I don't want to start a war, but that's what happened in 1861: The Civil War! The problem was between the Union and the Confederates, which were both in America. We learned about the events leading up to the Civil War, like the tariff problems placed on imports, the issue of state rights (that's called sectionalism), slavery, the election of 1860, and the secession of the South. The biggest problem was slavery. The Union (North) did not want slavery but the Confederates (South) did because they had large plantations that they could use slaves to help farm. But there were some states that were border states. These states were in between the two sides. We learned about how slaves were treated, how they had to escape to the North to get to freedom thanks to the Emancipation Proclamation, and about the Underground Railroad. We also learned about the importance of cotton to the South. We even did an activity where we tried to gin cotton by hand like slaves had to before the cotton gin was invented - it was hard! Last we learned about the life of a Civil War soldier. Although this was a short unit, what was your favorite part and what do you think it would be like if you were living during the Civil War?
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May 2018
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