Standard(s):
[SS2010] ALA (4) 8 : 8 ) Explain Alabama's economic and military role during the Civil War.
Examples: economic—production of iron products, munitions, textiles, and ships
military—provision of military supplies through the Port of Mobile, provision of an armament center at Selma
• Recognizing military leaders from Alabama during the Civil War
• Comparing roles of women on the home front and the battlefront during and after the Civil War
• Explaining economic conditions as a result of the Civil War, including the collapse of the economic structure, destruction of the transportation infrastructure, and high casualty rates
[SS2010] USS5 (5) 11 : 11 ) Identify causes of the Civil War, including states' rights and the issue of slavery.
• Describing the importance of the Missouri Compromise, Nat Turner's insurrection, the Compromise of 1850, the Dred Scott decision, John Brown's rebellion, and the election of 1860
• Recognizing key Northern and Southern personalities, including Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, William Tecumseh Sherman, and Joseph Wheeler (Alabama)
• Describing social, economic, and political conditions that affected citizens during the Civil War
• Identifying Alabama's role in the Civil War (Alabama)
Examples: Montgomery as the first capital of the Confederacy, Winston County's opposition to Alabama's secession (Alabama)
• Locating on a map sites important to the Civil War
Examples: Mason-Dixon Line, Fort Sumter, Appomattox, Gettysburg, Confederate states, Union states (Alabama)
• Explaining events that led to the conclusion of the Civil War
[SS2010] US10 (10) 11 : 11 ) Evaluate the impact of American social and political reform on the emergence of a distinct culture. [A.1.a., A.1.c., A.1.e., A.1.f., A.1.g., A.1.i., A.1.j.]
• Explaining the impact of the Second Great Awakening on the emergence of a national identity
• Explaining the emergence of uniquely American writers
Examples: James Fenimore Cooper, Henry David Thoreau, Edgar Allen Poe
• Explaining the influence of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Dorothea Lynde Dix, and Susan B. Anthony on the development of social reform movements prior to the Civil War
[SS2010] US10 (10) 14 : 14 ) Describe how the Civil War influenced the United States, including the Anaconda Plan and the major battles of Bull Run, Antietam, Vicksburg, and Gettysburg and Sherman's March to the Sea. [A.1.a., A.1.b., A.1.c., A.1.d., A.1.e., A.1.i., A.1.k.]
• Identifying key Northern and Southern Civil War personalities, including Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, and William Tecumseh Sherman
Example: President Abraham Lincoln's philosophy of union, executive orders, and leadership
• Analyzing the impact of the division of the nation during the Civil War regarding resources, population distribution, and transportation
• Explaining reasons border states remained in the Union during the Civil War
• Describing nonmilitary events and life during the Civil War, including the Homestead Act, the Morrill Act, Northern draft riots, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the Gettysburg Address
• Describing the role of women in American society during the Civil War, including efforts made by Elizabeth Blackwell and Clara Barton
• Tracing Alabama's involvement in the Civil War (Alabama)
