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Background to the Conflict: Pre-Civil War Days

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The American Civil War was a complex test of a relatively young democracy in the mid-nineteenth century. Discuss the events and factors that led to the Civil War with a thorough slideshow presentation.

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Concepts
plantations, the underground railroad, fugitive slaves, cotton, slavery, the united states civil war, north and south
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Additional Tags
civil war, cotton, missouri compromise of 1820, north and south, plantation life, slavery, underground railroad, john brown rebellion, social studies
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Instructional Ideas
  • Use a few of the slides as a daily introduction to the information, or as a review afterward
Pros
  • Facts about the Civil War are laid out in an attractive and easy-to-understand format
Cons
  • None