2. Period 5 TheCivil War & Reconstruction 1848-1877

3. Causes This will be a true class assignmentThis will be a true class assignment Essentially, the members of the class are going to collaboratively illustrates and explains causes of the Civil War in a Google slideshow.Essentially, the members of the class are going to collaboratively illustrates and explains causes of the Civil War in a Google slideshow. Cause:Cause: –STATES’ RIGHTS- ABOLITIONISM –TERRITORIAL - SECESSION EXPANSION - THE REPUBLICANS EXPANSION - THE REPUBLICANS –POLITICS –LEGAL –ECONOMICS

4. Causes of the Civil War Timeline Activity Using your texts and information gained through analysis, create a timeline of the events leading up to the Civil War. The timeline must include the following information: Name and date of the event/person/phenomenaName and date of the event/person/phenomena Chronological orderChronological order Explanation of impactExplanation of impact

5. Slavery Review Discussion 1.Who was Nat Turner? 2.Explain what is meant by the “Old South?” 3.Describe Slavery in the United States? 4.Review: What was the Middle Passage? 5.Explain the economics of southern plantation life and the role of slavery in the southern economy.

6. Chapter 15 Part I: Discussion Questions 1.ISSUE 14 Taking Sides Vol. 1 Assignment 2.What were the legal arguments for and against secession? 3.Create a timeline of southern secession after the Election of 1860. 4.What was the Crittenden Compromise? Why did it fail? 5.What event really leads to the beginning of the war itself?

8. Total War, Advantages & Disadvantages/Strategy 1.Define total war- 2.Create a chart on the board that lists advantages and disadvantages of the North and the South 3.What was the Northern strategy in fighting the war? 4.What was the Southern strategy in fighting the war?

9. Early Battles/Campaigns 1861-1862 Illustrate where the following battles occurred.Illustrate where the following battles occurred. Who won? Who lost? Why?Who won? Who lost? Why? Who are the major “players in the battles?”Who are the major “players in the battles?” Explain the significance of the battle.Explain the significance of the battle. 1 st Bull RunFort HenryShiloh New OrleansPeninsular Campaign 2 nd Bull RunAntietam

11. Civil War Technology Explain how each of the following changed warfare during the Civil War Repeating rifle Minie bullet Ironclads Railroads Naval mines/torp edoes Medicine

12. “Other Developments” National Banking Act and Gold Standard Morrill Land Grant Act The Homestead Act Immigration The Morrill Tariff

13. Emancipation Featured Document: The Emancipation Proclamation Featured Document: The Emancipation Proclamation Read Article 29 in AE 1.Why did Grant know the war would impact slavery? 2.Why would slavery have to be ended by force? 3.Why does Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation? Why does he issue it when he does?

14. 1863 Battles Explain the importance of the following:Explain the importance of the following: 1.Fredericksburg 2.Chancellorsville 3.Gettysburg 4.Vicksburg

16. The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln Why was it written? What is the historical significance of the Gettysburg Address? Why do you think it is Lincoln’s most famous speech???

17. Final Battles: 1864-1865 1.Who won? Who lost? Why? 2.Illustrate where the following battles occurred. 3.Who are the major “players in the battles?” 4.Explain the significance of the battle. Chickamauga/Chattanooga/Looko ut MountainChickamauga/Chattanooga/Looko ut Mountain Wilderness/SpotsylvaniaWilderness/Spotsylvania Cold HarborCold Harbor Sherman’s MarchSherman’s March Phillip SheridanPhillip Sheridan Petersburg/Battle of the CraterPetersburg/Battle of the Crater

18. The End Be prepared to discuss the impact of the following: Election of 1864Election of 1864 13 th Amendment13 th Amendment Appomattox CourthouseAppomattox Courthouse April of 1865April of 1865

19. Effects/Outcomes of the Civil War

20. Post War Problems Who is President? Define Reconstruction Explain the basic differences between the President’s plan and Congress’ plan for Reconstruction

21. Define and explain the following: 1.Radical Republicans 2.Wade-Davis Bill 3.13 th Amendment 4.Black Codes 5.Freedman’s Bureau 6.14 th Amendment 7.Radical Reconstruction

22. Impeachment 1.Explain what impeach is and is NOT. 2.Why is Andrew Johnson Impeached? 3.What is your opinion of the impeachment and its outcome?

23. Almost done 1.What was life in the south like after the Civil War? 2.Explain what sharecropping is. 3.Describe life for blacks in the south following the Civil War. 4.15 th amendment 5.Explain the goals and objectives of the Ku Klux Klan.

24. Answer the following 1.Discuss the Grant Administration 2.Explain the Compromise of 1877 specifically how it dealt with the election of 1876 and the end of Reconstruction 3.List explain examples of Jim Crow Laws