TEKS 8.8(D)
analyze Abraham Lincoln's ideas about liberty, equality, union, and government as contained in his first and second inaugural addresses and the Gettysburg Address and contrast them with the ideas contained in Jefferson Davis's inaugural address.
Source: Texas Administrative Code §113.20 (Chapter 113) · Adopted 2022
Knowledge & Skills 8.8
History
The student understands individuals, issues, and events of the Civil War. The student is expected to:
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Other expectations under 8.8
- TEKS 8.8(A) explain the roles played by significant individuals during the Civil War, including Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, and Abraham Lincoln, and heroes such as congre…
- TEKS 8.8(B) explain the central role of the expansion of slavery in causing sectionalism, disagreement over states' rights, and the Civil War;
- TEKS 8.8(C) explain significant events of the Civil War, including the firing on Fort Sumter; the battles of Antietam, Gettysburg, and Vicksburg; the Emancipation Proclamation; Lee's surrender…