Civil War
CORE CONTENT
Why was there a civil war in the United States?
Focus Points
• How far did slavery cause the Civil War?
• What was the significance of Lincoln’s election as President?
• Why was the North able to win the war?
• Did the war change anything?
Specified Content
• Causes and consequences of the American Civil War, 1820–77:
differences between North and South
slavery, slave states and free states abolitionism
the 1860 election and secession of the Southern states
reasons for the North’s victory
the role of Lincoln
reconstruction.
Note: coverage of the events of the war is not required except insofar as they help to explain the North’s victory.
United States Presidents:
James Buchanan Library: http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/presidents/james_buchanan_wheatland.html
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library: http://www.alplm.org/
Andrew Johnson Library: http://ajmuseum.tusculum.edu/
NOTES:
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