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Slave South Test--Essay Question 
Slave South Test--Essay Question
Discuss the development and impact of the institution of slavery from its beginnings in the New World through the time of the Civil War. Why did slavery develop as it did in the South? How did African-Americans resist their enslavement? In what ways were slaveholders attacked for their way of life and how did they react? What political tensions arose over the slavery issue? Be sure to use detailed examples to answer this questions.
Rubric Code: C47CC6
By awbarnes
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Subject: History  
Type: Exam  
Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12

Powered by iRubric Civil War and Slavery
Essay Question
  Incomplete

0 pts

Poor

1 pts

Fair

2 pts

Good

3 pts

Score

(N/A)

Key Terms
3 pts

Middle Passage, Indentured Servitude, slave trade, African Kings
Incomplete

Failure to complete
Poor

Student uses only one or two key terms and cannot explain them well
1/3
Fair

Student mentions some or all key terms, but fails to explain them clearly and with historical content
2/3
Good

Student mentions all key terms and exlpains them clearly and with historical content
3/3
Score

/3
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Laws and Legislature
3 pts

Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, politics in slavery, tensions between the north and south
Incomplete

Failure to complete
Poor

Student uses only one or two laws or legislative actions and cannot explain them well
1/3
Fair

Student mentions some or all laws or legislative actions, but fails to explain them clearly and with historical content
2/3
Good

Student mentions all laws or legislative actions, and exlpains them clearly and with historical content
3/3
Score

/3
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Events
3 pts

Bleeding Kansas, Slavery, Abolitionism, Why were Slaves first brought here, Kansas-Nebraska Act
Incomplete

Failure to complete
Poor

Student mentions only one or two key events and cannot explain them well
1/3
Fair

Student mentions some or all key events, but fails to explain them clearly and with historical content
2/3
Good

Student mentions all laws or legislative actions, and exlpains them clearly and with historical content
3/3
Score

/3
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People
3 pts

John Brown, Dred Scott, Frederick Douglass, Harriett Beecher Stowe
Incomplete

Failure to complete
Poor

Student mentions only one or two key people and cannot explain them well
1/3
Fair

Student mentions some or all key people, but fails to explain them clearly and with historical content
2/3
Good

Student mentions all laws or legislative actions, and exlpains them clearly and with historical content
3/3
Score

/3
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Length
3 pts

Incomplete

Only 1 paragraph
Poor

Less then 3 paragraphs and less then 3 sentences.
Fair

Only 3 paragraphs with 3 sentences.
Good

4 Paragraph min
4 Sentence min in each paragraph
Score

/3
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  • slavery, civil war, political tensions, development of slavery, impact of slavery, new world

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