Wednesday, September 9th

Advanced American History

The Civil War did not happen in a vacuum, there were dozens of causes and decades worth of division between northern and southern regions in the United States.  Today, we explored this idea of sectionalism, the development of slavery as an institution in the south, the triangle of trade and the growing diversity and economic power of the north.  All of these factors drove a wedge between north and south that would inevitably lead to the outbreak of war.

Assignment:  Read Chapter 3 Section 1.  Answer questions on blue handout.
Reminder:  Quiz #1 Friday

American Studies

After a brief overview of some of the facts of the Civil War (see below), we discussed the development of slavery as an institution in North America and discussed how this created great differences between the northern and southern regions of the United States.

• 3 million served
• 620,000 were killed (2% of the population)
• it is the bloodiest conflict anywhere in the world in the 19th century
• it is the bloodiest conflict in American history
• 4 of 10 who served were killed or wounded
• One soldier killed for every 6 slaves freed

Assignment:  Read text pages 44-48.  Answer questions 2, 4, & 5 in your notebook.