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Agenda

• Sign contract• What is history results• Opening activity**• Maps and geography: what can they tell us?

Remember supplies are due ____________!

“A house divided against itself cannot stand.”

What does this mean and how does it relate to history?

Talk to the person sitting next to you about it

Causes of the Civil War

• Brainstorm based on what you learned last year

• How did geography play a role in the causes?

Geography questions:

• What kinds of geographic features do we see?

• How could those factors impact humans?

• What were the advantages/disadvantages of the geography in each situation?

Geography during the War

• Fort Sumter– First shots of the Civil War

Bull RunFirst Battle of Bull Run Second Battle of Bull Run

- First major battle of war - 3 days, savage fighting- Confederate victory - Confederate victory

- Brought the war North

But where is Bull Run?

Vicksburg: A Geographic Battle• Mid-May (later in the war)- July 4, 1863

• Easy to defend• Easy to block supplies

What’s the difference:Primary and Secondary Sources

Primary Secondary

Before you go…• Homework: Vocabulary terms.– Abolitionist– Emancipation– Ironclad– cotton diplomacy– total war– Copperhead– habeas corpus.

• Either use index cards (word on front, definition and

picture on back) or a sheet of paper (word, definition and picture)