United States History Student Edition

Looking Ahead You will learn about the events leading up to and including the American Civil War, which was fought between the Northern states and the Southern states from 1861 to 1865. You will examine Compelling Questions and develop your own questions about the Civil War in the Inquiry Activity Lessons. You can preview some of the key events and people that you will learn about by reviewing the time line. What Will You Learn? In these lessons about Division and Civil War, you will learn about: • the rise of abolitionism in the 1800s. • the social, economic, and political causes of the Civil War. • the economic differences between the Northern and Southern states and their military capabilities at the start of the Civil War. • the key events of the Civil War. • the actions taken by significant individuals. • the effects of the war on soldiers and civilian populations. • the legacy of the Civil War in the United States. ? COMPELLING QUESTIONS IN INQUIRY ACTIVITY LESSONS • How was the Emancipation Proclamation a turning point? • What is the toll of war on civilians? • How did Lincoln struggle with political and ethical issues?

KEY EVENTS OF DIVISION AND CIVIL WAR 1830

1831 William Lloyd Garrison begins publishing The Liberator

1835

1837 Elijah Lovejoy’s antislavery newspaper press is burned

1840

1845

1845 Texas is admitted to the United States

1850

1854 The Kansas-Nebraska Act is passed

1855

1859 John Brown leads a raid at Harpers Ferry

1860

1861 Robert E. Lee takes command of Virginia’s Confederate forces

1863 JANUARY The Emancipation Proclamation frees enslaved people in the states in rebellion 1863 NOVEMBER Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address 1864 Ulysses S. Grant takes command of the Union army 1865 Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Court House; Lincoln is assassinated in Washington, D.C.

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1865

Sequencing Did Grant take command of the Union army before or after Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation?

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