1. Good afternoon!
Please get out any notes you have from the homework reading, and be ready for a short quiz.
You’ll also need your Major Themes sheet and your work from Wednesday.

2. Quiz You may use your own notes and anything that you have written.
Please remember your academic integrity!

3. Review Unit Question: How do we resolve conflict?
GQ#1 – Why did the Civil War last four years?
Comparing North & South
Economic recourses
Political resources & leadership
Military resources
Goals & Tactics of each

4. Paper 2 Part A Sample Question
Why did it take the North three years to turn its superiority of resources over the South into military victory?
A list of reasons why – Explain each
Specific evidence and detail
Ranking of relative significance – which is the most important reason and why? Which is next?

5. Potential Reasons Northern military strategy - Designed to be slow
Defensive strategy of the South
Military leadership – poor in North – strong in South
Motivation of South – reasons for fighting
Political divisions of the North

6. Civil Liberties & the Civil War
GQ#2: What was the immediate impact of the war?
Limitations on civil liberties
How do we balance freedom & order?
What are we willing to give up in order to get what we want?

7. Questions How are our freedoms limited by the government? Make a list
Are we OK with these limitations? When are they OK & when are they not OK? How do we decide?

8. Abraham Lincoln & Habeas Corpus
Lincoln suspended habeas corpus, had hundreds arrested & jailed without trial, and shut down newspapers critical of the Union & the war.
Was Lincoln justified?

9. Vallandigham Speech Origin Message Connections Limitations
Underline/highlight key phrases/sentences of his argument
Connections
Limitations

10. What do we know about … The case of John Merryman?
The case of Clement Vallandigham?
The case of Lambdin Milligan?
What are the fundamental conflicts in these cases?

11. Activity – Individual or Pairs
Create a visual that shows the controversy of balancing civil liberties with the wartime needs of the country during the Civil War
Cartoon, Poster, Mind-Map, Newspaper article, Chart, etc
Merryman, Vallandigham, and/or Milligan

12. Crash Course Video
What can you add to your chart? Listen/watch for specifics.
Check your Major Themes Sheet – what vocab is mentioned here?