1. Good morning!
Please get out any notes you may have from your homework reading on secession, and be ready for a short quiz.

2. Quiz
You may use any of your own hand-written notes. You may not use the article, someone else’s notes, etc.
Please remember to maintain your academic integrity.

3. Guiding Question Why did the Civil War begin in April 1861?
The results of the 1860 presidential election
The secession of the southern states
The leadership of Lincoln
The leadership of Jefferson Davis

4. 1860
Election
Results

5. Secession!:
SC Dec. 20, 1860

6. SC Declaration of Causes of Secession vs
SC Declaration of Causes of Secession vs. Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address
To whom is Lincoln speaking?
What arguments is he making?
What does he say about slavery?
What does he say about secession?
How could we use this to say something about causes of the US Civil War?

7. Paper 1 Part A: 15-20 Min Compare/Contrast docs in light of…
Must demonstrate three things
Contextual Knowledge
Evaluation of Sources (POVL)
Compare/Contrast
Must answer the question
One section telling how the sources are the same
One section telling how the sources are different
One section - your own analysis of whether the sources are similar or different and making a final judgment of whether they are similar or different and why.

8. Paper 1 Part B Rubric

9. Paper 1 Rubric – Part A

10. Paper 1 Part B: 40-45 Minutes How far to the sources support…
P1 - Contextual Knowledge: 1-3 sentences
What do you know? Vocabulary? Historical setting?
P2 - Analysis of Each Source with POVL
How far does each support…
In what ways does each support…
In what ways does each not support…
P3 - Grouping of Sources – Which support the assertion? Which don’t?
Source A & C are similar in that…
Source B & D are similar b/c…However, they disagree that…
P4 - Make a final conclusion or argument that answers the question. Show context & evaluation of sources (POVL).

11. Fort Sumter: April 12, 1861