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HSS-4.3.5 (History–Social Science)


Standard Identifier: HSS-4.3.5
Content Area: History–Social Science
Grade: 4
Course: California: A Changing State, Grade 4

Overarching Standard:
HSS-4.3 Students explain the economic, social, and political life in California from the establishment of the Bear Flag Republic through the Mexican-American War, the Gold Rush, and the granting of statehood.

Standard:
Discuss how California became a state and how its new government differed from those during the Spanish and Mexican periods.

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