Civil War EQ Books

• Inside Cover – the inside cover of your EQ Book should read:

Table of ContentsSlavery………………………..p.1Missouri Compromise…........p.2States Rites…………………..p.3War with Mexico……………..p.4Lincoln’s Actions……………..p.5Emancipation Proclamation...p.6Civil War Generals…………..p.7Rule of Law…………………..p.8Important Battles…………….p.9Constitutional Amendments..p.10Economic Disparity………….p.11

Essential Question• How did slavery come to be a significant issue in American

politics? (pg. 248-256)

– Include the uprising of Nat Turner and the rise of the Abolitionmovement via William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglas, and the Grimkesisters.

• Create a chart like the one below in which you plot the names of the individuals above and their contribution to making slavery a significant political issue

William Lloyd Garrison

Frederick Douglas

Grimke Sisters

Nat Turner

Page 1

Essential Question

• How did the Missouri Compromise affect the admittance of new states to the Union? (pg. 222-223)

• What were the new criteria by which states were admitted?

• First - Identify the Missouri Compromise [ define the Missouri Compromise…e.g. What was it?]

• Next – Describe the criteria by which new States were admitted into the Union per the Missouri Compromise

• Ex.Missouri Compromise = …blah blah blah…blah.

Criteria for Admittance = States were admitted into the Union…blah blahblah…blah & blah.

Page 2

Essential Question• What was the Nullification Crisis and what role did it play in the rise of

“states rights” ideology? (pg. 230-232)

• What role did John C. Calhoun play in the development of sectionalism?(pg. 230-232)

• Create a Flow Chart on Page 3

[Essential Question Goes Here]

Beginning / Causes

Middle / Crisis

Effects / Outcomes

•Write you EQ @ the top of Page 3•Your Flow Chartshould have 3 parts

• Beginning• Middle • End

•Use the Notes in thenext slides to fill-inyour chart

•On the back of Page 3:

• Define “Sectionalism”

• Explain Calhoun’s role in growing sectionalism between the North & South

Essential Question• Why was the War with Mexico fought?

(pg. 288-297)• What was the Wilmot Proviso & the Compromise

of 1850? (pg. 306-309)[Essential Question Goes Here]

War With MexicoCauses Effects

Wilmot Proviso

Compromise of1850

•Create a C/E chartof the War w/ Mexico

•Next create a sectionfor the Wilmot Proviso& the Compromise of 1850

•For both the WilmotProviso & the Compromiseof 1850 answer the following:

• What?• Who?• Why?

•Answer based on notes &/or Handouts

•Alternatively – you may want to describe the Wilmot Proviso & Compromise of 1850 on the BACKof Page 4

Page 4

Essential Question - 5

• What efforts did President Lincoln make to preserve the Union during the Civil War?

– Examine:

• Second Inaugural Address

• Gettysburg Speech

• Use of emergency powers such as the suspension of habeas corpus

• Emancipation Proclamation

[EQ Goes Here]

Effort Description

2nd Inaugural Address

GettysburgSpeech

Suspension of Habeas Corpus

EmancipationProclamation

•On the Back of Page 5

• Evaluate the characterof Abraham Lincoln

• Saint or Sinner?

Essential Question 6

• What was the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation?

– Example:

[EQ Goes Here]

I believe that the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation was…blah blah, blah.

I believe this because…blah blah blah, blah blah [in other words, the evidence for your belief]

•Simply read the Emancipation Proclamationand/or the commentary handout and formulate your own opinion

•The more serious you takethis the better your answer will be

Emancipation ProclamationPage 6

• Please do NOT write on the document

• Please read the entire document and write a critical response to it on Page 6 of your EQ Notebook

• Critical questions include:– Why?– How?– When?– What was the reason for…?– What were the intensions of the author?– Who was the document’s audience?– What were the practical outcomes?

Essential Question - 7

1. Who were Ulysses Grant, Robert Lee, “Stonewall” Jackson, William Sherman, and Jefferson Davis? What roles did each play in the Civil War?

Grant

Lee

Jackson

Sherman

Davis

Essential QGoes Here

Essential Question # 8 [Page 8]• What were the key laws and court cases

surrounding the issue of slavery?• Include explanations of the Kansas-Nebraska Act,

failure of popular sovereignty, Dred Scott, and John Brown’s Raid.

[EQ Goes In This Space]

Law / Court Case Details

Kansas-NebraskaAct

Failure of Popular

Sovereignty

Dred Scott v. Sanford

John Brown’s Raid

•Each of the followingslides contains infoconcerning laws or legal cases surroundingthe issue of slavery

•Use the info providedto complete a chart like the one you seehere

•You may eitherchoose to use theback of Page 8 forextra / supplementalnotes or you may carry your chart over on the back to provide more room for info insideyour chart

• What were the importance / significance of each of the following Civil War battles: Fort Sumter, Antietam, Vicksburg,

Gettysburg, and the Battle for Atlanta?

– Example:

[EQ Goes Here]

Sumter

Antietam

Vicksburg

Gettysburg

Atlanta

•The Name of theBattle goes here

•The importance of the Battle goes here

Essential Question 10• What was the significance of the 13th, 14th, & 15th

Amendments?• How did the Post-War Reconstruction plan affect

relations between the North & South?

• The following presentation concerns the fall out of the American Civil War

• Pay close attention and ask questions as we go through the slides

• You will be given time after the presentation to examine the 13th, 14th, & 15th Amendments more closely

• You may work alone or in a small group to determine the significance [importance] of each of the Amendments

• Also you will need to examine the Reconstruction efforts of Radical Republicans to determine its affect on North-South relations after the Civil War

EQ 10Suggested Approach

• Write the entire – two-part – Essential Question @ the top of Page 10

• Give yourself enough space to explain or describe the 13th through the 15th Amendments to the Constitution

• At the bottom of Page 10 – or on the back of Page 10 – give yourself space to describe the cold relationship between the North and South– Cite SPECIFIC examples– Such as the actions of the Radical Republicans– & the actions of President Johnson

• You will probably need to use your text book

EQ Goes Here

13th Amendment:

14th Amendment:

15th Amendment:

Post-Civil War Relations Between North & South:

What was the significance of the 13th, 14th, & 15th Amendments?How did the Post-War Reconstruction plan affect relations between the

North & South?

Essential Question 11

• How did the economic disparity between the North and South affect the growing tensions between the two?

• How did this disparity affect the war?

– Include an examination of population, functioning railroads, and industrial output.

– Interpret the information on the following slide to answer EQ 11

Northern and Southern Resources