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Road to the Civil War Webquest The scrapbook is due on _________ Rough Draft/Organizer Task: Your task is to create a scrapbook about the events leading up to the Civil War. Read the directions on each page to complete your scrapbook. Your scrapbook will have nine pages, plus a cover. Each page will have its own set of directions for completion. When all of the pages are completed, put them together in book form. Cover - Your cover should include the title of the webquest, your name, and some pictures that relate to the topic of the webquest. Page 1. Causes of the Civil War - Pick one of the issues from the list. Use the links to answer the question. Name of cause___________________________________________________________ Why was this issue one of the causes of the Civil War? (Think about the 5 W’s & the H) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 1 Page 2. Election of 1860 – Explain the important topics in the election. Use the websites to answer the questions in paragraphs. Include a picture of the candidates. 1. Who were the candidates and what did they stand for, i.e. their platforms? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 2. Why was the outcome (result) of the election so important? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 3. What was the outcome of the election (what happened) ? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Picture of the Candidates on final draft 2 Page 3. Choosing Sides – Get a map from the teacher. Use the links and book (pg. 485) to help you label and color the map to show: 1. Union States 2. Confederate States 3. Slave States that remained in the Union 4. Label the first state that seceded (left the union) Map . Key 3 Page 4. Underground Railroad Overview – Use the websites to write a paragraph summarizing what you have learned about the Underground Railroad. Include: How did it get its name? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ When was it in operation? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Who was involved? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ How did the railroad work? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Remember that the Underground Railroad was a network created to help slaves escape to the North. Secret escape routes were passed on through secret codes used by the "conductors" and by slaves themselves. These codes could be found in slave songs as well as hand sewn quilts. Include some of this information in your summary. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 4 Page 5. Underground Railroad Routes – Map - Use the sites given to draw a map of an escape route that you could have taken if you were an escaping slave trying to reach freedom in the North. Map of Escape Route Why I chose this route: ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Why I chose this as my final destination: ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 5 Page 6. Journal Entry of an Escaped Slave - Describe what it was like to be an escaped slave traveling on the underground railroad. Make it real using what you have learned. Your journal entry must be based on the route you chose to take on page 5. Include: How I traveled (by foot, wagon, boat, etc.) What I saw Who I met How I felt ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 6 Page 7. Significant Figure from the Civil War Period – Pick one of the famous people from the Civil War. Find out about them on the websites. Include a picture. Picture of the Person on Final Draft Biography: Facts about their life (birth, childhood, family, education, death) ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ What was their role in the Civil War? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 7 Pages 8 & 9. Advantages and Disadvantages – How prepared were the North and the South to fight? Each side had advantages and disadvantages at the beginning of the Civil War. An advantage for one side is a disadvantage for the other side. Explain three advantages of the North and South at the beginning of the Civil War. Page 8. North - Advantages – List and explain 3 advantages of the North. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 8 Page 9. South – Advantages – List and explain 3 advantages of the South. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 9