The document provides instructions for a group assignment on the American Civil War. Students are directed to research various topics on multiple websites, answering questions and analyzing sources. They are to compile their findings into a single document to hand in. The assignment aims to help students understand the key events and causes of the Civil War through an interactive webquest.

2. Scroll down and click on link “The Gettysburg Address” under heading of Documentary Records.

3. Read the first paragraph about The Gettysburg Address next to President Lincoln’s photo.

4. Scroll down to “Related Multimedia” and click on “read more and launch video”. Watch 3 minute video.

5. After watching the video, scroll down and click either “Hay Draft” or “Nicolay Draft” of The Gettysburg Address, click on “view transcript and read Pres. Lincoln’s speech.

6. Write one or two paragraphs describing the events surrounding The Gettysburg Address, how long did Pres. Lincoln speak for, what did Pres. Lincoln say would be the outcome of the war (2nd paragraph), what were Lincoln’s final words concerning this nation (last 4 or 5 lines)?

8. Missouri Compromise

9. Abolitionists

10. Compromise of 1850

11. Kansas – Nebraska Act

12. Fugitive Slave Laws

13. Names and dates of first 6 states to secede from the Union:

14. South Carolina, December 17, 1860

15. Mississippi, January 9, 1861

16. Florida, January 10, 1861

17. Alabama, January 11, 1861

18. Georgia, January 19, 1861

19. Louisiana, January 26, 1861

20. Last state to secede; Tennessee, June 8, 1861

21. The Gettysburg Address:

22. was given at the dedication of the Soldiers National Cemetery in Gettysburg Pennsylvania

23. President Lincoln spoke for about two (2) minutes

24. President Lincoln said the outcome of the war would be proof if this or any other nation could survive under Democratic Rule (“so conceived”)

25. President Lincoln said, “That we here highly resolve these dead shall not have died in vain; that the nation, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people by the people for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”

26. Before the Civil War the railroads were a new and relatively untried invention. However, during the war the nation’s railroads became a strategic resource and a military target for both sides. Students should expound on the advantages to both sides and the draw-backs of the railroad.

27. Analyzing photographs is a subjective element depending on photos selected and personal insight and feelings of war. Assessment will be made on an individual basis.

28. Like the photographs, choosing and analyzing slave narratives is a subjective thing. There are only five (5) narratives on the page so it won’t be hard to quantify the students work.

29. With six (6) years of the war there are over 72 months to choose from. By checking on dates listed by students and according to their answers, evaluation may be slow but doable.

30. The Emancipation Proclamation freed only the slaves living in the states rebelling from the Union. The limits were many but mainly, freedom would only come about by victory of the Union Army. The slaves held by the Northern states were still held as slaves, their status was unchanged at the time.

31. Casualties of the Civil War:

32. Total casualties: 618,222

33. Union casualties: 360,222

34. Confederate casualties: 258,000

35. Battle of Gettysburg: 51,112

36. Battle of Chickamauga: 34,624

37. Battle of Chancellorsville: 30,099

38. Battle of Spotsylvania: 27,399

39. This is another subjective answer. Assessment will be made on an individual basis according to content of student’s response. There is no wrong answer to this question.