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Eighth Grade Social Studies: Integrated United States History
Unit 5: The Coming of the Civil War
Big Picture Organizer
Overarching Question:
How did the Civil War reflect American society’s move toward or away from its core ideal of
freedom as found in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution?
Previous Unit:
Antebellum Reform
Movements
This Unit:
The Coming of the Civil War
Next Unit:
The Civil War
Questions To Focus Assessment and Instruction:
1. How did slavery and abolitionism reflect issues involving majority rule and individual liberty?
2. How did the reasons for secession reflect unresolved political, social, and economic tensions?
3. How did questions of race manifest themselves in antebellum America?
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Graphic Organizer
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High School Foundations (see F1.1 and F2.1)
Analyze how American society moved towards or away from its core ideals as
found in the Constitution and Bill of Rights
Describe major trends and transformations in American life prior to 1877
including:
• Regional economic differences
• Changing political boundaries of the US
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Public Issues (see 6.2)
• Balance of Power: Distribution of
power among central government,
state governments, and the people.
Unit Abstract:
In this unit students explore the rising sectional tensions and how they affected the nation and its
people. The unit begins with a comparison of economic, social, and cultural aspects of life in the
North and South during the antebellum period. Students then focus on the divisive issue of
slavery. They first review early attempts to abolish or contain slavery, such as the Northwest
Ordinance and the Missouri Compromise. Students then explore the annexation of Texas, the
Wilmot Proviso, changes in political parties, the Compromise of 1850, Bleeding Kansas, and the
Dred Scott decision, analyzing how these events affected the Union. They also consider how
abolitionism and slavery reflected issues of majority rule and individual liberty. In learning about
life during the antebellum period, students explore the role of race in America, and how it affected
both free and enslaved blacks. Specific attention is paid to resistance movements such as the
Underground Railroad, Nat Turner’s revolt, and John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry. Using
primary sources, students identify the reasons for secession (political, social, and economic) and
investigate how historical interpretations vary by analyzing how historians have disagreed about
the causes of the Civil War. Throughout the unit, students continue to examine how American
society moved toward or away from its core ideal of freedom found in the Declaration of
Independence and the Constitution.
Focus Questions
1. How did slavery and abolitionism reflect issues involving majority rule and individual liberty?
2. How did the reasons for secession reflect unresolved political, social, and economic
tensions?
3. How did questions of race manifest themselves in antebellum America?
Content Expectations
8 – U5.1.1: Explain the differences in the lives of free blacks (including those who escaped from
slavery) with the lives of free whites and enslaved peoples.
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8 – U5.1.2:
Describe the role of the Northwest Ordinance and its effect on the banning of slavery
(e.g., the establishment of Michigan as a free state).1
8 – U5.1.3:
Describe the competing views of Calhoun, Webster, and Clay on the nature of the
union among the states (e.g., sectionalism, nationalism, federalism, states’ rights).
8 – U5.1.4:
Describe how the following increased sectional tensions
• the Missouri Compromise (1820)
• the Wilmot Proviso (1846)
• the Compromise of 1850 including the Fugitive Slave Act
• the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) and subsequent conflict in Kansas
• the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision (1857)
• changes in the party system (e.g., the death of the Whig party, rise of the
Republican party and division of the Democratic party).
8 – U5.1.5:
Describe the resistance of enslaved people (e.g., Nat Turner, Harriet Tubman and
the Underground Railroad, John Brown,2 Michigan’s role in the Underground
Railroad) and effects of their actions before and during the Civil War.
8 – U5.1.6:
Describe how major issues debated at the Constitutional Convention such as
disagreements over the distribution of political power, rights of individuals (liberty and
property), rights of states, election of the executive, and slavery help explain the Civil
War.
8 – U5.2.1:
Explain the reasons (political, economic, and social) why Southern states seceded
and explain the differences in the timing of secession in the Upper and Lower South.
Key Concepts
abolitionism
civil war
compromise
democracy
federalism
historical interpretation
individual liberty
institution of slavery
nationalism
popular sovereignty
radicalism
resistance movements
1
Although the Northwest Ordinance banned slavery in the Northwest Territories, it did not affect the institution of slavery
elsewhere.
2
Although John Brown himself was not a slave, his raid on Harper’s Ferry was intended to spark a slave rebellion.
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secession
sectionalism
states’ rights
Duration
6 weeks
Topics for Lessons
Lesson 1: Differences between North and South during the Antebellum Period
Lesson 2: Sectionalism and Slavery
Lesson 3: Competing Views of the Union – Calhoun, Webster, Clay
Lesson 4: Increasing Sectionalism
Lesson 5: A Free Michigan: Northwest Ordinance to the Underground Railroad
Lesson 6: Perspectives on Life in Antebellum America
Lesson 7: Resisting the Institution: Responses to Slavery
Lesson 8: Creating a Timeline of Events Leading to the Civil War
Lesson 9: Slavery and Abolitionism: The Influence of Core Democratic Values
Lesson 10: Causes of Secession
Lesson 11: Interpreting the Causes of the Civil War
Lesson 12: A More Perfect Union?
Assessment
Selected Response Items
Constructed Response Items
Extended Response Items
Performance Assessments
8 – U5.1.4
Create a timeline of at least eight significant events leading up to the Civil War.
For each event on the timeline, write a narrative that explains each event and its
significance in leading to the Civil War.
8 – U5.1.6
8 – U5.2.1
Write an editorial taking a position on the question: “How did the reasons for
secession reflect unresolved political, social, and economic tensions?” In the
editorial, describe how at least two major issues debated at the Constitutional
Convention help to explain the coming of the Civil War.
8 – U.5.1.1
Construct a graphic organizer that describes how questions of race manifested
themselves in antebellum America by comparing the differences in the lives of
free blacks with the lives of free whites and enslaved peoples.
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8 – U5.1.3
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Create a political cartoon depicting the views of Calhoun, Webster, and Clay on
the nature of the union. The cartoon should include reference to ideas of
sectionalism, federalism, and states rights.
Resources
Equipment/Manipulative
Butcher paper
Computer with Internet
Markers
Overhead projector
Student Resource
4 Events Leading to the Civil War. Pink Monkey.com. 28 July 2008
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Battle of Gettysburg).
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“Events Leading to the Civil War: A Civil War Timeline.” The Civil War Homepage. 28 July 2008
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Mitchell's New Traveller's Guide Through The United States, Showing the Rail Roads, Canals,
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Mitchell's Travellers Guide Through The United States. A Map of the Roads, Distances, Steam
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Opinions of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott Case. Secession Era Editorials Project. Furman
University. 28 July 2008 <http://history.furman.edu/~benson/docs/nyajds57309a.htm>.
(Article from Albany, New York. Evening Journal. 9 March 1857).
The Past and the Future. Secession Era Editorials Project. 28 July 2008
<http://history.furman.edu/~benson/docs/sccmds57317a.htm>. (Article from Charleston,
South Carolina, Mercury. 13 March 1857).
The Presidency of Millard Fillmore and the Compromise of 1850. America's Era of Expansion and
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1845-1852: The Mexican War, The Oregon Treaty of 1846, and the Compromise of 1850.
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Rand McNally Atlas of American History. Skokie, IL: Rand McNally & Co., 1999.
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Timeline. Civil War at Smithsonian. 28 July 2008 <http://www.civilwar.si.edu/timeline.html>.
Trace Dred Scott’s Travel on a Map. Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857). Street Law and the Supreme
Court Historical Society. 28 July 2008
<http://www.landmarkcases.org/dredscott/trace.html>.
Teacher Resource
Admit Me Free Flag. Cool Things. Kansas State Historical Society. 28 July 2008
<http://www.kshs.org/cool3/admitmeflag.htm>.
African American Perspectives: Pamphlets from the Daniel A.P. Murray Collection, 18181907.American Memory Project. Library of Congress. 28 July 2008
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The African-American Mosaic Exhibition. Library of Congress. 28 July 2008
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Ayers, Edward L., Anne S. Rubin, and William G. Thomas. Valley of the Shadow. 2001. University
of Virginia. 28 July 2008 <http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/>.
Background Summary and Questions. Reading Level 1. Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857). Street Law
and the Supreme Court Historical Society. 28 July 2008
<http://www.landmarkcases.org/dredscott/background1.html>.
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Background Summary and Questions. Reading Level 2. Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857). Street Law
and the Supreme Court Historical Society. 28 July 2008
http://www.landmarkcases.org/dredscott/background2.html>.
Background Summary and Questions. Reading Level 3. Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857). Street Law
and the Supreme Court Historical Society. 28 July 2008
<http://www.landmarkcases.org/dredscott/background3.html>.
Buffum Tombstone. Online Exhibits, Willing to Die For Freedom. Kansas State Historical Society.
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The Causes. The American Civil War. 16 February 2004. 28 July 2008
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The Civil War Home Page. CivilWar.net. 28 July 2008
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Constitution of the Confederate States of America. University of Tennessee. 28 July 2008
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Declaration of Causing of Seceding State. University of Tennessee. 28 July 2008
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Ham, Debra Newman. The African American Odyssey. Library of Congress. 28 July 2008
<http://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/9802/aao.html>.
Kansas Emigrant Song. Territorial Kansas Online. 28 July 2008
<http://www.territorialkansasonline.org/cgiwrap/imlskto/index.php?SCREEN=view_image&d
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act. The Avalon Project. Yale Law School. 28 July 2008
<http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/kanneb.htm>.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Emergence of the Republican Party. Teaching American
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Key Excerpts from the Majority Opinion. Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857). Street Law and the
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Blacklick, OH: Dushkin/McGraw-Hill, Inc., 2000. 318-400.
Nullification Crisis. U-S History.com. 28 July 2008 <http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h333.html>.
O’Reilly, Kevin. Book 2: Critical Thinking in the United States History Series: New Republic to
Civil War. Teacher’s Guide. Pacific Grove, CA: Critical Thinking Press & Software, 1993.
113-117.
Pre-War and Secession. American History. About.com. 28 July 2008
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R.H. Wilson Letter. E Pluribus Unum. Assumption College. 28 July 2008
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Secession Era Editorials Project. Furman University, Department of History. 28 July 2008
<http://history.furman.edu/editorials/see.py>.
Sectional Conflict. United States Department of State. International Information. 28 July 2008
<http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/histryotln/conflict.htm>.
Southern Flag. Cool Things. Kansas State Historical Society. 28 July 2008
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Territorial Timeline. Online Exhibits, Willing to Die For Freedom. Kansas State Historical Society.
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Thomas Jefferson to Senator John Holmes. April 22, 1820. Library of Congress. 28 July 2008
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Trace Dred Scott’s Travel on a Map. Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857). Street Law and the Supreme
Court Historical Society. 28 July 2008
<http://www.landmarkcases.org/dredscott/trace.html>.
Transcript of Missouri Compromise (1820). National Archives and Records Administration. 28 July
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The Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War. 2001. University of
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The Wilmot Proviso, 1846. Mount Holyoke College. 28 July 2008
<http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/wilmot.htm>.
Resources for Further Professional Knowledge
Freehling, William. The Road to Disunion, Vol.2: Secessionists Triumphant, 1854-1861. New York:
Oxford University Press, 2007.
Holt, Michael F. The Fate of Their Country: Politicians, Slavery Extension, and the Coming of the
Civil War. New York: Hill and Wang, 2004.
Levine, Bruce. Half Slave, Half Free: The Roots of the Civil War. Rev. ed. New York: Hill and
Wang, 2005.
Richards, Leonard, Slave Power: The Free North and Southern Domination, 1780-1860. Baton
Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2000.
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Instructional Organization
Lesson 1: Differences between North and South during the Antebellum Period
Content Expectations:
8 – U5.1.1: Explain the differences in the lives of free blacks (including those who escaped from
slavery) with the lives of free whites and enslaved peoples.
8 – U5.1.4:
Describe how the following increased sectional tensions
• the Missouri Compromise (1820)
(portions omitted)
Key Concepts: institution of slavery
Lesson 2: Sectionalism and Slavery
Content Expectations:
8 – U5.1.1: Explain the differences in the lives of free blacks (including those who escaped from
slavery) with the lives of free whites and enslaved peoples.
8 – U5.1.4:
Describe how the following increased sectional tensions
• the Missouri Compromise (1820)
• the Wilmot Proviso (1846)
• the Compromise of 1850 including the Fugitive Slave Act
(portions omitted)
8 – U5.1.6:
Describe how major issues debated at the Constitutional Convention such as
disagreements over the distribution of political power, rights of individuals (liberty and
property), rights of states, election of the executive, and slavery help explain the Civil
War.
Key Concepts: abolitionism, institution of slavery, popular sovereignty, sectionalism
Lesson 3: Competing View of the Union – Calhoun, Webster, and Clay
Content Expectations:
8 – U5.1.3: Describe the competing views of Calhoun, Webster, and Clay on the nature of the
union among the states (e.g., sectionalism, nationalism, federalism, state rights).
8 – U5.1.6:
Describe how major issues debated at the Constitutional Convention such as
disagreements over the distribution of political power, rights of individuals (liberty and
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property), rights of states, election of the executive, and slavery help explain the Civil
War.
Key Concepts: compromise, institution of slavery, federalism, nationalism, popular sovereignty,
sectionalism, states’ rights
Lesson 4: Increasing Sectionalism
Content Expectations:
8 – U5.1.4: Describe how the following increased sectional tensions
• the Missouri Compromise (1820)
• the Wilmot Proviso (1846)
• the Compromise of 1850 including the Fugitive Slave Act
• the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) and subsequent conflict in Kansas
• the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision (1857)
• changes in the party system (e.g., the death of the Whig party, rise of the
Republican party and division of the Democratic party).
8 – U5.1.6:
Describe how major issues debated at the Constitutional Convention such as
disagreements over the distribution of political power, rights of individuals (liberty and
property), rights of states, election of the executive, and slavery help explain the Civil
War.
Key Concepts: abolitionism, compromise, federalism, institution of slavery, nationalism, popular
sovereignty, radicalism, sectionalism, states’ rights
Lesson 5: A Free Michigan: Northwest Ordinance to Underground RR
Content Expectations:
8 – U5.1.2: Describe the role of the Northwest Ordinance and its effect on the banning of slavery
(e.g., the establishment of Michigan as a free state).
8 – U5.1.5:
Describe the resistance of enslaved people (e.g., Nat Turner, Harriet Tubman and
the Underground Railroad, John Brown, Michigan’s role in the Underground Railroad)
and effects of their actions before and during the Civil War.
Key Concepts: abolitionism, institution of slavery, resistance movements, sectionalism
Lesson 6: Perspectives on Life in Antebellum America
Content Expectations:
8 – U5.1.1: Explain the differences in the lives of free blacks (including those who escaped from
slavery) with the lives of free whites and enslaved peoples.
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Key Concepts: historical interpretation, institution of slavery, resistance movements
Lesson 7: Resisting the Institution: Responses to Slavery
Content Expectations:
8 – U5.1.5: Describe the resistance of enslaved people (e.g., Nat Turner, Harriet Tubman and
the Underground Railroad, John Brown, Michigan’s role in the Underground Railroad)
and effects of their actions before and during the Civil War.
Key Concepts: abolitionism, institution of slavery, radicalism, resistance movements,
sectionalism
Lesson 8: Creating a Timeline of Events Leading to the Civil War
Content Expectations:
8 – U5.1.4: Describe how the following increased sectional tensions
• the Missouri Compromise (1820)
• the Wilmot Proviso (1846)
• the Compromise of 1850 including the Fugitive Slave Act
• the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) and subsequent conflict in Kansas
• the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision (1857)
• changes in the party system (e.g., the death of the Whig party, rise of the
Republican party and division of the Democratic party).
8 – U5.2.1:
Explain the reasons (political, economic, and social) why Southern states seceded
and explain the differences in the timing of secession in the Upper and Lower South.
Key Concepts: abolitionism, civil war, compromise, federalism, historical interpretation, institution
of slavery, nationalism, popular sovereignty, radicalism, resistance movements, secession,
sectionalism, states’ rights
Lesson 9: Slavery and Abolitionism: The Influence of Core Democratic Values
Content Expectations:
8 – U5.1.4: Describe how the following increased sectional tensions
• the Missouri Compromise (1820)
• the Wilmot Proviso (1846)
• the Compromise of 1850 including the Fugitive Slave Act
• the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) and subsequent conflict in Kansas
• the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision (1857)
• changes in the party system (e.g., the death of the Whig party, rise of the
Republican party and division of the Democratic party).
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Describe how major issues debated at the Constitutional Convention such as
disagreements over the distribution of political power, rights of individuals (liberty and
property), rights of states, election of the executive, and slavery help explain the Civil
War.
Key Concepts: abolitionism, democracy, individual liberty, institution of slavery
Lesson 10: Causes of Secession
Content Expectations:
8 – U5.1.4: Describe how the following increased sectional tensions
• the Missouri Compromise (1820)
• the Wilmot Proviso (1846)
• the Compromise of 1850 including the Fugitive Slave Act
• the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) and subsequent conflict in Kansas
• the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision (1857)
• changes in the party system (e.g., the death of the Whig party, rise of the
Republican party and division of the Democratic party).
8 – U5.1.6:
Describe how major issues debated at the Constitutional Convention such as
disagreements over the distribution of political power, rights of individuals (liberty and
property), rights of states, election of the executive, and slavery help explain the Civil
War.
8 – U5.2.1:
Explain the reasons (political, economic, and social) why Southern states seceded
and explain the differences in the timing of secession in the Upper and Lower South.
Key Concepts: civil war, compromise, democracy federalism, individual liberty, institution of
slavery, popular sovereignty, radicalism, secession, sectionalism, states’ rights
Lesson 11: Interpreting the Causes of the Civil War
Content Expectations:
8 – U5.1.4: Describe how the following increased sectional tensions
• the Missouri Compromise (1820)
• the Wilmot Proviso (1846)
• the Compromise of 1850 including the Fugitive Slave Act
• the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) and subsequent conflict in Kansas
• the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision (1857)
• changes in the party system (e.g., the death of the Whig party, rise of the
Republican party and division of the Democratic party).
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8 – U5.1.6:
Describe how major issues debated at the Constitutional Convention such as
disagreements over the distribution of political power, rights of individuals (liberty and
property), rights of states, election of the executive, and slavery help explain the Civil
War.
8 – U5.2.1:
Explain the reasons (political, economic, and social) why Southern states seceded
and explain the differences in the timing of secession in the Upper and Lower South.
Key Concepts: civil war, historical interpretation
Lesson 12: A More Perfect Union?
Content Expectations:
8 – U5.1.6: Describe how major issues debated at the Constitutional Convention such as
disagreements over the distribution of political power, rights of individuals (liberty and
property), rights of states, election of the executive, and slavery help explain the Civil
War.
Key Concepts: compromise, democracy, federalism, historical interpretation, individual liberty,
institution of slavery, popular sovereignty, states’ rights
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