The Battle of Antietam

The Battle of Antietam was the bloodiest single day battle of the Civil War.  Robert E. Lee, the General of the Army of Virginia, marched north from Richmond.  It was assumed that Lee, after winning several decisive battles over Northern armies was marching through Maryland to reach Washington, D.C.   Northern General George McClellan led an army to stop him.  Both sides suffered enormous casualties and Lee retreated back to Richmond, Virginia.  The North called it a victory and Lincoln used this victory to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.

Today, you will go on a field trip to the place where the Battle of Antietam was fought.  Click on the following link:  Antietam 360

Civil War Simulation

Today we will begin our study of the Civil War.  First, you will click on the first link below to play a simulation where you make decisions as either a member of the Union or of the Confederacy.  When you have completed the simulation, click on the second link to a Google Doc that you will copy to your account.  Complete this document of the major Civil War battles.

1.  Civil War Simulation

2.  Civil War Battles Google Doc

Causes of the Civil War test on Monday! Use the Study Guide

When you have finished the Ft. Sumter assignment, click on the following link to find the study guide for Causes of the Civil War test.  Copy the page and fill out on a Google Doc.
Study Guide

Items on the test, include:
The Missouri Compromise of 1820
The Compromise of 1850
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
"Bleeding Kansas"
Dred Scott Decision
John Brown's attack on Harper's Ferry, VA
popular sovereignty
balance of power in Congress between slave states and free states
abolitionism
the Republican Party
Abraham Lincoln
secession
election of 1860
import tariffs
Fugitive Slave Act
attack on Ft. Sumter
States' Rights Theory
Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin
pro-slavery arguments

Attack on Ft. Sumter

Today, you will go to the link below to complete an assignment about the attack on Ft. Sumter.  The link will take you to a site where you will have 5 problems to consider as Abraham Lincoln.  Create a Google Doc to state and answer the 5 questions then share with me.  You may work alone or work with a partner.  The problems need to be answered in order.  Once you are finished, you will share your work with me.

Abraham Lincoln and Ft. Sumter

When finished with this assignment, watch the following video:  Attack on Ft. Sumter