Seventh Grade Compacted- Resources

Seventh Grade Compacted

7C.4 | U.S. History Examine major aspects of the
development of the United States from
Exploration to 1754.

1. Trace explorers’ routes to the New World.

2. Explain the development and impact of the Columbian Exchange.

3. Identify the economic, political, and religious reasons for founding the
Thirteen Colonies and the role of indentured servitude and slavery in their
settlement.

4. Describe how the English Bill of Rights, Mayflower Compact, and Virginia
House of Burgesses led to the English Colonial idea of self-government.

5. Examine the diversity that emerged from the establishment of Colonial America.

6. Describe the social structures that formed in the various colonies.

7. Describe the relationships between the various Native American and
colonial groups.

The Virginia Company (BB) Assessment

Signing of the Mayflower Compact (BB) Assessment

Hispanic Exploration in America – Primary Source Set

7C.5 | U.S. History Evaluate the key people, factors and events which led to the American
Revolution and the establishment of United States government.

1. Analyze the causes and consequences of the French and Indian War.

2. Recognize the major reasons for English taxes after the French and Indian
War and colonial responses from 1763-1774 (e.g., Proclamation of 1763,
Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, Boston Massacre, Tea Act, Boston
Tea Party, Intolerable Acts, etc.).

3. Identify key figures in the Revolutionary Era and their influence on the
movement (e.g., George Washington, Samuel Adams, Crispus Attucks, John
Adams, John Hancock, Mercy Otis Warren, etc.).

4. Compare and contrast the decisions of the first and second Continental
Congresses.

5. Explain the historical and present-day significance of the Declaration of
Independence.

6. Examine the immediate events that led to the first shot of the Revolutionary
War.

7. Examine the significance of the major battles in the Revolutionary War.

8. Evaluate the terms of the Treaty of Paris, 1783.

Seven Years War (BB) Assessment

Washington Crosses the Delaware (BB) Assessment

7C.6 | U.S. History Examine the development of the Constitution of the United States of America.

1. Describe the powers given to the Continental Congress by the Articles of
Confederation.

2. Analyze the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation that led to a call for
a new constitution.

3. Identify the major compromises at the Constitutional Convention.

4. Describe the framework of the United States Constitution, including powers
of the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches.

5. Describe the compromises between Federalists and Anti-Federalists that led
to the creation of the Bill of Rights.

The Constitution – Primary Source Set

Abraham Lincoln- Rise to National Prominence – Primary Source Set

Alexander Hamilton—Federalist Papers- Primary Source Set

7C.8 | U.S. History
Interpret the geographical, social, and
political causes, effects, and challenges
of westward expansion.

1. Evaluate the reasoning behind the Louisiana Purchase.

2. Discuss the significance of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

3. Describe the purpose and challenges of Manifest Destiny.

4. Analyze the political, religious, and economic incentives of Manifest Destiny.

5. Summarize Andrew Jackson’s role in the expansion of the United States.

6. Examine the motivations and consequences of the Indian Removal Act.

The Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark Expedition – Primary Source Set

7C.9 | U.S. History Interpret the causes, effects, and challenges of the Industrial Revolution.

1. Summarize the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the United States.

2. Identify key people and their contributions to the Industrial Revolution.

3. Trace the development of transportation and communication systems
during the Industrial Revolution.

4. Compare and contrast the cultural, religious, and social impact of the
Industrial Revolution on American.

5. Assess how geography influenced the location of factories.

Children Working in Mines (BB) Assessment

Lewis Hine (BB) Assessment

Photographs of Working Children (BB) Assessment

The Industrial Revolution in the United States– Primary Source Set

7C.10 | U.S. History Evaluate the impact of social and political reforms on the development of American society.

1. Examine abolitionists’ role in bringing attention to the impact of slavery on
the nation (e.g., Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, Harriet Beecher
Stowe, etc.).

2. Compare and contrast the philosophies of natural rights expressed in the
Declaration of Independence and the Declaration of Sentiments (e.g., “all
men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain
unalienable Rights”, etc.).

3. Examine the leaders of the Women’s Suffrage Movement and their goals
and strategies (e.g., Dorothea Dix, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott,
Susan B. Anthony, etc.).

John Brown’s Legacy (BB) Assessment

John Brown (BB) Assessment

Declaration of Independence (BB) Assessment

Portrait of Harriet Tubman

Let Soldiers in War, Be Citizens in Peace, 1865?

Sojourner Truth seated with photograph of her grandson, 1863.

“Shall I trust these men, and not this man?” August 5, 1865.

7C.11 | U.S. History Assess the social and economic conflicts between the North and South that led to the American Civil War.

1. Trace the origins and development of slavery in the United States.

2. Describe the impact of the Industrial Revolution in northern states.

3. Evaluate the importance of agriculture in southern states.

4. Analyze the impact of the cotton gin on all social classes.

5. Examine the impact of slavery on the nation’s political, social, religious,
economic, and cultural development.

6. Identify major legislation and Supreme Court decisions that sought to
overturn and preserve slavery resulting in sectional strife (e.g., Missouri
Compromise, Compromise of 1850, Fugitive Slave Acts, Kansas-Nebraska
Act, Bleeding Kansas, Underground Railroad, etc.).

African American Workers (BB) Assessment

Defender of Slavery (BB) Assessment

Antebellum South (BB) Assessment

The Civil War: The national Moves Toward War, 1850-61 – Primary Source Set

Civil War Images: Depictions of African Americans in the War Effort– Primary Source Set

7C.12 | U.S. History Identify key people and evaluate the significant events of the American Civil War.

1. Analyze the reasons for the Civil War, including slavery and states’ rights.

2. Examine key battles and plans which shaped decisions for the North and the
South (e.g., Fort Hood, First Bull Run, Shiloh, Antietam, Vicksburg,
Gettysburg, Sherman March, Anaconda Plan, etc.).

3. Identify significant political and military leaders from the North and the
South and examine their contributions.

4. Evaluate the contributions of women, African Americans, and other minority
groups to the war effort (e.g., Clara Barton, 54th Massachusetts Regiment,
Native Americans, etc.).

5. Analyze the factors that led to the Northern victory of the Civil War (e.g.,
total war, industrial, population, resources, technological advantages, etc.).

6. Analyze key government documents and actions of the Civil War (e.g.,
Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg Address, draft laws, etc.).

Slave Quarters (BB) Assessment

Gander’s Civil War Photography (BB) Assessment

Morale after Fredericksburg (BB) Assessment

Pickett’s Charge (BB) Assessment

Attack on Fort Sumter (BB) Assessment

Civil War Soldiers’ Portraits: The Liljenquist Family Collection – Primary Source Set

Civil War Images: Depictions of African Americans in the War Effort – Primary Source Set

Civil War Music – Primary Source Set

7C.13 | U.S. History Analyze the Reconstruction efforts in the post-Civil War United States.

1. Compare congressional and presidential Reconstruction plans.

2. Analyze southern resistance to Reconstruction reforms (e.g., Black Codes,
Jim Crow Laws, Ku Klux Klan, etc.).