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Civil War Notes

11/30/2015

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The Civil War

11/29/2015

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​Learning Target:
I can discuss the key military and political turning points of the Civil War.

Critical Vocabulary:
Fort Sumter, Border States, Confederate Assets, Northern Advantages, British Diplomacy, Enrollment Act, Draft Riots, Anaconda Plan, Winfield Scott, Battle of the Ironclads, Battle of Bull Run, “Stonewall” Jackson, George McClellan, Battle of Shiloh, Ulysses S. Grant, Battle of Antietam, Robert E. Lee, Confiscation Act, Emancipation Proclamation, Battle of Chancellorsville, Battle of Gettysburg, Gettysburg Address, Wilderness Campaign, Siege of Vicksburg, Election of 1864, War Democrats, Peace Democrats, Copperheads, Union Party, Atlanta Campaign, William Tecumseh Sherman, Savannah Campaign, Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address Siege of Richmond, Appomattox Courthouse, John Wilkes Booth, Andersonville
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Vocabulary Connections

11/24/2015

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ACT Scrimmage

11/23/2015

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On the Brink of War

11/17/2015

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Learning Target: 
I can summarize the events that led to the Civil War, & I can evaluate the degree to which each contributed to the conflict.

Critical Vocabulary:
Underground Railroad, Harriett Tubman, “Fire-Eaters,” Stephen A. Douglas, Compromise of 1850, Fugitive Slave Act, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin,  Ostend Manifesto, Kansas-Nebraska Act, New England Emigrant Aid Company, “Bleeding Kansas,” Republican Party, Dred Scott Decision, Abraham Lincoln, Freeport Doctrine, John Brown, Pottawatomie Creek, Lecompton Constitution, Harpers Ferry, Constitutional Union Party, Election of 1860, Crittenden Compromise

Lesson Resources:
Use the following resources to prepare for the exam about the United States On the Brink of War:
  • ​On the Brink of War Reading
  • On the Brink of War Notes
  • On the Brink of War Document Study
  • On the Brink of War Timeline
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Manifest Destiny Notes

11/13/2015

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Manifest Destiny

11/12/2015

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​Learning Target:
I can evaluate the extent to which the nineteenth century belief in “Manifest Destiny” led to the growing sectional conflict in the United States.

Critical Vocabulary: Manifest Destiny, John O'Sullivan, President James K. Polk, Oregon Territory, Treaty of 1818, Oregon Trail, Oregon Treaty of 1846, Stephen F. Austin, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Texas Revolution, Battle of the Alamo, Goliad Campaign, General Sam Houston, Battle of San Jacinto, Election of 1844, James K. Polk, John Slidell, John C. Frémont, General Zachary Taylor, Mexican American War, “Spot Resolutions,” “Civil Disobedience,” Battle of Buena Vista, “Bear Flag Revolt,” General Winfield Scott, Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, Wilmot Proviso, “Popular Sovereignty,” Lewis Cass
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  • Agendas
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    • Unit 1
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  • Et Cetera
    • Class Toolbox
    • Crash Course Videos
    • iTunes U >
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    • Khan Academy Videos >
      • US History Overview 1
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