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Glue here into Your Notebook Beginning of the Civil War Vocabulary Foldable Directions: Cut out this foldable graphic organizer along the dotted lines and then fold and glue into your notebook. Underneath each term write a definition in your own words on one side and then draw a picture to represent the term on the other side of the flap. Missouri Compromise Free-Soil Party Abolitionist Compromise of 1850 Dred Scott Decision Kansas-Nebraska Act Popular Sovereignty The Liberator Fugitive Slave Law Confederacy Secede

Directions: The decade before the Civil War saw many events that led to tension between North and South. Some were positive for Northern states and some for the South. Place the events below onto an interactive illustrated timeline in your notebook. Steps 1. First find out when the event took place 2. Decide whether it was positive for the North or the South. If it was good for the North, write the event on the top half the timeline. If Southerners would be pleased, write the name of the event below the line. 3. Draw a picture to represent the event. Dred Scott Decision Abraham Lincoln Elected Uncle Tom s Cabin published South Carolina secedes John Brown attacks Harpers Ferry Events to Include The Fugitive Slave Act Kansas Nebraska Act Abraham Lincoln debates Stephen Douglas The Confederacy is formed Harriet Tubman escapes to Philadelphia

Pleased Northerners 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 Pleased Southerners

Compromise of 1850 Kansas-Nebraska Act Compromises over Slavery & Statehood Directions: The years before the Civil War saw several compromises and acts each time new states would join the union. Congress sought to always keep a balance of Free and Slave states. Cut out this foldable along the dotted lines and then glue it into your notebook. Color each map based on the included key. Behind each flap, describe why the compromise was reached and it did. Paste in Notebook Glue Goes Here and Key Free States Territory closed to slavery Slave States Territory Open to Slavery Missouri Compromise

Compromises Over Slavery & Statehood Samples

Comparing the Union and Confederacy Venn Diagram Directions: At the outbreak of the Civil War, the Union and Confederacy were similar but very different places. Use the Interactive Venn Diagram below to compare them. First, cut along the dotted lines and place glue only behind the shaded titles on either side so that the top and bottom flaps can be folded up and down. Underneath each flap, write characteristics that apply to that area and on top of the middle, write characteristics that apply to both the Union and Confederacy. Think about their economies, people, and leaders of each. The Union Both The Confederacy

Comparing the Union and Confederacy Venn Diagram Samples

Directions: Cut out this ma and paste into your notebook. Then color each state based on the included key.

Side Tab (glue) Directions: Abraham Lincoln was an incredible writer and gave some of the most famous speeches in American history. He also issued historic presidential proclamations that changed America. Cut out his top hat and the 3 works below along the dotted lines and fold it so they can be placed into his hat. Then on top of each scroll, write the date the speech/proclamation was issued and its message. Bottom Tab (Glue here)

Directions: For each box, complete the missing information by identifying the person, drawing a picture, or giving a quote that represents their contribution to this period. Jefferson Davis I was a former slave and prominent abolitionist who Urged President Lincoln to recruit former slaves to fight. I was a leading Confederate general who earned my famous nickname at the First Battle of Bull Run. Ulysses S. Grant Robert E. Lee

Directions: During the Civil War, children s journals were common and promoted patriotism. A popular one was Our Young Folks, which included this Illustrated Rebus: a puzzle with pictures and clues meant to spell out a phrase. Cut this out, and see if you can decipher what this one means by writing your translation in the box! My Translation

Directions: During the Civil War, children s journals were common and promoted patriotism. A popular one was Our Young Folks, which included this Illustrated Rebus: a puzzle with pictures and clues meant to spell out a phrase. See if you can decipher what this one means! Actual Poem In the cause of Independence our fore-fathers sacrificed their lives and fortunes. Let us aim to hand down to latest posterity the priceless heritage of the Union, cemented by their richest blood. Translation [(Inn) T (he) caws of (in D pen den CE) (hour) (four fathers) (sacrifice) ed T (hair) live (sand) (four tunes). (Lettuce) (aim) 2 (hand down) (too late) est (poster) I (tea) the pr(ice) less (her) (eye) t (age) of the Union (seamen) ted (bee) y (thei) r (rich) est (blood).]

Directions: Use the pictures and quotes to complete each box. First draw a picture of what you think the person looked like. Then in the bubbles around him or her write some of the things he or she was thinking or feeling. Union Soldier Confederate Soldier War Nurse Civilian

Teacher Directions: Print out these 8 pages of quotes and photos and hang them around the room (they can also be done in groups or at stations). Have students take notes on what they see and read and after going through all of them, students should then complete the graphic organizer on the previous page. Towards the end of the war a patient came in wounded in the arch of his foot and a large growth of infected matter grew on the wound. Surgeons wouldn t remove it; because they were afraid to damage nerves in his foot. Well, one morning I went to see the patient, and the mass was gone, leaving a deep, but clean, hole in his foot. We were trying to figure out how it happened when we finally realized that while he was sleeping, a rat ate the rancid flesh and left a healthy and clean wound! That rat was one talented surgeon! Phoebe Yates Pember Head Nurse at a Confederate hospital in Richmond. If rations were running low we d have a rat hunt and see how many we could drum up. Once we caught em we had a pretty good recipe. First the rat must be skinned, cleaned, then his head cut off and his body laid upon a square board, with the legs stretched to their fullest extent and secured upon it with some nails or tacs. Then we d baste him up with bacon fat and roast for about 8 minutes before a good fire like canvas-back duck. Francis Barlow, Florida South Carolina slave holder as I am, my very soul sickens at the sight of a slave auction it is too dreadful and sad. I suppose one good thing to come from this awful war is that these will come to an end, though it also means an end to my family. Mary Chesnut South Carolina One morning there was great excitement at the report that we were going to be sent to the front Our mothers God Bless them! brought us something good to eat pies, cakes, doughnuts, and jellies. One old lady brought her son an umbrella Handkerchiefs were waved at us from all the houses we passed; we cheered till we were hoarse! Richard Colhouser Maryland Infantry

Mother if all our army felt as I feel when I go into battle, the war would soon be over, but I am sorry to say that we have got too many in the army that are not fighting for their country but for money and all they think of when they go into battle is how to...skulk behind the first stump...[and] keep out of danger. Salson McCoultry Pennsylvania Calvary I never had a taste for war indeed it was always an unmitigated horror of evil to me worse than pestilence or famine. But as it is an obvious fact that this war has been forced upon us by a bitter and arrogant despotism I must meet the challenge. William Elliot Virginia Infantry If our negroes are freed then this country is not worth fighting for... We can only live & exist by that species of labor: and hence I am willing to continue to the last. Benjamin Burton Mississippi Infantry My duties in this life are first to my God, second to my country, third to my mother. Oh my country, how my heart bleeds for your welfare. If this poor life of mine could save you, how willingly would I make that sacrifice! Michael Hollander New York Infantry It is astonishing how things have changed in reference to freeing the Negros. It always has been plane to me that this race must be freed before god would recognize us...we boast of liberty and we Should not be Selfish in it as God gives us liberty we Should try to impart it to others. Now that Lincoln issued the Emancipation, I believe we are on gods side...now I can fight with a good heart. David F. Mace Minnesota Calvary After fighting the Rebs here for 6 months, I decided that if I owned Texas and Hell, I'd rent out Texas and live in Hell. Union General Phillip H. Sheridan

Union soldiers playing a game of dominos outside Gettysburg, PA.

Confederate soldiers playing a game of cards outside Savannah, Georgia

A Union soldier reading a letter during downtime.

African-American Union soldiers in formation in Massachusetts.

Civil War Union nurse in her uniform.

Civil War Confederate nurse in her uniform.

Directions: Cut out the graphic organizer map labelled Battles of the Civil War. For each battle listed draw an arrow to where it occurred on the map. Then in the box, give the (1) date of the battle; (2) winner if the battle; and (3) significance in terms of the Civil War.

Directions: As the Civil War was coming to a close, various plans were developed about how the Southern states should be treated and how they should be brought back into the Union. Cut out the graphic organizer below and glue it down under the title so the 2 plans can be lifted up. Under each flap, describe the specifics of that plan for Reconstruction. On the front, create a poster to show support for the plan.

Glue here into Your Notebook Civil War & Reconstruction Vocabulary Foldable Directions: Cut out this foldable graphic organizer along the dotted lines and then fold and glue into your notebook. Underneath each term write a definition in your own words on one side and then draw a picture to represent the term on the other side of the flap. Appomattox Court House Robert E. Lee Ulysses S. Grant Gettysburg Emancipation Proclamation Reconstruction Amendments Scalawags Carpetbaggers Sharecropping Compromise of 1877 Grandfather clause

Directions: The Reconstruction Amendments are the 13 th, 14 th, and 15 th Amendments to the United States Constitution. They were adopted between 1865 and 1870, the five years immediately following the Civil War. Cut out the entire circle below and glue it into your notebook. Then summarize what each amendment did under its flap. Glue Here Onto Your Notebook

Directions: Immediately following the Civil War, many northerners headed to the southern states and were called Carpetbaggers due to the popular luggage at the time. Scalawags were southern whites who supported Reconstruction. Cut out the graphic organizer below along the dotted lines then glue it into your notebook by placing glue only under the title. On your notebook paper under each flap, write down who these people were and their motivations during the Reconstruction Era. Then, finish the cartoons of each person on the top to show what they were known for.

Directions: Immediately after the Civil War there was an upswing of pride and patriotism among some Americans, especially in the North. President Lincoln s famous Gettysburg Address spoke of how the war was meant to ensure that equality and freedom lived on. The cartoon below was drawn by Thomas Nast and published Nov. 22, 1869. It endorsed the 15 th Amendment and showed America s ethnic diversity. Cut out the complete shape below then fill in the speech bubbles of various people with what dome of their concerns might be now that the war was over. Do they believe America is free and equal for all? Then draw your own cartoon to show one of their perspectives.

Here are some additional resources for teaching about the Civil War and Reconstruction that fit in perfectly with these Interactive Notebook graphic organizers!