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SOCIAL STUDIES - Grade 8 DEMO



1. A New Nation Social Studies - A New Nation lesson link
Declaration of Independence • American Revolution • Early Politics • Summary

2.

The Shaping of the Constitution


Magna Carta • Bill of Rights • Mayflower Compact • Articles of Confederation • Constitution • Federalist Papers • Summary

3.

American Political System


Political Parties • Law-Making Process • Free Press • Summary

4.

U.S. Foreign Policy in the Early Republic


War of 1812 • Monroe Doctrine • Treaties with American Indian Nations • Summary

5.

Westward Expansion


Industrialization • Immigration • Slavery • Summary

6.

The West


Manifest Destiny • Role of Women • Texas War for Independence • Mexican-American War • Summary

7.

Abolish Slavery


Leaders of the movement • Northwest Ordinance of 1787 • States' Rights Doctrine • Summary

8.

Civil War


Abraham Lincoln • Soldiers (North and South) • Affects of War • Summary

9.

Reconstruction


Goals of Reconstruction • Freedmen's Bureau • Amendments (13th, 14th, and 15th) • Summary

10.

Industrial Revolution


Federal Indian Policy • Grangerism and Populism • Inventions • Summary