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SECTIONALISM before the Civil War
Use the link below to review American history leading to the Civil War. It is a great explanation of how our country acquired land and decided between slave and free states. You need to know where the Mason Dixon line was and how the Missouri Compromise changed the border of slave and free states. http://www.animatedatlas.com/movie.html

This is the social studies content we are reviewing this week. Know the southern, border and northern states. Use the map below to label the states and color them to indicate whether they were southern, border or northern states. (Due Wednesday)



View this powerpoint on sectionalism, the differences between the North and South. How were the North and South the same, and how were they different? (Venn Diagram Due Monday)

This will be our timeline project to complete after this chapter. (Due Friday)

Read this pdf file to learn more about the North

Explore a textile mill. Choose chapter 11 on the website below. (nothing due, just be able to link the relationship of cotton and textile mills) http://www.classzone.com/cz/books/amer_hist_recon/get_chapter_group.htm?cin=3&rg=animations&at=animated_history&var=animated_history

Read this pdf file to learn more about the South

Use this powerpoint to learn more about the events on the road to war

Be sure to turn in your completed time line project on Friday. You will have a map quiz next week on the Northern and Southern States.

NEW!!!! I have posed questions about two pictures on the voicethread below. Please respond with your comments by October 30th. You may work with a partner or a small group. Practice your response before you record so your words are clear and well thought out. http://voicethread.com/#q.b233025



** These are the Tennessee standards you will see on our test. **
❏5.5.1 Interpret sectional differences in the North and South in pre-Civil War (i.e., a map of Union, Confederate, and borderstates; pictorial representations of crop production; reading timelines; and interpreting bar graphs showing human,natural, and manmade resources). ❏5.5.1.a Identify the locations of the southern and northern states. ❏5.5.1.b Identify the advantages and disadvantages of northern and southern economic resources. ❏5.5.1.c Identify similar and different northern and southern social and cultural customs. ❏5.5.1.d Identify sectional interests that led to the Civil War. ❏5.5.7 Interpret a primary reading sample. ❏5.6.2 Use tools of social science inquire such as surveys, statistics, maps, and documents. ❏5.1.4 Analyze graphs to discover cultural trends (i.e., clothing, music, or radio sales).