The document appears to be a pre-test for a Civil War unit that asks students 6 multiple choice questions without access to their textbook or help from peers. It provides instructions to start a project at 12 noon and includes questions about the dates of the Civil War, names for the Union and Confederate sides, the winning side, European views of the war, important generals and battles. It also lists potential Civil War project topics for students to choose including advances in technology, famous generals, military life and POWs, the war in the South, the black and female experience.

1. Civil War pretest
½ sheet of paper
Don’t use your book or ask any of the
junior historians, if you don’t know
its ok
1. When was the US Civil War?
2. What were two names for each
side of the US Civil War?
3. Which side won?
4. How was the US Civil War viewed
in Europe?
5. Name two important generals and
their side
6. Describe as many important
battles as you can from the war.
Start Project @
12 noon

2. Agree right
North Dakota (pop. 700,000) & South
Dakota (pop. 800,000) should be
combined into a single state
Disagree left
“It Depends”… middle of room

3. Agree right
Puerto Rico (pop. 3.6 million) should be
grated statehood. It’s a territory
today
Disagree left
“It Depends”…
middle of room

4. 2011 “Baja Arizona”

5. Agree right
If the voters in Jefferson and Baja Arizona vote
by 51% they should be granted statehood.
Disagree left
“It Depends”… middle of room

6. Agree right
The United States government has a duty to promote
the Bill of Rights around the world. (Places like China
or Turkey where Twitter has been blocked, or where
governments mandate certain religions)
Disagree left
“It Depends”… middle of room

7. Agree right
State governments are better at making
laws than the Federal Government in
Washington, DC
Disagree left
“It Depends”… middle of room

8. Agree right
If the government is ignoring people’s needs, it
is acceptable to form your own government.
Disagree left
“It Depends”… middle of room

9. WORLD’s NEWEST
COUNTRY!:
2011 – mostly over
religion and economic
development

10. Civil War pretest
½ sheet of paper
Don’t use your book or ask any of the
junior historians, if you don’t know
its ok
1. When was the US Civil War?
2. What were two names for each
side of the US Civil War?
3. Which side won?
4. How was the US Civil War viewed
in Europe?
5. Name two important generals and
their side
6. Describe as many important
battles as you can from the war.
Start Project @
12 noon

11. Why the US Civil War matters: scope of death
slavery, Lincoln
modernity, under18, women, POWs

13. What started the US Civil
War?
• 1776 – some founders want to
end slavery, Southern colonies
said no.
• 1846 – Mexican-American War
• 1854-1861 – Bleeding Kansas
• 1859 – John Brown’s raid

14. What started the US Civil
War?
• 1776 – some founders want to
end slavery, Southern colonies
said no.
• 1846 – Mexican-American War
• 1854-1861 – Bleeding Kansas
• 1859 – John Brown’s raid
• Nov 1860 – Republican Abraham
Lincoln elected President
• Dec 1860 – South Carolina & six
other states succeed from USA

15. 1. What strategy should the Union use to win the Civil War?
2. What strategy should the Confederacy use to win the Civil
War?
CSA population:
~5 million free
whites
(3.5 million slaves)
Best generals &
troops
Agricultural
economy
USA population ~ 22 million
Industrial economy
More miles of railroad

18. Civil War
Assignment #1
1. OPTIC on this
poster from 1862

19. Page 316
#2 OPTIC on this cartoon

20. #3 Evaluate this
statement. What does
he mean/want for the
CSA? (+2 sentences)
We feel that our cause is just and holy; we protest
solemnly in the face of mankind that we desire peace
at any sacrifice save that of honor and independence;
we seek no conquest, no aggrandizement, no
concession of any kind from the States with which we
were lately confederated; all we ask is to be let alone;
that those who never held power over us shall not now
attempt our subjugation by arms. This we will, this
we must, resist to the direst extremity.
Jefferson Davis "Message on Constitutional Ratification"
• 29 April 1861

21. #4 Evaluate this
statement. What does
he mean/want for the
CSA? (+2 sentences)
• If the United States be not a government proper,
but an association of States in the nature of
contract merely, can it, as a contract, be peaceably
unmade by less than all the parties who made it?
One party to a contract may violate it — break it, so
to speak — but does it not require all to lawfully
rescind it?
• Abraham Lincoln, "First Inaugural Address"
• 4 March 1861

22. First battles of the Civil War
April 1861
Confederate troops
attack Ft. Sumner,
SC

23. First battles of the Civil War
July & Aug 1861
1st and 2nd Battle of
Bull Run
Both Confederate
victories

24. Only “large” Civil War battle in Arizona
• April 15, 1862
• 23 men fought, 6 died

25. Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee
• I can anticipate no greater calamity
for the country than a dissolution
of the Union…. Still, a Union that
can only be maintained by swords
and bayonets, and in which strife
and civil war are to take the place
of brotherly love and kindness, has
no charm for me. I shall mourn for
my country and for the welfare and
progress of mankind. If the Union is
dissolved and the Government
disrupted, I shall return to my
native State and share the miseries
of my people. 1861

26. Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee
• What a cruel thing is war; to
separate and destroy families
and friends, and mar the
purest joys and happiness
God has granted us in this
world; to fill our hearts with
hatred instead of love for our
neighbors, and to devastate
the fair face of this beautiful
world! 1862

27. Which battles are most important?
Chapter 11
#5 Why is your group’s battle important?
Consider changes to the war, technology, deaths,
prisoners, etc
Shiloh vs. Vicksburg vs. New Orleans
Antietam vs. Fredericksburg vs. Gettysburg
Chancellorsville vs. Chickamauga vs. Cold Harbor
#6 Explain why you think your battle was more
important than the two others you debated.

28. Assignment #2
• Page 397 #1-4

29. Agree right
Armies must always treat enemy
prisoners with respect and dignity
Disagree left
“It Depends”… middle of room

30. Andersonville

31. Andersonville Questions
1. Should the US always treat its enemy prisoners
with dignity or respect?
2. Provide several instances of prisoner abuse or
neglect.
3. If you were running Andersonville what might you
have done differently? (at least 2)
4. Should the be a time limit on how long a country
can hold on to enemy troops? (the US has 149
detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba since 2002)
5. Was the victorious Union army justified in their
treatment of Wirz?
6. Write 2 history questions you might ask a survior.

32. Civil War Projects
• Subjects:
• Advancements in
Technology
• Famous Generals
• Military Life & POW’s
• War in the South –
Economics
• Blacks and Female
Experience
• Textbook, or additional
sources cite page
numbers, MLA if you
use non-textbook
source
• Your Choice:
• 5 paragraph essay
• Board game
• Youtube puppet show
• 8-12 page comic book
10 bonus pt in
class assignment
presentation