1. UNIT SELF-TEST QUESTIONS
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Divisions in America 2
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how the Civil War started, the significant individuals and events associated with the Civil War, along with Lincoln’s efforts to preserve the union by
Paragraph about Causes
Event Illustration
Primary Source Study
Explaining
analyzing
Important People
Key events of the War
Analyzing
Identifying
Key Documents of the Era
Key Battles
Timeline and paragraph
Primary source study- DBQ
Vocab: Secede, Confederation, States’ rights
How did Jefferson Davis justify the secession of the southern states?
How do the key documents show the changes and differences of the country?
What battle was the turning point of the Civil War and why was is this battle considered the turning point of the war?
How did the physical geography of the North and South affect the Civil War?
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2. Key Documents of the Era
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Civil War
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how the Civil War started, the significant individuals and events associated with the Civil War, along with Lincoln’s efforts to preserve the union by
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analyzing
Important People
Explaining
Key events of the War
Abraham Lincoln - President of the United States
Jefferson Davis - President of the Confederate States of America
Robert E Lee - command the Army of Northern Virginia. His battle strategies are admired to this day, but he was criticized for having a narrow strategy centered on his native Virginia.
Ulysses S Grant - commander of the Union army; He created an overall plan concentrated on Sherman’s march through Georgia and his own assault on the Confederate army in Virginia.
William Carney – first African American Congressional Medal of Honor recipient,
Stonewall Jackson - Confederate General in the Civil War; gifted tactical commander
Lincoln’s election – 1860
South Carolina seceded in December - Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi,Texas, Louisiana,  Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee joined them to form the Confederate States of America
Causes of the War
Slavery
Sectionalism
States Rights-Nullification Crisis
Analyzing
Identifying
Key Battles
Key Documents of the Era
Fort Sumter –, a federal fort in Charleston Harbor, was fired upon by rebel forces to begin the Civil war (April, 1861).
Antietam - bloodiest one-day battle in American history (23,000 casualties); Union victory when Lee withdrew to Virginia; built Union confidence and led President Abraham Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation
Gettysburg - turning point of the Civil War; Lee’s invasion of northern territory is repelled; South is no longer capable of an offensive into Union territory (July, 1863)
Vicksburg - the North captured this stronghold to gain control of the Mississippi River and divided the Southern states. (May-July, 1863)
Appomattox – leads to Lee’s surrender - brings the Civil War to a close as Lee surrenders the Confederate forces of Virginia to Grant. (April, 1865).
Lincoln’s 1st Inaugural Address - Equality – promised he had no intent to abolish slavery
The Union – argued for the preservation of the Union
The Government – stated it was against the law to secede from the Union
Emancipation Proclamation – set free slaves in rebelling states – changed the focus of the war to one against slavery
Gettysburg Address - Equality – all enslaved people in the Confederate states would be free
The Union – stated that the country was worth fighting for
The Government – “The government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall be preserved.”
Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address - Equality – stated that slavery perpetuated the war and denounced slavery
The Union – fought for restoration of peace and the Union
The Government – Lincoln stated that there were people trying to destroy the government, with or without war
Jefferson Davis’ Inaugural Address-
The Union- Breaking away is necessity, not choice
The Government-Similar to US Government. Fast creation of branches for foreign affairs, finance, military, and post office

3. UNIT SELF-TEST QUESTIONS
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Sectionalism
Reconstruction 8
Unit Schedule 5
UNIT MAP
is about...
how the Civil War started, the significant individuals and events associated with the Civil War, along with Lincoln’s efforts to preserve the union by
Explaining
analyzing
Analyzing
Identifying
Vocab: Secede, Confederation, States’ rights
How did Jefferson Davis justify the ___________of the southern states?
How do the ___________________ show the changes and differences of the country?
What battle was the ________________ of the Civil War and why was is this battle considered the turning point of the war?
How did the ____________________of the North and South affect the Civil War?
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4. The Unit Organizer Civil War
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Civil War
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how the Civil War started, the significant individuals and events associated with the Civil War, along with Lincolns efforts to preserve the union by
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analyzing
Explaining
Analyzing
Identifying