Strand: Civil
War and Reconstruction: 1860s to 1877 Standard: USI.9
The student will demonstrate knowledge of the causes, major events, and effects
of the Civil War by
describing the cultural, economic, and
constitutional issues that divided the nation;
explaining how the issues of states' rights
and slavery increased sectional tensions;
identifying on a map the states that
seceded from the Union and those that remained in the Union;
describing the roles of Abraham Lincoln,
Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Thomas
"Stonewall" Jackson, and Frederick Douglass in events leading to
and during the war;
using maps to explain critical developments
in the war, including major battles;
describing the effects of war from the
perspectives of Union and Confederate soldiers (including black soldiers),
women, and slaves.
The
Civil War
