U.S. History Unit 3.2
Identify specific causes that led to the civil war.
1) Slavery in the Western Territories - The fight over whether to allow (or outlaw) slavery as the nation expanded westward (in other words, allowing or not allowing slavery in the states that would be added to the USA as the nation expanded westward). 2) Sectionalism - loyalty to one region of the country over the country as a whole. 3) Lincoln being elected President (as an anti-slavery Republican). 4) States' Rights/Westward Expansion - whether states had the right to make decisions on issues like slavery. 5) Expansion - as the nation expanded westward, it would change the balance of power in the national government, as each new state was added to the USA. 6) Secession - South Carolina and ten other Southern states decide to leave the USA and form the Confederate States of America. Lincoln and the USA do not believe that the South has the right to secede from the USA. 7) Bleeding Kansas - the first "fighting" over slavery before the war even started.
Explain how westward expansion could change the balance of power between the North and the South.
Adding new states means there would be a shift of power in the Congress (the House and Senate).
The student will be able to identify and explain the content of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Emancipation Proclamation (Jan. 1, 1863) - President Lincoln issues an executive order freeing many slaves (this said that all slaves in the rebellious southern states would be freed on January 1, 1863, if the South did not return to the Union/US government)
The student will be able to analyze the advantages of each side in the Civil War.
North: More money, more people, more factories, more railroads South: Home field advantage (mainly fought in the South), better military leaders
Analyze sectionalism as North vs. South, free vs. slave, urban vs. rural, and industrial vs. agrarian.
North: free, urban, industrial South: slave, rural, agrarian
Define and explain sectionalism as a cause of the Civil War
Sectionalism - Sectionalism is loyalty or support of a particular region or section of the nation, rather than the United States as a whole.
The student will be able to identify major leaders in the Civil War
South: President Davis, General Lee North: President Lincoln, General Grant
Identify who won the Civil War
The North (USA)
Identify the two "sides" as the nation became divided over the issues of westward expansion and slavery.
The North (USA) and the South (CSA)
Identify the two sides in the Civil War and the names that might represent both sides.
The South: The Confederate States of America, The CSA, The Confederacy, The Southern States, slave, rebels, gray, President Davis, General Lee The North: The United States of America, The USA, The Union, The Northern States, free, Yankees, Blue, President Lincoln, General Grant
Explain the Southern States' legal justification for secession.
The states thought they could leave because the colonies did the same thing to the British.
Define abolitionist
a person who favors the abolition (end) of a practice; in this period of history, it refers to people who wanted to end slavery
Define popular sovereignty
deciding something through the voting process; decisions made by voting
Define sectionalism
loyalty or support of one region or section of the nation, rather than the United States as a whole
Define slave
the state of being under the control of another person
