Objectives+for+the+Road+to+the+Civil+War-Civil+War-Reconstruction+Unit

= Below, please find Mr. Potter's daily objectives for unit 4 of the New York State Regents US History and Government course. = = = = Click through the following links for the objective your group has been assigned. =

**__Road to the Civil War/__****__Civil War__** **__/__** **__Reconstruction 1850 - 1877__** · Describe the major reform movements of 1840 – 1860. · Describe the abolition movement and its effects. · Explain the events that led America to the Civil War. · Explain the North and South’s military strategy. · Explain Lincoln’s aims and actions and discuss how they impacted the Constitution. · Explain how the Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation changed America. · Explain the impact of the war on the home front for both North and South. · Describe how the nation rebuilt and reunified after the Civil War. · Compare and contrast the 3 different reconstruction plans. · Describe the changes African-Americans went through after the Civil War. · Explain how white southerners reacted to the terms of Reconstruction. · Discuss the overall impact of the Civil War and Reconstruction on the US economically, politically, technologically and socially.