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Civil War

Part 1: Scavenger Hunt for Causes

Use the resources listed to answer the following questions.

  1. John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry:
  1. John Brown was an ______who wanted to put an end to slavery.
  2. Where & when did this happen? ______
  3. What was his plan? ______
  4. How did it end? ______

2. Harriet Beecher Stowe

  1. Why is she well-known? ______
  2. How did her actions help lead to the Civil War? ______

3. States’ Rights

  1. What did the North want? ______
  2. What did the South want? ______

*Use page 100 in the textbook for c and d.

c. What is sectionalism? ______

d. What is a tariff?______

e. Who did the tariffs help? ______

4. Slavery *Use your textbook (pages 101-102) and the following link to answer the questions.

  1. The North’s economy was based on ______.
  2. The South’s economy was based on ______.
  3. As America began to grow west, people took with them their own way of life. What did Southerners feel was their right to take with them? ______
  4. Each time a new state asked to join the Union, what question came up? ______
  5. Why was it an important question? ______

5. Fill in the chart listing “For” or “Against” for the opinions of most people in the North and South regarding the issues that divided the country before the war.

Issue / North / South
states’ rights
tariffs
slavery

6. Color the map to show slave states and free states. Use the map on page 104 of your textbook. Use the same colors as your textbook, and make a new key.

7. List some of the differences in the North and South. Use the bar graph and website to gather information.

NorthSouth

Part 2: Major Events in the News- Use the link and your textbook to research the event you have drawn. Then write at least a 1 minute news report about your event. Next, you will video your report to be shared with the class.All events have been listed for you to take notes from your classmates’ reports.

  1. Election of 1860 (pp116-117) (Lincoln)
  1. Secession: (p 117)
  1. Ft. Sumter: (pp 118-119)
  1. Emancipation Proclamation (pp125-126)

5. Gettysburg (pp 130-131)

  1. Atlanta Campaign (pp 132-133)
  1. Sherman’s March to the Sea (p 133)
  1. Appomattox Court House(pp 133-135)

Part 3: Interviewing Leaders of the Civil War-

Write an interview with the Civil War leader that you have drawn. Include the questions and how you believe that person might have answered based on your research. Be sure to include what this person did before, during, and after the war. Your interview should contain at least 10 questions and answers. Try to stick to important facts for the big picture. You will present your interview to the class.

My leader: ______

Question 1:

Answer 1:

Question 2:

Answer 2:

Question 3:

Answer 3:

Question 4:

Answer 4:

Question 5:

Answer 5:

Question 6:

Answer 6:

Question 7:

Answer 7:

Question 8:

Answer 8:

Question 9:

Answer 9:

Question 10:

Answer 10:

The following section is for you to take notes from your classmates’ interviews.

Abraham Lincoln

Robert E. Lee

Ulysses S. Grant

Jefferson Davis

Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson

Part 4: Effects of the War-

1. Complete the T-chart to organize the information you found from the reading and class discussion for the effects of the war on the North and South.

NorthSouth

Part 5: Reconstruction

Gather the information from the video, website, reading handouts, and textbook (pp 140-149)

  1. Amendments:
  2. 13th:
  3. 14th:
  4. 15th:
  1. Freedmen’s Bureau:
  1. Define sharecropping: p147
  1. How did the Southern states become part of the U.S. again?
  1. Jim Crow Laws: p148-149

Part 6: Putting it all together

Use the information in your packet and the website to create a timeline of the Civil War. Include the following events:

Slavery begins in the U.S.

Reconstruction

Lincoln wins presidential election

John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Confederate States of America formed

Ft. Sumter (war begins)

Gettysburg

Sherman’s March to the Sea

Sherman captures Atlanta

Emancipation Proclamation

Lee surrenders to Grant