Countdown to The Civil War
Students will understand how a variety of events compounded to create the boiling tensions leading into the Civil War.

Harriet Tubman and the Abolitionist movement

What was the Underground Railroad and how did it operate?

The Civil War

1. Compare/contrast/analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the Union and Confederacy. 

2. Compare/contrast the goals and strategies of the Union and Confederacy. 

3. Evaluate major events of the Civil War. 

4. Be able to explain what happened at Gettysburg