158 The U.S. Civil War DR|Domain Review

Note to Teacher

You should spend one day reviewing and reinforcing the material

in this domain. You may have students do any combination of the

activities provided, in either whole-group or small-group settings.

Core Content Objectives Addressed in This Domain

Students will:

 Demonstrate familiarity with slavery and the controversy over

slavery in the United States

 Describe the life and contributions of Harriet Tubman

 Identify the Underground Railroad as a system of escape for

enslaved Africans in the United States

 Demonstrate familiarity with the poems “Harriet Tubman” and

“Lincoln”

 Demonstrate familiarity with the song “Follow the Drinking

Gourd”

 Differentiate between the North and the South

 Describe the adult life and contributions of Abraham Lincoln

 Differentiate between the Union and the Confederacy and the

states associated with each

 Describe why the southern states seceded from the United

States

 Identify the U.S. Civil War, or the War Between the States, as a war

waged because of differences between the North and the South

 Identify the people of the North as “Yankees” and those of the

South as “Rebels”

 Defi ne the differences between the Union and the Confederacy

Domain Review

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