Today we reviewed the test over chapters 11 and 12 from before the break. We looked once again at the "Themes in US History" that we originally saw at the beginning of the course and discussed what we have learned so far.
For homework, read chapters 13-16. We will briefly cover them all in the next week-and-a-half in this order: 15, 13, 14, and 16. We will take the test over these four chapters on Friday, December 13.
The final exam will be on Thursday, December 17.
SSUSH9 The student will identify key events, issues, and individuals relating to the causes, course, and consequences of the Civil War.
SSUSH9.b Describe President Lincoln's efforts to preserve the Union as seen in his second inaugural addresses and the Gettysburg speech and in his use of emergency powers such as his decision to suspend habeas corpus.
SSUSH9.c Describe the role of Ulysses Grant, Robert E. Lee, "Stonewall Jackson," William T.Sherman, and Jefferson Davis.
SSUSH9.d Explain the importance of Fort Sumter, Antietam, Vicksburg, Gettysburg, and the Battle for Atlanta.
SSUSH9.e Describe the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation.
SSUSH9.f Explain the importance of the growing economic disparity between the North, and the South through an examination of population, functioning railroads, and industrial output.
SSUSH10 The student will identify legal, political, and social dimensions of Reconstruction.
SSUSH10.a Compare and contrast Presidential Reconstruction with Radical Republican Reconstruction.
SSUSH10.b Explain efforts to redistribute land in the South among the former slaves, provide advanced education such as Morehouse College, and the Freedmen's Bureau.
SSUSH10.c Describe the significance of the 13th, 14th , and 15th amendments.
SSUSH10.d Explain Black Codes, the Ku Klux Klan, and other forms of resistance to racial equality during Reconstruction.
SSUSH10.e Explain the impeachment of Andrew Johnson in relationship to Reconstruction.
EQ: How did events of the Civil War help define the USA and who we have become?
EQ: What lasting consequences arose from the struggle over Reconstruction?