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Standard USHC.2.CE

USHC.2.CE Evaluate the causes and consequences of economic and geographic expansion through significant turning points from 1803–1865.

Grade(s): 11

Subject(s): Social Studies

Year: 2019

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

Episode 15

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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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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...