Guam
5th Grade
State Standards
Standard 5: Economics - Students learn about the concepts of production, distribution, and consumption of goods and resources.
5.5.1Explain the causes of the establishment of slavery in North America, the harsh conditions of the Middle Passage and slave life, and the responses of slaves to their condition.
5.5.2Describe how the different economies and cultures of the North and South contributed to the growing importance of sectional politics in the early 19th century.