geography challenge: the Civil war
Use the two maps to complete the Geography Challenge linked below
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civil war vocabulary
1. emancipate - to give someone the political or legal rights that they did not have before
2.reconstruction – the work that is done to repair the damage to a city, industry etc., especially after a war 3. The Union – the federal government of the United States and the states loyal to it during the American Civil War (1861-1865) 4.The Confederacy – government set up in 1861 by the southern states of the US, which had seceded from the United States |
Civil war websitesInteractive site that gives a full overview of the Civil War.
Interactive Maps and Videos for the major battles of the Civil War.
This site chronicles the assassination of Lincoln from beginning to end.
Civil War Review Game
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Sectionalism: the north/south/west divide
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States' Rights
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Kansas-Nebraska Act and "Bleeding Kansas"
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Slavery: 230 Years of dividing the nation
The abolitionists
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William Lloyd Garrison
Publishes a newspaper called "The Liberator" about slavery and the abolitionist movement. |
Frederick Douglass
A runaway slave rises to be one of the most important Abolitionists of the 18 40's and 50's. |
Harriet Beecher Stowe
changes the sentiment of the nation by publishing the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin". |
Harriet Tubman
Former slave who worked as a Conductor of the Underground Railroad. |
The Underground Railroad
1. What were the dangers involved in the Underground Railroad? 2.Who were some of the people that helped runaway slaves escape? |
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Click here for videos and information on the Causes of the Civil War
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Dred Scott V. Sandford
1. Which laws were the Scott's using to claim their freedom? 2. What effects did this case have on the country and how did it lead the nation closer to the Civil War? |
Secession: the Final Break
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The Civil War
Leaders of the Civil war
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The gettysburg address
Explain how the Gettysburg Address summarized what the whole Civil War is about and why the Union continued to fight the war.
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Sherman's March to the Sea
Lincoln's assassination
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