A Nation Divided: The
Civil War and Reconstruction
Topics Covered
Background of the
Conflict between the States
Slavery and US
Economics
Warfare of the Civil
War
Presidency of Abraham
Lincoln and the 10 years of Reconstruction
California Content
Standards Covered in Unit 3
11.1 Students analyze the significant
events in the founding of the nation and its attempts to realize the
philosophy of government described in the Declaration of
Independence.
11.1.4: Examine the effect
of the Civil War and Reconstruction and of the industrial
revolution, including demographic shifts and the emergence in
the late nineteenth century of the United States as a world
power.