During this unit we will focus on the standards connected to the Civil War's impact on American history.
Please refer to the district's Social Studies curriculum.  The fifth grade objectives are located on pages 29-33.  

The Civil War Timeline

Events Leading Up to the Civil War 
A Brief History of Slavery in the United States
Nine Events that Lead to the Civil War
​The Missouri Compromise (1820)  (Map)
The Compromise of 1850  (Map)
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
Uncle Tom's Cabin (1851-1852)
The Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854
Bleeding Kansas (1853-1861)
The Pottawatomie Massacre (1856)
The Dred Scott Decision (1857)
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry (1859)
The Election of 1860
The Formation of the Confederacy (1860-1861)
Secession (1860-1861)

Civil War Jeopardy Game
The Civil War
Leaders
​Civil War Leaders
Abraham Lincoln (Union president)
Jefferson Davis (Confederate president)
Ulysses S. Grant (Union General)
Robert E. Lee (Confederate General)

Battles
​Seven Major Civil War Battles
Significant Civil War Battles (Chronological)
Why did the Union win the Civil War?

Consequences
Causes and Effects of the Civil War
How Did The Union Victory Impact the United States?
How Does the Civil War Impact Us Today?
​Reconstruction