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Prongo Grade 8 Civics & Citizenship
1.
uniting colonies without creating a government so powerful it threatens liberty
2.
federal: defense or foreign relations; state: schools or most elections (any valid pair)
3.
North: factories and wage labor; South: agriculture and cotton with enslaved labor
4.
whether to allow slavery (popular sovereignty)
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claim, evidence, and reasoning
6.
independent experts examine methods and data before publication; it checks quality
7.
relevant, specific, and credible
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opinion expresses belief; evidence provides verifiable information others can examine
9.
writing that supports a claim with organized reasons and evidence
10.
reasons and evidence arranged in logical clear order
11.
clear position writer defends
12.
why the claim makes sense
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