Unit 6 

Civil War

How do we stop oppression peacefully?

6.6 Reconstruction

What was Reconstruction?

How did the President, Congress, and South rebuild the country? 

How did Reconstruction end?

Could Reconstruction have been handled differently?

6.5 Civil War

What were the important battles during the war?

What was Emancipation and the Gettyberg Address?

What were the effects of the war?

What was the most important event of the Civil War?

6.4 Causes of the Civil War

Which events led up to the Civil War?

Why did the Civil War happen?

How did politics lead to a war?

At what point was the Civil War inevitable?

6.3 Resistance to Slavery

What were ways in which people resisted slavery?

Who were Nat Turner and Harriet Tubman? What did they do?

Who were several abolitionists and what did they do?

Which abolitionists likely had the biggest impact on ending slavery?

6.2 Conditions of Slavery

How did people experience slavery in the United States?

What kind of conditions were people put through?

How did people endure the harsh realities of chattel slavery?

What was surprising about slavery in the United States?

6.1 The Slave Trade

What was the Atlantic Slave Trade?

What was the Middle Passage?

Why did slavery continue in the United States?

What fueled the slave trade?

6.0 Intro to Slavery

Unit 6 - Slavery

How do we stop oppression peacefully?