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The American Civil War
The North and South Grow Apart
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Different Ways of Life
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the north and south and their different views
on slavery.
Resisting Slavery
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Slaves Resist
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slaves resisted slavery. Insert Pictures.
Slave Rebellions
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slaves did to rebel.
The Under Ground Railroad
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people who were involved and tell what they
did.
The struggle over Slavery
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The Disagreement
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the north and the south. List the different
opinions. Insert pictures.
The Missouri Compromise
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pictures. (Maps are a good idea.)
The Compromise of 1850
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“Bleeding Kansas”
Describe “Bleeding Kansas” and the Kansas
Nebraska Act.
The Dred Scott Case
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The Raid
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Ferry, Virginia.
A New Party Is Born
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The First Shots Are Fired
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The South Secede
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the Union. (List as much as possible.)
The Major Differences
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and the Confederacy. Insert pictures.
Border States
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map.
War Begins
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the war at the Battle of Fort Sumter. Insert
Picture.
Early Stages of the War
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War, Good or Bad?
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the war.
Early Battles
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war.
Generals
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of the war. Insert Pictures.
Technology to the Rescue.
Name and describe the major technology
advances of the war and describe how they
helped the soldiers. Insert pictures.
Life During the War
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A Soldier’s Life
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the war. Insert Pictures.
African Americans and War.
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war. Insert Pictures
Women and the War
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pictures.
Emancipation Proclamation
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when it was issued and describe its purpose.)
How the North Won
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Gettysburg
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purpose of the Gettysburg Address. Insert
pictures.
The End of the War
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and tell how when and where the war ended.
The End of Slavery
Describe the assassination on Lincoln. Who
became the new president?
Thirteenth Amendment
Describe the Thirteenth Amendment.
Reconstruction
Describe the Reconstruction Period.