8.SS.7.E

Identify the provisions and compare the effects of congressional conflicts and compromises prior to the Civil War, including the role of John Quincy Adams.

Grade 8 · Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · TEKS 2010

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Vocabulary
provisionseffectscongressional conflictscompromisesCivil WarJohn Quincy Adams
Skills
  • identify (the provisions of congressional conflicts and compromises prior to the Civil War) #dok1
  • compare (the effects of congressional conflicts and compromises prior to the Civil War) #dok2
  • analyze (the role of John Quincy Adams in congressional conflicts and compromises) #dok3
Learning Targets
  • I can identify the main provisions of major congressional conflicts and compromises that occurred before the Civil War. #dok1
  • I can list important congressional conflicts and compromises that took place prior to the Civil War. #dok1
  • I can compare the effects of different congressional conflicts and compromises on various regions and groups in the United States. #dok2
  • I can explain similarities and differences in the outcomes of key congressional conflicts and compromises before the Civil War. #dok2
  • I can analyze the role of John Quincy Adams in shaping important congressional conflicts and compromises prior to the Civil War. #dok3
  • I can evaluate how the efforts of John Quincy Adams influenced the resolution of congressional disagreements before the Civil War. #dok3
Big Ideas
  • Congressional conflicts and compromises before the Civil War significantly influenced the nation's path toward sectionalism and conflict.
  • Individuals like John Quincy Adams played key roles in shaping and responding to legislative solutions to regional disagreements.
Essential Questions
  • What were the major congressional conflicts and compromises before the Civil War, and what problems did they attempt to address?
  • How did the provisions of these conflicts and compromises affect different regions and groups in the United States?
  • In what ways did congressional actions both delay and contribute to the outbreak of the Civil War?
  • What was John Quincy Adams’s role in the debates over congressional conflicts and compromises prior to the Civil War?
  • How do the successes and failures of these compromises help us understand the causes of the Civil War?