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How did the Civil War and the failure of Reconstruction change the course of our nation?
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Student Learning Map
- Topic:Civil War and Reconstruction
- Subject(s):Social Studies
- Days:8
- Grade(s):11
Key Learning:
The Civil War profoundly changed the political, economic, and social direction of our nation. The subsequent failure of Reconstruction created the loss of civil rights for African Americans and fostered the enduring bitterness between the North and South
Unit Essential Question(s):
Lesson Essential Question(s):What were the causes of the Civil War?
How did the nation's leaders try to compromise to avoid civil war?
Do you think that the conflict could have been avoided?How?
Lesson Essential Question(s):Where were the first battles of the Civil War fought? What were the strategies for each side during the war?
What were the strengths and weaknesses of both sides at the beginning of the Civil War? What battles were turning points in the war
How did the Emancipation Proclamation effect the outcome of the War? Why was Lincoln hesitant to free slaves?
What was Sherman's "scorched earth policy" and why did Grant order him to use it? How did the war end and what was the human cost of the conflict?
Lesson Essential Question(s):What were the major differences between the Reconstruction plans developed for the South by Lincoln, Johnson, and the Republican Congress?
Why did Reconstruction fail?
What new rights did African Americans gain during Reconstruction? How were those rights later limited?
How did Southern whites regain political power during Reconstruction?
Vocabulary:Sectionalism, popular sovereignty, Dred Scott decision, Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Bleeding Kansas, Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, secession, Confederacy, Jefferson Davis, Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act
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