This unit focuses on the period from 1850 to 1877, an era of political turmoil that resulted in a catastrophic civil war and a troubled era of rebuilding the nation:
The reform movements that swept the north, especially abolitionism
Efforts to contain the expansion of slavery by Congress and the court system
Major military campaigns of the Civil War
The transformation of the war into a war against slavery
Efforts at Reconstruction and southern resistance to a new political and social order
Course Student Learning Objectives
1 Create an argument through the use of historical evidence.
2 Analyze and interpret primary and secondary sources.
3 Analyze the effects of historical, social, political, economic, cultural, and global forces on this period of United States history.
Unit Four Student Learning Objectives
Identify the features of the many reform movements that arose in the United States.
Recognize the importance of the abolition of slavery in the reform era.
Recognize the features and arguments of the national political debates over the expansion of slavery.
Recall the importance of major battles of the Civil War.
Recognize the role of slavery in transforming the aim and meaning of the Civil War.
Recognize the various Reconstruction plans.
Identify the dynamics of southern society, economy, and politics during Reconstruction .
