolition, Anti-slavery Movements, and the Rise of the Sectional Controversy
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Religion, United States History, History-Social Science, ChristianityThis page, from American Memory at the Library of Congress, discusses the rise of anti-slavery movements throughout the 19th cen...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0A Slave Speaks: Anthony Burns
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, United States HistoryThis primary resource, offered by PBS Online s Web site Africans in America, is a transcription of a first-hand account of sla...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0