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Unit 5 - The Nation Divided and Rebuilt
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The Nation Breaks Apart - In this unit, we study the causes of the Civil War, the war itself, and the repair of the Union after the war.  Photographs, recordings and virtual tours will help the events seen more "real" as we study them.

Chapter 15 - A Nation Breaking Apart
A Primary source - Compromise of 1850:
 
Primary sources about Bleeding Kansas:
 
A great primary source about John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry - http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/memory/franklin/FM001.html 
 
The Lincoln/Douglas Debates:
 
more to come later

Chapter 18 - Reconstruction
 
Here are some great resources about reconstruction.  Visit these sites:
 
 
some good primary source material can be found here.
 
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/civilrights/flash.html  - This one gives more detail about the lives and harships of the newly freed slave.
 
http://www.pinzler.com/ushistory/cwtimeline.html  - this is a timeline that helps one see the big picture
 
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reconstruction/  This PBS site is a good starting place, and offers some good links.
 
http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/history/civwar.shtml#menu3  some of the articles written by WEB DuBois, Washington, and Douglass that are cited in your textbook can be found here.
The notes covered in class for chapter 17 are in the PowerPoint below.  The image and map links will not work, but you can get the basic information and look at the pictures in your book!

CHAPTER 17 NOTES

Chapters 16 & 17 - The Civil War
 
Here is a great site for informaiton about President Lincoln's Assasination & JW Booth  http://www.nps.gov/foth/index2.htm
 
These are overall GREAT sites about the Civil War - events and people. 
http://www.civil-war.net/  (This one has great maps of the battle fields)
http://www.civilwar.com/forhome1.htm (This one even has music!)
http://civilwarmini.com/  (This one tells the whole story - GREAT SITE!!)
http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/  (There is information here as well as advertisement)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/cwphome.html (BEWARE - these pictures, cateloged by the Library of Congress, can be VERY offensive)
http://www.mikelynaugh.com/VirtualCivilWar/index.html (more pictures- mostly reinactors)
http://www.civilwarhome.com/ (another good general information site)
 
 

civilwarregiment.jpg
A Union Regiment

Extra Credit Opportunity - Civil War Scrapbook
In the teal box (where all handouts for the last two weeks are located), you will find the directions for researching and creating items for a Civil War Scrapbook.  You may work together with other KORTE students (from any period) to complete this project.  Follow the directions given on the handout and be creative!  An excellent project could earn up to 3 percentage points on your total grade AND a 5 point (½ of a grade) increase on the Civil War (Chapters 16 & 17) TEST!!!  NO class time will be given for this project, that is why it is EXTRA CREDIT!

More Extra Credit - Online Book you can read and write up a book report!
Go to the following web address to see this ONLINE book about the life of a slave girl.  This is autobiographical and gives good insights into what life on the plantation was like for a slave girl.