Civil War

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Unit 1  The Pre-War Years

1. Development of Two Cultures—Part 1 7. Kansas-Nebraska Act 13. Project:  Comparing Wars
2. Development of Two Cultures—Part 2 8. The Kansas Issue 14. Quiz 3:  Point of No Return
3. Life of a Slave 9. Quiz 2:  Compromise 15. Special Project
4. Project:  The Art of Compromise 10. Abolition and John Brown 16. Review
5. Quiz 1:  Two Cultures in Conflict 11. Causes of Secession 17. Test
6. Political Compromises 12. Storm over Sumter

Unit 2  The Early Years

1. Why Fight? 7. The Summer of ‘62 13. Chancellorsville
2. The Anaconda Plan 8. The War in the West 14. Quiz 3:  Freedom in Turmoil
3. First Battle of Bull Run 9. Quiz 2:  The South Takes Control 15. Project:  Emancipation Proclamation Discussion
4. Project:  Anti-War Editorial 10. The Lost Orders 16. Special Project
5. Quiz 1:  The War Begins 11. Fredericksburg 17. Review
6. Battle of Shiloh 12. Emancipation Proclamation 18. Test

Unit 3  Turning Point

1. Leadership of Two Presidents 8. Women Make a Difference 15. Lee an Grant
2. Gettysburg 9. Effects of War 16. Quiz 3:  Control of the West
3. Pickett’s Charge 10. African Americans in the Military 17. Special Project
4. The Gettysburg Address 11. Project:  Effects of War 18. Review
5. Project:  Two Presidents 12. Quiz 2:  A Nation Suffers 19. Test
6. Quiz 1:  The Turning Point 13.  Grierson’s Raid
7. Turmoil on the Home Front 14.  Siege of Vicksburg

Unit 4  War in the South

1. Turning of the Tide 7. Major Union Advances 13. Project:  Leaving a Legacy
2. Grant and Sherman 8. Quiz 2:  Union Avalanche 14. Quiz 3:  The End is Near
3. The Wilderness Campaign 9. Being a Soldier 15. Special Project
4. Quiz 1:  The Tide Turns 10. Prison Camps 16. Review
5. Petersburg and Atlanta 11. Project: Human Rights 17. Test
6. Atlanta and Shenandoah Valley 12. Lincoln’s Last Months

Unit 5  Reconstruction of a Nation

1. Petersburg 7. Reconstruction Begins 13. Quiz 3:  American Paradigm Shift
2. Richmond Falls 8. Project:  History of Impeachment 14. Special Project
3. Lee Surrenders 9. Quiz 2:  Triumph and Tragedy 15. Review
4. Quiz 1:  The War Ends 10. Three New Amendments 16. Test
5. Triumph and Tragedy 11. Life After Reconstruction
6. Reconstruction of a Nation 12. Project:  Effects of Amendments

Unit 6  The Civil War In Review

1.      Course Review—Part 1

2.      Course Review—Part 2

3.      Final Exam