National political debates

Identify the features of the many reform movements that arose in the United States. Recognize the importance of the abolition of slavery in the reform era. Recognize the features and arguments of the national political debates over the expansion of slavery.

This unit focuses on the period from 1850 to 1877, an era of political turmoil that resulted in a catastrophic civil war and a troubled era of rebuilding the nation: The reform movements that swept the north, especially abolitionism Efforts to contain the expansion of slavery by Congress and the court system Major military campaigns […]

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