Kentucky Academic Standards
Grade 8: The United States: 1600-1877 Standards
H: Change and Continuity
8.H.CH.5. Explain examples of political, geographic, social and economic changes and consistencies in the different regions of the United States between 1860—1877.
H: Cause and Effect
8.H.CE.2. Analyze the cause and effect of Westward Expansion, the Civil War and Reconstruction on the diverse populations of the United States.
H: Conflict and Compromise
8.H.CO.4. Explain how sectionalism and slavery within the United States led to conflicts between 1820—1877.