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Pushing Towards Civil Rights

Protection and Resistance: Slavery in the U.S.

9-12
Multiple sessions
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Learning Objectives

  • Define chattel slavery
  • Describe the ways slavery impacted the nation’s economic success
  • Identify how the Constitution protected slavery and enslavers
  • Describe varied efforts to resist slavery, including rebellions and the abolition movement
  • Explain how a social order developed around concepts of race and racial superiority
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Overview

Slavery was legal for over 12 generations. What impact has it had on the United States? In this lesson, students learn about the development and legal protection of the system of slavery as well as the fight to end it. Through the analysis of historical events and documents, students also discover the social impact of slavery on the United States.

 

This material is based upon work supported by the National Defense Education Program (NDEP) for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education, Outreach, and Workforce Initiative Programs under Grant No. HQ0034-21-S-F001. The views expressed in written materials or publications, and/or made by speakers, moderators, and presenters, do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Defense nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

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