SS4H5: Explain the causes, major events, and consequences of the Civil War.
a. Identify Uncle Tom’s Cabin and John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry and explain how
each of these events was related to the Civil War.
b. Discuss how the issues of states’ rights and slavery increased tensions between the North
and South.
c. Identify major battles, campaigns, and events: Fort Sumter, Gettysburg, the Atlanta
Campaign, Sherman’s March to the Sea, and Appomattox Court House.
d. Describe the roles of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, Jefferson Davis,
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, and William T. Sherman.
e. Describe the effects of war on the North and South.
a. Identify Uncle Tom’s Cabin and John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry and explain how
each of these events was related to the Civil War.
b. Discuss how the issues of states’ rights and slavery increased tensions between the North
and South.
c. Identify major battles, campaigns, and events: Fort Sumter, Gettysburg, the Atlanta
Campaign, Sherman’s March to the Sea, and Appomattox Court House.
d. Describe the roles of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, Jefferson Davis,
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, and William T. Sherman.
e. Describe the effects of war on the North and South.
Civil War Timeline:
www.ducksters.com/history/civilwartimeline.php
www.ducksters.com/history/civilwartimeline.php
