US Civil War Causes - Process

For Independent Activity (working alone): You should follow the tasks in order.

For Pairs or Group Activity: If working in groups you could assign a different task item to each group member. You should as a group think, pair, and share you work, except the assessment/exam which should be completed individually.

Activity:

• Causes of the Civil War Worksheet Packet (Teacher Version)
• Causes of the U.S. Civil War Worksheet Packet (Student Version)

Vocabulary Research

Before beginning you will need to learn some important Causes of the Civil War Vocabulary. In your research these terms will appear and it is important that you understand their meanings. You may find each definition by clicking on the word.

Note: While the US Civil War occurred over 150 years ago, the United States became one country after the Civil War. Slavery was abolished via the 13th Amendment. Former male slaves of voting age gained the right to vote via the 15th Amendment, and African-Americans would begin to be treated equal under the law via the 14th Amendment. This did not prevent post-civil war racism and discrimination. A long struggle for civil rights would begin, politically, economically, socially, and intellectually. While this struggle for civil rights exists in many forms, it is an on-going process for the progress of the United States on these fronts. It is beholden to each generation to build upon the progress of the last generation and the promise located in the preamble to the U.S. Constitution for us to be inspired to create a "more perfect union".

Causes of the Civil War Vocabulary
abolitionist	style="width: 248px;" | Antebellum South
Bleeding Kansas	style="width: 248px;" | Civil War
Dred Scott	style="width: 248px;" | Dred Scott Decision
Fugitive Slave Law	style="width: 248px;" | John Brown
Kansas-Nebraska Act	style="width: 248px;" | Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Missouri Compromise	style="width: 248px;" | popular sovereignty
secede	style="width: 248px;" | sectionalism
states' rights	style="width: 248px;" | Harriet Beecher Stowe
tariff	style="width: 248px;" | The Compromise of 1850 (The Great Compromise)
Uncle Tom's Cabin	style="width: 248px;" | Underground Railroad

Instructions

Important note: For this Causes of the Civil War Webquest, you are to use the work packet provided. It can be printed or in Google Doc format. All responses, notes, etc. will go into this packet unless otherwise noted. After you have completed your response you will be completing several different projects on The Causes of the US Civil War.

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