MJ US History OP 13

Organizing Principle 13: The Civil War was a brutal conflict that resulted in tremendous loss April/May – 2.5 weeks by May 14th
of life and property and led to major changes in the American way of life. 1 Week DBQ/Remediation

Measurement Topics Curriculum Standards Benchmarks Content Language

The Civil War Analyze charts, graphs, maps, photographs and timelines; analyze SS.8.A.1.2 border state
political cartoons; determine cause and effect. SS.8.A.5.3 casualty
Explain major domestic and international economic, military, SS.8.A.5.4 contraband
political, and socio-cultural events of Abraham Lincoln's presidency. Copperheads
SS.8.A.5.5 cotton diplomacy
• Examples: sectionalism, states’ rights, slavery, Civil War, draft
attempts at foreign alliances, Emancipation Proclamation, SS.8.A.5.6 Emancipation Proclamation
Gettysburg Address, suspension of habeas corpus, First and SS.8.A.5.7 enlist
Second Inaugural Addresses. entrench
flank
Identify the division (Confederate and Union States, Border states, greenback
western territories) of the United States at the outbreak of the Civil habeas corpus
War. ironclad
resistance
• Identify the Border states. strategy
• Identify whether a state was Confederate or Union. total war
• Identify the reasons for the separation of West Virginia to form

a new state.
• Prepare a labeled map of the western territories, Border,

Confederate, and Union states.
Compare Union and Confederate strengths and weaknesses.

• Discuss the advantage for the Confederacy of defending home
soil and better military leadership.

• Explain how the industrial strength gave the Union an initial
advantage.

• Examples: technology, resources, alliances, geography, and
military leaders—Lincoln, Davis, Grant, Lee, Jackson, and
Sherman.

Compare significant Civil War battles and events and their effects on
civilian populations.

• Examples: Fort Sumter, Bull Run, Monitor v. Merrimack,
Antietam, Vicksburg, Gettysburg, Emancipation Proclamation,
Sherman’s March, and Lee’s surrender at Appomattox.

Examine key events and peoples in Florida history as each impacts
this era of American history.

• Describe the political motivations behind the passing of SS.8.G.6.2
Florida’s 1861 Ordinance of Secession. SS.8.G.1.2

• Compare land use in Florida before the Civil War with land use
after the war.

• Examples: slavery, influential planters, Florida’s secession and
Confederate membership, women, children, pioneer
environment, Union occupation, Battle of Olustee and role of
54th Massachusetts regiment, Battle at Natural Bridge.

Illustrate places and events in U.S. history through the use of
narratives and graphic representations.
Use appropriate geographic tools and terms to identify and describe
significant places and regions in American history.