SS8H5 Analyze the impact of the Civil War on Georgia.

a. Explain the importance of key issues and events that led to the Civil War; include slavery , states’ rights, nullification, Compromise of 1850 and the Georgia Platform, the Dred Scott case, Abraham Lincoln’s election in 1860, and the debate over secession in Georgia.

b. Explain Georgia’s role in the Civil War; include the Union blockade of Georgia’s coast, the Emancipation Proclamation, Chickamauga, Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign , Sherman’s March to the Sea, and Andersonville.

SS8H6 Analyze the impact of Reconstruction on Georgia.

a. Explain the roles of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments in Reconstruction.

b. Explain the key features of the Lincoln, the Johnson, and the Congressional Reconstruction plans.

c. Compare and contrast the goals and outcomes of the Freedmen’s Bureau and the Ku Klux Klan.

d. Examine reasons for and effects of the removal of African American or Black legislators from the Georgia General Assembly during Reconstruction.

e. Give examples of goods and services produced during the Reconstruction Era, including the use of sharecropping and tenant farming

SS8E2 Evaluate the influence of Georgia-based businesses on the State’s economic growth and development.

c. Evaluate the economic impact of various industries in Georgia including agricultural, entertainment, manufacturing, service, and technology

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