1. Good morning!
Please get out any notes you have from the homework reading, ½ sheet of paper, and be ready for a short quiz.
You’ll also need your Major Themes sheet and your work from last class.

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

3. Quiz
1. What is a writ of habeas corpus?
Explain the fundamental conflict in the case of John Merryman and/or the case of Clement Vallandigham and/or Lambdin Milligan.

4. Civil Liberties & the Civil War
GQ#2: How great was the immediate impact of the Civil War?
Limitations on civil liberties

5. Notes & Questions How are our freedoms limited by our government?
Make a list
When are we OK with these limitations? When are we not? How do we decide?

6. Abraham Lincoln & Civil Liberties during the War
Habeas Corpus – What is it? Why?
Lincoln suspended habeas corpus, had thousands arrested & jailed without trial, and shut down newspapers critical of the Union & the war.
Was Lincoln justified?

7. 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?

8. 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

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

10. Write this down in your notes!
So what?
Cambridge Exam
Write this down in your notes!

11. Paper 2 Part A “How” or “Why” Questions
Ex - Why did it take the North three years to turn its superiority of resources over the South into military victory?
List of reasons why – shoot for 3 – Explain each
Specific evidence and detail - vocab
Ranking of relative significance – which is the most important reason and why? Which is next? Are reasons connected?
15 Minutes

12. Paper 2 Part A

13. Paper 2 Part A
Why did it take the North three years to turn its superiority of resources over the South into military victory?
List of reasons why – shoot for 3 – Explain each
Specific evidence and detail - vocab
Ranking of relative significance – which is the most important reason and why? Which is next? Are reasons connected?

14. 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

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