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Unit 5 Overview
The Civil War is one of the Key events that formed America’s national character. This unit examines the causes and effects of the conflict and change of the American Civil War. It also provides a rich field for examining the role of individuals, groups, and institutions in shaping history. It will also show how production, distribution, and consumption help the economy to thrive as industry supports the war. The unit concludes with a focus on the belief and ideal of political reconstruction of the South and the struggles of newly freed African- Americans.
Unit 5 Georgia Standards
SSUSH8 The student will explain the relationship between growing north-south divisions and westward expansion.
a. Explain how slavery became a significant issue in American politics; include the slave rebellion of Nat Turner and the rise of abolitionism (William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, and the Grimke sisters)
b. Explain the Missouri Compromise and the issue of slavery in western states and territories.
c. Describe the Nullification Crisis and the emergence of states’ rights ideology; include the role of John C. Calhoun and development of sectionalism.
d. Describe the war with Mexico and the Wilmot Proviso. (NOT USED THIS UNIT)
e. Explain how the Compromise of 1850 arose out of territorial expansion and population growth.
SSUSH9 The student will identify key events, issues, and individuals relating to the causes, course, and consequences of the Civil War.
a. Explain the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the failure of popular sovereignty, Dred Scott case, and John Brown’s Raid.
b. Describe President Lincoln’s efforts to preserve the Union as seen in his second inaugural address and the Gettysburg speech and in his use of emergency powers, such as his decision to suspend habeas corpus.
c. Describe the roles of Ulysses Grant, Robert E. Lee, “Stonewall” Jackson, William T. Sherman, and Jefferson Davis.
d. Explain the importance of Fort Sumter, Antietam, Vicksburg, Gettysburg, and the Battle for Atlanta and the impact of geography on these battles.\
e. Describe the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation.
f. Explain the importance of the growing economic disparity between the North and the South through an examination of population, functioning railroads, and industrial output
SSUSH10 The student will identify legal, political, and social dimensions of Reconstruction.
a. Compare and contrast Presidential Reconstruction with Radical Republican Reconstruction.
b. Explain efforts to redistribute land in the South among the former slaves and provide advanced education (Morehouse College) and describe the role of the Freedmen’s Bureau.
c. Describe the significance of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments.
d. Explain Black Codes, the Ku Klux Klan, and other forms of resistance to racial equality during Reconstruction.
e. Explain the impeachment of Andrew Johnson in relationship to Reconstruction.
f. Analyze how the presidential election of 1876 and the subsequent compromise of 1877 marked the end of Reconstruction
Unit 5 Essential Questions
The student will understand that when there is conflict between or within societies, change is the result.
How did the abolitionist movement lead tot conflict between the North and South?
What effect did westward expansion hove on the background leading up to the American Civil War?
How did the creation of popular sovereignty in the new territories result in additional conflict?
The student will understand that the actions of individual, groups, and/or institutions affect society through intended and unintended consequences.
What strategies did the North and the south use in their attempt to win the American Civil War?
How did President Lincoln increase the power of the Presidency in order to win the Civil War?
Who were the major military leaders of the Civil War and how did they affect the major battles?
The student will understand that distribution of power in government is a product of existing document and laws combined with contemporary values and beliefs.
What laws were passed during Reconstruction to ensure that Southern power was limited?
What was the re4adiont by southerners to the Reconstruction laws?
What events led to the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson?
Unit 5 Power Point Presentations
1-Sectionalism 1820-1860.pptxSectionalism
Sectionalism
3-US Civil War.pptxThe U.S. Civil War
The U.S. Civil War
THE RECONSTRUCTION ERA (1863-1877).pptxReconstruction
Reconstruction
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