Unit 4 : The Civil War and Reconstruction
(Chapters 13-15)
DBQ PowerPoint for in-class essay
Unit 4 Study Guide - (due on test day) You should clearly answer the questions, summarizing the main idea surrounding the key events and figures in a way that allows you to use this list as a study guide for the Unit 4 quiz/test.
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Assigned Reading (in addition to the textbook)
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Textbook Reading Assignments (black Brinkley book)
Part 1
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Textbook Reading Assignments (tan Brinkley book)
Part 1
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NOTES AND POWERPOINTS
Manifest Destiny (packet) - guided reading packet that covers the material in Chapter 13 - manifest destiny, westward expansion and rising sectionalism.
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The West, Episode 4 (Ken Burns documentary) - starts with the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the government attacks on the Mormons and goes through the Civil War and its effects on the West
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The Road to War (PPT 1) - details the events leading up to the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861
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Outbreak of War (PPT 2) - covers the advantages and disadvantages of both the Union and Confederacy at the start of the war
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The Civil War (PPT 3) - covers the ways in which both sides financed their war effort, raised troops and devised strategy through the four years of battle leading to the surrender at Appomattox in 1865
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Civil War Timeline (handout) - timeline of key battles and events of the Civil War from 1860 to 1865.
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Reconstruction (PPT 4) - details struggle to devise and implement a plan of Reconstruction following the Civil War
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Reconstruction Amendments (handout) - details the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments, as well as court challenges to these amendments
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