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Expansion of Slavery Reading Packet

Reading packet on how the expansion of slavery led to sectionalism, disputes over states' rights and the Civil War, with short-answer questions, graphic organizers, vocabulary matching and multiple choice.
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Reading passage on slavery, sectionalism, secession, and the Civil War, with vocabulary and main idea tasks
Reading passage and main idea practice
Reading response organizer asks about Civil War opponents, secession, and Northern and Southern views of slavery
Four complete-sentence reading responses
Main idea organizer links slavery's expansion to sectionalism, states' rights, and war, seeking three details
Main idea and three supporting details
Fact organizer asks students to record three facts about the expansion of slavery from the reading passage
Three-fact organizer for the reading
Vocabulary matching and questions 1–4 assess slavery, the Civil War, federal power, and the cotton gin
Vocabulary matching and assessment questions 1–4
Assessment questions 5–10 cover the North, sectionalism, the Civil War's name, and written responses on slavery
Assessment questions 5–10 and written responses

Answer key included

Answer key included
Grades
Grade 5, Elementary
File type
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Preparation
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Updated Oct 26, 2026

Subject
Social Studies, History, History: USA
Topic
history, slavery
Resource types
Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets
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About this resource

What's inside this resource

This resource is an Expansion of Slavery Reading Packet.

This is a great no prep resource that all you have to do is print and go!

Students will love learning history as they read an informative passage and apply vocabulary terms.

Worksheets included such as multiple-choice questions and graphic organizers will allow them to show what they know.

These work well for social studies or reading instruction.

Answer keys included.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Explain how the expansion of slavery contributed to sectionalism and the Civil War
  • Identify supporting details for a main idea in a history passage
  • Define content vocabulary such as sectionalism and secede

Skills covered

  • Main idea and details — students fill an organizer with evidence for the passage's central claim
  • Content vocabulary — students match terms like secede and unconstitutional to their definitions

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • Expansion of slavery
  • Sectionalism
  • States' rights
  • Secession
  • Civil War

Topics

history slavery graphic organizer cause and effect Civil War

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