How the US Government Became So Big | The Good Stuff Time Capsule

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Mercy Street ms16 Time Capsule The Good Stuff: Time Capsule Civil War Federal Government Freedmen’s Bureau Reconstruction Greenbacks Pension Act of 1862 social welfare state vs. federal African Americans veterans soldiers pension Legal Tender Act Union Confederacy text-dependent questions role of the federal government states’ rights federal
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History-Social Science
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Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
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How the US Government Became So Big | The Good Stuff Time Capsule

Explore the many ways the Federal Government expanded during the Civil War using video from Time Capsule and Mercy Street. Utilizing video, discussion questions and teaching tips, students focus specifically on how the national government interacted with citizens in the antebellum period, while the war was raging and during Reconstruction.

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