RUSH CHAPTER 11-12 - The Civil War and Reconstruction

TUES 10/13 – Do a timeline of the major battles in the East and the West: First Bull Run, Peninsular Campaign, Monitor v. Merrimack, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness Campaign, Fort Henry and Fort Donalson, Shiloh, Vicksburg, Sherman’s March. Tell when the battle was fought, who won, importance of the battle. DUE FRI 10/16

THURS 10/15 - pp.338-345 – Describe the advantages and disadvantages and strategies of each side. How did new inventions change warfare.

FRI 10/16 - Go over the battles.

MON 10/19 – pp.346-356 – Examine the politics during the war and what life was like for the soldiers and the people at home.

TUES 10/20 – p365 - Critical Thinking #4 - DUE WED 10/21 - pp366-371 - What was the legacy of the war?

WED 10/21 – pp.376-382 - Analyze the various Reconstruction plans. Which plan do you think was the best plan for the South? For the North? For the country?

THURS 10/22 – pp.383-392 - Life during Reconstruction.

FRI 10/23 –pp.392-401 – Examine why Reconstruction failed. What problems did the U.S. face during and after Reconstruction?

MON 10/26 – Wrap up and Review

TUES 10/27 – Test – Describe 2 positive effects and 2 negative effects of the Civil War and/or Reconstruction. Use specific details/examples in your explanation. DUE TUES 10/27

STUDY GUIDE

First Bull Run, Peninsular Campaign, Monitor v. Merrimack, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness Campaign, Fort Henry and Fort Donalson, Shiloh, Vicksburg, Sherman’s March, Clara Barton, Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, John Wilkes Booth, Robert E. Lee, U.S. Grant, William T. Sherman, Emancipation Proclamation, Copperheads, draft riots, Reconstruction, Alaska, total war, 13,14,15^th Amendment, Freedman’s Bureau, KKK, Tenure of Office Act, Johnson’s impeachment, habeas corpus, Andersonville, Red Cross, black codes, carpetbaggers, sharecropping, Compromise of 1877