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The story of the three forts continues with this segment on Fort Johnson and Fort Sumter.

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2011 - Social Studies [Elementary (3-5)]

3-4.4 Summarize the course of the Civil War in South Carolina, including the Secession Convention, the firing on Fort Sumter, the Union blockade of Charleston, the significance of the Hunley submarine; the exploits of Robert Smalls; and General William T. Shermans march through the state.
2020 - Social Studies [Elementary (3-5)]

4.4.CO Compare the economic and political causes of the Civil War.
2011 - Social Studies [Middle School (6-8)]

8-4.3 Analyze key issues that led to South Carolinas secession from the Union, including the nullification controversy and John C. Calhoun, the extension of slavery and the compromises over westward expansion, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Dred Scott decision, and the election of 1860.
2011 - Social Studies [Middle School (6-8)]

8-4.5 Compare the military strategies of the North and the South during the Civil War and the fulfillment of these strategies in South Carolina and in the South as a whole, including the attack on Fort Sumter, the Union blockade of Charleston and other ports, the early capture of Port Royal, and the development of the Hunley submarine; the exploits of Robert Smalls; and General William T. Shermans march through the state.
2020 - Social Studies [Middle School (6-8)]

8.3.CE Examine consequences of the major Civil War military strategies.
2020 - Social Studies [Middle School (6-8)]

8.3.CO Compare the debates between South Carolina and the federal government regarding slavery, federalism, and the Constitution.

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