Analyze the effects of historical,social,political,economic,cultural,and global forces on this period of United States history.

This unit focuses on the period from 1850 to 1877, an era of political turmoil that resulted in a catastrophic civil war and a troubled era of rebuilding the nation:

The reform movements that swept the north,especially abolitionism

Efforts to contain the expansion of slavery by Congress and the court system

Major military campaigns of the Civil War

The transformation of the war into a war against slavery

Efforts at Reconstruction and southern resistance to a new political and social order

Course Student Learning Objectives

1 Create an argument through the use of historical evidence.

2 Analyze and interpret primary and secondary sources.

3 Analyze the effects of historical,social,political,economic,cultural,and global forces on this period of United States history.

Unit Four Student Learning Objectives

Identify the features of the many reform movements that arose in the United States

Recognize the importance of the abolition of slavery in the reform era