Standards
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:
None?
A: None.
Today in Class:
Students reviewed their notes on the Key battles of the Civil War. They were then instructed on how to create a test aid for Wednesday's test.
Test Aid Instructions:
Student Made Test Aid (Yes you may use this on tomorrows Test)
Using one side of a sheet of notebook paper and writing as small as you want create a sheet of notes to aid you on the test concentrate on the following topics:
· Antebellum (Before the war) Georgia
· The southern social ladder
· Economics (North -Industry vs. South - Agriculture)
· States rights, sectionalism, secession (Tariff’s, nullification, the Union voluntary or perpetual)
· Missouri Compromise
· Compromise of 1850
· Civil War Strategies (Anaconda Plan, King Cotton Diplomacy)
· Gettysburg, Antietam, The Atlanta Campaign)
· Emancipation Proclamation
· Lincoln’s Election (Lincoln’s Inaugural Address)
Full Power Point Ch. 7 and 8 :
http://www.mystatehistory.com/georgia/powerpoint/GA8-CH7.pps
http://www.mystatehistory.com/georgia/powepoint/GA8-CH8.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 test aid for Wednesday's test. Review all notes, definitions, and graphic organizers to date.
Long term Assignments:
Unit 5 Part II Test Wednesday March 11.
Today in Georgia History:
March 9, 1818 On the west bank of the Ocmulgee River in what today is Wilcox County, 34 members members of the Telfair County Militia engaged about 60 Creek Indians in the Battle of Breakfast Branch. The battle occurred in an area ceded to Georgia less than two months earlier in the Treaty of the Creek Agency. Four Creeks and five militia members were killed in what proved to be the last battle between Creeks and whites in the area.
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.htmlhttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-609
My Email Address:
robert.hutchins@cobbk12.org
