Explosion of the Maine

Click on the following link to start lesson:  The U.S.S. Maine

Sodbusters

Today, you will be learning about life on the plains in the late 1800s.
Click on the following link to see pictures of sodhouses:

Sod houses

Look through the pictures for 5 minutes, then complete the photograph analysis

Photograph Analysis

Watch the sodbuster video after sharing the photograph analysis with me.

Sodbuster video 

Jim Crow

Click on the following links in order:

1)    Jim Crow and voting                                                            

2)   Jim Crow Interactive Maps



When finished exploring the site, there are two videos you will watch below:

Elaine Race Riot part 1

Elaine Race Riot part 2

Radical Reconstruction

Click on the following link to complete the Reconstruction assignment.  You will need to copy it to your Google Docs and share with me.

Radical Reconstruction

Create a test

Create a test for the Civil War.

5 Multiple-Choice questions

5 True False questions

5 Fill in the blank questions

2 Essay questions

Items on your test:

Abraham Lincoln

George B. McClellan

The Gettysburg Address

Habeas Corpus

The Emancipation Proclamation

Border States

Confederate States of America

The Union

Ulysses S. Grant

Robert E. Lee

Ft. Sumter

The First Battle of Bull Run

The Battle of Antietam

The Battle of Gettysburg

The Siege of Vicksburg

Appomattox Court House

John Wilkes Booth

Cotton Diplomacy

Copperheads
Secession
The 54th Massachusetts
Richmond, Virginia

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

The Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln's most famous speech and one of the most quoted political speeches in United States history, was delivered at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on November 19, 1863, during the American Civil War, four and a half months after the Battle of Gettysburg. Lincoln's carefully crafted address has ultimately become regarded as one of the greatest speeches in American history. In fewer than three hundred words delivered over two to three minutes, Lincoln invoked the principles of human equality espoused by the Declaration of Independence and redefined the Civil War as a struggle not merely for the Union, but as "a new birth of freedom" that would bring true equality to all of its citizens.

Today you will take a look at the interactive speech on the Smithsonian site before answering the questions you were given in class.  Click here to see and listen to the speech:

Interactive Gettysburg Address

Interactive photo of Gettysburg ceremony

Vimeo Gettysburg Address

Battle of Gettysburg 360