1. Civil War & Reconstruction
SSUSH 8,9,10

2. Civil War Notebooks
You will receive several sheets of white paper momentarily – do nothing until instructed
We will all be making Essential Question Notebooks, or EQ Books for short
Your EQ Book will contain all of the information that you need to understand the American Civil War and Reconstruction Periods
Everyday you will make entries in this EQ Book until that glorious day when it is finished
Approximately 1 week
It is your responsibility to keep up with your own EQ Book
Do not lend them, leave them, or lose them
Let us begin creating our books
You will need:
Paper
Stapler or binding of some kind
Markers, Colored Pencils, Pen, Pencil

3. Identify legal, political, and social dimensions of Reconstruction.
Civil War EQ Books
Front Cover – The Front Cover of your EQ Book should read:
SSUSH 8,9,10
The Student will…
Explain the relationship between growing north-south divisions and westward expansion.
Identify key events, issues, and individuals relating to the causes, course, and consequences of the Civil War.
Identify legal, political, and social dimensions of Reconstruction.

4. Civil War EQ Books
Inside Cover – the inside cover of your EQ Book should read:
Table of Contents
Slavery………………………..p.1
Missouri Compromise… p.2
States Rites…………………..p.3
War with Mexico……………..p.4
Lincoln’s Actions……………..p.5
Emancipation Proclamation...p.6
Civil War Generals…………..p.7
Rule of Law…………………..p.8
Important Battles…………….p.9
Constitutional Amendments..p.10
Economic Disparity………….p.11

5. Civil War EQ Books Your Book – Each Page
Top of each Page – each page Front will have an Essential Question at the top
One page = Front + Back
Example
Top
Assignment / Bottom
If more space is needed – use the back
How did slavery come to be a significant issue in American politics?
[ Notes and/or Assignments]
[Notes & Assignments will Provide Answers to the EQs]
Page 1
Your Book – Each Page

6. Civil War EQ Books
Inside Cover – the inside cover of your EQ Book should read:
Table of Contents
Slavery………………………..p.1
Missouri Compromise… p.2
States Rights…………………..p.3
War with Mexico……………..p.4
Lincoln’s Actions……………..p.5
Emancipation Proclamation...p.6
Civil War Generals…………..p.7
Rule of Law…………………..p.8
Important Battles…………….p.9
Constitutional Amendments..p.10
Economic Disparity………….p.11

7. William Lloyd Garrison
Page 1
Essential Question
How did slavery come to be a significant issue in American
politics? (pg )
Include the uprising of Nat Turner and the rise of the Abolition movement via William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglas, and the Grimke sisters.
Create a chart like the one below in which you plot the names of the individuals above and their contribution to making slavery a significant political issue
Nat Turner
William Lloyd Garrison
Frederick Douglas
Grimke Sisters

8. Essential Question Page 2
How did the Missouri Compromise affect the admittance of new states to the Union? (pg )
What were the new criteria by which states were admitted?
First - Identify the Missouri Compromise [ define the Missouri Compromise…e.g. What was it?]
Next – Describe the criteria by which new States were admitted into the Union per the Missouri Compromise
Ex.
Missouri Compromise = …blah blah blah…blah.
Criteria for Admittance = States were admitted into the Union…blah blah
blah…blah & blah.

9. [Essential Question Goes Here]
Page 3
What was the Nullification Crisis and what role did it play in the rise of “states rights” ideology? (pg )
What role did John C. Calhoun play in the development of sectionalism?
(pg )
Create a Flow Chart on Page 3
[Essential Question Goes Here]
Beginning / Causes
Middle / Crisis
Effects / Outcomes
Write you the top of Page 3
Your Flow Chart should have 3 parts
Beginning
Middle
End
Use the Notes in the next slides to fill-in your chart
On the back of Page 3:
Define “Sectionalism”
Explain Calhoun’s role in growing
sectionalism between the North & South

10. [Essential Question Goes Here]
Page 4
Essential Question
Why was the War with Mexico fought?
(pg )
What was the Wilmot Proviso & the Compromise
of 1850? (pg )
Alternatively – you may want to describe the Wilmot Proviso & Compromise of on the BACK of Page 4
[Essential Question Goes Here]
War With Mexico
Causes Effects
Wilmot Proviso
Compromise of1850
Create a C/E chart of the War w/ Mexico
Next create a section for the Wilmot Proviso & the Compromise of 1850
For both the Wilmot Proviso & the Compromise of 1850 answer the following:
What?
Who?
Why?
Answer based on notes &/or Handouts

11. Suspension of Habeas Corpus Emancipation Proclamation
Page 5
Essential Question - 5
What efforts did President Lincoln make to preserve the Union during the Civil War?
Examine:
Second Inaugural Address
Gettysburg Speech – pg. 361
Use of emergency powers such as the suspension of habeas corpus – pg
Emancipation Proclamation Pg
[EQ Goes Here]
Effort Description
2nd Inaugural Address
Gettysburg Speech
Suspension of Habeas Corpus
On the Back of Page 5
Evaluate the character of Abraham Lincoln
Saint or Sinner?
Emancipation Proclamation

12. What was the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation?
Page 6
Essential Question 6
What was the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation?
Example:
[EQ Goes Here]
I believe that the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation was…blah blah, blah.
I believe this because…blah blah blah, blah blah [in other words, the evidence for your belief]
Simply read the Emancipation Proclamation and/or the commentary handout and formulate your own opinion
The more serious you take this the better your answer will be

13. Emancipation Proclamation
Page 6 cont’
Emancipation Proclamation
Please do NOT write on the document
Please read the entire document and write a critical response to it on Page 6 of your EQ Notebook
Critical questions include:
Why?
How?
When?
What was the reason for…?
What were the intensions of the author?
Who was the document’s audience?
What were the practical outcomes?

14. Page 7
Essential Question - 7
Who were Ulysses Grant, Robert Lee, “Stonewall” Jackson, William Sherman, and Jefferson Davis? What roles did each play in the Civil War?
Essential Q
Goes Here
Grant
Lee
Jackson
Sherman
Davis

15. Essential Question # 8 [Page 8]
What were the key laws and court cases surrounding the issue of slavery?
Include explanations of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, failure of popular sovereignty, Dred Scott, and John Brown’s Raid.
[EQ Goes In This Space]
Law / Court Case Details
You may either choose to use the back of Page 8 for extra / supplemental notes or you may carry your chart over on the back to provide more room for info inside your chart
Each of the following slides contains info concerning laws or legal cases surrounding the issue of slavery
Use the info provided to complete a chart like the one you see here
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Failure of Popular Sovereignty
Dred Scott v. Sanford
John Brown’s Raid

16. Essential Question 9 Page 9
What were the importance / significance of each of the following Civil War battles: Fort Sumter, Antietam, Vicksburg, Gettysburg, and the Battle for Atlanta?
Example:
[EQ Goes Here]
Sumter
Antietam
Vicksburg
Gettysburg
Atlanta
The importance of the Battle goes here
The Name of the Battle goes here

17. What was the significance of the 13th, 14th, & 15th Amendments?
Page 10
Essential Question 10
What was the significance of the 13th, 14th, & 15th Amendments?
How did the Post-War Reconstruction plan affect relations between the North & South?
The following presentation concerns the fall out of the American Civil War
Pay close attention and ask questions as we go through the slides
You will be given time after the presentation to examine the 13th, 14th, & 15th Amendments more closely
You may work alone or in a small group to determine the significance [importance] of each of the Amendments
Also you will need to examine the Reconstruction efforts of Radical Republicans to determine its affect on North-South relations after the Civil War

18. What was the significance of the 13th, 14th, & 15th Amendments?
Page 10 cont’
What was the significance of the 13th, 14th, & 15th Amendments?
How did the Post-War Reconstruction plan affect relations between the North & South?
EQ 10 Suggested Approach
EQ Goes Here
13th Amendment:
14th Amendment:
15th Amendment:
Post-Civil War Relations Between North & South:
Write the entire – two-part – Essential the top of Page 10
Give yourself enough space to explain or describe the 13th through the 15th Amendments to the Constitution
At the bottom of Page 10 – or on the back of Page 10 – give yourself space to describe the cold relationship between the North and South
Cite SPECIFIC examples
Such as the actions of the Radical Republicans
& the actions of President Johnson
You will probably need to use your text book

19. Page 11
Essential Question 11
How did the economic disparity between the North and South affect the growing tensions between the two?
How did this disparity affect the war?
Include an examination of population, functioning railroads, and industrial output.
Interpret the information on the following slide to answer EQ 11

20. Northern and Southern Resources
Page 11 cont’
Northern and Southern Resources