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HSS-8.8.6 (History–Social Science)


Standard Identifier: HSS-8.8.6
Content Area: History–Social Science
Grade: 8
Course: United States History and Geography: Growth and Conflict, Grade 8

Overarching Standard:
HSS-8.8 Students analyze the divergent paths of the American people in the West from 1800 to the mid-1800s and the challenges they faced.

Standard:
Describe the Texas War for Independence and the Mexican-American War, including territorial settlements, the aftermath of the wars, and the effects the wars had on the lives of Americans, including Mexican Americans today.

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