Answer:
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Session Set Sequence Item
Type
Key Alignment
1
The
Reconstruction
Era
in Louisiana
1 MC C 8.2.6 Identify and describe economic, social, and
political characteristics of Louisiana during the
Antebellum/plantation economy, the Civil War,
and the Reconstruction eras
2 MC B 8.6.1 Compare the foundation, function, and
powers of the Louisiana and United States
Constitutions
3 MC C 8.2.6 Identify and describe economic, social, and
political characteristics of Louisiana during the
Antebellum/plantation economy, the Civil War,
and the Reconstruction eras
4 MS B, D 8.2.6 Identify and describe economic, social, and
political characteristics of Louisiana during the
Antebellum/plantation economy, the Civil War,
and the Reconstruction eras
5 TEI see
TEI
key
8.2.6 Identify and describe economic, social, and
political characteristics of Louisiana during the
Antebellum/plantation economy, the Civil War,
and the Reconstruction eras
1
Louisiana
Statehood
6 MS A, C 8.2.5 Analyze causes and effects of major events
and evaluate their impact on the growth and
development of Louisiana
7 MC B 8.2.2 Explain the importance of the Mississippi
River as it relates to historical events throughout
Louisiana’s history
8 MC D 8.6.1 Compare the foundation, function, and
powers of the Louisiana and United States
Constitutions
9 MC C 8.6.2 Compare and contrast the preambles of the
Louisiana and United States Constitutions
10 MC A 8.2.5 Analyze causes and effects of major events
and evaluate their impact on the growth and
development of Louisiana
11 CR see
rubric
8.2.5 Analyze causes and effects of major events
and evaluate their impact on the growth and
development of Louisiana:
That is the answer to the whole test
