SS8H6 The student will analyze the impact of the Civil War and Reconstruction on Georgia.
a. Explain the importance of key issues and events that led to the Civil War; include slavery, states’ rights, nullification, Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850 and the Georgia Platform, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Dred Scott case, election of 1860, the debate over secession in Georgia, and the role of Alexander Stephens.
b. State the importance of key events of the Civil War; include Antietam, Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, the Union blockade of Georgia’s coast, Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign, Sherman’s March to the Sea, and Andersonville.
c Analyze the impact of Reconstruction on Georgia and other southern states, emphasizing Freedmen’s Bureau; sharecropping and tenant farming; Reconstruction plans; 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the constitution; Henry McNeal Turner and black legislators; and the Ku Klux Klan.
Essential Question (s):
How did national political issues lead to the decision for Southern states to secede from the Union? (H6a)
How did key military, political and economic strategies influence the outcome of the Civil War? (H6b, E1, E2a)
How did political actions and social reactions change Southern culture after the Civil War? (H6c)
Warm up:
Who was governor of Georgia at the time of Lincoln's election, and what was his role later in the Confederate government?
A: Joseph E. Brown, vice president of the Confederacy
Today in Class:
Students reviewed the Election of 1860 graphic organizer. Election of 1860 Answers. Students then started the Road to War guided reading activity. Students were to answer only questions 1 - 6 in class.
Full Power Point Ch. 7:
http://www.mystatehistory.com/georgia/powerpoint/GA8-CH7.pps
Our Textbook:
http://www.mystatehistory.com/georgia/ga_05/
Our text book in Audio Format:
http://www.mystatehistory.com/georgia/audio.aspx
Textbook password:
ga11hist
Homework:
Work on / study Unit 5 part III Vocabulary - Review all notes, definitions, and graphic organizers to date.
Long term Assignments:
Unit 5 Part III Vocab quiz Monday March 2.Unit 5 Part II Test TBA.
Today in Georgia History:
February 25, 1815 Brigadier general and Confederate Inspector General Robert Hall Chilton was born in Loudoun County, Va. He died in Columbus, Ga. on Feb. 18, 1879. [See Feb. 18 entry for more biographical information.]
Link-O the Day:
Election of 1860:
http://elections.harpweek.com/1860/Overview-1860-1.htm
Missouri Compromise and Compromise of 1850:
http://www.tahg.org/module_display.php?mod_id=119&review=yes
http://www.fsmitha.com/h3/h42-cw.html
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-609
My Email Address:
robert.hutchins@cobbk12.org
