Unit 8.1 DB: Patriots Versus Rebels


Unit 8 – Civil War

 

·         Readings and Resources

Readings and Resources

Ebook:

OpenStax College. (2014). U.S. History. OpenStax College.

Also see:

Avalon Project – Confederate States of America –  Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union. (2020). Yale.Edu. https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/csa_scarsec.asp

Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln: Dueling inaugural addresses – National Constitution Center. (2019). National Constitution Center – Constitutioncenter.Org. https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/jefferson-davis-and-abraham-lincoln-dueling-inaugural-addresses

Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States : from George Washington 1789 to George Bush 1989. (2020). Yale.Edu; Washington, D.C. : U.S. G.P.O. : for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1989. https://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/lincoln1.asp

McPherson, J. M. (2014). Emancipation Proclamation and Thirteenth Amendment. In E. Foner, & J. A. Garraty (Eds.), The Reader’s companion to American history. Houghton Mifflin.

Gettysburg address. (2014). In E. Foner, & J. A. Garraty (Eds.), The Reader’s companion to American history. Houghton Mifflin.

Please review:

Teaching American History. (n.d.). Farewell Address to Senate.

Videos:

Watch Video

The Civil War, Part I: Crash Course US History #20

Duration: 12:01

 

Watch Video

The Civil War Part 2: Crash Course US History #21

Duration: 10:54

 

Watch Video

The Gettysburg Address – part 1

Duration: 9:55

 

Supplemental Materials:

Locks, C., Mergel, S., Roseman, P., & Spike, T. (2013). History in the making: A history of the people of the United States of America to 1877. Atlanta: UNG Press Books.

  • Chapter 16: The Civil War (pages 701-779)