Unit 6: Civil War & Reconstruction

Lessons

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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