Unit+11

 Unit 11: Civil War

(Source: civilwarinfoguide.com) In this unit, you will learn about the causes of the U. S. Civil War, including issues that divided the nation, the beliefs of the North and the South, and the secession of states from the Union. **USI.9: The student will demonstrate knowledge of the causes, major events, and effects of the Civil War by:**

**a) describing the cultural, economic, and constitutional issues that divided the nation** **b) explaining how the issues of states’ rights and slavery increased sectional tension** **c) identifying on a map the states that seceded from the Union and those that remained in the Union**

__**Read and study the graphics of the SOL content of this unit. **__


 * USI 9a: Issues That Divided the Nation [|Issues] **
 * Cultural, economic, and constitutional differences between the North and the South eventually resulted in the Civil War.

• The North believed that the nation was a union and could not be divided. While the Civil War did not begin as a war to abolish slavery, issues surrounding slavery deeply divided the nation
 * USI 9b: Beliefs of the North and the South [|North/South] Compromises Before the War [|Compromise] **
 * USI 9b: States Secede From the Union [|Secession] **
 * The South feared that the North would take control of Congress, and Southerners began to proclaim states’ rights as a means of self-protection.


 * USI 9c: Names of States Who Seceded and Those Who Remained in Union [|Names of States] **
 * Southern states that were dependent upon labor-intensive cash crops seceded from the Union. Northernmost slave states (border states) stayed in the Union.

__** Unit Vocabulary: Read and learn the vocabulary and definitions for this unit. **__ ** Cultural: Relating to the beliefs and customs of a group of people.** ** Economic: Relating to money** ** Constitutional: Involving the Constitution of the United States** ** Urban: City - developed** ** Agricultural: Relating to the business of farming** ** Plantations: Large farm where cash crops are grown** ** Manufacturing: To make something into a finished product** ** Tariffs: Tax on goods** ** Foreign Competition: Other countries trying to do something better or for less money** ** Central Government: United States government** ** States’ Rights: More power given to the states** ** National Law: Laws for the entire country** ** Lincoln: Republican from Illinois – won the 1860 presidential election** ** Secession: A formal withdrawal** ** Fort Sumter: Located in Charleston Harbor South Carolina. Bombing was the beginning of the Civil War** ** Moral: Relating to the issues of right and wrong** ** Popular Sovereignty: A term referring to the idea that each territory could decide for itself whether to allow slavery** ** Secede: To withdraw from membership** ** Union: Another name for the North (United States of America) during the Civil War time period** ** Border States: Slave state that remained in the Union during the Civil War** ** Labor-intensive: Requiring a lot of physical work **