Causes of the Civil War 2009

Today you will pretend you are a reporter researching the Causes of the Civil War

Go to the site krugsushistory.blogspot.com

You will be assigned two events, for each you will:

1. Describe the event (year, what happened, who was involved)
2. Describe how the action of people or government led to the Civil War or further separating society
3. Describe how the people of the North reacted and People of the South
4. Was there a peaceful solution

Part B: Part B Then choose from one of the events and go back and write a report on the event in great detail.

Who
Why
Where
When
How
Tell me people's reaction (as if you were interviewing them) also really describe the historical setting, what it was like.

You must include Lincoln's reaction –main ideas from him about the event.
Websites you can choose from


Events and Websites you can choose from

Mexican American War
http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/index_flash.html

http://www.history.vt.edu/MxAmWar/INDEX.HTM


Compromise of 1850

http://www.mce.k12tn.net/civil_war/compromise_of_1850.htm


http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Compromise1850.html


http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2951.html


Kansas Nebraska Act

http://lincoln.lib.niu.edu/biography6text.html

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h84.html

Dred Sott Case
http://library.wustl.edu/vlib/dredscott

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2932.html

www.watson.org/~lisa/blackhistory/scott/


John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry

http://www.wvculture.org/History/jnobrown.html

http://www.civilwarhome.com/johnbrown.htm

http://history.furman.edu/benson/docs/jbmenu.htm






Choose two political cartoons:

web.li.gatech.edu/.../write/civwar/causes.html

http://popartmachine.com/search/Political%20cartoons%201850 lots of cartoons from 1850's



This site has brief summary on the causes between the North and South in economy religion

Need to scan in FORM OF DIFFERENT SOCIETIES


http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/index.html


Political Cartoons

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~cap/SCARTOONS/car1860.html

www.boondocksnet.com/cartoons

This site contains cartoons from the Mexican American War to the Civil War, choose two cartoons from numbers 16-18. Pick two cartoons and tell them about them.




1. Describe the cartoon—(who are the characters in the cartoon)


2. What is the author’s purpose in this cartoon? (who is he demonizing?)

3. What symbols or emotions is he using?

Jackson PBS site

http://www.pbs.org/kcet/andrewjackson/features/

This is a very good and useful site with an interactive timeline and it will help you understand the impact of the Jacksonian Presidency. It also has a glossary to help you with terms associated with Jackson Era.