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Geography Skills growing population in the West. Score 1 point for each correct answer. Use the 11. Answers and opinions will vary. The map on the previous page to check shading Cherokee were removed to free up the land and labeling. for white settlers. 1. There were 13 new states added from 1791 to 1838, for a total of 26. Using Scores to Inform Instruction 2. Five new states—Louisiana, Indiana, Geography Skills A score of 6 out of 8 or better Mississippi, Illinois, and Alabama—were indicates that students have acquired sufficient admitted during the 1810s, the most of geographic information to proceed with the unit. any decade. Critical Thinking A score of 6 out of 9 or better 3. Maine was the only state added to the indicates that students are beginning to Union in the early 1800s that is not west of understand the relationships between physical the Appalachians. geography and the different ways in which 4. New York City was the nation’s capital when people live. Washington became president.

5. These two cities were among the places Modifying Instruction attacked by the British in the War of 1812. The United States had a problem with ELL or Learners with Special Education Needs Great Britain. Consider focusing on map-reading questions or limiting the number of “Critical Thinking” 6. The Erie Canal connected Lake Erie and the questions. Hudson River. Students with Weak Map or Critical 7. Tennessee is the home state of Andrew Thinking Skills Jackson. Assign appropriate pages from the Social Studies 8. The Cherokee were forcibly moved west Skills Toolkit in the back of the Lesson Masters. along the Trail of Tears. It began around northwestern Georgia and ended west of Arkansas.

Critical Thinking Questions may have more than one correct answer. Score 1 to 3 points for each reasonable answer, depending on the strength of students’ geographic reasoning. Possible answers are given here. 9. Possible answer: An event like the War of 1812, with the threats to the homeland that it presented, might serve to unite Americans and increase their sense of patriotism. 10. Jackson was the nation’s first president not from an eastern state. His election might not have succeeded without the support of a

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