This indicator was developed to encourage inquiry into the debates, heightened by Westward Expansion, over federal and state power concerning slavery, and the government’s role in protecting and securing natural rights.

Grade(s): 8

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

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 Pages of History: Founding | Carolina Stories 2
Pages of History: Founding | Carolina Stories
Episode 2

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Grades: 8

On January 10, 1803, The Charleston Courier was launched by two federalist proprietors from Massachusetts: Aaron Smith Willington, and Loring Andrews, and from Ireland was Stephen Cullen Carpenter...
Institute Hall | History of SC Slide Collection
Institute Hall | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 4

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Grades: 4 8

The National Democratic nominating convention in session at Institute Hall in Charleston on April 28, 1860. The convention was unable to bridge the differences between northern and southern wings of...
Battle of Cherubusco | History of SC Slide Collection
Battle of Cherubusco | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 21

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Grades: 4 8

South Carolinians were among those who most strongly supported the Mexican War, for it promised westward expansion of the nation in territory south of the Missouri Compromise Line of 1820, and thus...
The Chester Volunteers | History of SC Slide Collection
The Chester Volunteers | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 20

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Grades: 4 8

The Chester Volunteers, Captain Robert Mills Dunovants's company of the Palmetto Regiment, were one of the many South Carolina military units who made up the army that fought in the War with Mexico...
The Webster-Hayne Debate | History of SC Slide Collection
The Webster-Hayne Debate | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 18

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Grades: 4 8 9 10 11 12

The Webster-Hayne Debate. Bitter sectional disputes emerged during the presidency of Andrew Jackson: the issues that divided north from south, and sometimes east from west, included the disposal of...
Runaway Slaves | History of SC Slide Collection
Runaway Slaves | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 14

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Grades: 4 8 9 10 11 12

Runaway slaves were a constant problem in maintaining a workforce of unfree laborers. Slaves ran away because of mistreatment, out of a desire for freedom, or often simply to be reunited with husbands...
Tradition: The Trail of Tears Singing | Periscope
Tradition: The Trail of Tears Singing | Periscope
Episode 12

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

Tradition: The Trail of Tears Singing Every year since 1968, the Snowbird Cherokee have held a ceremony called "The Trail of Tears Singing." The ceremony is held in memory of the Cherokee who were...
Chapter 2: The Trail of Tears | Periscope
Chapter 2: The Trail of Tears | Periscope
Episode 5

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So what became of the once grand Cherokee nation? In 1830, the United States Congress passed the Indian Removal Act. The government of the United States wanted to move Native Americans from land in...