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Student 2
I already know that one of the main causes of the Civil War was states rights. The states felt that the government could not tell them what to do and that the states have power over the federal government. -
Student 3
I know that one of the other main causes of the Civil War is that the South had been able to own slaves. I also know that the South was able to make a huge profit from slave labor that effected the different morals from state to state. -
Student 4
One thing that I know about the Civil War is that there were many territories that were undecided about being a slave or free state. I also know that there had to be an equal number of free and slave states. -
Student 5
I know that some of the issues of the Civil War regarded economics and how slavery was a form of property. One of the reasons the war started was because of the debates over slavery. -
Do Now: What do you know about the Civil War?
Post two to three sentences on what you already know about the Civil War. -
Student 1
One thing I know about the Civil War is that it was fought between the North and South of the United States. I know that these two sides were called the Union and Confederacy States. -
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Do Now: What would you like to know about the Civil War?
Write two to three sentences on what you would like to know about the Civil War. -
Student 1
I would like to know how the members of Congress, Senate and the White House felt about slavery. I am curious about how many politicians were for and against slavery. -
Student 2
I would like to know how many states there were before the Civil War. I would like to know how many of those states were free or slave states. -
Student 3
I would like to know how many territories there were in the United States before the Civil War. I would also like to know how many of those territories were free or slave states. -
Student 4
I would like to know which event sparked the South to cecede from the Union. I would like to know why the event was so powerful that it causes a split in the country. -
Student 5
I would like to know who the famous generals of the Civil War were. I would also like to know which were the most remembered if the Union and Confederacy States. -
Student 2
I had learned during the Civil War unit that there were 34 states total in 1861 when the war broke out, with Kansas being the last state admitted to America. During the war I had learned that there were 19 states that were free and 15 slave states. -
Student 3
I had learned that there were seven territories in the United States before and during the Civil War. Slavery was not legal in all of them but was tolerated, with all of these territories opened to the idea of slavery before the war. -
Student 4
I had learned that there are many major reasons why the South seceded from the Union. Some of those reasons are the economic differences between North and South, State Vs. Federal Rights, Abolitionist Movements and the election of Abraham Lincoln to President. -
Student 5
I had learned that there were many famous Union and Confederate Generals that were famous and infamous. Some of the Confederate Generals were Stonewall Jackson, Nathan Bedford Forrest and Robert E. Lee. Some of the Union Generals were George Henry Thomas, Philip Sheridan and Ulysseys S. Grant. -
Do Now: What have you learned about the Civil War?
Write two to three sentences on what you have learned about the Civil War during the Unit. -
Student 1
I had learned that members of Congress, the Senate and the White House were split over their feelings with slavery. Many members from the North felt that slavery was an abomination while many members from the South felt that slavery was a states rights issue and a matter of property to do with what they pleased.
