This page shows a list of standards in the 8th Grade Social Studies public release collection at MSDE. 8th Grade Social Studies
Released Questions Grouped by Standard

Indicator: 1.2 Students will evaluate the significance of the end of salutary neglect as a turning point in American History.

Indicator: 2.1 Students will evaluate the historical significance of the Articles of Confederation.

Indicator: 2.2 Students will evaluate the reasons for the development of the United States Constitution.

Indicator: 2.3 Students will evaluate the impact of the Constitution on the structure of the United States government.

Indicator: 2.4 Students will analyze how the Bill of Rights resolved the issues over the ratification of the Constitution.

Indicator: 3.1 Students will evaluate the short and long term impact of government decisions made during Federalist administrations.

Indicator: 4.1 Students will analyze the influence of industrialization, technological, and demographic changes on society.

Indicator: 4.4 Students will analyze the impact of antebellum reform movements on American politics and society.

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Indicator: 1.1 Students will analyze the causes and consequences of the conflict among and between American Indians and European colonies.

Indicator: 1.3 Students will evaluate the relative importance of key factors that led to an American victory in the Revolutionary War.

Indicator: 4.2 Students will examine the institution, conditions, and expansion of slavery while analyzing methods of social and political resistance.

Indicator: 4.3 Students will evaluate the political, economic, and social impact of Jacksonian Democracy.

Indicator: 4.4 Students will analyze the impact of antebellum reform movements on American politics and society.

Indicator: 4.5 Students will evaluate the political, social, and economic impact of westward expansion on individuals and groups.

Indicator: 5.2 Students will evaluate the effectiveness of the United States Government in protecting the rights of individuals and groups during the Civil War.

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Indicator: 1.1 Students will analyze the causes and consequences of the conflict among and between American Indians and European colonies.

Indicator: 3.3 Students will analyze the emerging foreign policy of the United States.

Indicator: 4.1 Students will analyze the influence of industrialization, technological, and demographic changes on society.

Indicator: 4.5 Students will evaluate the political, social, and economic impact of westward expansion on individuals and groups.

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Indicator: 1.2 Students will evaluate the significance of the end of salutary neglect as a turning point in American History.

Indicator: 3.1 Students will evaluate the short and long term impact of government decisions made during Federalist administrations.

Indicator: 4.1 Students will analyze the influence of industrialization, technological, and demographic changes on society.

Indicator: 4.2 Students will examine the institution, conditions, and expansion of slavery while analyzing methods of social and political resistance.

Indicator: 5.2 Students will evaluate the effectiveness of the United States Government in protecting the rights of individuals and groups during the Civil War.

Indicator: 5.3 Students will analyze the political, economic, and social goals of Reconstruction.

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Indicator: 2.1 Students will evaluate the historical significance of the Articles of Confederation.

Indicator: 3.2 Students will evaluate the historical significance of the Louisiana Purchase on the United States.

Indicator: 3.3 Students will analyze the emerging foreign policy of the United States.

Indicator: 4.4 Students will analyze the impact of antebellum reform movements on American politics and society.

Indicator: 4.6 Students will evaluate the causes of the Civil War.

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