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UNITED STATES CIVIL WAR
Union Versus Confederacy: The War 1861 – 1865
The Battles: 1861 - 1865
 Locate
and label the following items
a)
The twenty-three states that were part of the Union in 1861
b)
The four border states within the Union
c)
The eleven states of the Confederacy in 1861
d)
West Virginia joined the Union in 1863
e)
The capital of the Union: Washington D.C.
f)
The capital of the Confederacy: Richmond, Virginia
WARM-UP: CHOOSING SIDES—THE
UNION AND THE CONFEDERACY
 If
someone says it better, let them say it…
CRASH COURSE #20
 While
watching, complete the fill-in notes!
THE CIVIL WAR, PART I
 Review
the given data, and answer the following questions
1.
In what ways could each side best mobilize resources to win the war?
What other information would you need to know to answer this
thoughtfully?
2.
Imagine that you were a Civil War soldier. What challenges could you
have experienced fighting for the Union? For the Confederacy?
3.
What advantages could each side’s leaders make use of to win the war?
STATISTICS CONCERNING THE UNION
AND THE CONFEDERACY
1.
Take notes on the different documents around the
room in relation to the prompt below
2.
Construct a coherent introductory paragraph with a
THESIS STATEMENT and an OUTLINE that integrates
your interpretation of Documents A-I and your
knowledge of the period referred to in the prompt

You must use at least 5 of the documents in your outline;
create a frame for your outline (think P.E.R.S.I.A.)
DBQ: ANALYZE THE UNION’S APPROACH TO
ENDING THE CIVIL WAR AND THE
RESTORATION OF THE UNION DURING THE
YEARS 1862 – 1865
 Fort
Sumter, Charleston, South
Carolina
 Manassas
Junction, near
Washington, D.C. / First Battle
of Bull Run
 Shiloh,
 New
Mississippi
Orleans, Louisiana
 Yorktown,
Virginia
 Antietam,
Maryland
 Fredericksburg,
 Gettysburg,
 Vicksburg,
 Atlanta,
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Mississippi
Georgia
 Appomattox,
Virginia
WARM-UP: MAPPING—KEY BATTLES
 If
someone says it better, let them say it…
CRASH COURSE #19
 While
watching, listen for the battles you
mapped and jot down a note on its
significance!
THE BATTLES OF THE CIVIL WAR
 Use
the map and Crash Course notes to help
answer the following questions
1.
What were the Confederate strategies?
2.
What were the Union strategies?
3.
Why were battles fought where they were?
4.
What geographic advantages did the Union have?
A CLOSE LOOK AT THE CIVIL WAR
 If
someone says it better, let them say it…
CRASH COURSE #21
 While
watching, complete the fill-in notes!
WARM-UP—THE CIVIL WAR, PART II
 Read
the prompt carefully, and take one minute to respond
 Abraham
Lincoln was the best president the United States has ever
had and should be ranked number one in all presidential polls
 Pass
your paper to another student, who will have one minute to
respond to your initial response
 Yes,
but…
 Continue
trading papers until you can’t add any more “buts”
ASSESSMENT OF LINCOLN AS
PRESIDENT: THE SILENT DEBATE