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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

The Reconstruction Amendments, Part 2 | History In A Nutshell

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Grades: 4 8 9 10 11 12

After the Civil War, the U.S. had a long road ahead for rebuilding the country. In addition to fixing the country's infrastructure, the U.S. needed to mend the social and political inequities many...

The Reconstruction Amendments, Part 1 | History In A Nutshell

Episode 1

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Grades: 4 8 9 10 11 12

The question of "the peculiar institution" known as slavery had been hotly debated long before the American Civil War. This video outlines the reasons the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the U.S...

Pages of History: Founding | Carolina Stories

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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...

Plantation "Streets" Of The "Negro Quarters" | History Of South Carolina Slide Collection

Episode 16

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Grades: 4 8

During slavery, although plantation owners attempted to control the lives and activities of their slave labor, a vital community based on African traditions of family and kin networks aided African...

The Emancipation Proclamation | History of SC Slide Collection

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Grades: 4 8

The Emancipation Proclamation has often been misunderstood, even by those who admire it. Abraham Lincoln disliked the system of slavery, but he made it clear from the beginning that the war effort was...

South Carolina's Ultimatum | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 25

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Grades: 4 8

"South Carolina's Ultimatum," engraved by Currier and Ives, portrays South Carolina as destroying herself in her threats to destroy the Union. Courtesy of the South Caroliniana Library.

The Ordinance of Secession, 1860 | History of SC Slide Collection

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Grades: 4 8 12

The Ordinance of Secession, 1860. This document marked the conclusion of a movement to declare Southern independence from a national government increasingly controlled by Northerners. It was the...

First Baptist Church, Columbia, SC | History of SC Slide Collection

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Grades: 8

South Carolinians met here at the First Baptist Church in Columbia on December 17, 1860, determined to end their membership in the United States in protest against the election of Abraham Lincoln, a...

Institute Hall | History of SC Slide Collection

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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...

Palmetto Symbol - South Carolina Regiment | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 22

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Grades: 4 8

The palmetto symbol of the South Carolina regiment's heroic exploits at Cherubusco, Vera Cruz, and Chapultapec became the rallying cry for South Carolinians in general, as well as for veterans of the...

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

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...

Union and States' Rights Gazette | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 19

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Grades: 4 8 9 10 11 12

The front page of the short-lived "Union and States' Rights Gazette" illustrates the complexity of South Carolina politics even though many outsiders thought the state unified behind opposition to the...

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...

Petition to Free Slaves, 1815 | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 17

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Grades: 8

The legislature of South Carolina retained a great deal of authority over many aspects of everyday life. Roads could not be built, ferries across rivers could not be established, slaves could not be...

Southern Chivalry - Argument Versus Clubs | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 16

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Grades: 4 8 9 10 11 12

"Southern Chivalry - Argument versus Clubs," a cartoon by I.L. Magee, illustrated the strong feelings of revulsion that Northerners expressed over the Sumner-Brooks affair. The question of expansion...

Practical Illustration of the Fugitive Slave Law | History of SC Slide Collection

Episode 15

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Grades: 4 8 9 10 11 12

The lands added to the nation through the conquests of the Mexican War raised anew the question of whether or not slavery would be allowed to expand into the new territories of the west. For two years...

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...

Cherokee Reservation, Fort Gibson, Arkansas | History of SC Slide Collection

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Grades: 4 8

The Cherokee nation was gradually pushed out of the western Piedmont by the expanding European encroachment on their lands. The Cherokees in South Carolina had been hard hit by the attacks of Andrew...

Tradition: The Trail of Tears Singing | Periscope

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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

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

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...