Middle School 12/11 Civil War/Reconstruction (1860-1876)

Timeline Events

Underground Railroad (Encompasses many years)

http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/underground-railroad

1861: Confederate States of America formed

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America

1861-1865: Civil War

1861: Abraham Lincoln - 16th President of the US

1863: Emancipation Proclamation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Proclamation

1863: Gettysburg

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/battle-of-gettysburg

1865: Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

http://www.history.com/topics/abraham-lincoln-assassination

1865-1877: Reconstruction

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/reconstruction

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/carpetbaggers-and-scalawags

December 6, 1865: 13th Amendment

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/13th-amendment-ratified

1871: Great Chicago Fire

http://www.history.com/topics/great-chicago-fire

1876: Telephone experiment

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Graham_Bell

1876: Little Big Horn

http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-little-bighorn  

Assignment

➪  Read through your spiral and journal to prepare for a multiple choice quiz. This will encompass the years of our nation’s history from Pre-American until 1876 - over 300 years!

Fact #12

More men died in the Civil War than any other American conflict, and two-thirds of the dead perished from disease.