1. LESSON 6.7: CIVIL WAR England and France
UNIT 6: FOREIGN POLICY
LESSON 6.7: CIVIL WAR
England and France

2. WARM UP
LIST AS MANY CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF THE CIVIL WAR THAT YOU CAN.

3. Activity
Divide your paper into two halves. Label one half England and one half France.
In your small groups, you will research the roles England and France may have played during the Civil War. What impact did England and France have on the north? What impact did they have on the south?
Your findings will be recorded on the smartboard as a class.

4. reflection
What impact did England and France have on our country during the Civil War?

5. ACTIVITY divide the class into groups of 5.
Assign each group one of the 5 major causes of the civil war.
Allow each group time to research their particular cause in order to provide supporting details.
Allow each group to present to the class their findings in regard to providing supporting detail for their particular cause.
Have students record their findings on the smartboard for the rest of the class.

6. CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR
1. Economic and social differences between the North and the South.
2. States versus federal rights.
3. The fight between Slave and Non-Slave State Proponents.
4. Growth of the Abolition Movement.
5. The election of Abraham Lincoln.

7. WHAT WERE THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTH?

8. WHY WAS THE SOUTH CONCERNED ABOUT STATE RIGHTS
WHY WAS THE SOUTH CONCERNED ABOUT STATE RIGHTS? WHAT EXAMPLES HAVE WE ALREADY SEEN BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTH CONCERNING STATE RIGHTS?

9. WHAT ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF THE FIGHT BETWEEN SLAVE AND NON-SLAVE PROPONENTS?

10. WHAT DO YOU ALREADY KNOW ABOUT THE GROWTH OF THE ABOLITION MOVEMENT?

11. WHY WAS THE ELECTION OF LINCOLN SEEN AS THE “FINAL STRAW” BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTH?

13. EFFECTS OF THE CIVIL WAR
THE NORTHS VICTORY STRENGTHENED THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OVER THE STATES
IT CHANGED AMERICAN SOCIETY BY ENDING SLAVERY
THE WAR ALSO DEVASTATED THE SOCIETY AND ECONOMY OF THE SOUTH
LED TO RECONSTRUCTION

14. Supporting Activity
Primary source document on “Mary Chestnut’s diary”

15. Reflection
Summarize what you have learned today in regard to the causes and effects of the Civil War.