Grade 2 - The U.S. Civil war

The U.S. Civil War DR | Domain Review 159

 Explain Abraham Lincoln’s role in keeping the Union together

during the U.S. Civil War

 Identify Robert E. Lee as the commander of the Confederate

Army

 Explain why Lee was reluctant to command either the Union or

Confederate Army

 Identify Clara Barton as the “Angel of the Battlefi eld” and the

founder of the American Red Cross

 Describe the work of the American Red Cross

 Identify Abraham Lincoln as the author of the Emancipation

Proclamation

 Explain the signifi cance of the Emancipation Proclamation

 Identify Ulysses S. Grant as the commander of the Union Army

 Explain that the North’s victory re-united the North and the

South as one country and ended slavery

Student Performance Task Assessment

 Riddles for Core Content

Ask students riddles such as the following to review core content:

• I was the commander in chief of the Union Army. Who am I?
  (Abraham Lincoln)


• My nickname was “The Old Man,” and I led the Confederate
  Army. Who am I? (General Robert E. Lee)


• I helped gather medical supplies for the wounded soldiers and
  was nicknamed “Angel of the Battlefi eld.” Who am I? (Clara
  Barton)


• I am a song that gave a coded message to the enslaved Africans
  about the Underground Railroad. What am I called? (“Follow the
  Drinking Gourd”)


• I was an important announcement from President Lincoln that
  changed the focus of the war to slavery. What am I called? (the
  Emancipation Proclamation)