Us history benchmark task card: ss. 912. A 1

1862 Homestead Act

Anaconda Plan Freeport Doctrine

Civil Rights Act of 1866 Fugitive Slave Act

Compromise of 1850 Gettysburg Address

Compromise of 1877 Jim Crow laws

Dawes Act Kansas-Nebraska Act

Dred Scott Decision Ostend Manifesto

Emancipation Proclamation Radical

15th Amendment Reconstruction Plan

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  What role did the concept of compromise contribute to causes leading to the Civil War?
  
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  How would you compare and contrast the goals of Radical and Moderate Reconstructionists?
  
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  How did Constitutional changes impact democratic ideals after the Civil War?
  
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  How did major political parties and leaders influence controversial social and economic ideals before and after the Civil War?
  
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  How did the Civil War and Reconstruction impact the Presidency?
  
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  What role did prewar social and cultural differences in the North and South play in causing the Civil War?
  
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  How did American settlement patterns impact Native Americans from 1865-90?
  

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  How have I used concepts from this benchmark?
  
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  How did the benchmark help me better understand __________?
  
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  Where is my learning on the scale?
  

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  Identify and/or evaluate the causes and consequences of the Civil War
  
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  Identify the economic, political, and/or social causes of the Civil War.
  
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  Identify varying points of view regarding the main causes of the Civil War
  
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  Evaluate the constitutional issues relevant to time period
  
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  Identify the economic, political, and/or social consequences of Reconstruction.
  
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  Identify and/or categorize the influence of significant people or groups on Reconstruction
  
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  Describe the issues that divided Republicans during the early Reconstruction era
  
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  Identify the significance and/or impact of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments
  
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  Explain how Jim Crow laws circumvented the intent and meaning of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments
  

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  Analyze and/or explain the various components of Jim Crow legislation and their effects on Southern minorities
  
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  Identify settlement patterns in the American West, the reservation system, and/or the tribulations of the Native Americans from 1865–90
  

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  What caused to_____?
  
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  Why did happen to _____?
  
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  How did the conflict between____ and_____ begin?
  
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  What is the main reason/cause that ____happens?
  
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  Which factor forces/influences______?
  
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  Why is _________ a significant event?
  

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  What was the effect of _________?
  
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  What were the results of _________?
  
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  What effect did _______ have on ____?
  

Product: Multi-Flow Map

Interstate Commerce Act (1887)

Homestead Act (1862)

Granger laws

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  How did the gains and losses of individual rights’ correlate to the philosophies of various reform movements of the time period?
  
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  What role did westward expansion play in the changing social and economic landscape of America?
  
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  How did technology change farmers’ way of life?
  

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  How have I used concepts from this benchmark?
  
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  How did the benchmark help me better understand __________?
  
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  Where is my learning on the scale?
  

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  Analyze and/or explain the causes of the economic challenges faced by American farmers
  
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  Identify strategies used by farmers to address the economic challenges of the late 1800s
  

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  Limited to interpretation of broader economic concepts
  
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  Complex application or interpretation of economic graphs (i.e.-supply and demand) NOT required
  

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  Based on all information given, how does each part add to the idea that _____?
  
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  How do ___and ____suggest the central idea that ______?
  
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  According to the information given (including the chart, graph, photograph caption, etc…) about, explain ________?
  
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  People who read this passage will learn that _____?
  
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  How does the concept in the article ____relate to the concept in the article_____? Use details from each article to support your answer.
  
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  What information supports the conclusion that____________?
  
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  What leads the reader to believe that_____________?
  

Product: Flow Map

Cognitive Process: Cause/Effect

Product: Multi-Flow Map

Chinese Exclusion Act

Gentlemen’s Agreement

Haymarket Riot (1886)

Sherman Antitrust Act (1890)

Homestead Strike (1892)

Pullman Strike (1894)

Sherman Silver Purchase Act (1894)

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  How did the role of government change in relation to business and labor? What were the issues and how were they resolved?
  
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  What were the motivations of various European and Asian immigrants to make their way to the US? Compare and contrast Americans reactions to these various groups.
  

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  What was the concept of Social Darwinism? How was it used by both liberals and conservatives?
  

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  How did the forces of industrialization, immigration, technology, and urbanization change popular American culture and family life?
  
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  How did American industrial achievements and developments influence the rest of the world?
  

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  How have I used concepts from this benchmark?
  
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  How did the benchmark help me better understand __________?
  
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  Where is my learning on the scale?
  

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  Analyze and/or explain contributing social and/or political causes and/or conditions in government, society, and the economy
  
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  Explain and/or evaluate the significance of events, movements, and people in American society
  
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  Analyze and/or evaluate the human experience
  
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  Identify the new industries and/or economic innovations and their impact on the economy and society
  
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  Identify the significant inventors
  
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  Compare and/or contrast the experiences of Northern European, Southern European, and Asian immigrants
  
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  Explain the impact of social change and reform movements in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
  
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  Describe the origin, course, and/or consequences of the labor movement in the late 19^th and early 20^th centuries
  
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  Explain the impact of key events and peoples in Florida history related to the Second Industrial Revolution
  

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  Limited to the time period from 1865–1910.
  
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  Complex application or interpretation of economic graphs NOT required
  
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  Limited to the interpretation of broader economic concepts in historical contexts
  
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  Key events and peoples in Florida history are limited to the impact of Henry Flagler and the East Coast Railroad
  

• Why does the author compare ___and___ in this passage?

• How does the comparison between ___and _____help to illustrate?

• In what way is____ an appropriate comparison?

• What do ___and ___have in common?

• How does the author’s impression of _____ and ______ change throughout the passage?

• What advantage did ____have ___over?

• Why did have more than ____?

• In what ways did ______ experience ______?

• According to the article, which ___helped __?

• How does____ support the idea that ____?

• How can the reader prove the idea___ that is the main idea of this text?

Product: Tree Map

Cognitive Process: Compare/Contrast

Product: Double Bubble Map

Open Door policy

Panama Canal

Philippines

Platt Amendment

Roosevelt Corollary

Spanish-American War

Teller Amendment

Treaty of Paris

Treaty of Portsmouth (1905)

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  Why did the United States expand its role in world affairs in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?
  

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  In what ways did other nations respond to the expanding
  American role in world affairs?
  

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  How did the issue over American ownership of colonies after the Spanish-American War influence the nature of American government?
  

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  How did Floridian cities such as Tampa and Miami contribute to the state’s economic growth during and after the Spanish-American War?
  
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  What accounted for the mindset shift in American journalism during the late 19^th century?
  
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  How did the United States justify its expansion into the world as it established colonies overseas?
  

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  How have I used concepts from this benchmark?
  
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  How did the benchmark help me better understand __________?
  
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  Where is my learning on the scale?