- Period 5: 1844–1877
- UNIT AT A GLANCE
- 5.1 Contextualizing Period 5 Continuity and Change 4.B Explain how a specific historical development or process is situated within a broader historical context.
- GEO 5.2 Manifest Destiny Causation 1.B Explain a historical concept, development, or process.
- WOR 5.3 The Mexican–American War Causation 3.C Compare the arguments or main ideas of two sources.
- NAT 5.4 The Compromise of 1850 Comparison 4.B Explain how a specific historical development or process is situated within a broader historical context.
- SOC 5.5 Sectional Conflict: Regional Differences Comparison 2.B Explain the point of view, purpose, historical situation, and/or audience of a source.
- PCE 5.6 Failure of Compromise Causation 5.B Explain how a historical development or process relates to another historical development or process.
- 5.7 Election of 1860 and Secession Causation 4.B Explain how a specific historical development or process is situated within a broader historical context.
- WOR 5.8 Military Conflict in the Civil War Comparison 5.A Identify patterns among or connections between historical developments and processes.