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Unit 6: Civil War & Reconstruction

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Lessons

  • Debating Union & Secession
  • Turning Points of the Civil War
  • Diplomacy & the Homefront
  • Reconstruction Begins
  • Reconstruction Fails

Unit 6 Study Guide

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  • Chapter 20 - Girding for War: The North & South, 1861-1865 (Course Notes)
  • Chapter 21 - The Furnace of Civil War, 1861-1865 (Course Notes)
  • Chapter 22 - The Ordeal of Reconstruction, 1865-1877 (Course Notes)
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Essential Questions

  • What were the causes of the Civil War?
  • Why did Southern states secede? Did any state have a right to leave the Union? Was Lincoln right to use military force to keep the Union intact?
  • What were the major military and political turning points of the Civil War and what were their consequences?
  • How did the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address frame the significance of the Civil War?
  • What was the war’s impact on the home front?
  • In what ways did African Americans shape the course and consequences of the Civil War & Reconstruction?
  • How did race relations in the South change after Reconstruction, and what was the African American response?
  • What were the postwar contributions of Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, and Frederick Douglass?
  • Evaluate the following statement: "The North won the war; the South won the peace."
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Unit Project

Roundtable Discussion on the Civil War & Reconstruction

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