1. Civil War

2. What do you know about the Civil War?
List five facts that you know (or think you know) about the American Civil War. Ask yourself the 5 W’s and the H and write the answers.

3. 5 W’s and the H about the Civil War
Who was involved? Northern and Southern states, General Robert E. Lee, Ulysses Grant, Sherman, Stonewall Jackson
What happened? Both sides went to war to prove they were right and defend their beliefs and their pride.
When?
Where? Battles occurred throughout the eastern United States.
Why? Many disagreements concerning government, slavery, sectionalism, and many other issues.

4. What did the United States look like when the Civil War started?
Read chapter 7, section1 (pg ).
Define and explain “manifest destiny” in your own words.
Define “annex” and “cede” and “secede”.
Draw a timeline of how the U.S. fulfilled its “manifest destiny”.
a. List the areas that became part of the United States from (map, page 213)
b. What years did each area become part of the U.S.?
c. From whom (which country) did each area come?
d. How did each area join the country?

5. Chapter 7, section 1 (continued)
5. Label Georgia, Texas, California, New Mexico, Florida, Oregon, Louisiana, Rio Grande River, Canada, and Mexico. 6. Label and outline map of U.S. acquisitions from the map on page 213.

6. Prepare and present a brief explanation of each area:
Original United States
Louisiana Purchase
Upper Northwest
Florida cession
Texas
Oregon
California (Mexican cession)
Gadsden Purchase

7. Civil War Alliances Union/Free states
Border states (Slave states that did not secede from the Union)
Confederacy/Slave states

8. Why did the Civil War happen?
States’ Rights
Class Structure/Culture/Education
Slavery
Sectionalism
Economics

9. North vs. South: How were they different? (p. 216)

10. Define key terms and concepts (p. 215-227)
Manifest Destiny
Abolitionist
Missouri Compromise
Sectionalism
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Dred Scott decision
Tariff
Slave Codes
Underground Railroad