Georgia Performance 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. 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.	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.

Essential Questions:=
How did the political and social interactions in the United States during the mid 19th century lead to conflict and change?

Key questions that you will be able to answer after this unit is Completed:

1. How did slavery became a significant issue in American politics; include the slave rebellion of Nat Turner and the rise of abolitionism (William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglas, and the Grimke sisters).
2. How did the Missouri Compromise affect the issue of slavery in western states and territories?
3. How did the Nullification Crisis and the emergence of states’ rights ideology affect the relations of the North and the South; include the role of John C. Calhoun and development of sectionalism.
4. How did the war with Mexico and the Wilmot Proviso affect the growing sectionalism?.

5. How did the Compromise of 1850 affect the issues of slavery in America?
6. How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the failure of popular sovereignty, Dred Scott case, and John Brown’s Raidhasten the coming of the War?
7. How did President Lincoln’s present his 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 corpu?.
8. What were the roles of Ulysses Grant, Robert E. Lee, “Stonewall” Jackson, William T. Sherman, and Jefferson Davis?
9. What was the importance of Fort Sumter, Antietam, Vicksburg, Gettysburg, and the Battle for Atlanta?
10. What was the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation.
11. How did the growing economic disparity between the North and the South as demonstrated by population, functioning railroads, financial means and industrial output affect the outcome of the war?
12. How do Presidential Reconstruction with Radical Republican Reconstruction compare and contrast?.
13. How did the North attempt to redistribute land in the South among the former slaves and provide advanced education (e.g., Morehouse College) through the Freedmen’s Bureau?
14. What is the significance of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments?
15. How did the Black Codes, the Ku Klux Klan, and other forms of resistance disregard racial equality during Reconstruction?.
16. How was the impeachment of Andrew Johnson linked to the relationship of Reconstruction and Congress?

Vocabulary:

Kansas-Nebraska Act
popular sovereignty
Presidential Reconstruction
Radical Republican Reconstruction.
Freedmen’s Bureau
Black Codes
Ku Klux Klan
Fort Sumter
Antietam,
Vicksburg
Gettysburg
Battle for Atlanta
Emancipation Proclamation
William Lloyd Garrison
Frederick Douglas
Grimke sisters
Nat Turner
John C. Calhoun
Henry Clay
Stephen Douglas
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Dred Scott
John Brown
Abraham Lincoln
Gettysburg Address
First Inaugural Address
Habeas Corpus

Ulysses Grant
Robert E. Lee
“Stonewall” Jackson
William T. Sherman
Jefferson Davis
Andrew Johnson
impeachment
Missouri Compromise
Sectionalism.
War with Mexico
Wilmot Proviso.
Compromise of 1850,
Fort Sumter
Antietam,Vicksburg,Gettysburg,
Battle for Atlanta
EmancipationProclamation

Lincoln Memorial

Jefferson Davis Memorial in Kentucky

Resources:

Short history of causes of the Civil war and the war here
Graphs comparing the North and South here
Sectionalism and the Civil War here
Interactive American timeline here
John Brown: Terrorist or Hero here
Why did the South secede here
A house divided : Lincoln and the war here
Reconstruction in America here
Civil war games here
Why did Georgia secede? Click here to find out from the horse's mouth