At the end of this unit, students will be able to:

1. Describe the Compromise of 1850
2. Contrast the diverging points of view regarding the Compromise of 1850
3. Discuss the Kansas-Nebraska Act
4. Explain the effects of the Dred Scott Decision
5. Summarize the Lincoln-Douglas debates
6. Identify John Brown and 2 major events he participated in
7. Analyze the election of 1860
8. List 3 reasons for southern secession
9. List 2 causes for the Civil War
10. Compare and contrast the Union states and the Confederate states
11. Discuss 2 key battles of the Civil War
12. Identify 3 important figures from the Civil War era
13. Summarize the impact of the Emancipation Proclamation on the war
14. Summarize 2 main points of the Gettysburg Address
15. Describe 2 effects of the Civil War